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Robots Showcase / Re: 8bean builds bots IRL

« on: June 05, 2019, 01:22:02 PM »

Its been a bit since the event but here's an overview of HORD 2019.

Since the beetleweight category had completely filled up, the team decided to sign up for the mantisweight class. We competed with the multibot Dual Disease which sported H5N1 and a modified Sean.

 

H5N1 is completely unchanged since the last event. Sean on the other hand now utilizes 2 of the kitbots 1000rpm metal gearmotors rather than silversparks and is running on a 4s lipo.

Our first match was up against the 4wd titanium block named T-34

Right as this fight began, we realized that not changing anything on H5N1 was a horrible mistake. The left drive motor locked up immediately after the first hit making it impossible to chase T-34 with both bots. When H5N1 got flipped over though, the drive kicked back into gear for some reason. I was able to get a few good hits off, one of which causing the weld holding the middle of T-34 to come clean off. The triumph was short lived though because the drive became locked again and we were pushed around for the rest of the match. After the fight when we opened up H5N1 the locked up motor had become extremely hot and nearly melted several of the wires inside. We were lucky to get away with minimal damage and moved into the losers bracket.

The second match was versus the powerful steel wedge of Piece by Piece

Both bots did exceptionally well in this fight. My teammate driving Sean was able to pin Piece by Piece several times which allowed me to get in there and do some serious damage. One of the issues we had was that many of the teeth on H5N1's weapon belt had been stripped during the fight against T-34 so the weapon refused to spin up sometimes. The clutch pit by my teammate at the end really saved the day as we could've been completely knocked out of the competition at this point.

Afterwards, we fought the menacing drum spinner American Banshee

Yeah we definitely didn't deserve to win this fight. After a hit on the side, one of banshee's screws came unthreaded and caused it to become semi-beached on itself. The ref was about to count them out but both us and him said that banshee was stuck. He stopped at first but then deemed it as a "stack" which can be counted out for. Other than that the all new wedgelet attachment for Sean worked good durability wise as taking direct blows did absolutely nothing to them. Unfortunately we weren't able to see how effective they truly were due to how quickly it lost drive. H5N1's wedge was completely bent up at this point and rendered the weapon unusable. The bottom panel was also completely shredded as well as the tires on both bots. There was a lot of repair work that needed to be done before the next fight.

Finally we fought the expertly driven wedge Derpy

Derpy's excellent driving certainly showed in this fight. The driver, being the builder of mondo bizarro, certainly had experience on his side and it showed. Banshee also got its revenge this round. Since we had to hammer down the wedge as best we could, it was very weak. This caused H5N1's wedge to jump back up right into the weapon and immobilize it once again during the fight. Now stuck as two wedges, my teammate and I desperately tried to do anything to get Derpy under our control. However, the weight and driving ability was too much for us to handle and both of us ended up in the pit.

This was the best event we've been to by far. The whole area was packed with spectators and everyone was into it. We also got to see plenty of amazing designs and brutal bots. I know we will certainly be making a return next year.
Oh yeah and here's some post event pics of the bots
 

 

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DSL TC Showcases / Re: 8bean's DSL Showcase!

« on: May 28, 2019, 08:16:51 PM »

yea i started out by just putting yellow as highlights but got a little carried away and now it looks like eye rape

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DSL TC Showcases / Re: 8bean's DSL Showcase!

« on: May 28, 2019, 04:58:45 PM »

woa look it’s f3

 

This was my first attempt at a different build style that uses extenders and angled connectors as the primary body rather than panels. Also it’s my DM4 entrant

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Off-Topic Discussion / Re: pooh pathology test

« on: May 28, 2019, 02:54:16 AM »

tfw you are the exact same amount of three characters in a row
 

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Tournament Archives / Re: Trak Attak - SBV

« on: May 10, 2019, 11:18:05 PM »

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DSL TC Showcases / Re: 8bean's DSL Showcase!

« on: May 01, 2019, 02:56:26 PM »

Made something for LDAI 3

 

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Robots Showcase / Re: 8bean builds bots IRL

« on: April 28, 2019, 09:50:04 PM »

Made an event overview/build thingy because why not

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Tournament Archives / Re: Trak Attak - SBV

« on: April 28, 2019, 08:17:27 PM »

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DSL TC Showcases / Re: 8bean's DSL Showcase!

« on: April 25, 2019, 08:18:23 PM »

 

New purplenurple. Might change it a bit as the back corners don't feel complete and I kinda want to find a different solution for the top center that isn't a spikestrip. Also 200cm disc because why not

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Discussion / Re: Community AI pack. (LDAI 3?)

