Hi everyone, my names Matt, I moved over Sydney from New Zealand at the start of the year to my PhD in Electronics/Wireless Communications at USyd.
Pretty stoked when I discovered this was a thing over here! Pretty keen to get involved, any recommendations on what might be the best way to do this ? I would like to see some of the bots in actions before a crack into my own.
Best opportunity will be to compete in Nationals in Brisbane this year.
Some of the local builders might be able to catch up with you and help you knock something up quickly and pass on some more info.
My advice would be to just give it a go and go from there. _________________ Steven Martin
Twisted Constructions
http://www.botbitz.com
Tue Aug 12, 2014 6:50 pm
Nick Experienced Roboteer
Joined: 16 Jun 2004
Posts: 11802
Location: Sydney, NSW
If you want to drop by Gladesville, I would be happy to show you a couple of bots and talk about designs. Just PM me if you are interested. _________________ Australian 2015 Featherweight champion
UK 2016 Gladiator champion
Tue Aug 12, 2014 8:13 pm
Cpnwolfe
Joined: 29 May 2012
Posts: 454
Location: Rockhampton/qld
welcome
build something basic and strong just to figure out how they work, compete this year then build your monster of destruction next year.
Wed Aug 13, 2014 5:58 am
dyrodium Experienced Roboteer
Joined: 24 Aug 2004
Posts: 6476
Location: Sydney
Welcome!
A good start would be to build a basic platform, like Wolfe said. Not to toot my own horn, but I did this tute series last year, should be handy!
Like they said, start basic, don't be too ambitious with your first designs. Try to convince as many people as you know to get on board! We could really use some new blood to kickstart things in NSW again as those pesky QLD'ers are hogging all the fun.
Did that sound desperate?
Also take Nick up on his offer, his workshop is like some sort of fairytale wonderland of heavy metal machinery and his robots are world class (literally). Plus I can vouch for him not being TOO creepy _________________ <Patrician|Away> what does your robot do, sam
<bovril> it collects data about the surrounding environment, then discards it and drives into walls
Wed Aug 13, 2014 3:01 pm
Nick Experienced Roboteer
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Posts: 11802
Location: Sydney, NSW
"Plus I can vouch for him not being TOO creepy"
Wot? Just when I was doing up the castle?
_________________ Australian 2015 Featherweight champion
UK 2016 Gladiator champion
Wed Aug 13, 2014 3:14 pm
Jaemus Experienced Roboteer
Joined: 01 Apr 2009
Posts: 2674
Location: NSW
Classic Gene Wilder _________________ <Patrician|Away> what does your robot do, sam
<bovril> it collects data about the surrounding environment, then discards it and drives into walls
Wed Aug 13, 2014 4:03 pm
RoboNZ
Joined: 25 Jul 2014
Posts: 2
Hi Everyone
Hi everyone,
Thank you all for the warm welcome and sorry for the delay, thought I had email reply notifications but i guess not !
Starting simple is always a good plan, I have a strong electronics/robotics engineering background so I have plenty of ideas i'd love to try out in that regard.
I mainly need to get an idea of the mechanical designs, more specifically what would be over-kill and at the other end, what would get torn to pieces in the arena. I think I will take you up on your offer too nick. It is much appreciated, thanks everyone!
Sun Aug 24, 2014 1:54 pm
TIM88
Joined: 19 Sep 2014
Posts: 6
Dyrodium.
Cool vids mate and great editing.
Clean and clear layout for beginners nice job!
Sun Sep 21, 2014 7:45 pm
dyrodium Experienced Roboteer
Joined: 24 Aug 2004
Posts: 6476
Location: Sydney
Thanks mate! More planned as soon as I get this horrible Sydney flu under control. _________________ ( •_•)
dad has that flu,
I'm staying away from his house lol he sounds like he has something a zombie wouldn't want to catch. _________________ Mechanical engineers build weapons, civil engineers build targets
Sun Sep 21, 2014 10:16 pm
timmeh Experienced Roboteer
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Posts: 2523
Location: Victoria
WOOO im back guys. My old account is back online. "Thanks Marto!"
Damn flu hey Dyrodium bring on summer! _________________ Tim Team Reaper.
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