
New Robots- Continued
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- joey_picus
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Re: New Robots- Continued
Jigsaw V mk. III: Some Assembly Required XD


Joey McConnell-Farber - Team Picus Telerobotics - http://picus.org.uk/ - @joey_picus
"These dreams go on when I close my eyes...every second of the night, I live another life"
"These dreams go on when I close my eyes...every second of the night, I live another life"
- MicroGravity100
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Re: New Robots- Continued
Two new Antweights:
Anti-Gravity 2

Weight: 144g
Year Built: 2011
Cost: £100
Armour: 3mm Perspex
Drive: 2x Solarbotics GM18 30:1 Metal Gear Motors
Power: 1x NiMh 6v battery
Speed Controller: 6g Servo Boards
Weapon: Electric Flipper
Weapon Mechanism: New Power XLD-17MB Servo
Height: 5.5cm
Width: 9.5cm
Length: 10.5cm
Anti-Gravity 3

Weight: Currently 110g
Year Built: Should be built by December 2011
Cost: £130
Armour: 1mm Carbon Fibre
Drive: 2x Pololu 50:1 HP Micro Gear Motors
Power: 1x NiMh 6v battery
Speed Controller: 9g Servo Boards
Weapon: Electric Flipper
Weapon Mechanism: SuperTec Park Flyer HPX F/BB Servo
Height: 5.5cm
Width: 9.5cm
Length: 11cm
Anti-Gravity 2

Weight: 144g
Year Built: 2011
Cost: £100
Armour: 3mm Perspex
Drive: 2x Solarbotics GM18 30:1 Metal Gear Motors
Power: 1x NiMh 6v battery
Speed Controller: 6g Servo Boards
Weapon: Electric Flipper
Weapon Mechanism: New Power XLD-17MB Servo
Height: 5.5cm
Width: 9.5cm
Length: 10.5cm
Anti-Gravity 3

Weight: Currently 110g
Year Built: Should be built by December 2011
Cost: £130
Armour: 1mm Carbon Fibre
Drive: 2x Pololu 50:1 HP Micro Gear Motors
Power: 1x NiMh 6v battery
Speed Controller: 9g Servo Boards
Weapon: Electric Flipper
Weapon Mechanism: SuperTec Park Flyer HPX F/BB Servo
Height: 5.5cm
Width: 9.5cm
Length: 11cm
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- peterwaller
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Re: New Robots- Continued
At the AWS Remote-Controlled Dave asked why I hadn't answered his comments on Defiant which I had missed see below.
The saving in weight has enabled me to replace the 0.5mm Ti scoops to 3.2mm fibreglass with 1mm Ti inset into it so they are much stronger.
As to being better it turned out to be very difficult to control which I put down to my driving until Andy had the same trouble in the robot roulette event.
Thinking about it since I realised what happend was I found it difficult to drive so I decided to try adding nonlinear control into the software in the new controller.
This had several issues and changing the software in situe on the controller is quit difficult as you need to disconnect one of the wires to the receiver to load it.
So I decided to go back to the original software and change to a transmitter with dual rate control but in the rush forgot to change transmitters.
The main problem with the old Defiant was the front and rear scoops were at too steep an angle and the double sided tape was always coming off.Maybe I'm just missing the point as usual, but is this Defiant actually any better than the last one? Looks pretty much the same, so why bother with 3D printing? I mean, I get its use for more intricate or complex machines, but if its just going to be the same, why not just use the old one?
The saving in weight has enabled me to replace the 0.5mm Ti scoops to 3.2mm fibreglass with 1mm Ti inset into it so they are much stronger.
As to being better it turned out to be very difficult to control which I put down to my driving until Andy had the same trouble in the robot roulette event.
Thinking about it since I realised what happend was I found it difficult to drive so I decided to try adding nonlinear control into the software in the new controller.
This had several issues and changing the software in situe on the controller is quit difficult as you need to disconnect one of the wires to the receiver to load it.
So I decided to go back to the original software and change to a transmitter with dual rate control but in the rush forgot to change transmitters.
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Re: New Robots- Continued
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ru_eVo9Novs
fotip 3 (feasting on the insane pigoens 3) for all the lovers
fotip 3 (feasting on the insane pigoens 3) for all the lovers


- Craig_Anto3
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- Craig_Anto3
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- peterwaller
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Re: New Robots- Continued
Looking forward to seeing it in action Craig I was begining to think everything had been done before.
- Craig_Anto3
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Re: New Robots- Continued
I'm wiring it up tonight once I know if its working properly I'll do a little video
Re: New Robots- Continued
that looks absoulutly brilliant! much better than a box !
that disc looks very nice, what is it?
that disc looks very nice, what is it?
For my stuff:
http://bodgeitandhope.blogspot.co.uk/
http://bodgeitandhope.blogspot.co.uk/