# Bot Builds & Designs **URL:** https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/c/builds/5.md [Latest](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/tags.md) --- ## [About Robot Builds](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/t/about-robot-builds/12)
**Author:** [@bristolbotbuilders](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/u/bristolbotbuilders)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [29 March 2023 20:19 UTC](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/t/about-robot-builds/12 "2023-03-29T20:19:54Z")
This is the place to share the robots you’re working on! CAD, construction, soldering, repairing, build diaries, you name it. --- ## [Ryu-Kishin - Rebuild after the '22 desaster](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/t/ryu-kishin-rebuild-after-the-22-desaster/187)
**Author:** [@Thyrus](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/u/Thyrus)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [24 October 2026 14:57 UTC](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/t/ryu-kishin-rebuild-after-the-22-desaster/187 "2026-10-24T14:57:40Z")
Hello everyone. I totally did not forget that this forum exists and that I’ve signed up for it a while ago. I thought I’d share some pictures of my bot Ryu-Kishin. That bot that showed up to the beetlechamps in 2022 tha… --- ## ['Av-it - Hobbyweight build log](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/t/av-it-hobbyweight-build-log/710)
**Author:** [@Paul-Hurd](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/u/Paul-Hurd)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [23 October 2026 21:51 UTC](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/t/av-it-hobbyweight-build-log/710 "2026-10-23T21:51:55Z")
Hi! I haven’t written a build log on here before and thought for my own interests I’d document my journey into bigger weight classes. If you are looking for something that hasn’t been done before then you will need to l… --- ## [Corruption Beetleweight Build](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/t/corruption-beetleweight-build/546)
**Author:** [@Coolspeedbot](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/u/Coolspeedbot)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [23 October 2026 14:18 UTC](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/t/corruption-beetleweight-build/546 "2026-10-23T14:18:19Z")
On the 27th of February 2025, 5 days after BBB Brawl, an idea would form, and over the course of the following 5 and a half months, it would take form. Introducing Corruption! And I know what you are thinking, why h… --- ## [Building a BW - Help needed](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/t/building-a-bw-help-needed/817)
**Author:** [@HBantweightrobots](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/u/HBantweightrobots)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [23 October 2026 13:59 UTC](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/t/building-a-bw-help-needed/817 "2026-10-23T13:59:50Z")
Thinking about building a beetle but could use some help. I’m gonna be scaling up my ant, no big dill. will probably getting the bbb bw drive kit and the bw servo from the bbb shop. For the chassis I was thinking 5mm thi… --- ## [irregularAntweights](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/t/irregularantweights/801)
**Author:** [@IrregularJoe](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/u/IrregularJoe)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [20 October 2026 21:19 UTC](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/t/irregularantweights/801 "2026-10-20T21:19:57Z")
Rather than keep making a new topic whenever a brain fart results in a new robot I thought I’d consolidate all my antposting to a single thread. Three of my 150g robots have posts already, I will post future updates here… --- ## [First time builder - What's in a name anyways](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/t/first-time-builder-whats-in-a-name-anyways/809)
**Author:** [@fopsy](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/u/fopsy)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [20 October 2026 14:53 UTC](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/t/first-time-builder-whats-in-a-name-anyways/809 "2026-10-20T14:53:13Z")
So I got no idea what I’m doing, but snagged a free download of fusion 360 and started to mess around over the weekend, I suspect there’s already a billion weaknesses in what I’ve put together, but I don’t know I’m proud… --- ## [TSU's silly little robots](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/t/tsus-silly-little-robots/90)
