Migraine Robotics - The Bots That Never Were

Ello. So i like designing bots, but most dont get build for whatever reason. so i kinda wanna make this thread of CAD’s i got laying about. saying something about em. maybe it can inspire someone to make one like it. and also a fun journey through my billion ideas

Past Time
Hey, its a Hammersaw!

One of my first designs i made in blender. this was after my first 2 beetles. i bought some motors from bbb, and asked Ellie what kinda stuff it could power. she said a hammersaw, and since they are some of my fav weapon types, i wanted to make one.

Sadly, this being me in 2021 and not knowing how to robot much, this never happend. but it wasnt the last hammersaw i would try and design.

Bert The OG Vert
the one that didnt make it

The Original Bert Cad! this one was planned to be made, and i got the disc made. sadly, as seen in the Bert Topic, it was never completed till like a year later. i do still like the shape tho!

Kitbot
a non tryhard kitbot? impossible

This was ment to become a kitbot. tpu chassis, with 4mm alu top and bottem. something for newcomers to join the sport with and then build their own bot after. this was made since i think most kitbots are like, too good. i see a kitbot as something to evolve from, not stay with (cough cough Peterbar). This one may see a ressurection in some time!

The Hamburgular
crab anyone?

To me it just looks like hes getting ready to chew on a hamburger. this got replaced with whoop! later, since i just couldnt get my mind around the grab system. would love to retry this design in some time

Ant Front Hinge
Have you got a srimech? no

I fully designed and kinda build it, and then, well it didnt self right, or really flip well. so it was canned. still like the look of it but overall just dissapointed.

Towervert
Do you ever just look at rules, and think, how can i abuse them

Most Recent adittion to this list. i saw the rules of aws, and was like, ok but no height limit, TOWERVERT?? if i had more spare electronics, this couldve existed and fought in luxembourg. 223mm spinner wouldve been mental (and scary)

Ant Hypnodisc
Drive to Spin? wait thats not right

We were doing a non spinner comp called Gwars offline, and ofcourse, i was like, yes, spinner. but this one would use the turning of the front wheels to drive the robot, like the Hypnodisc Pullback toy. fun idea in theory, a headache to figure out, and then i saw that it wouldnt even spin like impressively, so it got canned

Babe Rillings
Sorry about your COPYRIGHT

I wanted a new hs, and when i was designing it, it just felt like reinventing Underwear. which i was then like, nah. so i didnt continue

Beetle Malice
Love you Malice

I would lie if i said i didnt love malice. this cad is basically ready, except for some holes. but its unlikely to finished, since i got way too many spinners atm

Rush (Lifter Edition)
Not a Rush build (ill see myself out)

Take my dads bot, and then add a lifter onto it, and you got this. i couldnt figure out the 4 bar system, so i halted the design. i may revisit and spice it up in the future. a 4 mars motor lifter sounds too much fun tbh.

Rush (Clawviper Edition)
deja vu, ive been in this place before

The actual OG Rush design. it was ment to be a beetle Clawviper, but i didnt get that far. instead it turned into a speedbuild replacement for Bert for Eindhoven

Gladiator (Version 1)
Smash your competition baby
Show us some good entertainment
Victory’s your only payment
Gladiator gladiator

This one was also basically build, but, after going to Bristol with Bert, i completely redesigned it, mainly since the inserts were a bad idea. this probably was the most evolved cad that was never build.

Hammersaw the 2nd
Seriously, i like hammersaws

This Chunkster™ robot was my 2nd try of a hammersaw. and again, was never build. looking at the size, it would probably not even be close to weight

Moth Towervert
When in doubt, Towervert

After Rapture 2023, me and my friend Moth talked bout her robot. she had a massive bar, and couldnt really use it or knew how to improve her bot. so during a call, i cadded this up. i do love myself a biiig towervert!

Hammersaw the 3rd
I dont know anymore

Did i say, i like hammersaws? Well this was my most recent attempt. alas it was not completed. funny tho soon gonna design another one :stuck_out_tongue:

Underwear
Its an undercutter, that wears you down, do you get it? (ill actually leave now)

I got the Disc cut, and then never continued with it. so its another dead project. very unlikely ill do this again, but you never know. this was mainly made cuz of me not enjoying the groundgame after Bristol (damn you Schism!)

And that Concludes all unfinished cads as of right now, maybe in half a year ill have more cads just laying about. we will see!

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Ah yes, the mighty towervert! You know what someone needs to do? The towerhoz! I feel like someone would call you out for the first one, since it’s hard to get away with having 90% of a robot be a spinner… Hypno-ant has already been done (I think) but it the wheel-to-spin mechanism sounds weird. Bit of a squeeze though.

Bert The Vert (the vert that does indeed vert) made a cameo(ish)! Yippee!

Really interesting. I draw out all my bot concepts into a little notebook, but tbh I keep a lot of them close to my chest - though I do share it if I’m ever chatting to anyone already thinking along similar lines to a specific design I have. I’d always be happy to talk four bars if you ever return to Rush!

i may take you up to this offer, it might be something for Dortmund :stuck_out_tongue:

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1 year down, allot of designs once again ive not finished, from yeah this is a propper cad, to uuuuuh shapes!

