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Feb 17, 2009 16:32:45 GMT -5
Post by Kody on Feb 17, 2009 16:32:45 GMT -5
Ge5orce (Andrew Jackson) Back to Rock III (Martijn Benschop) Stiltskin (Joey McConnell) Requiem R-evolution (Daniel Stickler) Exodus (Liam Eliot) Flipping Hell (David Weston) Glasgow Kiss (Scott Anderson) Mobile Failure (Tracy Farber)
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Feb 17, 2009 16:32:55 GMT -5
Post by Kody on Feb 17, 2009 16:32:55 GMT -5
Ge5orceWeight: 100kgs Shape: A long but low to the ground wedge shape, with a wheel pod either side at the rear end. The rear of the wedge is rounded slightly to prevent Ge5orce resting on its back. Please see the render below, thanks to Kody. Colour: Black wedge with silver wheel housing. Length: 900mm Width: 700mm Height: 250mm Motivation: There are two wheels, one either side of the wedge. They are made of Hardox and are 280mm in diameter. Each wheel has a Vulkolan tyre bonded to it for extra grip on the arena floor. Drive: 2x S28-400 Magmotors run at 24v from 3600mAh NiCad battery packs. This gives around 9hp in the drive to push other robots around with if required. Turning Circle: 0m using a tank style steer. Speed: 16mph Ground Clearance: The front of the wedge is 0mm, while the sides are variable up to 15mm at the rear of the robot. Armour: The whole of the wedge is 3.25mm thick Hardox. The wheel pods are made of 6mm Titanium. Weapon: The whole wedge shape is used as a weapon in the same style as Wheely Big Cheese. This means that the wedge is hinged at the rear and the whole plate is used as a flip up. It is operated by a huge 100mm bore 180 stroke ram. This is fed by liquid CO2 at a pressure of 300psi producing approximately 1600kgs of force. The gas is contained in two 2.2kg canisters allowing for over 20 full power flips each fight. SRIMECH: The robot can run both ways up and the weaponry can also flip it back over if needed. Notes: GeForce has evolved into a launch pad… For those unaware of what Wheely Big Cheese is like, watch this - uk.youtube.com/watch?v=2jYTotkRN5g - and now imagine a robot with 3 times the power each flip. ;D
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Feb 17, 2009 16:33:08 GMT -5
Post by Kody on Feb 17, 2009 16:33:08 GMT -5
Back to Rock IIIShape – See picture, it’s a box with a scoop at the front and a rounded back. The front is higher than the back and has an “arc” like Behemoth had, all for more efficient self-righting. Weight – 100 Kilogram Speed – 18mph Dimensions – 90x84x33 cm Ground Clearance – 0 underneath the lifter and skirts, 5 mm everywhere else. Power – 2x LEM130s at 48v Movement – 6 wheels, about 12 cm diameter Turning Circel - Zero Weaponry – A big rear-hinged lifting arm, basically the red part of the picture. It is powered by a single LEM130 at 36 V, which a “pinion and rack”-mechanism. A pinion around the LEM’s axle moves up a rack that’s joint to the lifter about halfway its length. The fancy part is that this runs through a gearbox, with 2 gears. One gear is for powerful and controlled lifting and moves up the arm in about 2-3 seconds, another gear is for quick self-righting and moves up the arm in 1 second. The two plates at the bottom run almost parallel to the ground and are arranged in the way they are (split in the middle, see picture) for the secondary weapon to come into play, a Pussycat-style vertical diamond-edged sawblade, powered by a S28-150 Magmotor at 24 V spinning at 4000 rpm. The blade is part of the lifter and thereby damages the opponent’s underbelly while lifting it. The sawblade slicing its way INTO (more or less) my opponent will enhance my grip on it and increase my control over my opponent, which is good. On both sides of the bot is a 7 mm titanium skirt. Armour – 5 mm titanium at the bottom, 7 mm titanium everywhere else Srimech - The lifter self-rights the robot when needed Strenghts - Nice weapon synergy, high traction, can really control an opponent Weakness – Untested lifter concept, easy to get under from rear, not as agile as 4WD or 2WD bots
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Feb 17, 2009 16:33:24 GMT -5
Post by Kody on Feb 17, 2009 16:33:24 GMT -5
StiltskinDIMENSIONS: 120 x 95 x 35 cms SHAPE: Your common or garden wedge, with a rear reverse wedge and slightly sloped sides COLOUR: Transparent, inner panels are white DRIVE: 2 LEM130 motors run at 36v from 6 NiCad packs, driving custom built T6 aluminium and urethane rubber tracks, which are laid out within the robot similar to Kater Killer in S3/4. SPEED: 12mph average, 20mph max GROUND CLEARANCE: 0 due to the tracks at the sides and the flipper at the front, about 10mm at the rear and under the side armour ARMOUR: This is slightly complicated: The main drive motors, electronics, and batteries, as well as all the pneumatics gear save for the ram, are located inside a 4mm Hardox monocoque, which is attached to two 5mm Hardox plates that support the tracks and their drive/idler sprockets, with a 3mm titanium sheet on the outer sides of the tracks to protect from spikes and discs. However, the main body shape of the robot is constructed from 7mm polycarbonate, with a Hardox frame and reinforcing supporting the front flipper, which both gives the robot its shape and acts as a 'crumple zone' to protect the inner components from harm. For those who hate descriptions: Hardox and titanium inner armour, polycarbonate outer armour with some Hardox on the front. WEAPONS: A very powerful rear hinged pneumatic flipper in the front wedge, run on 1000psi Nitrogen stored in 2 2kg tanks to give around 10-15 flips in a fight, with a single nonattached 120mm full pressure ram that gives the entire setup a lot of lifting force, most probably in excess of WBC. There is a small unpowered wheelie bar at the rear of the robot to prevent it flipping itself over. SRIMECH: The flipper. The angle of the sides should prevent stranding THEME SONG: "Inside" by Stiltskin NOTES: Components and the side and rear polycarb are shock mounted to reduce damage from spinners and rammers and similar nasty devices. STRENGTHS: Proven design, powerful weapon WEAKNESSES: Polycarbonate melts at 267 degrees Celsius, so in the event of it coming up against a robot with a microwave oven as its main weapon melting is a possibility.
