Author Topic: Near Chaos Robotics (Read 171767 times)

courthousedoc · « **Reply #840 on:** July 14, 2012, 04:08:56 PM »

Good luck with the event. Hope you do as well as you did in BBEANS 2
(I hope you win and do everyone at Gametechmods proud).

MikeNCR · « **Reply #841 on:** July 14, 2012, 10:46:56 PM »

Both ants went 2-2, the team I was on won bot hockey. Video coming later.

Natef · « **Reply #842 on:** July 14, 2012, 10:50:40 PM »

How do you transport your antweights?

MikeNCR · « **Reply #843 on:** July 14, 2012, 10:54:28 PM »

Quote from: Natef on July 14, 2012, 10:50:40 PM

How do you transport your antweights?

In a small cardboard box with some foam to keep them from bouncing around.

MikeNCR · « **Reply #844 on:** August 22, 2012, 10:13:08 PM »

New addition to the team:

1lb front hinged flipper. This bot was mostly built by a friend of mine with my role being direction and complicated components, as they were learning how to use many of the tools during the build process. It will debut at Dragon*Con 2012.

Mr. AS · « **Reply #845 on:** August 22, 2012, 10:29:57 PM »

woah, looks artsy, is it as effective as your other bots ?

MikeNCR · « **Reply #846 on:** August 22, 2012, 10:34:33 PM »

It seems to work pretty well for a bot that wasn't really properly designed outside of the general concept. Flipper works and has plenty of power, travel range is enough that it can self right, and it was mostly built out of random scrap material including portions of Kobalos, Motor City Massacre, and the second version of Apollyon.

HurricaneAndrew · « **Reply #847 on:** August 23, 2012, 10:11:57 AM »

I've been wondering... On a flipper like that, is there a tether on the flipper that is also attached to the chassis to keep the pnuematic ram from over-extending and coming apart, or would such a thing even be necessary?

Jonzu95 · « **Reply #848 on:** August 23, 2012, 10:22:41 AM »

So much win.

SKBT · « **Reply #849 on:** August 23, 2012, 10:30:14 AM »

Quote from: HurricaneAndrew on August 23, 2012, 10:11:57 AM

I've been wondering... On a flipper like that, is there a tether on the flipper that is also attached to the chassis to keep the pnuematic ram from over-extending and coming apart, or would such a thing even be necessary?

Some people don't attach their "Arm" to the ram, so tether is used to keep it from "flipping" too far back and not retracting. Also sometimes people use bungee cords or springs to force the ram back down faster.

MikeNCR · « **Reply #850 on:** August 23, 2012, 10:53:49 PM »

The flipper on the new bot is servo powered. It actually uses a mechanism very much like the one on Biohazard, except it's using a different piece of the linkage as the weapon surface. (4-bar lifter)

Here's the 1lb fleet for Dragon*Con next weekend. Full group shot coming soonish.

cephalopod · « **Reply #851 on:** August 24, 2012, 03:32:01 AM »

Without sounding like I'm making an RA2 pun, is the front-hinged flipper wedgy enough? I always wonder about those types with the entire front panel as a front-hinged flipper... (totally didn't misspell that as slipper just now...)

MikeNCR · « **Reply #852 on:** August 24, 2012, 05:42:13 AM »

Quote from: Craaig on August 24, 2012, 03:32:01 AM

Without sounding like I'm making an RA2 pun, is the front-hinged flipper wedgy enough? I always wonder about those types with the entire front panel as a front-hinged flipper... (totally didn't misspell that as slipper just now...)

It seems to sit pretty flat. With the whole real world thing, the floors are never perfect, so once you get them to a certain level of flatness, it's really more down to that exact bit of floor than either wedge.

MikeNCR · « **Reply #853 on:** August 25, 2012, 06:25:09 PM »

Here's the full fleet for Dragon*Con 2012:

Jonzu95 · « **Reply #854 on:** August 25, 2012, 06:27:19 PM »

All 5 should be in RA2.

Resetti's Replicas · « **Reply #855 on:** August 25, 2012, 06:41:34 PM »

what happened to the one with the 45 degree propeller blade?

R1885 · « **Reply #856 on:** August 25, 2012, 06:47:41 PM »

Quote from: Sonny_Resetti on August 25, 2012, 06:41:34 PM

what happened to the one with the 45 degree propeller blade?

No walls to protect bystanders.

Resetti's Replicas · « **Reply #857 on:** August 25, 2012, 06:54:44 PM »

But it appears that two of the one-pounders have spinners

Jamin · « **Reply #858 on:** August 25, 2012, 06:56:13 PM »

Quote from: Sonny_Resetti on August 25, 2012, 06:54:44 PM

But it appears that two of the one-pounders have spinners

Dragoncon has a smaller, enclosed arena specifically for the antweights/bettleweights. All of the other classes fight on the table.

NFX · « **Reply #859 on:** August 25, 2012, 06:58:12 PM »

I like the contrast between Apollyon's beat-up look and the others' relatively pristine appearance. Hopefully they'll all do well.