Types of battlebot-1
Hi guys , today I am going to share the first part of making combat robots. Today I will share the basic design of the combat robots which you will require to know while making it.
As I had told you in my previous blog about the weight criteria of the bot which you want to build. You can check my previous blog . https://indianmegabot.blogspot.in/2018/02/combat-bots.html?m=1
In all tutorial which I am going to post will based on 30 lbs weight bot. Now , there are many different types of bot while you can design by yourself. These are:
1- Rammers:- Rammers are ramming robots, they damage the opponent throwing themselves against them or pushing them against the borders of the arena. They usually have 4 (or more) wheel drive, wide wheels with high traction, a sturdy drive
, robust armor, high resistance to impacts, and they don’t have weapons except for their passive sheilds. In general they are invertible (they can be driven upside down). They need to be capable to push at least 2 times their own weight. They are
effective against robots with spinning weapons, such as spinners, drumbots and sawbots.
2- Wedges:- Wedges are robots with a sloped plate shaped as a wedge. They usually have 2 or 4 wheels with a very resistant drive system. They can be invertible or not. Despite rarely causing damage directly, they are a good tactic against spinners, making them flip over when hitting the wedge. Wedges wins against their opponents by entering underneath them and dragging them around the arena, or flipping them at high speeds. Fast wedges usually reach 20 to
25km/h. The front of the wedge should not be made out of sheet metal, because it can easily bent and lose functionality. Use
thick plates chamfered at the edge to withstand the opponents impact. Wedges are good against rammers and robots with spinning weapons, and they are vulnerable mainly to other lower, faster and more powerful wedges
3-Lifters:- Lifters are robots capable of lifting the opponent, immobilizing it or turning it upside down. They are efficient against robots that depend on traction such as rammers and wedges, or robots that have protuberating parts that can be reached by the lifting arm. They are inefficient against thwackbots and overhead thwackbots, because they are difficult to catch and they can work inverted. Lifters are vulnerable to spinners. The lifter design involves a slow linear actuator to lift the opponent, which can stop in the middle of its course. In this way, one can lift an opponent and drag it around the arena instead of just flipping it over. A few lifters use pneumatic systems, but most of them use electric motors with linear actuators. Place the batteries as far behind as possible in the robot, to act as a counterweight when lifting an opponent. The front wheels need to have high torque and high traction, because the robot weight will move forward when lifting and dragging the opponent. A few robots, such as the famous Sewer Snake, use active wedges that also work as lifters.
4- Launchers or Flippers:- Launchers (or flippers) are lifters on steroids, being capable of flinging the opponent high into the air. The opponent not only can be flipped over, but it can also suffer great damage when hitting the ground. Therefore, launchers are good against opponents with weak chassis, or batteries and electronics without protection against impacts. Launchers need pneumatic components with large diameters actuated by high pressure air or CO2. Eliminate all needle valves from the system, or use a big accumulator, to guarantee the high gas flow necessary to power the weapon.
Since there are many different types of combat bots. So if we tell about all types then this blog will become so lengthy. So for this , we will post other types in next blog.
Thats all for this week , we will post the other types in next blog. Hope you like this.
As I had told you in my previous blog about the weight criteria of the bot which you want to build. You can check my previous blog . https://indianmegabot.blogspot.in/2018/02/combat-bots.html?m=1
In all tutorial which I am going to post will based on 30 lbs weight bot. Now , there are many different types of bot while you can design by yourself. These are:
1- Rammers:- Rammers are ramming robots, they damage the opponent throwing themselves against them or pushing them against the borders of the arena. They usually have 4 (or more) wheel drive, wide wheels with high traction, a sturdy drive
, robust armor, high resistance to impacts, and they don’t have weapons except for their passive sheilds. In general they are invertible (they can be driven upside down). They need to be capable to push at least 2 times their own weight. They are
effective against robots with spinning weapons, such as spinners, drumbots and sawbots.
2- Wedges:- Wedges are robots with a sloped plate shaped as a wedge. They usually have 2 or 4 wheels with a very resistant drive system. They can be invertible or not. Despite rarely causing damage directly, they are a good tactic against spinners, making them flip over when hitting the wedge. Wedges wins against their opponents by entering underneath them and dragging them around the arena, or flipping them at high speeds. Fast wedges usually reach 20 to
25km/h. The front of the wedge should not be made out of sheet metal, because it can easily bent and lose functionality. Use
thick plates chamfered at the edge to withstand the opponents impact. Wedges are good against rammers and robots with spinning weapons, and they are vulnerable mainly to other lower, faster and more powerful wedges
3-Lifters:- Lifters are robots capable of lifting the opponent, immobilizing it or turning it upside down. They are efficient against robots that depend on traction such as rammers and wedges, or robots that have protuberating parts that can be reached by the lifting arm. They are inefficient against thwackbots and overhead thwackbots, because they are difficult to catch and they can work inverted. Lifters are vulnerable to spinners. The lifter design involves a slow linear actuator to lift the opponent, which can stop in the middle of its course. In this way, one can lift an opponent and drag it around the arena instead of just flipping it over. A few lifters use pneumatic systems, but most of them use electric motors with linear actuators. Place the batteries as far behind as possible in the robot, to act as a counterweight when lifting an opponent. The front wheels need to have high torque and high traction, because the robot weight will move forward when lifting and dragging the opponent. A few robots, such as the famous Sewer Snake, use active wedges that also work as lifters.
4- Launchers or Flippers:- Launchers (or flippers) are lifters on steroids, being capable of flinging the opponent high into the air. The opponent not only can be flipped over, but it can also suffer great damage when hitting the ground. Therefore, launchers are good against opponents with weak chassis, or batteries and electronics without protection against impacts. Launchers need pneumatic components with large diameters actuated by high pressure air or CO2. Eliminate all needle valves from the system, or use a big accumulator, to guarantee the high gas flow necessary to power the weapon.
Since there are many different types of combat bots. So if we tell about all types then this blog will become so lengthy. So for this , we will post other types in next blog.
Thats all for this week , we will post the other types in next blog. Hope you like this.
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