Author Topic: Clickbeetle's bots (Read 66736 times)

DuckRA2 · « **Reply #100 on:** February 02, 2009, 08:39:09 PM »

I've always been trying to make a plow wedge shape on a pop up I had, but failed every time, nice

Reier · « **Reply #101 on:** February 03, 2009, 08:23:19 AM »

king mager · « **Reply #102 on:** February 04, 2009, 02:36:16 PM »

i got one question about the chained motors..to get them to go fast do u spin them the same way as the one its chaiend too? like one motor is going clockwiseand the chained one is going clockwise to,like that or clockwisse and counter clockwise?

R1885 · « **Reply #103 on:** February 04, 2009, 06:04:51 PM »

Reier · « **Reply #104 on:** February 04, 2009, 06:31:36 PM »

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KM, I'm pretty sure they spin the same direction, 'cause if they didn't, they'd each just cancel each other out.

king mager · « **Reply #105 on:** February 05, 2009, 05:30:49 PM »

ok i got another question about frag beetle. it may be a stupid question,and im probly the only one that doesn't see it, but how do u make the maces curve? u told me that there on 20 cm extenders,but i still dont see how it makes them curve? do you like put something else on it?

Clickbeetle · « **Reply #106 on:** February 08, 2009, 08:37:25 PM »

Look at Frag Beetle Larva. The extenders are more exposed.

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Going off of the success of Frag Beetle 2, I decided to try and make a MW version.

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I rotated the 20cm extenders in order to angle them forward. Do that with several extenders in a row and you get a nice curve.

infiniteinertia · « **Reply #107 on:** February 13, 2009, 10:39:32 AM »

Wouldnt say im speechless, but this is why I love having you around Click.

Very nice job indeed.

Clickbeetle · « **Reply #108 on:** May 01, 2009, 09:48:43 PM »

Thought I'd try a slightly different kind of hammer bot.

DSA, 2 Supervolts, everything else visible.

Almost every other hammer bot I've seen has two hammers and two wedges. Like everyone just accepts it as dogma that "HW Hammers Must Have Two DDT Hammers." But after seeing Flying_Chao's Vetearn Destroyer (the inspiration for this bot, though I hope you can't tell by looking at it) I realized that using a single hammer in order to beef up the front armor might have its merits. I ended up using a single wedge too, just because it fit better in the chassis, with the added bonus of being lighter and being able to get under dual-wedged bots like NWB easily.

The design works great. Cheshire Cat is nearly as powerful as any dual-hammer bot, but it's a lot more durable and better at trapping bots with those plows and V-shape of spikes. It can consistently beat most HS's; the only one I've fought that gives Cheshire Cat problems is Spin Doctor (because it's hard to trap for some reason). I've tested it against some BBEANS bots too, and Cheshire Cat can even beat Absolute Chaos quite handily.

It's called Cheshire Cat because Firebeetle pointed out that the front spike arrangement looks sort of like a huge, toothy grin, like the Cheshire cat. And it does.

Now if only I made this bot a couple months earlier and entered it in BBEANS... ah well, win or lose, Heaven's Sawmill's fights are going to be entertaining. That's what I entered it for.

Sage · « **Reply #109 on:** May 01, 2009, 09:58:13 PM »

I love the design, but i have to say it looks a little sloppy (I know it isnt, just kinda looks that way. or maybe im just racist towards red extenders :P)

Pwnator · « **Reply #110 on:** May 01, 2009, 10:00:49 PM »

Oh noez. Now I see something more annoying than Express Delivery. How well does it do against VSs? :D

40757 · « **Reply #111 on:** May 01, 2009, 10:32:57 PM »

That looks pretty cool. Do you have it AI'ed yet? I want to see how my bots do against it :P

Clickbeetle · « **Reply #112 on:** May 01, 2009, 10:40:56 PM »

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Oh noez. Now I see something more annoying than Express Delivery. How well does it do against VSs? :D

How well do you THINK it does against VSs? :D

Actually it can at least put up a fight after it loses the hammer, with all those ramming spikes, but obviously it's a lot less effective.

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That looks pretty cool. Do you have it AI'ed yet? I want to see how my bots do against it :P

I've had enough of AI'ing for now, after doing BBEANS. But I do want to AI the Cat just to see if it can beat AC AI-on-AI.

infiniteinertia · « **Reply #113 on:** May 02, 2009, 12:10:15 AM »

kinda thought of trying something 6wdish like it with one hammer, but I like the one wedge deal. Very nice bot indeed.

Glad to hear its successful against AC!

Note: Inf needs good hammer bots to keep up with trend...

Hydro · « **Reply #114 on:** May 02, 2009, 12:30:43 AM »

i wish i could help... says the 500 post noob...

Clickbeetle · « **Reply #115 on:** May 24, 2009, 05:10:14 PM »

Accident Waiting to Happen. DSA, 2 Supervolts, 2WD, 8 axe heads, 8 flailing iron spikes.

This bot is awesome. In case it isn't clear how it works: it's not really a VS, it's more of a trap bot. It's designed to trap bots with the samurai swords first. The weapon spins downward (opposite the direction of normal VS's) and is positioned high so that the flails hit the top of the opponent, bypassing most weapons. The flailing action keeps the weapon spinning so it can deliver constant hits to the opponent's top and any motors and stuff that might be there.

It also has excellent wedges. Since the wedges are angled inwards, instead of colliding head-on with the opponent's wedge and relying solely on brute wedginess to get under bots, AWTH's wedges tend to come in from the side, making it much easier to get under bots.

It can beat pretty much any type of bot with an exposed top, except 36-mace spinners like AC and MIDF. (Iron spike HS's aren't as much of a problem, though.)

There's just one problem. It only works if I use the pause key before starting each match. If I do a battle without pausing, the axles on the flails are AGOD'd to oblivion, even though it's just fine and dandy in the bot lab. Which wouldn't be such a big deal, except that pausing as you load a match causes some bots to randomly explode.

Am I doing something wrong with the AGOD-conquering pause trick? I know for a fact that other people have gotten vertical flail spinners to work. What I did is built the bot like normal, until it came time to attach the axle mounts, at which point I paused the game and didn't unpause until the bot was finished and I was out of the bot lab again.

Madiaba · « **Reply #116 on:** May 24, 2009, 05:16:25 PM »

Interesting, CB. What AI.py are you using to run it?... or a custom one?
Is the swing-arm strong enough?
I'm wrestling to see how it exactly works. If you have the time, a short vid would be worth a lot of words...

Clickbeetle · « **Reply #117 on:** May 24, 2009, 05:20:46 PM »

It's not AI'd, but if it was it would use a regular Omni.

I agree a video would be useful, and I was going to make one, but I wanted to see first if there's something I need to change to make the axles not get messed up.

infiniteinertia · « **Reply #118 on:** May 24, 2009, 11:23:47 PM »

Why are you so ****ing original and so ****ing efficient.

Art, destructive art.

Sage · « **Reply #119 on:** May 24, 2009, 11:37:38 PM »

For the anti AGOD trick, i might try pausing, attaching an axle, garage and back, repeat. see if that works.