Seal Of Approval is a nice robot. It’s served for around half a year now. The Mk 1 was prone to tipping over if on acceleration. The Mk 2 was better but still had some issues. A Mk 3 is in the works now.
However, the thing with sportsman anweights is that, when brought into full combat tournaments, they shatter the notion that a robot has to be built “just so” and not as a paste coating the arena. Since I don’t want my silly little seal getting blown to bits, it’s time for a new antweight. A 3D printed antweight…
The Seal Avenger (a pun on Robot Wars competitor The Steel Avenger) is looking to be a pusher with a steep and thick front wedge with a (highly) concerning top panel thickness. I’ll likely rig some sort of grabber or lifter to it somehow. Currently, 1 chassis has been printed. It had a few flaws, being that part of the robot got bent during 3D printed and the top panel having the text “Slealy Mk 2” (the name of my sisters toy seal, and Seal Of Approval’s older sister).
I might make it to ORCS 7 (is that the next one?) and if not 8 or 9. It’d be funny if both my robots debut events were both the 9th time it had been run. Currently, I’ll use the defective chassis to test how it drives and SOA Mk 3’s power (it’ll be good to go as soon as it can get a front scoop and fur). I could try adding forks or maybe some sort of back wedge.
Yeah… I think I’ll go for a grabber.