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Badspot is going to take over the world with a battle robot
Lord Tony®:
--- Quote from: Rednakin on August 24, 2016, 11:31:05 AM ---THE DOME
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CHROME DOME!
Nicepoint:
--- Quote from: Rednakin on August 24, 2016, 11:31:05 AM ---THE DOME
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Could it be?
Badspot:
--- Quote from: Space1255 on August 24, 2016, 08:59:48 AM ---TBH of I were him I woulda made the shell more jagged / rugged so in case his teeth idea doesn't work he'd have some form of attacking still, even though it's basically metal sandpaper.
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The dome is a thing that I purchased (it's a hemispherical cake mold), so I can't just make one whatever shape I want. I'm limited to attaching things to it. Ideally I'd weld a big ridge on the outside but welding to thin metal is tricky. Also we have to worry about weight - we're probably only going to have 50g-150g left to play with (total weight 1360g).
--- Quote from: Mr.Noßody on August 24, 2016, 11:09:55 AM ---So is he going to enter this into some kind of robot fighting thing?
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There is a robot fighting thing in Seattle, but I'm not sure I'll be finished in time. Also I think it has limited spaces. If I don't make it there's Robogames 2017.
--- Quote from: e-maxx on August 24, 2016, 12:45:50 PM ---so wait is this like a pre-desgined robot or did badspot come up with this himself
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This is an original design, cobbled together from a mix of RC cars, quad copters, robot parts, and restaurant supplies. There are quite a lot of kitbots at the 1lb and 3lb levels, and they actually win competitions pretty regularly.
--- Quote from: RACCOONNEER1214 on August 24, 2016, 12:58:21 PM ---is he gonna put this on the TV show battlebots? it looks as if he is.
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We're about 247lbs undeweight for that. The dome is 160mm in diameter.
Trogtor:
video walkthrough when
eboyblue10:
banned for build bot