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Feb 17, 2009 16:33:38 GMT -5
Post by Kody on Feb 17, 2009 16:33:38 GMT -5
Requiem R-evolution
Dimensions (L x W x H): 90cm x 50cm x 35cm Shape: A box with a front wedge angled at around 40 degrees. The sides are slightly angled to stop it resting on them. Colour: Yellow and Green, for they should never be seen. Weight: 150kg Drive: 2 x LEM200S running at 36v, powered by a bunch of 36v NiCad batteries. Top Speed: 15mph (ish) ;D Wheels: None, technically. This incarnation of Requiem uses camshafts to propel itself around the arena. There are 4 shuffling Drillzilla “feet” on the machine, each made from Titanium and coated in rubber for added traction on the arena. Armour: The main body of the robot is 1cm Aluminium Alloy, strengthened in places with 3.5mm Hardox panelling (on the sides and the front wedge). The baseplate is 5mm Titanium. Weapon 1: In the middle of the wedge, is a 15cm long spinning eggbeater, made from a single piece of 2cm Hardox. The egg beater weapon is 15cm long and 10cm high. It is powered by a Huqsvarna 3120XP chainsaw motor geared down 24:1, giving a top speed of 1000RPM in a matter of seconds. The egg beater is situated on an axle made from 5mm Hardox, which also spins. Total kJ output – a lot! ;D Weapon 2: The secondary weapon on Requiem R-evolution is a pair of electronic lifting arms, mounted along the top of the machine and going down the wedge each side of the spinning eggbeater. The arms are made from 6mm Titanium and also act as a srimech. At the bottom of each arm, near the bottom of the wedge, the arms widen and are used to get underneath machines so it can bring the drum into play. The arms are powered by 2 x S28-400 MagMotors running at 36v, and reduced by 75:1, enabling it to lift a lot but not sacrifice too much of the speed. Turning Circle: 0m Ground Clearance: 0mm at the front due to the front wedge/lifting arm combo. Sides are 5mm and the rear is 1cm. Srimech: Uses the arms to self right.