**Author:** [@TSU](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/u/TSU)\ **Replies:** 175\ **Last updated:** [20 October 2026 10:47 UTC](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/t/tsus-silly-little-robots/90 "2026-10-20T10:47:27Z")
hey peeps! recently i started getting back into building robots, after a few years of not competing at all. first bot i’ve built is my two-wheeled drive vertical spinner, Somatic Damage. the mid section of this b… --- ## [My first introduction to the hobby](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/t/my-first-introduction-to-the-hobby/812)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Newbie](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/u/Northern_Newbie)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [20 October 2026 09:39 UTC](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/t/my-first-introduction-to-the-hobby/812 "2026-10-20T09:39:30Z")
Meet “Danger Zone” (working title), my very first bot. Huge and sincere thanks to @Patrick for the modulant design. I have started with no CAD experience, I don’t have a printer, and so to be able to pick up th… --- ## [Financial Mistake Antweight Megathread](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/t/financial-mistake-antweight-megathread/745)
**Author:** [@TeamChiffChaffs7](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/u/TeamChiffChaffs7)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [18 October 2026 10:13 UTC](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/t/financial-mistake-antweight-megathread/745 "2026-10-18T10:13:10Z")
Really, I just wanted to make a thread for my antweights so everyone gets content. Previous Antweights: https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/t/y2k-straight-from-the-2000s/720/5029 New: Adriel Adriel is a thwackbot wh… --- ## [Checkmate - Shuffling Hammersaw](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/t/checkmate-shuffling-hammersaw/740)
**Author:** [@HBantweightrobots](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/u/HBantweightrobots)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [17 October 2026 14:01 UTC](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/t/checkmate-shuffling-hammersaw/740 "2026-10-17T14:01:56Z")
Hello everyone. I’m building a hammersaw. I don’t know how to get the optimal set up for my flysky i6 to control it. The n20 600rpm motor that powers the arm is connected to the two holes underneath the letter W on the… --- ## [Rotavator - Half the mass is spinning mass](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/t/rotavator-half-the-mass-is-spinning-mass/465)
**Author:** [@KJRhys](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/u/KJRhys)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [15 October 2026 12:28 UTC](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/t/rotavator-half-the-mass-is-spinning-mass/465 "2026-10-15T12:28:50Z")
Ok so I know I still have more of my jackhammer write up to finish but I thought I’d make a start on this one so it can operate a bit more as a build blog as I work on it. Here goes… This is my new beetle under the w… --- ## [Weaponised Mathematics: The Anatomy of a Meltybrain](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/t/weaponised-mathematics-the-anatomy-of-a-meltybrain/758)
**Author:** [@IrregularJoe](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/u/IrregularJoe)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [15 October 2026 10:19 UTC](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/t/weaponised-mathematics-the-anatomy-of-a-meltybrain/758 "2026-10-15T10:19:29Z")
If you’re plugged into the combat robotics zeitgeist, especially the OOTA-free zone that is NHRL, you’re probably aware of “meltybrain” robots. Robots that look like a sit-n-spin arena hazard, but somehow manage to drive… --- ## [Ratbite - The road to battle](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/t/ratbite-the-road-to-battle/688)
**Author:** [@Afjell](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/u/Afjell)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [14 October 2026 11:02 UTC](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/t/ratbite-the-road-to-battle/688 "2026-10-14T11:02:29Z")
Hello everyone I am Andreas and I am from Norway. This is my journey to the Antweight World Series 78 in Gröningen in July! My original idea was of a wide belt driven drum spinner, with a pla+ inner core and a steel o… --- ## [Percussive Maintenance 12lb - the Beetle, but Bigger](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/t/percussive-maintenance-12lb-the-beetle-but-bigger/458)
**Author:** [@T\_Y](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/u/T_Y)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [13 October 2026 22:20 UTC](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/t/percussive-maintenance-12lb-the-beetle-but-bigger/458 "2026-10-13T22:20:08Z")
With Robodojo’s inaugural Hobbyweight event in 3 weeks, it’s about time I actually build the hobbyweight that I’ve been talking about since last year’s Elizabeth Day memorial event. Soon after that event, I started thro… --- ## [Houndeye - My first combat robot](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/t/houndeye-my-first-combat-robot/262)