« on: April 25, 2019, 05:15:18 PM »

oh you already know a team of bigwheels will be heading your way once this goes live

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Showcases / Re: Post Your RR2 Bots

« on: April 21, 2019, 08:29:27 PM »

holy sh** thats amazing

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Tournament Archives / Re: Trak Attak - SBV

« on: April 20, 2019, 10:52:29 PM »

Its back bois

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Robots Showcase / Re: 8bean builds bots IRL

« on: April 16, 2019, 04:08:23 PM »

Thanks. We hope to be able to bring it to HORD in June and then head off to NRC at the Ohio State Fair in August.

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Robots Showcase / Re: 8bean builds bots IRL

« on: April 14, 2019, 02:05:24 AM »

Hey chads I'm back with an all new bot (and this one actually has a real weapon)

 

Introducing H5N1 from Team Plague! A beetleweight vert that we just competed with at NRC.

NRC was a 3 day event that was a blast to participate in and spectate. No combat matches were scheduled on day 1 so we got to walk around the pits and talk with builders from all over. One of the combat teams stationed next to our table was having several driving issues so we helped them out and got it up and running again before inspection. Several other robotics competitions were running here as well that were fantastic to watch. One of which that was scheduled day 1 was the extremely competitive bot hockey and was fun to watch.

As day 2 came along, our fights began.

Round 1 was the first combat test of the weapon and needless to say we were happy with the result. After we flipped the opposing bot I planned on asking them if they would like to be flipped over so that we could keep going but they tapped out before I could say anything.

Our second fight was against the feared horizontal spinner Conquistador. The shock of the first impact was so hard that it stripped the screws holding the bottom panel in clean off and removed 5 of the teeth off of our weapon belt. However, since we won we were guaranteed a spot into tomorrow so we started on repairing that bottom panel. After a quick Lowes run we attached a brand new bottom panel with JB plastic weld and let it cure overnight.

Day 3

The opponent we faced in this round had an extremely tough front plow but was slammed into the glass and flipped on first impact. The team replied that they did want to be flipped over, but by the time I had gotten into position to hit them on the solid front rather than the fragile polycarb back the buzzer had already been sounded.

This fight quickly turned tides after the opposing team agreed to be turned back on their wheels and got a quick charge on our back, pinning us against the wall. Thankfully we spun around and got a hard hit on the wedge sending them into the roof of the arena and onto their top.

The finals were a rough match up against an extremely talented college team. The JB weld we used to fasten a new bottom panel on ripped clean off exposing our electronics once again. This time however, after an unfortunate flip, our battery ended up outside of the bot. Fearing the destruction of our power source, we took it extremely careful to ensure the blade wouldn't be able to reach it. The horizontal blade came close to slicing into it a few times but since we had bent their bar up it was angled barely above battery. Near the end we became stranded on it and were nearly counted out. Thankfully the opposing team gave us a good shunt on the back and the fight was on again. Afterwards, they showed us the damage that they had sustained throughout the fight.

 
This fight was truly the pinnacle of NRC for our team and was amazing to participate in.

We had made it to the grand finals! After scrambling like mad to fix our bottom panel and any of the other damage we had sustained with duct tape, H5N1 was up against a wedge that had dominated the competition with superior driving throughout the event. This wedge wasn't just any wedge though. Remember how I said at the beginning that we helped a team get driving again and pass tech? Well that was this bot. It was insane to be fighting them in the grand finals of all places. However, it was not a peaceful reunion because we were able to rip off the top panel and flip it, spilling its electronic guts all over the floor

Overall it was a fantastic event that was extremely fun to participate in. We even came out with relatively minor damage.
 

We all hope to return to another event soon and can't wait to get back into the arena!

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Tournament Archives / Re: Trak Attak - SBV

« on: April 05, 2019, 10:07:34 PM »

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Tournament Archives / Re: MULTIWARZ

« on: April 05, 2019, 09:15:24 PM »

>3 min. matches in the Combat Arena.

time for double hs

also you have way too many options for voting bucko

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Tournament Archives / Re: Pathfinder - SBV

« on: April 02, 2019, 06:52:50 PM »

this tournament is done lmao

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Tournament Archives / Trak Attak - SBV

« on: April 02, 2019, 06:40:48 PM »

 

https://challonge.com/3h1r35md

https://challonge.com/d13qfdow

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Tournament Archives / Re: Trak Attak

« on: April 02, 2019, 03:11:16 PM »

Unfortunately Moros and Massive Mammoth had issues pertaining to AI and will not be participating. Thankfully I was able to receive an updated version for Massive Mammoth and Primeval agreed to replace Moros with his secondary bot Fallen Angel. Now all of the bots have been AI'd and an SBV will be coming soon.

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Challenge Board / Re: Hoppin vs Double00Rhys - IRL Challenge Belt

« on: March 23, 2019, 11:00:43 PM »

rhys wins 3-2