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Batttle-BoE: It's Time!

ercoerco Posts: 20,256
edited 2015-06-28 22:06 in General Discussion
Yes, I'm serious. With Battlebots back on TV, BattleBoE could be huge and a whole new business for Parallax. At a minimum, sales of replacement chasses, servos & wheels. Matt, start designing a roll cage to protect the PCB. Everyone else, start thinking of devious devices to mount on a Boebot. Rat trap flippers, spearguns, spike hammers, flamethrowers, etc. The new forum deserves a fresh new challenge. Rules to follow. Maybe an autonomous category, an indoor category (IR controlled) and outdoor (RC controlled), with varying weapons abilitites.

Main event at Parallax's P2 launch. Dunno when but you can bet I'll have a flamethrower ready. Better start now!

Comments

  • Beau SchwabeBeau Schwabe Posts: 6,566
    edited 2015-06-28 11:08
    Oh the Irony .... :-)
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2015-06-28 11:25
    Beau Schwabe wrote: »
    Oh the Irony .... :-)

    BattleBeau? :)
  • Beau SchwabeBeau Schwabe Posts: 6,566
    edited 2015-06-28 11:44
    "BattleBeau" - Yep :-)
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2015-06-28 12:54
    Guess that makes you IronyMan, giving you a distinct advantage in any head to head battle.
  • Martin_HMartin_H Posts: 4,051
    edited 2015-06-28 16:52
    Erco, your flamethrower Boebot gives you a bit of a head start in this competition.
  • mindrobotsmindrobots Posts: 6,506
    edited 2015-06-28 17:09
    An interesting counter measure to a flame thrower bot would be a bot able to shoot a flamable goo. Cover your warm hearted opponent in flamable goo and then just taunt sparky to light up. Maybe a binary goo that was inert until mixed.
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2015-06-28 21:19
    OK, wheels are turning, I like it. Here's some more inspiration for you:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANKleh5ZdEM
  • Beau SchwabeBeau Schwabe Posts: 6,566
    edited 2015-06-28 22:06
    I wonder what would happen with 300kV ... that's about what the output is from this Marx generator (see link below) and you could make it semi directional so that you could effectively aim it at your opponent.... it could also double up as the ignition source for any fuel you might want to use as a flame thrower.

    Originally I had this Marx generator powered from a Laptop power supply, but it fed back into the mains so badly, the computer in the next room would try to reboot every time it fired. So I moved it to battery power (6-lithium cells ... 22.2V) and it runs just fine. Hard to believe big sparks like that can come from a laptop battery.... and last for a LONG time before they need to be recharged.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOB4DTinJqs
  • AJ-9000AJ-9000 Posts: 52
    On devious devices to mount on a Boebot;
     I was thinking more and more of the battlebots now employ a large destructive flywheel design what if you sealed the flywheel in a Vacuum using a thin tempered glass enclosure ( that would intentionally shatter idealy just before the flyweel makes contact with the opponet )  that would give it the advantage of no air resistance so the longer you keep putting energy in to spin the flywheel the faster it goes and more destructive it becomes, what do you think ?
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    Love the thinking but it sure sounds like a PITA to implement! :)
  • AJ-9000AJ-9000 Posts: 52
    I'm sorry I don't understant you mean by PITA ?
  • TtailspinTtailspin Posts: 1,326
    edited 2015-06-30 04:41
    I'm sorry I don't understant you mean by PITA ?

    PITA: Particularly Intimidating To Attempt...
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