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Antweight Fighting Robots [message #4096] Mon, 27 April 2009 17:55 UTC Go to next message
avatar ARHib is currently offline ARHib
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I have been making antwieght fighting robots for the past 5 years with some sucess. I used to machine parts and drill and tap polycarbonate to construct my robots, which took a very long time as wasn't as accurate as i would have liked. My latest designs have had 3d printed chassis made from WS&F. I am very happy with shapeways, although the parts aren't perfect with a bit of filing and drilling the parts are far more complicated than i could produce normally. Below are my latest robots.

This robot is called Anticide weighing 150g
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b352/Anticide/05032009057.jpg?t=1240854072

This robot won the Antweight World Series 28, with its 175psi pneumatic flipper.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlQG4uHWKx0&feature=chann el

This is the latest version of Kwijebo a 225g walking robot with a 106g disc which spins up to 12000 rpm. The cams for the legs have been made as one piece with 0.25mm clearance and run up to 3700 rpm.

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b352/Anticide/20042009112.jpg?t=1240854435
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b352/Anticide/20042009113.jpg?t=1240854457

I also have a video of the legs being tested

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdd_q5qJWgM&feature=chann el

Lastly is the weapon test.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj8GRD60YOg&feature=chann el_page

Maybe the next ones will be in colour.

[Updated on: Mon, 27 April 2009 18:01 UTC]

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Re: Antweight Fighting Robots [message #4097 is a reply to message #4096 ] Mon, 27 April 2009 19:28 UTC Go to previous messageGo to next message
avatar Marleen is currently offline Marleen
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Wow, that really works. Watch out that you don't hurt yourself!

Bye
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Re: Antweight Fighting Robots [message #4102 is a reply to message #4096 ] Mon, 27 April 2009 23:16 UTC Go to previous messageGo to next message
avatar Ushanka is currently offline Ushanka
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Those antbots are amazing! Do you think there's a league in California for me?
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Re: Antweight Fighting Robots [message #4108 is a reply to message #4096 ] Tue, 28 April 2009 00:03 UTC Go to previous messageGo to next message
avatar Nshortino is currently offline Nshortino
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Wow! Great use of 3d printing, but I thought Shapeways was for love not war. In the videos the robots look completely terrifying. We could be only a few years away from mass produced robot armies!
On a serious note though, how well does the material hold up under all the movement? In the weapon test video the whole robot appeared to be shaking a lot. Has there been any wear due to the heat and friction?
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Re: Antweight Fighting Robots [message #4117 is a reply to message #4108 ] Tue, 28 April 2009 07:40 UTC Go to previous messageGo to next message
avatar Gijs is currently offline Gijs
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Great stuff!
The first video is hilarious where those robots are flying out of the arena!


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Re: Antweight Fighting Robots [message #7801 is a reply to message #4096 ] Wed, 18 November 2009 13:05 UTC Go to previous messageGo to next message
avatar ARHib is currently offline ARHib
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An update on the antweight robots. Anticide has become the most sucessful antweight ever, winning the last 3 world series events.

I have also been working on a new robot called strafen. The chassis wasn't ready for the event last saturday however i did manage to get the robot built using a simplified design.

This is a picture of the test platform showing the mecanum drive, which allows for sideways (strafe-ing) movement.

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b352/Anticide/Strafentestplatform.jpg?t=1258549135

video links of strafen:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phvhDmtXf-o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0L-VjovBf-k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6txLGUQnaE

There are also many other videos uploaded from saturday on youtube. One of the other robots called void (finshed 2nd at the latest world series) also has a shapeways chassis.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7DknXViqjc
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Re: Antweight Fighting Robots [message #7810 is a reply to message #7801 ] Thu, 19 November 2009 09:20 UTC Go to previous messageGo to next message
avatar Technoscream is currently offline Technoscream
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Amazing stuff, I cant believe how fast these things move! The videos were great fun to watch. I can see how shapeways have opened up a lot of possibilities for interesting designs to you.

Is there a basic electronic kit available for antweight robots? I'm sure I could design the chasis, and have a little experience with electronics but it would be much easier if the basic electronics/motors/radio gear came in kit form.

I like the one with legs, did that have enough traction when fighting? do you have a clearer image of how the legs work?

I built this robot a while ago:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHhhPoHBb28
I'm now inspired to build something similar using shapeways technology!
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Re: Antweight Fighting Robots [message #7811 is a reply to message #7810 ] Thu, 19 November 2009 12:34 UTC Go to previous message
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Thats a really cool walker, i always liked hexapods.

The best place for information is http://www.robotwars101.org forum. Lots of information on there.

The leg mechanism is fairly complicated, its designed to use counter rotating cams to give no up and down motion.

http://www.antweight.co.uk/results/ws30/images/DSCF6743.jpg

http://www.antweight.co.uk/results/ws30/images/DSCF6744.jpg
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