Well if theres any cheap nicads or sla's or anything that would be alright. Or even better some cheap radio gear or something.
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Hey Robo Robo,
Yeh I think I know where it is.
So what projects have you done so far.
I think the west Australians should get together one time and see what we can build.
bones

Bones,

at the moment i have just files full of information and some plans.
hope to start building the drive train next holidays. I should have a radio controlled bot after Christmas.

What's your plans?
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whoo hooo bring it all together
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-Waddy the phoenix

Robo robbo,
I'm building a bodied robot. It has tracks instead of legs but human type body. It's using air muscles, servos and motors for movement. A P4 computer in the base for control. So far I'm building the protype. I've got a hand (needs to be refined a bit more) and an arm. They are made from wood to get sizing and then I'll lathe up the final product.
At the moment I'm doing the body. Mainly the shoulder joint. I'm trying to get it very much like the human movement. Back/forward and shruging.
It's like a wishbone suspension on a car but can move back/forward and up and down. It's using CV type joints to turn the arm with windscreen motors in the centre to lift them.
I'm waiting for the move Irobot to come out to get some more Ideas.
Bones

I will be posting pictures soon at
http://www.australianamateurrobotics.tk
On my progress.
Check it out. A good site only just started for REAL robot not remote controls.
bones

about that comment of broome being boring your bloody right it sucks and geralton is just like fremantle but smaller i just got back for a holiday there.

anyway i have a 2channel radio with reciever and servos and mirco switchs and im planning to build something a bit like cobra but with a wedge at front

ummmm... bones your robot sounds very advanced and difficult to make and heavy and expensive $$$ do you have all the tools,money and time to make something like that?

Windhammer.
What are you trying to say????
lol.
Yes, Yes, Yes and I'll find time.
I got all the tools, just need the time get it all together and know some very cluey people. It's a project. Something to do.
The next one will be spider for robot wars.
Really it's not that hard. Just need the time to build them.
Bones

my new website www.westaussierobots.i8.com

western Australian member count
1robo robbo
2myself (windhammer)
3bones
4paul kelly

i think this could work.i mean 4 is all ya need to have a comp.
But there is a major problem we DONT have a arena, do you blokes
no anywere where there is one or are we going to have to use a garage
with cage around it.

when? year, week, day, hour?

Wieght limit? i think its clear in the vote that feather wieghts won!

maybe you guys should organise a get together so you can all meet face to face and get discussing

thats what most of the other states did, and it worked very well.
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There are plenty of places for an arena just that it won't look proper.
A local basketball court will do i have a couple in mind that will be safe so we won't get hurt.
Also so far there are only small numbers and no proper robots so we should wait a while before buiding an arena.
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The path to follow if you want to get things started is to build safe robots first then worry about an arena !

Stay away from the dangerous spinners (which are hard to keep working for battle after battle for inexperienced builders anyway).

Encourage people to build wedges and rammers which are safe(r) to drive nearly anywhere and easier to build cheaply anyway. you can practice in carparks and anywhere the bots cant run people over.

Once a few of you get the hang of keeping real bots moving without wheels and wires falling off, get your battery chargers worked out and a toolkit and all the support stuff you need to keep a bot running, then other people will see things are starting to happen and join in..

Its always hard to be the one to start pushing the cart by yourself until others join in, but if you dont make a start, how can you expect anyone else to ?

robo robbo and bones

When do you go on msn messager robo? if we can talk maybe we can think of something or whatever. And bones i suggest you download msn you don't have to if you don't want to but its a good idea if you want to comunicate.