Current Robots-Near Chaos Robotics (East)

The switches are getting annoying.. check the thread. I'll post an update soon.

I use a Thor 883 to control the magmotor, so yes, I can reverse on the fly, run at half throttle, etc...

I've decided to retire Apollyon/IO. Working on getting myself an early 70's Datsun Z car. I'll still finish and compete with Mr. SD, but I'm limiting my bot stuff to one bot at a time to help with the cost.

Stuff for sale:
http://forums.delphiforums.com/THERFL/messages?msg=6077.1

Sorry for the cross-posting.

Don't worry about it.

The replacement for Apollyon:

turbo?

Not yet.

...is that a chainsaw on the audi behind it? lol

Just some bit of plastic that goes in the engine bay.

Have you ever seen a z car with a small block chevy swap? they're bad booty, you can achieve the same thing turboing it but its alot cheaper. All depends if you wanna autocross car or a straight line lol

Yeah, it's a pretty common swap. Handling might not be too bad after, as some newer v8's aren't much heavier than the straight 6 it's got now. Either way, power upgrades are coming after suspension work, so it'll be a while.

If there was a "Like" button for that photo, I'd push it.
(please forgive the facebook reference)

No real bot news. Still waiting on the Firecrackers. The 260z did survive a round trip from Rochester, NY to Elm City, NC without complaint. Planning brake and suspension upgrades in the nearish future. Build report for Mr. Self Destruct was in the August issue of servo.

BTW, I liked you're ServoMag article!

Took the composites class at RIT, made some Zylon armor for Mr. SD

Still haven't tracked down video of all of IO's fights at BBots. If anyone has video of IO vs. Death Fe, Bob 2 or Senioritis, I'd love to get a copy.

Also, I'm thinking about rebuilding Apollyon/IO. Here's a quick concept render done in Rhino 3d

whats your plan for motors? im expecting overkill!

Cody Harris wrote:

whats your plan for motors? im expecting overkill!

I was thinking the same 18v dewalts I use in Mr. SD.

Here's the first round of manipulation in Solidworks-

have you considered rolling the corners of the wedge like on Test Bot?
do you think they would even make a difference against hor bars and undercutters?

The old version did have the corners bent down, and while they did get hit occasionally, I don't think they did all that much as far as preventing chassis damage is concerned. Getting good enough driving the 'bot to keep the nose pointed the right direction is far more important in my opinion.

Not quite a robot, but still rather cool-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1enNGh_YlQ

Pedal powered brick breaking machine.


Here's the latest pic with a few additional safety covers.

Question:

Do you have a need to crush bricks? or just playing around?