Near Chaos Robotics

[MikeNCR]

Video coming later, but here's a very brief rundown of how the bots did

Klazo went out in the first round via pushout
Algos placed 3rd.
The flipper under the name Reptar to go with my friends Chuckie costume at Dragon*Con won the 1lb class.
Apollyon went undefeated and won the 12lb class.
Nyx lost it's first match, then went on to win the 30lb class.

We got a ton of video which will be showing up once it's ID'd and converted to a smaller/faster to upload format.

[Tweedy]

the supreme weapon

Spinner ?

[Jamin]

Congratz on all the victories, sounds like it was all quite successful.

Glad to hear of the flipper's victory, hopefully that might inspire some more robots over there to utilize the supreme weapon :P

Lol if you guys would build an actual arena you'd have just as many spinners as we do.

[R1885]

Congratz on all the victories, sounds like it was all quite successful.

Glad to hear of the flipper's victory, hopefully that might inspire some more robots over there to utilize the supreme weapon :P

Lol if you guys would build an actual arena you'd have just as many spinners as we do.

Well we have loads of spinners for the UK champs, but the flippers are still (on average) far more successful.

Most American arenas lack a dead zone. The Combots/Robogames arena sorta does, but it's pretty small.

[MikeNCR]

Video is up:

1 and 3lb:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL381AC5277547FC6B&feature=view_all

12 and 30lb:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD9E62E0B9714FE3E&feature=view_all

Near Chaos Robotics:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCE1BDB41F8F284AE&feature=view_all

[HurricaneAndrew]

Congratz on all the victories, sounds like it was all quite successful.

Glad to hear of the flipper's victory, hopefully that might inspire some more robots over there to utilize the supreme weapon :P

You do realize that the class the flipper was in fights on a platform at Dragon*con, right?

[MikeNCR]

Congratz on all the victories, sounds like it was all quite successful.

Glad to hear of the flipper's victory, hopefully that might inspire some more robots over there to utilize the supreme weapon :P

You do realize that the class the flipper was in fights on a platform at Dragon*con, right?

I wish you guys would chill out about a sarcastic comment :P

According to the videos actually, Mike's 1lb flipper actually fought in a battlebox though, so not on a platform. On the subject of the flipper, I'm quite impressed with the driving for a new roboteer. I'm also really impressed with how well Nyx works. I was at first quite skeptical about how effective the weapon would be, but it seems to be very useful for controlling the other robots with.

There is a pushout on the insect box, but compared to the rest of the arena, it's a fairly small area. John (driver/co-builder of Reptar) picked up bot driving fast, which I can only assume is somewhat related to how often he plays video games. (serious correlation there from what I've seen)

Once I got the hang of using the spike even I was shocked at how well it worked. It seems to be just the right length to pop the other bot up on/near their side, and then it works as a catch stick to keep them there as I floor it toward the wall/edge of the floor.

[courthousedoc]

You do know that your friends bot is the first sucessful american front hinged fipper right?

[MikeNCR]

You do know that your friends bot is the first sucessful american front hinged fipper right?

If that's true, it's absolutely hilarious, seeing as the bot was mostly built from recycled bits of old bots (including Kobalos, Motor City Massacre and the 2nd Apollyon) and scrap metal.

Can anyone think of any US front hinged bots that have done well?

[Conraaa]

Does Sewer Snake count?

[Jamin]

I can't even think of any US front hinged flippers in general...in fact the only flipper from the US that I know of that didn't have a rear hinge system was Mouser.

[Badnik96]

Sewer snake is more of a 180 degree thing really.

[MikeNCR]

[nicsan2009]

Congrats man.

[Jonzu95]

Awesome job. You're clearly one of my favourite members around here.

[Conraaa]

So not a bad haul then? :P
Congrats!

[Philippa]

Very well done, Mike.

[Classicus]

Congrats, very nice bots.

[MikeNCR]

Nyx got a minor modification today. The 15t sprockets I've had on the Dewalt drive motors have been replaced with 12t sprockets. Why gear it so it drives slower?

1. Nyx has been throttle limited to 75% power since the middle of Motorama 2012. This should allow me to remove the limits.
2. With the limiter removed, the speed is actually better. 16.6mph theoretical top speed at 24v with the old setup, limited to 75% is 12.45mph. With the new ratio and no limiter, 13.3mph.
3. More torque means it will get to speed faster. 1.3s to top speed now vs. 1.8s with the previous gearing.
4. More torque also reduces the stress on the motors and electrical system for any given loading, which can't hurt.

[Sylandro]

Hey MikeNCR, will you make a Lightweight?