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Feb 17, 2009 16:33:50 GMT -5
Post by Kody on Feb 17, 2009 16:33:50 GMT -5
Exodus
Shape: Box, with 2 sets of removable wedges (one that is normal and goes at the front, another that is inverted and goes at the rear. They can be used separately or together. They are both angled at 42* to deflect spinners, there are another pair that are angled at 30* to get under other robots easily), I can also opt to add a rounded extension to the rear if it needs to self-right better Weight: About 78kg without any setups, up to 110kg depending on which one is used Length: 90cm Width: 90cm Height: 20cm Motivation: 2 x fully vulcanised titanium tank tracks, internally mounted, but with removable top coverings which mean it can become invertible. The tracks are slightly taller than the robot itself, so the coverings resemble long cuboids, also the track coverings are wedged at the front and have mute-style barbs on top Drive: 4 x S28-400s at 24v, providing 18HP, powered by 4 x NiCad battlepacks Armour: 3.25mm hardox on front, rear, top, base and sides, 5mm hardox for track coverings and 5mm titanium for all skirts Weaponry: The robot can choose from the setups listed below; 1) A Bio-Hazard style lifting/flipping arm, but powered by pneumatics from 2 x 2kg bottles at 250psi, allowing for about 30 flips per bout 2) A 90cm wide drum, spun upwards at a maximum 3000rpm by a LEM-130 at 36v, it is made of titanium and has plenty of barbs and curved tungsten blades to rip and flip opponents, at maximum rpm it can deliver a 30Kj hit, and it takes 2 seconds to reach that speed 3) A vertical claw in the centre of the machine, powered by hydraulics at 2000psi from a vivoil pump, giving 2 tonnes of force 4) A concave scoop made out of 10mm hardox, perfect for fighting horizontal spinners 5) A pair of 50cm long hardox Panic Attack style lifting forks powered by a LEM-130 at 36v, they can work inverted and are tungsten tipped to damage tyres or tracks, also they can go parallel to the floor to actas ramming spikes. 6) A pussycat-style blade mounted on the bottom of the machine ala Code: BLACK, designed to shred tyres as it is spun at 3000rpm by a LEM-130 at 36v Speed: Maximum 25mph, 15mph average Turning Circle: 0 Ground Clearance: Variable; 1) 0 at front/rear when the wedge is fitted, 8mm when flipped 2) 8mm when and where an inverted wedge is fitted, but 0 when flipped 3) Can be effectively 0 with 8mm behind at sides and rear when the 5mm titanium skirts are fitted, these skirts can be hinged so that they flop over when the robot is inverted or torsion sprung to hold them down and joined by hardox hinges to make it extremely difficult for the robot to be flipped Srimech: Invertible with out track coverings, setup 1 can right the robot when the rounded rear is fitted and setup 5 can right the robot at all times Colour: Interchangeable panels; Top and base armour can be red or blue Front and rear can be yellow or green Sides can be black or white Skirts can be purple or pink Strengths: Opponent never knows what they will be facing until I choose setups Weaknesses: Depends ;D
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Feb 17, 2009 16:33:57 GMT -5
Post by Kody on Feb 17, 2009 16:33:57 GMT -5
Flipping HellDimensions: 120cm x 80cm x 40cm Weight: 100kg Shape: steep wedge front, elongated wedged tail (not used as a weapon) Weapon: 50 Bar 2 pivot pneumatic flipper, 100mm bore, 180mm stroke ram powered by CO2, which generates a force to throw a 100kg robot 20ft up and 15ft across. The mechanism is a 4 bar flipper, but the rear arms sit much lower in the robot than those of Storm 2 and Biohazard. I will try and get a picture. Top speed: 15mph Transmission: just like Razer’s GC: 0 at the front, 2mm down the side, 4mm at the back end Turning Circle: 0cm Armour: 6mm aluminium and steel alloy Strengths: Can win with one weapon shot Weakness: Limited Gas supply, 2 stage self right Notes: 4 wheels, the rear two of which are Razer type, so the flipper is always facing its opponent. The self righter: Look for a video on YouTube of Biohazard fighting Vlad in early RW, and yu will see what I mean by 2 stage self righting, but FH does it considerably quicker.
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Feb 17, 2009 16:34:05 GMT -5
Post by Kody on Feb 17, 2009 16:34:05 GMT -5
Glasgow KissSHAPE- A bit like a formula one car on acid. Plenty of swoopy surfaces and so on. DIMENSIONS (LWH)- Can't remember COLOUR- Black and groovy, with red wheel shields WEIGHT- 100kg probably SPEED- 15mph TURNING CIRCLE- 0 GROUND CLEARANCE- 0 at front scoop, 1cm elsewhere. ARMOUR- 5mm titanium, hand sculpted by paid urchins. Polycarbonate over some bits. Fresh air between sides and innards. WHEELS- 4, front studded wheels and rear Razer-wheels POWER- 2 x Mag S28-400’s powered by 24v of 9Ah Nicads. WEAPON 1- Axe, powered by two pneumatic cylinders at 1000psi CO2 on a rack an pinion SRIMECH – Yes NOTES- Could probably take you in a fight. SUMMARY- Style over substance, form over function, designed to be functional but above all to look pretty cool. WLTM Zlayerz house robots for interesting conversation, a headbutt in the face and quiet walks along the beach. STRENGTHS- Maneouvrable, axe-happy. WEAKNESSES- Wheels vulnerable to overhead attack.
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Feb 17, 2009 16:34:35 GMT -5
Post by Kody on Feb 17, 2009 16:34:35 GMT -5
Mobile FailureShape - Box wedge Colour - Pale purple Weight - 100kg Motors – 2 LEM130s running on 36 volts Wheels - 4 go-kart style wheels Speed - 16mph Clearance - the wedge has no clearance, and the sides have 3mm titanium skirts so it's 0 there too. Without skirts there's 5mm of clearance Armour - 6mm titanium and for the bottom it's 6mm polycarbonate Dimensions - 105cm x 75cm x 30cm Weapons - A titanium axe, using a rack-and-pinion mechanism, powered by 2 2kg CO2 tanks and fed off a 210mm x 125mm pneumatic ram. Running at 250psi. Srimech - The axe!
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