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Philip
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Joined: 18 Jun 2004
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Location: Queensland near Brisbane


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How to design a robot

This is a general set of principals I use to design a robot. There may be better ways. I am still learning how to improve my own robots.

Make it drive. If you can't move, you can't win. This is the most important point.

Have sufficient ground clearance. Debris might get dropped on the arena floor during the fight.

Balance your robot. Keep equal balance left and right. Keep the weight as low as possible. Have the centre of gravity a little in front of your wheels (for two wheel drive).

Be able to self right or drive inverted. Test the robot on every side to make sure it can recover.

Actually drive the robot before the event. Adjust your radio to suit your robot and driving style. Make sure your wheels don't fall off during normal driving.

Protect your wheels. Make it hard for your opponent to damage your wheels and gearboxes. Exposed wheels can be hit by spinners.

Make it easy and quick to turn on and off, recharge and repair. There is limited time at an event.

Try pushing something of equal weight. Many times a fight comes down to pushing. Your weapon may fail or be ineffective against a particular design.

Look at your robot between fights. There may be loose screws, broken wires or bent components. Don't wait until your next fight to discover them.
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Post Sun Jun 09, 2013 9:23 am 
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maddox



Joined: 21 Dec 2006
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Location: Belgium


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Sensible advice Philip.

I can add my 2 cents.

Who doesn't honor the grams will end up with kilos.

Air is good armor, but armoring air is stupid.


On the other hand, the comment on the exposed wheels, albeit accurate, ain't true al the time.
Sewer Snake, The Saint and and TAN come to mind.
Sewer Snake gets around that with "redundancy".
TAN and The Saint do the job by having wheels that don't care about being sliced and diced, the energy just isn't absorbed.

Post Sun Jun 09, 2013 11:54 am 
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