How could I Improve pt 2

[majinb]

How could I Improve pt 2

they come to a line much like Terrorhurtz. they do less damage but still make a nice clamper

Ive aslo considered yet another possibility, will CAD that and post it too

[neontetra23]

How could I Improve pt 2

Just an idea:

Name: Robo-Beetle
Shape: A 3-D Semi-Circle
Colour: Shiny Black
Speed: 12 MPH
Weight: 110KG
Armour: 4MM Titanium
Drive: 2 C40-300 Magmotors @ 36V geared for torque
Power: 6 NiCad Battlepacks @ 36V
Locomotion: A pair of small titanium tracks with an Asmaprene/Vulkalon/Urethane coating and imbedded screws
Ground Clearance: 2MM
Turning Circle: 0
Size: 90X90X30
Weaponry: 2 pairs of beetle-like crushing claws, one at the top one at the bottom, they only generate 3 tons at the tip but they can each turn 180 degrees and rip robots in two
Srimech: Invertible, but can use the arms
Strengths: Poweful weapons, Good Pusher
Weaknesses: Slow, Thin Armour

[kodster]

How could I Improve pt 2

Things wrong with it:

1. You dont need the screws, thats what will kill the grip given by the rubber coating.

2. Why do you need 2 pairs? One pair would certainly be sufficient.

Otherwise, good.

[leorcc]

How could I Improve pt 2

I am guessing, correct me if I am wrong Ben, that he wants to clamp down with the top and bottom claws, and then have 1 pair moving in one direction and the second pair in the opposite direction in an attempt to rip the robot apart.

Its a nice idea, but it wont work that way. you would have to generate so much force to achieve that goal that your claws would bend and snap sooner than the opponents armour would buckle under the strain.

[pcbore]

How could I Improve pt 2

Also the 2 mm GC is too low. The coating only has to be worn away by 2 mm to completely ground your machine, plus when youre too low any shrapnel in the arena makes things difficult for you. I consider a 5 mm GC to be the absolute lowest you should go without skirts. Spinners need more because they generate a lot of shrapnel, or at least they should if theyre designed well

[majinb]

How could I Improve pt 2

Also do you intend for the 2 pairs of claws move away from each other in horizontal or vertical motion? AKA one pair moves to the left and another koves to the right OR one pair moves up and the other... down?

Im guessing the latter since you say the claws help selfrighting, I fail to see how your bot is invertible then though, I guess with 3d semi-circle you mean a sphere cut in halve?

[leorcc]

How could I Improve pt 2

I think something like this.

http://www.insaneclown.nl/images/robobeetle.jpghttp://www.insaneclown.nl/images/robobeetle.jpg

[majinb]

How could I Improve pt 2

in that picture the claws wouldnt be able to turn 180 degrees like the stats say leo

[leorcc]

How could I Improve pt 2

Once they are closed he could.

The other option would be


http://www.insaneclown.nl/images/robobeetle2.jpghttp://www.insaneclown.nl/images/robobeetle2.jpg

But then you would lose a lot of space inside and it would not be invertable.

[majinb]

How could I Improve pt 2

I think the first option is right and remain wondering why it can use the claws as a srimech.

Actually Ben Ive been playing around with ideas like this but the thruth is youd tear your weapon apart rather than your opponent, I most likely. Ive never been able to find a way around this.

Random note; Im busy on Robo-Hedgehog but still dont really understand the curved teeth. Are they like Mutes and placed on top of the robot? If so then your robot would not be invertible (without the axe) like you stated.

[shadowflare]

How could I Improve pt 2

Mobile Failure
Shape - Box wedge
Colour - Pale purple
Weight - 100kg
Motors - Those LEM130s running on 36 volts
Wheels - 4 go-kart style wheels
Speed - 16mph
Clearance - the wedge has no clearance, and the sides have 3mm titanium skirts so its 0 there too. Without skirts theres 5mm of clearance
Armour - 6mm titanium and for the bottom its 6mm polycarbonate
Dimensions - 105cm x 75cm x 20cm
Weapons - A titanium axe, using a rack-and-pinion mechanism, powered by 2 2kg CO2 tanks and fed off a 110mm x 20mm pneumatic ram...whew!
Srimech - The axe!

Good? Bad?

[leorcc]

How could I Improve pt 2

Hi Tracy,

Two things.

20cm high is very low. specially if you want to put pnuematics in there. make it a little higher please, like 30cm or so.

Either your ram is very wide and very short (4 wide, 0.7 short), or very narrow and still a bit short (0.7 wide and 4 short). Either way not very suitable for an axe. Also at what pressure will you be operating the axe?

As a reference, this is my axe:
120mm bore (wide), 200mm stroke (long), running on CO2 at 16 bar. That gives me 1800kg of force on the ram when it pushes, and 1700kg on the return. That is because there is the rack that slides in and out the ram that takes up space where on the other side there is gas. So one end of the ram is less powerful than the other. On the other hand it fills more quickly since it needs less gas.

Hope this helps.

[shadowflare]

How could I Improve pt 2

Thanks Leo. It did indeed help.

Mobile Failure
Shape - Box wedge
Colour - Pale purple
Weight - 100kg
Motors - 2 LEM130s running on 36 volts
Wheels - 4 go-kart style wheels
Speed - 16mph
Clearance - the wedge has no clearance, and the sides have 3mm titanium skirts so its 0 there too. Without skirts theres 5mm of clearance
Armour - 6mm titanium and for the bottom its 6mm polycarbonate
Dimensions - 105cm x 75cm x 30cm
Weapons - A titanium axe, using a rack-and-pinion mechanism, powered by 2 2kg CO2 tanks and fed off a 210mm x 125mm pneumatic ram. Running at 250psi.
Srimech - The axe!

Are the edits acceptable?

[samuel3764]

How could I Improve pt 2

Not bad at all, Tracy.

[neontetra23]

How could I Improve pt 2

You might want to run the axe at a higher pressure, 1000 PSI would qaudruple the damage