Battlebot

Battlebot Before

Interested People

(There's also a sign up sheet at the Shop on the corkboard)

• Omegix 17:19, 2 December 2008 (CST)
• Brimstone 17:23, 2 December 2008 (CST) (but after Dec 15th)

Meeting Notes

Meeting 1 (12/17/08@1900): General Interest

Well the first meeting went kind of as expected small turn out with a lot of ideas being thrown around. we have decided to walk before we run by making a small (<12 lb.) bot to start off with. thanks to generous donations from Rick of Huntsville Computing we have the basic frame of our first small bot. it consists of 2 Generic 12 volt drill motors with 4" wheels, 2 victor 883 speed controllers and a futaba controller and receiver on a aluminum plate.

Meeting 2 (1/9/09@2000): Design Brainstorming

Please have some ideas drawn up and, if you have time, have some sort of prototype or proof of concept ready for this meeting.

Updates

• Preauxphoto has volunteered to be team lead on this project
• Preauxphoto completely re-wired and modified the chassis to allow hard mounting of the components to the base plate for testing and design.
• It looks like we will need a charger for the RC system as well as a new battery(4.6v) for the receiver.
  • It wont hold a charge for the charger that Preauxphoto has.
• Preauxphoto gave it a functional check and everything seems to be in working order.

To Do List/Scratchpad

• Draw up designs and proofs of concept for the next meeting.
• Design and test a weapons system.
• Nail down the exact design of the bot we want to build.
  • Body Shape
    • Square
    • Circle
    • Dome
    • Pyramid
  • Body design will be dictated by choice of weaponry.