04.06.2006
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While at Seattle’s Dorkbot last night, I had the chance to get some advice about building a warbot from Rich. There’s a warbot competition this Sunday, April 9th at the Seattle Centerhouse! Get your fighting robot ninja together and come on down to the Western Allied Robotics Competition for the action! (Or just come and watch!)
your finger-motions on the word “mingling” were scary!!!
Awesome to have met you at Dorkbot - see you Sunday!
Hmmmmm…. will we be seeing a new vlog soon… maybe “I Destroy Things”??? . I’ve been watching your stuff for six months now. Thanks for all your great inspirations and insights!
FYI: http://www.teamwhoopass.com/BattleBots/Events/Seattle Bot Battle 2006/default.asp?Image=15
The Little Robot That Could…
Are you curious about the robot that Pablos and 3ric were designing in a recent video podcast? They completely redesigned it to make the “hackerbot.” Their robot ended up looking like a spinning double sided axe. Inspired by their……
[...] Are you curious about the robot that Pablos and 3ric were designing in a recent video podcast? They completely redesigned it to make the “hackerbot.” Their robot ended up looking like a spinning double sided axe. Inspired by their robot, and Rich’s advice, I made my own robot. While most robots use titanium or airplane grade alluminum, I chose a different strategy to protect my robot. The googly eyes and a wireless transmitting video camera made it complete. Here’s an image from the camera. This is my little robots POV and it’s looking at a robot that is on it’s way to come and tear my robot up. It was unable to get to the vulnerable parts of my robot, but it did manage to saw a slot through the foam all around my robot and shred the transmitting video camera. There were no hard feelings. When you put a robot in the cage, you have to expect that your going to home with what Pablos called, “a bag of shrapnel.” With so much damage, I had to really work to keep my robot competitive. With red and black tape and a whole lot of lexan and some titanium donated by Rob Farrow, my robot changed from a pink eggbot into a lady bug. Make sure to watch the video all the way to the end to find out if my little robot really is the little robot that could! [...]
[...] Are you curious about the robot that Pablos and 3ric were designing in a recent video podcast? They completely redesigned it to make the “hackerbot.” Their robot ended up looking like a spinning double sided axe. Inspired by their robot, and Rich’s advice, I made my own robot. While most robots use titanium or airplane grade alluminum, I chose a different strategy to protect my robot. The googly eyes and a wireless transmitting video camera made it complete. Here’s an image from the camera. This is my little robots POV and it’s looking at a robot that is on it’s way to come and tear my robot up. It was unable to get to the vulnerable parts of my robot, but it did manage to saw a slot through the foam all around my robot and shred the transmitting video camera. There were no hard feelings. When you put a robot in the cage, you have to expect that your going to home with what Pablos called, “a bag of shrapnel.” With so much damage, I had to really work to keep my robot competitive. With red and black tape and a whole lot of lexan and some titanium donated by Rob Farrow, my robot changed from a pink eggbot into a lady bug. Make sure to watch the video all the way to the end to find out if my little robot really is the little robot that could! [...]