Team Coolspeedbot: first feather weight robot

[Coolspeedbot]

I see what you mean David, if you can do a sketch that might help a lot more although bare in mind that Wolf-E was designed to me made with HPDE with the top and bottom plates/ wedges made out of hopefully a metal material (depending on weight and cost).

[daveimi]

Yeah my robots are made from biscuit tins and chopping boards so I'm not really an expert. But after building naff robots since 2012 you do start to pick bits up here and there. I spose what I mean is you don't need angled wedges, just a robot that's sort of all one shape so it's hard to get a bite on lol.

[Coolspeedbot]

I see

[Coolspeedbot]

Demo of the 4 cell lipo battery + 12 volt drive motor set up.

[Coolspeedbot]

Added the wheels to Wolf-E, by melting a nut into the bore of the wheels, then threaded it onto the shaft of the drill motors.

Not bad for a first go.

[Albear]

looking good!

[Coolspeedbot]

Thanks, I'll thin the base and do a test run with it.

[Coolspeedbot]

started some wiring, hope it holds.

[Coolspeedbot]

Damn it.

[Albear]

well as a failsafe at least it failed safely lol

[Coolspeedbot]

Could someone show me how they make it easy to insert their removable link into the robot or how they mount the connecter (that the link connects to) to the robot. Because the wire on my link keeps coming undone after a few trys to insert and remove it. it's a xt60 connector.

[Coolspeedbot]

had a go at mounting the connector for the link. Kinda works could do with suggestions though.





On another note the wire on the link keeps on coming undone on the same side of the connector, how do people grip the link when they remove it? Pull on the wire? or grip the connector?

[R9000]

I think you're supposed to be able to pull on the wire. If it's coming undone, either find a better connector (like the red ones which require you to push the contact into the connector end) or check your solder connections. I suppose you could also try reinforcing it with some tape, but I'd only do that as a last resort.

[maddox10]

If you pull off the wire from the connector, the soldering is "not good".
If you can pull the wire appart, it's too thin.

A good solder joint is as strong as the connector or the wire.

[Coolspeedbot]

I see, guess I'll try a 4th go at soldering the connection.