Author Topic: BruceakaJAWS' robot showcase (Read 4159 times)

BruceakaJAWS · « **on:** May 21, 2008, 07:34:52 PM »

I not new to the game. Some of you may have seen my bots on the old forum. so heres a new one. I call it miller. I built it when I was looking at one of cudas bots and it gave me an idea. But I changed it a bit.

Naryar · « **Reply #1 on:** May 21, 2008, 07:54:56 PM »

I like the wheel design it looks cool.

Is this a popup?

BruceakaJAWS · « **Reply #2 on:** May 21, 2008, 07:59:47 PM »

No It has hammer but I really didn't build it to be a fighter. I build it more for fun

BruceakaJAWS · « **Reply #3 on:** May 26, 2008, 11:55:28 AM »

i know bot I built called Peice of cake. Its a descent bot but it could be better.

Sage · « **Reply #4 on:** May 26, 2008, 02:06:11 PM »

i am NOT downloading anything just to look at a picture. just show it.

BruceakaJAWS · « **Reply #5 on:** May 26, 2008, 04:58:26 PM »

Here are pics of the bots in the links up top

Miller

A Piece of Cake

Clickbeetle · « **Reply #6 on:** May 27, 2008, 08:08:57 PM »

Well Piece of Cake is certainly original. You don't see too many three-wheeled bots. I'm guessing the strategy is to strafe around your opponent and sideswipe them with the spinner? If that's the case, I think the bot would be better if the weapon spun the other way, so it would push your bot away from the opponent after a hit.

Flying_Chao · « **Reply #7 on:** May 27, 2008, 09:05:34 PM »

Aren't piglets not the best motors for drive?

BruceakaJAWS · « **Reply #8 on:** May 27, 2008, 09:10:30 PM »

Thanks for the Idea of reversing the blade It made a big difference in the bots proformance

BruceakaJAWS · « **Reply #9 on:** May 30, 2008, 07:54:18 PM »

A new bot I built called Argos II. Its a remake of an older bot so I keeped it a little more classic.

Cooker · « **Reply #10 on:** May 30, 2008, 08:36:40 PM »

Hm, very classic. Is there a chance to see the insides?

BruceakaJAWS · « **Reply #11 on:** May 31, 2008, 08:10:05 PM »

Yes. But only when i get back to my computer

BruceakaJAWS · « **Reply #12 on:** June 03, 2008, 08:11:09 PM »

Here is an inside look at my robot Argos II. A remake of an older bot of mine.

BruceakaJAWS · « **Reply #13 on:** June 08, 2008, 03:19:45 PM »

It seems like not of peolpe have looked at my bots but here are two new one. The first one is a light weight named Tiny Tim. It uses a spinning drum as a weapon. I will have pics of the insides later.

Here the other one named Black Dragon. Its a heavyweight with a clamp hammer like weapon and a flamthrower.

GameKing3 · « **Reply #14 on:** June 08, 2008, 04:00:31 PM »

Pretty good but the flamethrower at least in my experiences isnt the best combat weapon.

Cooker · « **Reply #15 on:** June 09, 2008, 06:07:19 AM »

Comment on Argus II:
For to compete with S3 bots it's probably not powerfull enough. There is a lot of waisted space inside. Try to replace the 4 snappers in front with two magsnappers with two or more weapons on each of them. Shrink the chassis to the absolute minimum. This applies to all bots. When I go to make a bot for a competition, I redo the chassis several times till there is no possible improve anymore.

Tiny Tim seems to be interesting, but I need to see the insides.

Black Dragon is between MW and HW. Either you downgrade it to MW, or you blow it up to HW. Like this it is closed to worthless, because it cannot compete to other HW, that have closed to 800 kg.

If you want more people to come by, to see your showcase, there are three ways to acheive this.
Try to go new ways and show more original and more spectacular bots, or have a big mouth and make big (but empty) announcments and statements like Venko. The third and best is: do both.
If you want just to have more and more visitors and you are not in a hurry, go ahead to post and thanks to the (more or less) helpfull adwises of the other members and by your own increasing skills, you will be a better bot builder. Join some competitions and you will get even more experienced.

Naryar · « **Reply #16 on:** June 09, 2008, 08:15:44 AM »

I agree with Cooker on Argus II. But competing against S3 bots with a DSL bot is pretty unfair. The opposite is really great (using a totally stock bot for competing against DSL bots).

Yea, use 2 mag snappers or even 3, this is a heavyweight. You could try putting more than 1 weapon on each of your flipper's arms.

And you could use orange batts too, not plenty of battlepacks. I love battlepacks and more than oranges, but the total performance is better. Its simple: the heavier the battery is, the better power/weight ratio it has. You could eventually reshape the chassis.

This drive train seems weak for a HW. If I were you, I'll use at least fast NPC-T64s, and perhaps grippier wheels.

3 Mag Snappers and fast NPC-T64 drive needs a little more than 3 orange batts and one battlepack.

And dont forget to adapt the chassis to that config.

Another thing on defense: the better armors (armor/weight ratio) are Titanium 1, Plastic 3, Titanium 5 and Titanium 10. Dont use aluminium because it really sucks.

About Black Dragon: I do think that he is too much speed-orientated. The weapons seem a little weak for a HW and he has low external defenses (but if you have good armor it is fine)

Ill suggest using more than one tooth on the upper clamp and finding something for side defense (that is, avoiding to get the opponent flanking you an grinding at your wheels)

But I really like the design, pretty original. (for me black dragons spit acid, but whatever)

Flying_Chao · « **Reply #17 on:** June 09, 2008, 01:54:03 PM »

Quote from: Naryar;9408

But I really like the design, pretty original. (for me black dragons spit acid, but whatever)

What are you, a dragon racist!?

Naryar · « **Reply #18 on:** June 09, 2008, 02:19:57 PM »

No. Black dragons are creatures of the marshes. They can breathe underwater, use insect spells, can corrupt water... and are evil, of course.

Red (and gold) dragons breathe fire. (long live fire breathing dragons)

R0B0SH4RK · « **Reply #19 on:** June 09, 2008, 09:02:36 PM »

Quote from: Naryar;But competing against S3 bots with a DSL bot is pretty unfair. [/QUOTE

Uhh... S3 is a bot in DSL. He's not talking about SCv3.

Basically, Cooker and Naryar have given you all the advice you need at this point.