After the Battle

Here are pictures of the battle scared robots...

Both Rex and K1 side by side...

 And a rear view of Rex...

As you can see, the primary weapon on Rex is missing!

During one of the battle rounds, the opponent requested a "maintenance" recess to carry out repairs. However, the opponent decided that due to the amount of damage, the weapon was no longer effective. So they removed it!

K1 has suffered some dents in the amour shielding, but remains fully operational. This damage was not caused by Rex, but by getting over excited and reversing off the table in the later battle rounds!

The overall result was that I lost, just. If my driving skills had been a little bit better I would have won :-(

Fight Night

The contenders...

Rex

This is Rex, the robot of my opponent...

K1
And this is my robot. All set and ready to win the day :-)

Both Rex and K1 side by side...

Which one do you think is going to win?

Progress report

Progress report:

System                                        Details                                 Status
Main chassis:                              constructed and tested        A1
Primary drive motors:                Mounted and tested             A1
Main power cells:                       Tested and fully functional  A1
Primary power system:              Tested and fully functional  A1
Power control system:               Tested and fully functional   A1
Command & control system:     Tested and fully functional   A1
Primary weapons system:          status is classified
Secondary weapons systems:    status is classified

Construction continues...

Here are some pictures of the robot main chassis (base).
As you can see, the drive motors are now attached :-)

Construction underway...

Now that the most important parts have arrived and the brain waves are starting to make it on to paper as detailed plans, construction is about to begin...

Killabot test run

This is a secret video obtained under extreme duress of the competition testing their first known design...
Lucky for me, well, you will see...

About the A5 class...

The robot currently being constructed is being designed to meet the following "A5" specification:

• The main chassis and bodywork of the robot must fit within the area of an A5 sized piece of paper (210 x 148 mm). Wheels and weapons (or parts thereof) are permitted to protrude outside of the A5 area but must not exceed the area of an A4 sized piece of paper (297 × 210 mm). No part of the robot may be outside the A4 area (297 × 210  mm). Weapons that are part of the chassis or bodywork are classed as chassis or bodywork and must stay within the A5 size.
• The height is not specified but constructors should not go silly with the height.
• The robot must be battery powered.
• There is no weight limit.
• The robot must have a "kill" (on/off) switch that disconnects all batteries so that all motors and electrics can be switched off.
• All batteries must be of the sealed type. All batteries must have a fuse protecting them from extreme overload.
• Weapons are permitted.
• Robots should operate by radio remote control. They may have limited autonomous abilities but the human operator must have overall control.
• Cluster Bots are not permitted.
• All explosives and corrosives are prohibited.
• Untethered projectiles are prohibited. Tethered projectiles may not exceed 8 feet in length as measured from the centre of the robot to the end of the projectile.
• Sighting pointing lasers are allowed up to 1mW - Class 2 laser. Any laser above 1mW is prohibited.
• Compressed gas is limited to 500 psi. Compressed gas tanks and valves must be protected from puncture or rupture.
• Hydraulic systems are prohibited.
• Constructors should consider including a radio control fail safe system in the event of loss of radio signal.
• Batteries must not generate more than 30 volts DC and no part of the robot should have a voltage above 100 volts AC or DC.
• Insulation is required on all exposed wires and terminals connected to the motor power batteries.
• Hardened steel blades that may shatter are prohibited.
• If your robot has sharp points or cutting edges, you should provide easily installed covers protecting those areas during transport and storage.

Motor pics

Motor testing...

After temporarily fixing a drive wheel to a drive motor, have now hooked it up to a variable dc power supply.
Looking good, nice controllable speed, nice torque.
Pictures soon (I hope!) 

The first pain...

Surfing the web for bits, searching and ordering, then waiting for the post man...
Rummaging amongst the junk vital stash of spares for suitable bits...

Ah ha!
The first parcel of parts has arrived :)