Clusterbot

[psycho_fling]

Clusterbot

couldnt you just weld bolt a bar onto one side of one of the cluister bots, then on the corrsponding side side of the other one a piece of box section, which the bar would fit into to?

dont know if it would help, or just cause more problems

just my idea,

alex

[typhoon_driver]

Clusterbot

yeah we used exceptionally thin wire cable and a painted bit of paper over the top of the bots to make the two look like one.

[robotwars]

Clusterbot

Adrian,

We use a 50% rule... ·

Cluster bots, if 50% or more of the clusters becomes immobile or knocked out, all of the clusters are deemed to be knocked out.

If one weighs 5.5kg and the other 6.5kg, and the 5.5kg one gets knocked out, then you will still be classed as mobile.

if they both weigh the same and one gets knocked out, then they are both knocked out.

I dont believe there is an actual rule on the linking mech, however i would like to think an effort would be made to physically link them together. Maybe something better than Gaffer tape.

John
http://www.RoamingRobots.co.ukwww.RoamingRobots.co.uk

[ady]

Clusterbot

cheers jonno, i will go with my quick release bolt idea.

(Message edited by ady on August 23, 2007)

[robotwars]

Clusterbot

i had designed a clusterbot a few years ago, and i used a simple system which used a servo which pulled a pin.

A very lightweight, and simple design.

John

[leorcc]

Clusterbot

KIS is always the way to go in these cases.

[james...venom]

Clusterbot

thats what i was thinking jonno. put a loop on the back of one and a hook on the end of a servo at the back of the other. nice, simple, reliable & and most of all dosnt look lame

[ady]

Clusterbot

need some hdpe, what sort of thickness should i go for on sides when against spinners? i was going for about 10-12mm?

[leorcc]

Clusterbot

10mm will do the job nicely for most spinners.

[Guest]

Clusterbot

Any idea how much a 6mm thich 500mm x 500mm peice of hdpe weighs?Will it be strong enough?

[typhoon_driver]

Clusterbot

HDPE has a density of rough 0.97 g/cm^3 work it out.

[Guest]

Clusterbot

Will 6mm be strong enough?

[Guest]

Clusterbot

I use 6mm HDPE and polycarb in my 450 gram robots and 10mm HDPE in 6kg bots.. And I think 10mm isn´t even enough when fighting robots like Prolodja. For featherweight I would use minimum of 10mm and cover it with thin steel or aluminium.

Just my 2 eurocents.

[leorcc]

Clusterbot

So far 10mm has held out fine in the featherweight class. be prepared though, some nasty spinners will get through or at least leave nasty gashes.

I disagree with Juha about putting metal in front of it, we did that on our raptor and that was the stuff that took the full force of Prolodja, where the HDPE alone would have just absorbed the blow and flexed the energy out.

It is also the way you use it that matters. Bolt HDPE straight to a steel frame with no possibility of flexing, and it will not be as effective as when you do suspend it in such a way that it can give way.

[Guest]

Clusterbot

I have got a sheet of 5mm polycarb from technobots.If i put a piece of 4mm hdpe underneath it do you think that would hold out against the most powerful of featherweight axes and spinners?