**Author:** [@Kraken4me](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/u/Kraken4me)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [11 October 2026 17:15 UTC](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/t/houndeye-my-first-combat-robot/262 "2026-10-11T17:15:06Z")
This is my build log for my first combat robot, dubbed “Houndeye” (after the half-life 1 enemy). It’s a sportsman antweight. When finished it’ll be around 10 cm wide, 3 long and 1 tall (excluding wheels). Currently only … --- ## [Team Disaster Robotics: a story of overpriced shipping, kangaroos and bad robots](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/t/team-disaster-robotics-a-story-of-overpriced-shipping-kangaroos-and-bad-robots/810)
**Author:** [@Henrybuildsrobots](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/u/Henrybuildsrobots)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [9 October 2026 22:36 UTC](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/t/team-disaster-robotics-a-story-of-overpriced-shipping-kangaroos-and-bad-robots/810 "2026-10-09T22:36:56Z")
Okay so, as you may notice I am not in Europe but I build (and have built for 2 years now) Antweights and regularly use Bristol bot builder parts. This is just a little recap of my robots thus far and any changes I made… --- ## [An overview on the developing design of Vanquish](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/t/an-overview-on-the-developing-design-of-vanquish/718)
**Author:** [@Dylan\_Furniss](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/u/Dylan_Furniss)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [6 October 2026 23:32 UTC](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/t/an-overview-on-the-developing-design-of-vanquish/718 "2026-10-06T23:32:55Z")
Figured before I do more event write ups I will start with a brief breakdown of the design decisions and adjustments over the last year to get from the 1-4 abomination it began life as to the semi competitive machine tha… --- ## [Barricade - Grab and quite a bit of lift](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/t/barricade-grab-and-quite-a-bit-of-lift/803)
**Author:** [@Ioan](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/u/Ioan)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [6 October 2026 19:31 UTC](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/t/barricade-grab-and-quite-a-bit-of-lift/803 "2026-10-06T19:31:32Z")
All I’ve ever made since starting this hobby are control bots and to be honest I’m sort of getting to the point where I want to start branching out to some more destructive designs. That being said I would like to keep o… --- ## [Dreamwave - Freefall into 4WD vert meta](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/t/dreamwave-freefall-into-4wd-vert-meta/807)
**Author:** [@Mystic](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/u/Mystic)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [5 October 2026 21:51 UTC](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/t/dreamwave-freefall-into-4wd-vert-meta/807 "2026-10-05T21:51:48Z")
Soooo, if you’ve attended Rapture for a while, you’ve probably seen me pull up with Yomi and pretty much bomb event after event with a barely functioning robot most of the time. Needless to say, it got tiring, so i’m wo… --- ## [No big dill my 2nd ant bot a, what I like to call ‘sometimes suplexer’](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/t/no-big-dill-my-2nd-ant-bot-a-what-i-like-to-call-sometimes-suplexer/610)
**Author:** [@HBantweightrobots](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/u/HBantweightrobots)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [30 September 2026 19:51 UTC](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/t/no-big-dill-my-2nd-ant-bot-a-what-i-like-to-call-sometimes-suplexer/610 "2026-09-30T19:51:13Z")
Hello all, I’ve finnaly decided to show the build for my 2nd bot, no big dill ( get it? Like no big deal!? ) Anyway this was the original concept just a few shapes thrown together (by the way this whole robot was made … --- ## [Team Oh, It Broke build logs](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/t/team-oh-it-broke-build-logs/537)
**Author:** [@Tufty\_Ilam](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/u/Tufty_Ilam)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [28 September 2026 12:18 UTC](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/t/team-oh-it-broke-build-logs/537 "2026-09-28T12:18:10Z")
As I wrote in the Botfest 7 event report, I currently have two new robots ready to fight at Botfest 8. These two - Honey, I Shrunk the Scrooge and Scrooge McChonk, continue the long and noble line that started with S… --- ## [Bop!/honk! mini - Beetleweight Build Diary](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/t/bop-honk-mini-beetleweight-build-diary/38)