454G Spiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin
All i do is spin spin spin no matter what

i bought some motors from Rob aaaages ago, which wouldnt drive a beetle, but possibly yolo a 1lber. tried to design some sit and spin for the swiss event, but after that event wasnt happening for me, i stopped with it and its now a dead project

Big Bert Energy
I like big berts and i cannot lie

basically an ant version of my featherweight, untill i discovered i had negative space inside to fit wires and then gave up. hey but at least i then made marie antionette, thats the same right guys!!

Maximum Pound
Smashy Smash Smash hahaha

not really as dead as other designs, mainly because i still got it all kinda together and printed, just havent seen the need yet to actually finish it. axe bots are fun, but i already had a control bot for the orcs i designed it for.

Agrogator
ayayayayaya

The most shapes cad ill have. this was mainly a layout of a crazy concept i had based on a gmod bot, agrogator. ive had these servos about for ages and have been looking for a use for em, and yet, i havent found a design yet i like em for. perhaps this year will be the year.

Big Whoop
insert serious sam or johnny bravo noises here

i could make this, easily even, i might still this year. but for now its a dead design. its basically a big version of my antweight. again using that servo. i swear, ill find a use!

the next few are my attempt at making a fun 3rd bot for the year, untill i settled on Eradicator


Weapon that will spin at 250mph, but just wasnt happy with the generic vert of it all

Cluster hs? could be funny but i couldnt get the design how i liked

Couldnt get the looks like how i wanted it

its dwane nibbly! couldnt get the shapes right for me to want it.

its yomi! was planning this one, and then was like, its just yomi with extra steps, and hair.

its nightmare! legs didnt look good and i dont think it wouldve been that good tbh

now back to your regular scheduled program

Flexy Lexy
jelly

its big marie. watching nhrl is bad for you if you design everything. many people will be rejoiced to know this aint happening yet!

Hammersaw V4
ok, you know, i like em ok!

Again an unfinished hammersaw, this one was very close, untill i got the parts from nylon and they didnt fit and then looked inside the bot and saw, oh hi, no space basically. i promise you, there will be a me hammersaw in the comming years, perhaps a feather one!!

Larsbot v1
He collect, but most importantly, he fights?

Mr larscollectionguy bought a bot from spain, spend too much on it, and basically i was like, i can do better. never actually build this one, but in the works is a real one for him! nearly got all those parts so i can begin!

not magnetar
what can i say, i like my driscs

i saw corruption and wanted my own, just, more magnetar. after the wheelguards i was like, nah, this aint it. might try another time a different time, cuz i love the design.

Sweet 'n Psycho HS
Run, run, now we running the show
Step back, 'cause you’re moving too slow
Head high, moving up and on
Sweet and psycho

The original design for sweet 'n psycho, turned it into a vert in the end since i didnt like this design in the end.

Sweet 'n Psycho 2
Run, run, in a circle we go
One step to the side, good to go
Ha-ha, dancing on our own
Sweet and psycho

i was near the point of printing it, and then in the end didnt complete it, as i didnt wanna make a generic 4wd vert.

V-Ernie
Crazy stick’s to me, like ribs

This did actually exist and was in the arena, tho it never fought, as it scared the shit out of me, didnt drive well or at all, and it was 200g overweight. at a point, ill make a towervert, but thats a future thing.

Wishbone Big Money Edition
we got to have, money

what if money wasnt a question, well then you would get this. custom allot of stuff. but in the end, i do need money, and i dont have unlimited of it.

Bert the Third
Berting the vert? idk anymore

after berts full redesign was just a massive flop, i decided to design it more close to the og, but never got further than 1 session. bert will forever hold a place in my heart, but ive moved on from it i think.

Next up 2 raptor designs that are ment to make the class more interesting!


HS that i designed first, i think it wouldve been ok ig? but 1kj isnt allot and this iirc ran 2kj.

the og design of the vert i went on to make, this was basically all hdpe, but in the end i made one that was a mix of tpu and hdpe, only the wedge stayed.

next a few ants


Basically shrike if you remember from battlebots. i might make this for some fun, but will have to see

kinda amnesia? i love that design of the lifter. tthis iirc is also build ready just needs some love.

Plasic shell, i love shell spinners, just idk what class would be best for em and that i can even make em.

basically my attempt to make a scarrier, yet still safe hexbug tombstone. alas, i never actually finished it and would probably redo everything

Next, some bigboys

Gladiator
Smash your, well you know the rest

this was the first cad for a propper gladiator design that wouldnt get blown up by a horizontal. but in the end, it didnt end up looking as much like this, well not untill i stopped using it and my dad made it good…

Synth
War, war never changes

Kinda half based on a gmod bot and mainly from sythesis. big raptor vert. but this has a massive astrix next to never were, since this is in contention to still be made if money wont allow the grand other plan.

and i think thats all? i mightve missed a few but they will come next year, or ill forget, who knows!

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