New Robots

peterwaller · Post by **peterwaller** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 3:42 pm

There already is or maybe was an antlion see the 101 profiles
http://robotwars101.org/profile.php?cla ... b0a12a2e36

thebeardedone · Post by **thebeardedone** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 8:31 pm

Oh, what does that mean now?

I thought that was such a cool name (still is!) and it is one of my favourite songs.

Is that robot still active? Is andrew gardner on these forums, so I can discuss it with him?

Regards,
Sam

bitternboy · Post by **bitternboy** » Mon Feb 01, 2010 11:22 am

Parralax is just under 4" wide and about 4.5" long. I'm not sure if it would fit into the regulation cube, but it might if I put it in at a diagonal and bent it slightly, it's quite flexible you see.

I'm Jonathan by the way.

thebeardedone · Post by **thebeardedone** » Mon Feb 01, 2010 6:42 pm

bitternboy wrote:Parralax is just under 4" wide and about 4.5" long. I'm not sure if it would fit into the regulation cube, but it might if I put it in at a diagonal and bent it slightly, it's quite flexible you see.

I'm Jonathan by the way.

Haha. I've just had to chop some of the body off Brains (sumo) so that he fits inside the cube, so I know the feeling.

I am still in the design stages of 'Antlion' (the name will remain unless anyone objects to this, in which case, I will change it straight away). I am thinking about making this my main ant, so there will be a variation on what parts I will be purchasing listed in my original ant thread.

I will post an updated parts list for further viewing and advice here.

teamocean · Post by **teamocean** » Mon Feb 01, 2010 7:41 pm

I have been collecting the bits to build 2 new ants over the last few weeks the first being an axe robot and the second being the temporary replacement for Tempest while I make the new drum.

Name: Tesla
Weight: hopefully less than 150g
Length: 12cm
Width: 9cm
Height: 3cm
Drive: 2x 50:1 HP motors
Controller: Planet 5 rx/ speedo
Battery: 250mAh 2 cell LiPo
Weapon: Laser cut titanium axe powered by a 50:1 HP motor
Weapon Controller: Peters axe controller
Armour: 2mm HDPE

The temporary replacement for Tempest while I build the new one

Name: Haven't decided yet- any ideas?
Weight: hopefully less than 150g
Length: 10cm
Width: 10cm
Height: 6cm
Drive: 2x 30:1 motors
Controller: Option A board
Rx: Spektrum AR6110e
Battery: 250mAh 2 cell LiPo
Weapon:60mm diameter Laser cut titanium Disc powered by an outrunner motor
Weapon Controller: 6A ESC
Armour: 2mm HDPE, 1.6mm Titanium

And finally the new version of Tempest (should be done later on in the year once the drum has been completed)

Name: Tempest 2
Weight: hopefully less than 150g
Length: 10cm
Width: 9cm
Height: 4cm
Drive: 2x 30:1 motors
Controller: Option A board
Rx: Spektrum AR6110e
Battery: 250mAh 2 cell LiPo
Weapon: Spinning Aluminium Drum with 4 titanium discs powered by an outrunner motor
Weapon Controller: 6A ESC
Armour: 1mm HDPE, 1.6mm Titanium

Pictures of the various parts for each of these ants are here

http://s881.photobucket.com/albums/ac13 ... G_0257.jpg

knightrous · Post by **knightrous** » Mon Feb 01, 2010 11:29 pm

Thought I'd add my antweight in progress to the list.

Name: uMBX

Weight: ~150gram
Length: 90mm
Width: 90mm
Height: 34mm
Drive: 1 x Venom Fireball Micro Speed370P with Banebots 34mm Green wheel.
Controller: HobbyCity T4A RX with Pololu Baby Orangutan B-328 controller and 250G accelerometer
Battery: 2S 350mAh or 400mAh LiPol
Weapon: Translational Spinner (~150gram @ 4000rpm) with two Titanium teeth.
Armour: 3mm HDPE and 1mm Carbon Fiber

Hope to have it finished in the next month or so, debugged and shipped off to a UK driver for one of the AWS events

Hopefully it will work better then it's big brother, MBX

joey_picus · Post by **joey_picus** » Tue Feb 02, 2010 1:16 am

Looking good Will and Aaron

as I understand it I'll be the one driving the strange melty brain spinner thing at the AWS, which will be...an experience...a fun experience hopefully, heh.

I'm working on a couple of new things myself:

Un-named as yet fleaweight
Weight: Hopefully around 75g
Dimensions: 90 x 75 x 18 mm
Drive: 2 x 75.7:1 Sanyo gearmotors (ex-Jigsaw) on some 18mm rubber/plastic wheels
Controller: Peter Waller option A
Rx: Blue Arrow micro
Battery: 7.4v 2S 135mah EGO lipo pack
Construction: 3D printed chassis, 0.5mm carbon fibre and titanium panels
Weaponry: ...I don't know if anything will fit

primarily a wedge, might have some spikes or a mystical damaging aura, or a picture of Richard O'Brien.

The Data Fields
Weight: 150g
Dimensions: 140 x 100 x 28 mm
Drive: 2 x 50:1 Inertia Labs/Sanyo copy gearmotors (...also ex-Jigsaw

) driving tracks
Controller: Sozbots (supplied second hand by Peter)
Rx: Futaba R114F
Battery: 7.4v 2S 180mah EGO lipo pack
Construction: 8mm polypropylene side panels, 0.5 and 1 mm carbon fibre armour
Weaponry: Spikes, pushing power

thebeardedone · Post by **thebeardedone** » Wed Feb 03, 2010 11:38 pm

thebeardedone wrote: I am still in the design stages of 'Antlion' (the name will remain unless anyone objects to this, in which case, I will change it straight away). I am thinking about making this my main ant, so there will be a variation on what parts I will be purchasing listed in my original ant thread.

Just as an update. I have decided to change the name of my ant to "Seeker". I have checked the ant database and there is nothing there with the same name. Made this decision as it would be unfair to make a claim on a current name in use.

EDIT: Last name change now

teamocean · Post by **teamocean** » Thu Feb 04, 2010 6:43 pm

Well I have done some work to the spinner which is now called Inertia.

Some pics of it here

http://s881.photobucket.com/albums/ac13 ... G_0298.jpg

And the damage caused to an old 0.5mm Aluminium chassis

http://s881.photobucket.com/albums/ac13 ... G_0303.jpg

peterwaller · Post by **peterwaller** » Thu Feb 04, 2010 7:09 pm

Looking promising.