Inspiration/innovation in weaponry

[overkill]

And you would have to prove that none of those fibres was over the length limit

[Runsler]

Oh crap... in dubio pro reo? judges would have to prove one WAS longer?^^

Anyway... not planning to use it and hoping nobody else does, but interesting thing to think about.

So, throwing in another idea that will most likely never see the arena: If there is no limit to the "strings", a curtain of pendulum-like things could also work, but by taking energy from a spinner and just swinging instead of getting destroyed. like a net or things like that are used to catch arrows, they move along a little way with them, absorbing the energy. but making such a curtain-like armor that doesn't just get shredded (or could count as chainmail) is another thing... most systems like that rely on being way heavier than the projectile or whatever they try to absorb energy from. that'll be a problem for us.

[RogueTwoRobots]

Ispinners tend to take an age to speed up, its the nature of getting that heavy weight disc
to maximum revs

Not anymore! Some still do and some drivers like to be cautious on the acceleration ramp, but PP3D can get up to highly damaging speeds in about 3 seconds, Carbide probably similar if not quicker.

[team death]

seeing that chainsaw covered in fibres reminds me of what to do if confronted by leatherface from the chain saw
massacre movie-make sure you're wearing a heavy wool jumper a Wooly hat and wool long johns-multiple layers
if you have time

[team death]

No but seriously......
Musing about walking robots and the lack of them in competitions.
I have an idea that you could use overhead camshafts from an engine to push down on
cam followers and maybe little rubber feet-this would be classed as a walker because the drive is linear rather
than rotary or tracked, there would be a puzzle about reversing the motion but forward left
and right are easy enough and if the rule is as before that your'e allowed 200kg -thats a lot
of weight to play with for weapons and armour ect - the patter of all those tiny feet on the
arena floor would be amazing, I won't have time to build it myself but its a free idea for someone

[Eventorizon]

That mechanism, if I have interpreted it correctly, would be a shuffler not a walker.
Under the new season 3 rules that would gain you a 15kg bonus bring the maximum weight to 125Kg
True walkers have a 35kg Bonus? (double check that) so they can weigh up to 145kg under the new rules.

As for entanglement, you are not allowed chainsaw fabrics or similar. Chain, cable or rope are basically the only things permitted and up to 1m in length maximum per continuous strand.

[overkill]

Those weight bonuses are what I heard in the recent Robot Wars podcast.

[typhoon_driver]

That would be a shuffler as the legs would only have one degree of freedom.

[adamclark]

There was a great walker similar to what you describe in the original US robot wars , fitted with circular saws at each end

[adamclark]

There was a great walker similar to what you describe in the original US robot wars , fitted with circular saws at each end

pretty hate machine http://menzelphoto.photoshelter.com/...000ydGq.T9WrPA

[team death]

Looks great Adam-I'm guessing its a feather weight and I suppose the bobble feet propel it along by
dropping and raising in sequence, looks a bit vunerable with no armour- I will look for video on you tube

[Theo]

So would anarchy's walking mechanism be considered a shuffler by today's standards?

[adamclark]

It was in the lightweight division, check this vid out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPBebQIzkXc

walkers, robots with internal combustion engines, whats not to like !

[firefly1]

Cutting in here but has anyone ever thought of a whip like weapon with a sharp barb on the end. Maybe not so effective against metal armor but could possibly disable some weapon systems or drive systems.

[Theo]

Have you heard of sting or big brother? Sting was more of a whipping tail, big brother had the same mechanism up to a point, then there was a mace attached to a chain. None did well sadly.