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Dylon



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Small robots - Barton Robotics - NSW

seeing how im starting to make a few small robots i thought id make their own thread,
anyway these are a few that im making:

http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/6105/minusev8.png
Name: Minus
Class: Antweight
Weapon: Vertical disk thing
Weapon Drive: small brushless motor @ 7.4v
drives: modded micro servos
armour: thin chopping board

http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/6870/helixv2eu2.png (designed by angus)
Name: Helix
Class: Beetleweight
Weapon: Drum
Weapon Drive: 20 turn brushed motor @ 7.2v
drives: small gear motors
armour: 1mm steel, 10mm polycarb
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Post Fri Aug 17, 2007 12:28 am 
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Surprised I don't even get a mention for designing the second one XD
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Post Fri Aug 17, 2007 7:50 am 
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oh sorry angus, was tired when i posted and i forgot. the second design was done by angus.
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Post Fri Aug 17, 2007 9:14 am 
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lool all good.
Will be fun to see it in action! Very Happy
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Post Fri Aug 17, 2007 10:45 am 
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well this weekend i got atleast one robot going and seeing how that the nsw may be put back a week ill beable to make the antweight next weekend



its whole frame is made out of 1mm steel except for the weapon supports,
im going to wire it up tonight and probly run it tomoro its a bit loud to run at night
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What is covering the motor??
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Laughing I'll have my work cut out this time, ohh well. Cool
Time to upgrade...
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Arming up I see!!

Hey Dylon- great to see some weaponary coming in there, should be a fun drive Laughing (I like the belt drive, thats a good choice-make sure those
welds on those teeth are solid though, you dont them want gettin bent back!) Good luck!-J

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thanks, im still trying to get the weapon going, gotta find a relay that has enough amps but is only like 5v or 6v as im only running 7.2v it doesnt trigger the higher voltage relays
here is some vids:
Spin up i did yesterday i have stuck a 9 turn motor in it this time for more POWA!! Twisted Evil
http://youtube.com/watch?v=KSli_A2uewY
its nice and fast this time
http://youtube.com/watch?v=is3ENnWQEgU
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You may be better off using a beefy transistor instead of your relay. You can use a darlington, if you're not after super fast switching times.
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Perhaps even just a drill trigger fet?
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Micro servo board + Diode + Resistor + FET = Instant-weapon switch Smile
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Belt cover?

Hey, was just thinkin,(had you thought about?) some weight to to spare to run some kind
of belt protector off youre side frame, maybe a curved bit of thin flatbar or
steel rod-cage type of set up?-Jas

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um i havent thought about that, but i dont really have enough weight left i still gotta stick a top on it and a hoop so it will roll over when flipped, if i have weight left after that ill have a look at putting something on
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Post Tue Aug 21, 2007 8:59 pm 
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well this weekend i made a new toy, its not quite finshed yet still gotta lose a few grams, mount the top and mod the servos then the fun part wiring it Mad


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