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Spockie-Tech
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Joined: 31 May 2004
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
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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. _________________ Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people
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Spockie-Tech
Site Admin
Joined: 31 May 2004
Posts: 3160
Location: Melbourne, Australia
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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. _________________ Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people
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