**Author:** [@Craig](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/u/Craig)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [27 September 2026 18:36 UTC](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/t/bop-honk-mini-beetleweight-build-diary/38 "2026-09-27T18:36:12Z")
Pretty excited to be posting about my current project, bop!, a beetleweight hammer based on my love of Beta. This is one of the more recent cad versions, showing the 4wd 22mm drive. I plan to print the wedge in TPU,… --- ## [Fatal Deviation, my over-engineered beetleweight](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/t/fatal-deviation-my-over-engineered-beetleweight/232)
**Author:** [@IrregularJoe](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/u/IrregularJoe)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [27 September 2026 14:50 UTC](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/t/fatal-deviation-my-over-engineered-beetleweight/232 "2026-09-27T14:50:33Z")
Hi folks, new here. Been watching robot combat from the sidelines (unless you could a plywood antweight I built years ago) for a while and I couldn’t resist it any more and fired up the CAD. After watching a lot of NHRL … --- ## [🦞 Lob-ster - Mammoth inspired beetle & feather build diary & iterations!](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/t/lob-ster-mammoth-inspired-beetle-feather-build-diary-iterations/102)
**Author:** [@Joe](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/u/Joe)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [27 September 2026 14:22 UTC](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/t/lob-ster-mammoth-inspired-beetle-feather-build-diary-iterations/102 "2026-09-27T14:22:55Z")
Hello! First ever write up for me, I’m not great with writing words, but I thought I’d share this mammoth journey with you! If you’re interested in seeing all my builds, they’re all here. As soon as I’d heard about Baby… --- ## [Hopmeister - Beetles](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/t/hopmeister-beetles/137)
**Author:** [@Hoppin](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/u/Hoppin)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [23 September 2026 09:27 UTC](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/t/hopmeister-beetles/137 "2026-09-23T09:27:58Z")
Forum exclusive :disguised\_face: (Work is very slow today) Here’s Tube, not a beetle, but not an Ant. More a 1lb. Was approached by the lovely Katherine Dean to take part in a quad multibot. I yoinked the FUCK outta Mi… --- ## [Rovengers: rage of saltron (aka the best bots ever\*)](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/t/rovengers-rage-of-saltron-aka-the-best-bots-ever/591)
**Author:** [@morgan\_ls](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/u/morgan_ls)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [11 September 2026 21:46 UTC](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/t/rovengers-rage-of-saltron-aka-the-best-bots-ever/591 "2026-09-11T21:46:18Z")
\*citation needed me and simon szarko have been building clusters on and off for the last 5 years and known eachother for nearly 7 years. our clusters have been running since the 2020 champs sxs and have never been beyo… --- ## [Seal Or No Seal? - Take your pick!](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/t/seal-or-no-seal-take-your-pick/569)
**Author:** [@Kraken4me](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/u/Kraken4me)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [7 September 2026 16:32 UTC](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/t/seal-or-no-seal-take-your-pick/569 "2026-09-07T16:32:58Z")
While I was down at CAT 3 fighting with Seal Of Approval, I brought along a flipper prototype to test. I was asked if I wanted to sign it up, so I did. My dad suggested to name it after some game show called Deal Or No D… --- ## [Super Snappy '26 - Reviving a 2014 Beetle for a Post-Cabraken World](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/t/super-snappy-26-reviving-a-2014-beetle-for-a-post-cabraken-world/168)
**Author:** [@Craig](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/u/Craig)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [5 September 2026 22:16 UTC](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/t/super-snappy-26-reviving-a-2014-beetle-for-a-post-cabraken-world/168 "2026-09-05T22:16:50Z")
2024 marks 10 years since my first build, the very first Mr Snappy. It’s been a few years since I’ve done a Snappy, when I said I wouldn’t revisit the idea again, but having reset my mindset on robots (eg: screw tryhardi… --- ## [Data Breach Beetleweight Build](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/t/data-breach-beetleweight-build/197)
**Author:** [@Coolspeedbot](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/u/Coolspeedbot)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [2 September 2026 22:33 UTC](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/t/data-breach-beetleweight-build/197 "2026-09-02T22:33:46Z")
Data Breach is my 6WD Beetleweight that I first built in 2023 and competed at the Robot Rebellion 2023. This build log will cover the original build and future versions for Data Breach. After the disaster of a performa… [Next page](https://forum.bristolbotbuilders.com/c/builds/5.md?page=1)