Scot-Bots

[RogueTwoRobots]

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GARDEN WARS!

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So the arena walls are complete, with exception of a few small tidying-up issues to address. The cost has been relatively low (man-hours aside), I think the total amount spent has been less than £100. Part of that is due to Clive kindly sourcing us some free second-hand bus shelter polycarb (ta muchly ). It'll be getting put to the test at the aforementioned primary school Christmas Fayre, so hopefully no more escaping robots!

[psychostorm]

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Yesterday saw the establishment of the the latest steel architecture by a little known Scottish fabricator-
Pedro Two-Sheds McHarg

Mr. McHarg, May I just sidetrack you
for one moment?
This, what should I call it,
nickname of yours. Two-Sheds. How did you come by it?

[RogueTwoRobots]

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Shed on the right used to be home to all the household stuff, bikes, garden equipment etc. I then decided I needed a shed/workshop space, so my mum decided to get a smaller shed (on the left) for the household stuff - as there wasn't enough to warrant a 6' x 8' shed - and I got (and subsequently pimped) the shed on the right. I call it....The Cave of Blunders *insert evil cackle here*

[Anttazz]

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Copied from our FB post and also a photo of the completed arena in 2.4 x 2.4m format (quarter of the full sized arena)

The debut of the new arena was largely a success!

The event was attended by our FWs Usain Bot, MoBot, Cicatrix, Eric Jr, Rover and Carcinus watched on from the stands.

MoBot has a really strange issue going on with it, speed controllers seem to disagree with it but Usain ran all day and despite some smoke from the motors its all still running 100%. They seem to be having very constrasting fortunes a the moment. Cicatrix is running better than ever and has (hopefully) left the electrical gremlins behind him for the forseeable future, hopefully soon we'll see an electric lifter on there. Rover ran well throughout the event and, despite losing a front football guide after a big flip from Jr, even (arguably) managed to win a fight at the expense of Eric Jr who started off well then seemed to have an intermittent fault develop with its radio signal which caused it to died at random points in battles. On the bright side though, he proved that even with the new higher walls he can still comfortably fire other robots out of the arena!

Battle results:

Eric Jr vs Rover - Eric Jr (OOTA twice)
Eric Jr vs Cicatrix - Cicatrix (Judges decision)
Eric Jr vs Rover - Rover (Control problems + stuck on debris)
Cicatrix vs Usain Bot - Cicatrix (judges decision)

[james...venom]

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Great work there guys!

Do you have another event coming up? Would be great to bring some machines and support

[Anttazz]

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Nothing booked at the moment James, although the forum will be one of the first places to know when we do. Would be great to see some Robochallenge machines there with us

[james...venom]

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Super, do keep us posted and il get Venom running. If you give grant a poke he may get plough bot sorted.

[Mouldy]

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If you give grant a poke he may get plough bot sorted.

That'll be the day

[Anttazz]

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As a point of interest, how many people would be interested in a jaunt up to Scotland for an event?

Having a few discussions with various groups about an idea that i've had. It would not be a full event by any means but if it goes ahead we would need a few more robots there. The idea is in its infancy so I wouldn't want to release much information about it (as it will probably change radically before it is announced ) but I would make a guess that 12-15 robots would be the ideal number to make it a success. We could probably piece together 7-9 robots so that would leave another 5 or so spaces.

A show of hands from interested parties would be great

[typhoon_driver]

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I take it that it would be a non spinner event?

I'd be interested though, could be a laugh

[Anttazz]

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Not sure yet Gary, i'm sending out a few email enquiries about that.

[james...venom]

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Sounds good, all depends on dates and our work.

Regarding robots we have venom and potentially ploughbot that could run in an open arena. Then we could get Santans mutt running but that's a co2 flipper so would need a suitable arena. We also have predator which is a spinner.

[Anttazz]

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Will keep you posted about developments on that front James. I'm waiting on a few responses from various people at the moment, but not expecting to hear from them for a few weeks yet.

[Anttazz]

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A Happy New Year to all you Scot-Bots lovers out there
May your 2013 be filled with robotic goodness.

In brief news, we've got our own domain on the web at www.scot-bots.co.uk. We don't yet have our own webpage though, so at the moment, visiting that address will just bring you right back here. But that's no bad thing, since here is where you'll find all our latest news, including information on our kits within the next couple of weeks. Stay tuned!

[RogueTwoRobots]

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From our Facebook page:

Attention all Scot-Bots lovers and robot fans everywhere. It has been a long time coming but it gives me great pleasure to announce that our Scot-Bots robot kits are now AVAILABLE TO BUY!

Choose from either 2WD (standard or diagonal drive) or 4WD and take your pick from a range of LED colours!

To buy one, or to simply see what they€™re all about, visit our website http://www.scot-bots.co.uk, click the €˜Engineering€™ tab and browse away (links to the store are provided within the pages)

Our kits are currently made by hand outwith our full-time working hours and as such, we have a lead time of approximately four weeks from order to completion. For now we are taking a 25% deposit to confirm your order, with the remaining 75% due on completion, after which your Scot-Bots kit will be shipped to you.

If you have any questions, please don€™t hesitate to ask!

Happy Roboteering

Jamie & Tony - Scot-Bots

It's worth mentioning that if anyone on here is interested in buying one and wants to save on postage, we'll be at the Barnsley Roaming Robots event and the UK FW champs so could bring them along