Turnigy 2. 65 Ah 6s lipoly pack that
provides power for the robot.
After several hours of soldering,
crimping, and cutting, the electrical
system was done. A quick calibration
later and Nyx was driving.
I chose not to have the top
armor included in the first waterjet
order because I wanted to be able
to pick the most durable armor the
remaining weight afforded. At this
point, Nyx weighed enough that
with the current armor plans it
would end up overweight by around
0.5 lbs. The design for the top
armor was modified, redundant
screws were removed, and the steel
threaded rod on the weapon
gearbox was replaced with the same
aluminum that the drive motors use.
Closing Remarks
The completed Nyx prior to
Motorama with all three
weapon options shown.
After a quick weigh-in, paint
job, and reweigh just to be certain,
Nyx was completed and weighed in
at 29 lb 14. 8 oz with the heaviest
weapon option. The lifter weighs
20. 2 oz, the spike weighs 14. 9 oz,
and the dual C shaped spinning
disks weigh 9. 6 oz. SV
The History of Rob t
Combat: The Rise of the
Insects – Part 1
● by Morgan Berry
This article was difficult to put ogether, to say the least.
Once again, the robot combat
builders haven’t proven to be the
most diligent record keepers
(with one notable exception). To
our good fortune, though, the
wonderful community racked their
brains and pulled together a wealth
of information on the development
of the Insect class. So much
information, in fact, that I’ve split
the Insect discussion into two
articles: one on Antweights and one
on Beetleweights. As always, if you
notice any holes or inaccuracies in
our story, please contact SERVO and
memorable bots and some of the
most exciting matches were from
the Superheavyweight (340 lb)
class. However, as these massive
television spectacles began to
end, the priorities of the sport
changed. As I discussed in last
month’s installment (The History of
Robot Combat: Life after
BattleBots), in the years immediately
following the cancelling of
BattleBots, the spirit of the sport
changed to become even more
grassroots and inclusive to new
builders. Let’s face it; for many, even
a 60 lb robot can be both too
intimidating and expensive to build
let us know. With your help, we’ll
sort out the soap opera that is the
history of robot combat.
For most of robot combat’s
history, the mantra was “the bigger,
the better.” In both Robot Wars and
BattleBots™, the smallest weight
class was 60 lb and with good
reason. Many of the most
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