Adriel is a thwackbot which can either be a torque thwackbot or a sit-and-spin. Has nearly reached completion, but shoddy wiring got the better of it. Named after a robot from MLU4’s Robot Wars series.
Hurricane
An overhead horizontal which will probably require me to bring a hammer to every event. Debut will likely be at the next BBB Ant event. Former names included Katrina, Stormrunner and Whirlwind. Will be printed from TPU as to not violently explode the second it touches a wedge. Trust me, I’ve seen things.
A new printer from ELEGOO (from who I get the PLA+ on Y2K) has been set up, with the old TINA2 seeming like peanuts to it. Spares for Y2K are being printed as I type this.
Hurricane will be ordered in 2 stages, one being for the drive and another being the spinner electronics. A 100mm blade will be bought from ULL Robotics. The drive stage has been ordered. Why did I choose an overhead? I’ve seen a video of fellow horizontal, Vampire, completely shatter a vert’s polycarbonate support, and I am hoping to do the same.
Adriel is going to be rewired at some point. The project’s still alive, I swear!
Another announcement, I am hoping to build an absurdly wide robot similar to the likes of SMEE. The robot will be split into two halves which operate independently, like a clusterbot, but connected with a big metal (or plastic) plate. As for how it’ll bend the rules, see Killjoy Robotics’ video about their fellow wide robot. The name hasn’t been completely decided, but a working title is Nyon!, google it if you don’t know the reference. There will be an angled fork at the front to help against horizontals and help with ground game.
Y2K (which I only just realised looks like Crashfest) is now partially made of TPU, now weighing in at 131g, only one gram above what it weighed at the Bristol event, although missing a few screws. All it needs now is bigger wheels and likely a TPU lid and it’s all set for GRoCS to fight alongside the widest, tallest, strongest, and most absurdly named of them all. Will the former distance-maker do it again? Lemon’s there too.
As for Hurricane, Y2K will be the testbed for the TPU used in its main body. An asymmetrical bar will be used against vertical spinners, as it both has more bite to snap supports in half and halves the chances of bending.
That’s the thing, I haven’t built Hurricane yet, but the printed parts (TPU body and forks) are existant. Hoping to wire the drive today. The spinner (as in the weapon) will be ordered soon.
Y2K, however, has had the new TPU lid and bigger wheels installed.
You better take cover (what the top is meant to say but TPU was TPU and got wet), 'cause here’s Hurricane! A pusher for now, until the £24 spinner electronics are ordered, hence the red pusher arm. Powered by two 1000rpm N10s, it’s the nippiest of the bunch by far. Will probably have a few whiteboards at GRoCS this weekend, or just be a static display piece, watching on in relief that it won’t have to face the biggest of vertical spinners to date. Yet.
