Well, at the risk of getting boo'ed by those who insist in thinking of RoboWars as "them victorians" rather than a country-wide group of friends/competitors, I personally like the logo I made

It looks like a saw blade with a tri-planetary gear-set inside it. its on the start of the 2003 highlights video.. I think that would like quite funky laser-cut out, but it might not be generic enough to keep everyone happy..

Saws are good, they have nice detail and are fairly representative icon of our sport.

Perhaps a stylised lightning bolt ?
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I didn't see tha logo on that highlights tape but it sounds like its a strong contender. Given that the pog shape is mostly circular and there has to be at least one mounting hole, we need a graphic design that either fits around the edge and leaves some room in the middle for wr iting or fills up the middle and the writing goes around the edge of the disc.

Hmm, that's not terribly clear, so I will knock out some examples of what I mean. The saw blade graphic would fit either design.
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Yeah the logo with the 3 cogs, thats good.
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you could just buy mini saw blades bulk and have em laser etched
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Hmm, thats not a bad idea, but how small do saw blades get?
However that would make the actual etching more difficult, with one by one etching needed insead of a bulk all at once you'd have with lasercutting a sheet of metal.
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Thats it.

I liked the way the RWA (RoboWars Australia) can also be read as ARW (Australian RoboWarriors), or WAR, or RAW (not that that makes any sense, but it sounds good)

When it comes time to making the next video/tv production, I might spend some time trying to finish the 3D/animated version I was working on.. The 3D program I was working with had no idea what gear-mesh was though, which was making the animation part hard.. perhaps SolidWorks could do it..

For actual laser cutting, it would need mods, since as pointed out, you cant have unsupported bits inside cut-outs.. maybe etching rather than complete cutting would be better.
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An etching would be better, look better and would be stronger... How do they give the etch that anodised look?
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by anodising it lol

no purpose served but hey heres a 3d version http://www.robowars.org/forum/album_pic.php?pic_id=950
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When it comes time to making the next video/tv production, I might spend some time trying to finish the 3D/animated version I was working on.. The 3D program I was working with had no idea what gear-mesh was though, which was making the animation part hard.. perhaps SolidWorks could do it..

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I was just thinking the same thing about the different markings & colours for the different states; there is no reason the pogs can't be cut with different writing inside the cogs. Its just a matter of working how many of each to lay out on a sheet of metal so we are not over supplied in one state and short in another.

With Brett's logo, there is no room left for other writing - is that OK with everyone?
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How about changing the letters inside the gears to suit the state or event ?

Also, Gary and I were talking about just where you *put* a pog earlier, and we came up with what seemed like a good idea..

Instead of sticking the pogs to the robot, how about if we design up a standard A4 "Info Sheet" that could be printed out and stuck to a piece of polycarb or aluminium that has printed in nice large letters, Robot Name, Team Name, Driver, and then maybe a few smaller bits of info about the bot lower down and a presentation (pre-battle-damage) photo of the bot at the bottom.

Then around the edges, a border space is left where the pogs can be mounted in a gradually increasing ring as the bot wins more and more fights.

The idea is that each driver brings the board into the arena with them at the start of a fight, and stands there for a moment facing the video camera and/or crowd with the board sitting on the bot.

That way the spectators (be them video or live) immediately know the name of the bot/driver/team that is about to fight and can see by the number of pogs mounted around the edge of the board what that 'bots fight record is like.

A little bit cheesy I suppose, but no worse than a WWF wrestler carrying in the championship belt and parading around, then taking it off to actually fight.

It gives you something you can sit on your mantlepiece or trophy cabinet or whatever.

We had a chuckle about the idea of mounting titanium pogs on the bot, and how the more fights you won, the better armoured your bot would gradually get, as it accumulated a coating of titanium "scales" all over it..

The info boards are also good for putting the bot on display at exhibitions and things.. Cars at car shows often do it.
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You dont need software that recognises gear mesh to animate a planetary gear box. Most important thing would be getting the model accurate.

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