Author Topic: Clickbeetle's bots (Read 79387 times)

Clickbeetle · « **Reply #220 on:** February 21, 2010, 10:18:38 PM »

'Bout time I showcased this.

Excellent wedges (can consistently get under NWB) and consequently, an excellent gut-ripper of anything not an HS. I'm not expecting there to be a lot of HS's in Stock's Revenge, so I'm hoping to do well.

And here's a Raptor rebuild that I'm not entering.

Decent enough for a stock AI rebuild, but isn't quite up to par with other modern bots. I could probably improve it, but I'm not entering it so I don't have much incentive to do so. Maybe somebody else can clone it and make it good.

Sage · « **Reply #221 on:** February 21, 2010, 10:21:56 PM »

Cool bots, both of em. Nice.

Clickbeetle · « **Reply #222 on:** March 13, 2010, 11:28:00 PM »

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think this has ever been done on a HW HS.

Standard 36HS (2 Supervolts, HPZ drive, DSA, invertible) with a twist... it has 6 weapon motors instead of the usual 4, and razor tips instead of irons or maces.

Obviously it's no good against other HS's or rammers. It gets outweaponed very fast. But it's decent against any other type of bot.

Pros:
-Spins very fast, and is hard to stop.
-Razors deal a lot of damage
-Very stable
-Redundancy: with a standard 36-mace HS, if a popup knocks off two of your weapon motors you're horribly crippled. But Beehive can lose two weapon motors and still have four to threaten the opponent with.

Cons:
-Not very durable

I just BARELY had enough weight to pull this off. The chassis is airtight, and all of the motors are mounted on a grand total of four 20cm extenders (the 6 weapon motors on 2 and the drive on another 2).

I originally used shiny hub wheels and had two extenders on all the tribars, but it wasn't invertible. I think it might be slightly better with some of the razors pointing down anyway, so it can hit popups.

Sage · « **Reply #223 on:** March 13, 2010, 11:29:46 PM »

Interesting chassis... good bot. nicely stacked and such.

JoeBlo · « **Reply #224 on:** March 13, 2010, 11:40:43 PM »

might not be the most powerful HS but damn awesome to pull off 6 motors, not to mention how cool it looks

wait until DK sees this :P

Clickbeetle · « **Reply #225 on:** March 16, 2010, 10:13:54 PM »

I started building a MW Slaying Mantis and gave up about halfway through when I ran out of weight. The unfinished bot sat in my bot lab for several months before I stumbled across it again and decided I could make it work. And this is the result.

Like its HW counterpart, Preying Mantis II is good against HS's and rammers, not so much against popups and VS's. However, it is somewhat more adept at fighting popups than Slaying Mantis. The main problem is that it can't self-right--if Preying Mantis could self-right (or if it could avoid being flipped), I'm sure it could beat a lot of popups easily.

Oh well. At least it looks wicked cool.

Virus Bomb · « **Reply #226 on:** March 16, 2010, 10:15:55 PM »

Wow. I really like this bot.

Naryar · « **Reply #227 on:** March 17, 2010, 02:31:05 AM »

Stock doesn't looks bad when built that way :P

JoeBlo · « **Reply #228 on:** March 17, 2010, 02:34:38 AM »

Hooray for anti generic in stock

Quote from: Clickbeetle on March 16, 2010, 10:13:54 PM

Oh well. At least it looks wicked cool.

thats my main goal with everyone of my robots :P

Sage · « **Reply #229 on:** March 17, 2010, 10:39:09 AM »

I might use normal zteks for drive and do something cool with the extra 13 kgs you have. Otherwise, awesome bot.

Sparkey98 · « **Reply #230 on:** March 17, 2010, 01:56:21 PM »

Awsome!

TriTon · « **Reply #231 on:** March 17, 2010, 02:49:09 PM »

Quote from: Sparkey98 on March 17, 2010, 01:56:21 PM

Awesome!

Fixed!

As for the bot...*insert robo smiley here*

090901 · « **Reply #232 on:** March 17, 2010, 06:39:30 PM »

Quote from: TriTon on March 17, 2010, 02:49:09 PM

Quote from: Sparkey98 on March 17, 2010, 01:56:21 PM
Awesomesausce!

Fixed!

As for the bot...*insert robo smiley here*

No, I fixed it.

JoeBlo · « **Reply #233 on:** March 17, 2010, 08:11:34 PM »

Quote from: 090901 on March 17, 2010, 06:39:30 PM

Quote from: TriTon on March 17, 2010, 02:49:09 PM
Quote from: Sparkey98 on March 17, 2010, 01:56:21 PM
Awesomesauce!

Fixed!

As for the bot...*insert robo smiley here*
No, I fixed it.

correction I fixed it :P

I think we should stop now....

Pwnator · « **Reply #234 on:** March 17, 2010, 08:18:32 PM »

If you used Sage's suggestion and downgraded the drive, you'll have the weight for a srimech. :D

Clickbeetle · « **Reply #235 on:** March 28, 2010, 10:46:10 PM »

Now with self-righteousness!

New problem, though: it's slow enough to be easily flanked by fast bots. So even though it can consistently self-right, it can't consistently beat most popups like I hoped it would. But it's still just as good against HS, so I'm keeping this version since being able to self-right is just a good thing in general.

Sage · « **Reply #236 on:** March 28, 2010, 11:17:14 PM »

Schweet!

090901 · « **Reply #237 on:** March 29, 2010, 12:13:09 AM »

Awesome, the bot is awesome!
Off-topic:Happy B-day sage!

Clickbeetle · « **Reply #238 on:** June 09, 2010, 06:27:00 PM »

Rejected designs for Jonzu's Metal Mayham tourney.

First I thought I would try a Smashbox-style flipper in stock, after seeing how much mounting the burst motors high up increases flipping power in DSL. And the RA2T2 arena would be perfect for it. Flipping power is good enough, but it can't last more than 5 seconds against any decent HS. And I know Metal Mayhem will be full of HS's.

Oh, and there's HP Z-tek drive and 2 non-stacked Supervolts in that chassis.

So then I took the Dark July approach. I figured that since popups are banned, I don't need to worry about having a wedge or fast drive. I just loaded as many weapons as possible onto this bot. The side hammers serve dual purposes, protecting the wheels and giving the bot a means to score KO's (since it's so slow it's never going to KO anything with the iron spikes). It's actually quite good against rammers and dual HS's like Deuterium, but it didn't perform as well as I would like against SnS's and single HS's like Spin Cycle. The side hammers broke too easily, leaving the wheels exposed.

My final entry... is a secret for now

All I'm going to say is that the Thwartoise is thwarting some plans.

G.K. · « **Reply #239 on:** June 10, 2010, 12:25:45 AM »

Both look good.