Quite a lot happens in the first few weeks of a build – then you normally get a few quiet weeks, then a mad scramble as you try and get ready for a competition. This build is following much the same pattern so far. Frantic activity in weeks 1 and 2. So, we now have […]
Read More →Should’ve done this 2 weeks ago but sometimes life gets in the way… My microphone has bust so this is going to be a text blog. Our build weekend, which started so promisingly, didn’t quite go as planned. To start with we didn’t have all of the bits we wanted (again!), so we’re looking at […]
Read More →Over on the Roaming Robots Facebook Page, I’ve been making myself known to some of the awesome roboteers involved in both the live shows and in Robot Wars. As you can (hopefully) see from that post there, work have decided to send me (Chris) on a trip to Manchester to the UK Network Operator’s Forum (UKNOF) 37. […]
Read More →This symbol seems appropriate for today’s 3 minute podcast…(see below for the actual podcast!)
Read More →Uh oh. The driver’s only gone and found some audio recording software! Here’s some work we’ve extracted from Ali summarising some of the main differences between Battlebots and Robot Wars before he started speaking so fast he broke the sound barrier. Before you know it Ali will have discovered some of the internet’s other joys… […]
Read More →With any luck, we’ll be competing in Robot Wars this year! Merry everything, happy etc. Now – onto the update. We spent the weekend of Jan 7/8 putting some more bits on Big Dave and breaking a few more. Whilst we didn’t make the progress that we thought we were going to make, we made […]
Read More →First up, a quick disclaimer: Building and battling fighting robots is dangerous and should not be attempted without great care! But hopefully you knew that anyway. Lithium Polymer batteries are where it’s at now, and while they’re relatively tough…. they’re not combat robot tough…. far from it. Lithium Polymer Batteries have a very, very peculiar discharge […]
Read More →Let’s, once again, talk about bearings. First things – ignore this! It’s now outdated and kinda wrong… Secondly, Happy 2017! This will be the year that we get on Robot Wars, hopefully! Those bearings, whilst still cool, won’t sustain any sort of impact for any sort of time. Instead, we’re going for Taper Roller Bearings, normally […]
Read More →I think, this time, we’ll let the video speak for itself.
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