GRW's Stock bots

[090901]

Each fight is only 30 secs long, bot and good HS or rammer would break those extenders right away.

[That Robot is a Spy!]

Cruel to be kind, I would improve it or not enter, as being called a SFTW by everyone is not pleasant.
Especially if a newbie enters.

[GroudonRobotWars]

I might just fix up the extenders, for an update. As I believe I can't send in a new bot.

[Clickbeetle]

And, I did not know DST and DSS existed, thought there was only DSA

DST and DSS (also double strength plastic and good old DSA) are on most of the stock AI bots.  All of them except EMERGENCY I believe.
 
I didn't want anyone entering Big Dog with its giant double-strength steel chassis.  That would be difficult to KO in 30 seconds with a fresh bot, all but impossible with a damaged one.
 
But DSA is okay.

[GroudonRobotWars]

My first Popup attempt. Popin' Bottles

I know it is underweight and uses Ballasts(Need them or otherwise the bot would keep flipping itself over

[Badnik96]

Use HPZ's and rubbers for maximum low ground clearance.

Don't use angle extenders.

Front protection is needed otherwise HS will tear it apart

You only need 2 blacks IIRC

[Naryar]

That is awful honestly.

You have too many razors for each DDT and for a HW popup in general, it's AGONIZINGLY SLOW FOR A POPUP (needs 4WD HPZ drive, at the very least 2WD), remove ballasts, static wedges are like nothing, you have too much batteries and it is unprotected, meaning it will get KOed fast.

There are some good things that you have incorporated, it has few empty space, it has the correct weapons, good wheels, good batteries you know how to make weapon racks, you know mostly what components to use... but despite all these good things it's still a horrible popup by today's standards.

Do not take this as a personal attack cause it isn't. Your robots are just still newbie-level, that is all.

[GroudonRobotWars]

It has been a long time since I last posted here so:

Sweet Apple Cider:

[Mr. AS]

hi random pink batt

[GroudonRobotWars]

Removed the Pink

[Fracture]

There really isn't much to say.

Just don't go around trying to beat popups with it.

[Badnik96]

it's decent at best. I would put the Pink back in honestly, gives it more power and fills up those last 13 KG

[Clickbeetle]

Yeah there's no point taking out the pink if you're not going to use the weight for something else.
 
This really only needs 1 Supervolt for power; you could even get by with 1 Nifty if you had to.  Taking out a pink and a black and then shrinking the chassis would get you 40 kgs at a conservative estimate... which is enough for either MOAR WEAPONS or a wedge.  A wedge would be good if you could make it long enough.

[GroudonRobotWars]

Here is the fix to it, now it is invertable too

[Clickbeetle]

Getting there, but don't use the long pole spikes (they get in the way of the axes and aren't very good weapons anyway) and a long single wedge in the middle (see X-Press from Ironbot) would be better than that awkward double wedge setup there.  Double wedges on a single burst motor never seem to work well.

[GroudonRobotWars]

Now I have a small problem, it is underweight now :/

[Clickbeetle]

Looking good.  Any way to fit more axe heads on there?  Possibly add a third baseplate anchor?

[GroudonRobotWars]

Got some more in after fixing the racks.

[Clickbeetle]

Great!  There's a few more things you could tweak (small wedges are usually better than Emergency wedges) but that bot is almost as good as it's going to get now.
 
Also I don't think I've ever seen such prompt responses to building advice.     *secretly wonders if I told GRW to give the bot N12 wheels and ninja stars, if he would do it*
 
*actually that would look kinda cool*