Featured This Month:
Features
26 BUILD REPORT:
Zergling
by Kyle Singer
29 MANUFACTURING:
Composites – Part 2
by Bradley Hansted
BUILD REPORT:
Zergling
32 COMBAT ZONE’S
GREATEST HITS
by Kevin Berry
33 PARTS IS PARTS:
O-Ring Wheels for Ants
by Pete Smith
35 Life Cycle of a
Fighting Robot
by Mike Jeffries
Events
37 Jul 5 - Aug 8, 2010 Results
and Oct/Nov 2010
Upcoming Events
38 EVENT REPORT:
Robotic HORD Returns
to Cuyahoga Valley
Career Center
by Chris Olin
41 EVENT REPORT:
PA Bot Blast 2010
by Zac O’Donnell
● by Kyle Singer
Back in February, I decided that I was going to build
drums for the PA Bot Blast,
Horizontals for Franklin, and
VDs for Moto. Well, the Bot
Blast has already come and
gone, so now it’s time to get
ready for Franklin. I was
planning on taking two ants
and a beetle; I already have
one horizontal, Szalor, so I
thought I would try my hands
at an undercutter. I started the
design process ...
First, I chose a weapon
disc out of my toy box. For any
design, it’s important to know
the size, weight, and
placement of your weapon in
order to build a successful bot.
I had my design, so it was
time to start building (Figure
1). I started by laying out the
top and bottom plates with
1/32” thick and 1/16”
garolite, then cut them out.
For the 1/32” piece, I simply
used tin snips. As for the
1/16” thick piece, I set it up
on the mill; this creates a nice
straight cut and a clean finish
(Figure 2). For clamping down
FIGURE 1
FIGURE 2
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