Thought I would do a thread on some of the Antweights I have built since in total I have done surprisingly quite a few without competing in an event with any of them. I actually made my first robot in 2018 before competing for the first time in 2023 at Subterranean Showdown.
My first robot was this sorry excuse for a machine.
PLA Chassis and flipper, 300rpm Ebay motors, 2 brushed boat esc’s and a giant (For an antweight) 6 channel receiver. I’m also pretty sure it didn’t comply with the cube rule so it likely wouldn’t have ever been able to compete anyway not that it would have done well.
A couple of months later and another attempt at an ant was made. Again I’m pretty sure this did not comply with the 4 inch cube rule but I remember being fairly pleased with the overall result.
My antweight rep of Firestorm, made 6 years after the other 2 were made.
Antweight inspired by my beetle Impulse
Basic Flipper
I can’t believe its not Hydra
Will be taking the last 3 to that BBB Christmas Do for some bouts. Quality of driving will depend on how much cider is drank.