Author Topic: Snappy Robots (Read 62252 times)

TDS · « **Reply #100 on:** November 30, 2015, 12:21:06 PM »

Quote from: Bobyasianboy on November 30, 2015, 11:34:12 AM

Quote from: TDS on November 30, 2015, 08:17:49 AM
What are the angled side plates made of?
Looks like HDPE to me

me too but every time i've tried to bend hdpe to make an angle like his front end memory takes over and it eventually bends itself back.

cephalopod · « **Reply #101 on:** November 30, 2015, 12:43:04 PM »

Heat. :)
The front end on this one was bent after holding a soldering irons barrel to it.

TDS · « **Reply #102 on:** November 30, 2015, 11:01:31 PM »

I'll have to give it a shot, I kind of wanted ruins front end to be cool and angular since there's just a ton of extra room in front of the main bulkhead but didnt want to make tons of weird angle brackets

Tweedy · « **Reply #103 on:** December 01, 2015, 11:21:44 AM »

Quote from: Craaig on November 30, 2015, 11:48:20 AM

Wedge is 2mm Grade 5 Titanium, so it takes a hell of a knock.

That thing was a real bitch to grind, worked nicely though.

R1885 · « **Reply #104 on:** December 01, 2015, 03:53:16 PM »

Quote from: plazmic inferno on December 01, 2015, 11:21:44 AM

Quote from: Craaig on November 30, 2015, 11:48:20 AM
Wedge is 2mm Grade 5 Titanium, so it takes a hell of a knock.
That thing was a real bitch to grind, worked nicely though.

Ugh, .8mm is already a pain in the ass, I'd hate to see how many discs had to die to make Snappy happen.

TDS · « **Reply #105 on:** December 02, 2015, 10:23:14 AM »

Quote from: R1885 on December 01, 2015, 03:53:16 PM

Ugh, .8mm is already a pain in the ass, I'd hate to see how many discs had to die to make Snappy happen.

Um, I cut through 5/8" solid (15.8mm) with one disc, you just got to get the right rpm and go nice and slow

Tweedy · « **Reply #106 on:** December 02, 2015, 10:50:15 AM »

Quote from: R1885 on December 01, 2015, 03:53:16 PM

Quote from: plazmic inferno on December 01, 2015, 11:21:44 AM
Quote from: Craaig on November 30, 2015, 11:48:20 AM
Wedge is 2mm Grade 5 Titanium, so it takes a hell of a knock.
That thing was a real bitch to grind, worked nicely though.
Ugh, .8mm is already a pain in the ass, I'd hate to see how many discs had to die to make Snappy happen.

Only the one but there wasn't much left of it afterwards, I'll upload a picture once I get home from work of what was left of it.

cephalopod · « **Reply #107 on:** December 03, 2015, 04:54:19 AM »

Worth putting this one up too, before I finish a full build/event report.

Mr Snappy 2, Mr Snappy and the new chassis for Snappy Senior (the old Robob chassis for anyone that may remember. Immaculately welded mild steel).
Planning to get it running over the next few months, and upgrade bits as we go ready for the 2017 FW Champs.
Also coming soon... plans for AW Snappy, BW Snappy cluster, Mr Snappy 2 alternate attachments (front hinge anyone?) and possibly eventually thoughts for Mr Snappy 3 which I don't plan to build until the next BW champs comes around seem as though MS2 has worked so well so far.

HereticBlue · « **Reply #108 on:** December 03, 2015, 03:18:54 PM »

I wonder who bought you that feather chassis.

cephalopod · « **Reply #109 on:** December 04, 2015, 03:27:10 AM »

Some DissenterCyan guy ;p
For real, thank you. :)

Clickbeetle · « **Reply #110 on:** December 09, 2015, 01:11:44 AM »

Quote from: yugitom on November 29, 2015, 05:16:34 PM

Any footage of the event?

I found some videos from Riptide Robotics. One fight with Mr. Snappy in it.

FHQWHGADS should have been DQ'd in that fight for using its electronics as an entanglement device. :P

Congratulations on the win Craaig!

cephalopod · « **Reply #111 on:** December 09, 2015, 09:55:20 AM »

Thank you but that felt very much like a hollow victory as Newton and Fhqwhgads (the eventual winner) got basically DQed for being stuck.

Here's 2 of the matches I'm a lot prouder of.

Round 2 Match: Headbanger vs Mr Snappy 2 vs Newton

Watch for me dying in the background at the end :P
The white sides were foam taped on to defend against Newton. As a funny joke I scrawled Non-Newtonian Solid on the side of them.

The Annihilator: 15 different bots that I'm not going to list out

A unanimous decision from all 3 judges (Shane Swan, Ed Hoppitt and Andrew Marchant) gave me the win, and I couldn't be prouder.

First competitive tournament and managing to win the annihilator and getting to the quarters made me feel very good. :)

Clickbeetle · « **Reply #112 on:** December 09, 2015, 11:55:54 PM »

Quote from: Craaig on December 09, 2015, 09:55:20 AM

Thank you but that felt very much like a hollow victory as Newton and Fhqwhgads (the eventual winner) got basically DQed for being stuck.

Yeah I thought it was weird that somebody didn't stop the match to unstick those two. Newton was clearly still working but it had wires wrapped around its weapon shaft. I meant more general congratulations for winning the Annihilator and stuff. And for making a bot that can take hits and not suffer some random failure. Half the battle is just getting through without breaking.

cephalopod · « **Reply #113 on:** December 10, 2015, 07:45:57 AM »

Apparently they decided to not run unsticks during 4-way melees. Bit odd but we couldn't really argue.

Tweedy · « **Reply #114 on:** December 10, 2015, 01:26:25 PM »

Still amazed we didn't meet in the main competition, I shall avenge Ash at some point. Plus I want to see what Hyperion will do if it actually gets under something as opposed to hitting a flat side.

Riptide · « **Reply #115 on:** December 12, 2015, 08:41:02 AM »

Yeah I kept shouting to the judges 'I'm dead, Newton is stuck on my Lipos' but they wouldn't unstick. Felt legitimately bad about it but at least there were loser's melees I guess.

For the record, Ellis did sell me a 30A esc about a minute before that fight. During the fight Newton pulled many components off the ESC board, writing it off. I felt a little less bad after realising hah.

cephalopod · « **Reply #116 on:** January 25, 2016, 06:03:10 PM »

Cooked up a belated build diary/event report for MS2
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1559592841028725.1073741832.1401489646839046&type=3

cephalopod · « **Reply #117 on:** February 19, 2016, 04:09:12 PM »

You know it.

cephalopod · « **Reply #118 on:** February 20, 2016, 11:52:42 AM »

CADing (cardboard aided design) the Snappy ant (we all knew it was going to happen)

Largely just a dimensional test. Hoping to get the whole lid acting as the lifter.
Next task - maybe transfer it to sketchup or inventor and then get the 2mm HDPE out and try it in something a little more robust than a cider box...

cephalopod · « **Reply #119 on:** April 09, 2016, 05:14:36 PM »

Things are afoot. Brand new things.
I'm so excited about this bot.