new to roboticis

[bikerider4eva]

hello all i bought a advanced antweight kit off a us site and been told to take it up to beetlewieght etc im new to all this and kinda lost im preety good at eletronics and creating things just kinda stuck on body for the robot

[daveimi]

Which kit did u buy. If u can post a link that would help. Us ants are about half the weight of a UK beetle.

[Garfie489]

http://www.robotmarketplace.com/products/package07.html

Here is where hes been

[Tim The Plumber]

I'm even newer and hereby volunteer as apprentice to anybody around Sheffield.

More good with the hammer and welder than any CAD nonsense.

[bikerider4eva]

im in shrewsbury hahahaha so your a bit to far to travel

[daveimi]

Erm, the motors in the kit are usually for pushing around about half a kilo, and most modern uk beetles are 1.5kg. I think it will work, is it a case you've bought the kit and need a body for it all to go in?

[bikerider4eva]

yea i bought the kit just waiting on it to be delivered and yea need to sort a body of sorts for it which is the bit im stuck on been told i could use strong poly sheeting

[Jimmy]

I am also pretty new to this, as you are, but I would recommend delving into the build diaries section in this forum, as there are nearly unlimited ways to create the body for your robot. Arguably this is the most fun building, working out what the not will look like! There are people using plastics as you mentioned for beetleweights, but also various metals, wood, chopping boards, baking trays, biscuit tins and more. Really opened my eyes to what can be done fairly easy.

Have fun and good luck

[bikerider4eva]

i cant work with metals as dont have the skills or the tools like welding hahahahaha so it would have to be wood or plastics

[DoubleTrouble]

Don't knock wood and plastics. We had 10 fights at Insomnia with Mutiny and it came home in one piece.

[daveimi]

Right, had a bit of a read up on the specs of the motors. They seem to have a bit of shove behind them, and weirdly enough the speed controller and and battery are similar to what I use. It's me that builds the biscuit tins and baking trays lol. Also usually up for a bit of chopping board action. My build thread is this

http://www.fightingrobots.co.uk/thre...obotics/page38

and it's basically 38 pages of random robot builds. I'm not really sure how to help further, erm but there are lots of pictures so you can see how they go together with screws, velcro, tie wraps and stuff. There is a bit of a culture of CAD, CNC, 3D printing, which I spose can seem intimidating at first till you realise there are a few of us out in the garage sawing bit of wood and tie wrapping stuff together.

You could do something different like be the first beetle to be fastened together with duct tape?

Do you have any ideas on the type of robot you want to build? I would maybe recomment a pusher first.

[bikerider4eva]

i seen some strong plastic at bnq i might take a look at but best if i wait till i get the parts and like lay out on a piece of board and do a rough sketch of the body. i have ordered 4 motors and 4 wheels whats the highest ammount for a beetleweight in motors or doesnt it matter just the weight?

[bikerider4eva]

well i saw a bot in the motors and wheels post simular to a design but with the wheels showing above and below the robot so if it gets flipped can keep going like if you know the way im on about but can i use 4 motors with 4 wheels or has to be two wheels etc

[Jimmy]

It's me that builds the biscuit tins and baking trays lol. Also usually up for a bit of chopping board action. My build thread is this

http://www.fightingrobots.co.uk/thre...obotics/page38

and it's basically 38 pages of random robot builds. I'm not really sure how to help further, erm but there are lots of pictures so you can see how they go together with screws, velcro, tie wraps and stuff. There is a bit of a culture of CAD, CNC, 3D printing, which I spose can seem intimidating at first till you realise there are a few of us out in the garage sawing bit of wood and tie wrapping stuff together.

Yeah, your build thread is one of my favourites Dave! Its so refreshing to see a few rough edges and a few tie wraps, amd I also like the idea of reusing things.

With regard to the number of wheels / motors, I think you are allowed as many of them as you like, just as long as it meets the 1.5kg limit.

[bikerider4eva]

well if i weigh all the parts seperately i can work it out that way lol