ROBOT PR FILE
TOP RANKED ROBOT THIS MONTH
● by Kevin Berry
Tourinho – Currently Ranked #1
Historical Ranking: #11
Bot Name: Tourinho
Tourinho has competed at
RoboGames 2007, Winter
Challenge 3 ENECA - Recife,
7 ENECA - Recife, and Winter
Challenge 4 ENECA - Recife.
Team Name: RioBotz
Team Location: Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
Builder(s) Name(s): Marco Meggiolaro,
Eduardo Ristow, Rodrigo Estrada, Daniel
Zacarias, and 11 other PUC-Rio students.
Overall Configuration: Invertible Drumbot
with Two Wheel Drive
BotRank Data Total Fights
Lifetime History 14
Events 4
Wins
3
Losses
1
• Frame: 11" wide x 9. 15" long
aluminum chassis, 6351-T6 2" x
1/8" C-channel extrusion walls,
and 2 mm 2024-T3 top and
bottom.
• Drive batteries:
Two Hextronik
Lithium polymer
batteries, each
with 11.1V and
2,200 mAh,
arranged in
series to produce up to 25.2V
when fully charged.
• Weapon controller: Victor
HV- 36, borrowed from Touro.
• Drive: Two wheels powered by
16:1 36 mm Banebots gearboxes
with modified last stage pins
(based on the article by Nick
Martin in SERVO's March 2008
edition), and Integy Matrix Pro
Lathe motors.
• Weapon type: 2" diameter
6351-T6 aluminum drum, with
four hardened steel M12 Allen flat
head bolts as teeth, spinning at
more than 11,000 RPM,
supported by a 1/2" 6Al-4V
titanium shaft.
• Armor: The walls near the
weapon shaft supports are
reinforced with 3/4" thick 7050
aluminum, Kevlar, and 1/8" thick
6-4 titanium.
• Wheels: 3" x 7/8" Colson
Performa.
• Weapon power: 1.5 HP, with
more than 1,000J of kinetic
energy stored in the drum.
• Radio system: Spektrum DX6i
paired with BR6000 receiver.
• Drive ESC: Banebots BB 12-45.
• Weapon motor: De Walt old
style, overvolted.
• Future plans: Tweak the design
a little bit more and get it in
good shape again for the next
competition.
30 SERVO 02.2009
