Great job guys personally I am working on my first bot that will be a grabber but not a lifter kinda like og lock jaw before it got the vertical spinner
@@GotterRobotics Sadly, I do not have any images of "shuffler drive, tower verts" but, a good representation of a "Tower Vert" would be "Deep Six" from Battlebots.
Congrats on a good run and beating Alex (teammate who runs the white horizontal) and you did good against Lars and combustion(also teammate of mine) y’all had a good run and can tell she’s learning more, I think as time goes on and the more she learns to drive and control the bot. I think thumbelina can do really good in the future. Keep up the good work
@@GotterRobotics the logo at the start. The design is okay and you could probably 3d print it, but when the first thing you see in a video is soulless ai, it doesn't leave the best impression to be honest.
Not sure what the scoring and rules are for this competition, but that last fight was a clear win. Karlton had all the control and aggression (bar a few moments in the last minute where hellish rebuke hit back) and I feel he should’ve been counted out at the end, that wasn’t true movement in my eyes. That being said, you did an I ncredible job, I absolutely love this robot. May you have many more successful battles!
Thanks! Karlton379 hasn't been without issue, but up until this point he was rock solid! Later we developed two solvable reliability issues. 1) The axle nut started coming loose despite the nylock nut. Now we use blue locktite and hotglue to help prevent this. 2) Our new brushless drive esc was browning out. We added a capacitor to solve this.
You are probably using a flight controller of some kind? It has an IMU on board and can detect if you are upside down or not. You've done a decent job of mapping your controls so they work in the same orientation on the controller whether you are upside down or not. I can't tell from your level of control that you right side up or not. I'm going to say I was wrong about drum spinners...they don't get under your edges all that much and throw you. now I'm curious about vertical spinners throwing you! I could swear your height would be a problem, but I think so far it's not.
I am not actually doing anything fancy with the controls. When I am upside down I focus more on pivoting than moving forward. I agree on the "mid-height" being a potential liability. It is still a running experiment, but it has worked well for me so far.
@@GotterRobotics Oh really? So you are just using steering backwards when you are flipped over? Well you've practiced. People that don't map their controls flipped often times are less controlled in their movements since they have to translate in their head.
@@GotterRobotics Depending on what receiver you are using and if it has an IMU on board, some will invert all the controls for you so you don't have to manually invert anything. Lots of transmitters can also map a switch to invert certain control functions. It would still require you to notice your bot is flipped over and then flip a toggle switch, but after that your controls would all work the same flipped over or not.
@@de-bodgery I did that with my fairy running a malenki nano HV. My ants are brushless running Readytosky FS2A 4CH Receiver AFHDS 2A. Unfortunately that can't invert with a switch.
@@GotterRobotics Spinners of whatever kind are usually blunt force weapons. They don't so much slice as punch a hole! About the only spinner that actually cuts or slices uses a thin blade. Most people don't use them since they are fragile and easy to bend/break. Same for drills. I was thinking of designing an overhead drill weapon using an HSS end mill. it would be much tougher than a drill, quicker to penetrate and would probably take a few hits and still work OK.
Next iteration of Karlton, make it lower to the floor so you can't get flipped so easily. It sits too high. Under cutters can get into your shufflers too easily I like that there is no top or bottom and it moves equally well in either orientation. Other detail is shuffle drive needs to be faster. Everything on wheels is going to be able to out maneuver you.
Thanks for the tips. I’m going to stick with the unconventional mid-height design for now as it has served me well through two tournaments. Check out my next video to see some of the improvements in mobility.
