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Remembering that I'm a animator I did a animation of the rotation of my 'Wedge blocks' (grey parts) to show that they'll counter rotate as the robot rests on it's wedge.
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What is the purpose of the rotating blocks?Comment
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Well the idea is that they stop other robots fly over the top of the robot, like Panic Attack did in series 2 of robot wars.Originally posted by Giles View Post
As I said in a older post this is more of a idea I was experimenting with, wether it gets used or not is uncertain.Comment
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Ah ok. I think I got confused because the hook shape is facing backwards. Might be a good idea to face them the other way. I think Daves robot Satanix had little forward facing hooks at the champs and did very well.Comment
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Oh yeah I see what you mean, they wasn't meant to be hooks, but I'm going to change the shape, mostly cause the blocks might get caught on the edge of the pit and the robot would get stuck.
But I'll keep the front facing hooks in mind.
I had pondered about using a servo to move the blocks should they get caught on something.Comment
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This is a concept I have investigated myself so it would be great to see it put into action!
You are more likely to catch the wedge on a join in the floor than on the edge of the pit IMO, o just put all small chamfer on the edge so no matter which way its going its going to ride over any bumps.
My idea has a small ~1.5kg reversible drum (this was for a FW) in the middle of the pivoting section so that I would always have a weapon no matter which way up I was, but just having it as a powerful passive slambot would be good too.
If you got under someone you could move the pivoting unit down, lifting the front of the robot up and getting your opponent properly off the ground!Comment
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Oh, ok I'll keep that in mind, what exactly is a 'Chamfer'?
I had considered the lifter idea but there isn't space for a motor and gear transmission to be added to give the torge needed to lift the robots.Comment
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A chamfer is a small rounded or diagonal edge so it won't snag on the arena floor.
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Oh I see, something like this?Originally posted by leorcc View PostA chamfer is a small rounded or diagonal edge so it won't snag on the arena floor.
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Update on progress:
Finally moved back home and some real work can start.
I made a scale model of the base plates and frame out of wood to get the sense of scale.
My uncle brought the 2 18volt cordless drills over and in the process of starting to 'hack' them I noticed that the main drive shaft slides out of the gear box, after which I opened and learned that for some reason the shaft and the gear it attaches to is separate pieces instead of being one whole piece.
now I'll have to get a new shaft for both my gear boxes and a different motor seeing as one of them is smaller then the other.
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So it looks like my uncle's drills have become spare parts (metal gears and motors), and a example of what drills I should avoid, ones with 2 speed settings and hammer built in.
thinking of getting this instead:
http://www.homebase.co.uk/en/homebas...r---18v-623805
which might be handy, my dad has one so hopefully he might donate it to my robot building.Comment
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I bought all my drills new, these are the ones I used.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Heavy-Duty...-/391523566523
They're not bad at all.Comment
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I see, cheaper and still within what I'm looking for, Thanks for the suggestion.Originally posted by R9000 View PostComment
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So I finally got more of a update on Wolf-E, I decided that I would treat Wolf-E as a learning curve so I have chosen to use cheaper 12volt drill motors from argos. I finally hacked them and got them ready for use. I had a test mount made to see how it will fit into the robot.
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