This is an awesome video! It was great to go against your bot at the event, even cooler seeing a geared counter spinning weapon bot in the 1lb field! I would also say if you can incorporate some type of shock absorption into the main weapon it would really help, like TPU gears on the spinners or UHMW support rails. I found that UHMW really helps with shock absorption :) Your bot is engineered extremely well and I look forward to seeing it at the Norcal Expo and your future videos! Great work!
Thanks! My next bot will definitely incorporate more shock absorbent components but due to the nature of this weapon system, it has to be extremely rigid to function properly. V2 will hopefully be much stronger with a modified direct drive weapon motor and aluminum weapon supports. See ya at the tournament!
tpu gears for the weapon is a terrible idea, the gears need to be made from a stiff material such they can transfer force from both weapons, if there made of TPU the weapons will just slip on impact and the slipping would most likely melt the plastic, the ideal gear material would be a ultra high strength steel and utilise the gear to increase the weapon mass. also the guy should of lubricated the gears so they could spin faster.
@@randomsnow6510 Thats a great point! But I think it depends on the situation, I know a few bots that actually use tpu as gears to absorb inpact(Shin Kicker is one I think). Hope this helps :)
I think the design can have some merit, especially if one of the drums isnt used as a weapon, but as a flywheel to store even more energy, i dont think many robots go that route. If purposebuilt it would take some time to spin up, but when it does, its gonna shred.
I thought about this but the only real advantage would be reduced air resistance because I can’t make the second drum any heavier than it is. I guess they could be geared so the energy storage drum spins crazy fast compared to the main weapon which would give great bite but with the energy of massive weapon behind it…
Cool video! really good job for a first robot, I think your design is really cool, I love seeing unique concepts, not just copy-paste horizontal or beater bar spinners. Half the battle is driving practice as well, you'll find that the people who can avoid hits tend to do really well.
Woah! This is so cool! I love the counter-rotating design, and I think that kind of mechanism is the correct way to ensure that all your weapon energy goes into each hit (as opposed to having two completely independent weapons). Increasing your drive speed is definitely a good idea, since you don't have to fight those gyro forces. Out of curiosity, how did you design your gears? When I needed gears for another project of mine, I didn't trust any of the gear tools available to me in Onshape, so I modeled my gears from scratch using the involute curve equations I found online. It was... not pleasant.
OMG! It's Cheesecake! First I just want to let you know that your videos exposed me the combat robotics prob ~2 years ago and inspired me to try building my own. My bot was designed in Solidworks so the gears came from the parts library. Because they were lasercut, the profile didn't come out very precise but after a lot of filing, they worked well.
@@aridesigns9524 - Awesome! We're all very glad to have you here! The last time I was in a position to check the SolidWorks library, it didn't have gears (I'm pretty sure), so that's good to know! Thanks!
Solidworks gear generator is for display purposes and they don't have the right profile for smooth gear operation. Fusion 360 gear generator creates "real" gears that mesh like they should.
Cool robot. Going 2-2 with another W by forfeit is impressive for your first tournament, too. My only advice for future videos is to turn up the volume for your commentary as it was hard to hear what you were saying at times.
Yo Im in high school to and how does your school club do fundraising and new classmates to join the club so we can improve our combat robot club in oregon
@@jet-br8yg I’m at a stem focused school so during club rush we bring out our robots and around 40 people sign up despite being a school with 350 total students. For fundraising, we have a small group of students and parents involved who only focus on bring in money. We then put on events such as an all-nighter where people bring gaming pc’s and hang out with their friends Friday evening to Saturday morning. The more people in the club the more connections to potential sponsors we get as well. Our club also only survives because our advisor is friends with the owner of a machine shop who sends us tons of free materials. It’s all about outreach and getting the right people involved. Good luck with your club!
This is an awesome video! It was great to go against your bot at the event, even cooler seeing a geared counter spinning weapon bot in the 1lb field! I would also say if you can incorporate some type of shock absorption into the main weapon it would really help, like TPU gears on the spinners or UHMW support rails. I found that UHMW really helps with shock absorption :)
Your bot is engineered extremely well and I look forward to seeing it at the Norcal Expo and your future videos! Great work!
Thanks! My next bot will definitely incorporate more shock absorbent components but due to the nature of this weapon system, it has to be extremely rigid to function properly. V2 will hopefully be much stronger with a modified direct drive weapon motor and aluminum weapon supports.
See ya at the tournament!
tpu gears for the weapon is a terrible idea, the gears need to be made from a stiff material such they can transfer force from both weapons, if there made of TPU the weapons will just slip on impact and the slipping would most likely melt the plastic, the ideal gear material would be a ultra high strength steel and utilise the gear to increase the weapon mass. also the guy should of lubricated the gears so they could spin faster.
@@randomsnow6510 Thats a great point! But I think it depends on the situation, I know a few bots that actually use tpu as gears to absorb inpact(Shin Kicker is one I think). Hope this helps :)
I think the design can have some merit, especially if one of the drums isnt used as a weapon, but as a flywheel to store even more energy, i dont think many robots go that route. If purposebuilt it would take some time to spin up, but when it does, its gonna shred.
I thought about this but the only real advantage would be reduced air resistance because I can’t make the second drum any heavier than it is. I guess they could be geared so the energy storage drum spins crazy fast compared to the main weapon which would give great bite but with the energy of massive weapon behind it…
Cool video! really good job for a first robot, I think your design is really cool, I love seeing unique concepts, not just copy-paste horizontal or beater bar spinners.
Half the battle is driving practice as well, you'll find that the people who can avoid hits tend to do really well.
Woah! This is so cool! I love the counter-rotating design, and I think that kind of mechanism is the correct way to ensure that all your weapon energy goes into each hit (as opposed to having two completely independent weapons). Increasing your drive speed is definitely a good idea, since you don't have to fight those gyro forces. Out of curiosity, how did you design your gears? When I needed gears for another project of mine, I didn't trust any of the gear tools available to me in Onshape, so I modeled my gears from scratch using the involute curve equations I found online. It was... not pleasant.
OMG! It's Cheesecake! First I just want to let you know that your videos exposed me the combat robotics prob ~2 years ago and inspired me to try building my own. My bot was designed in Solidworks so the gears came from the parts library. Because they were lasercut, the profile didn't come out very precise but after a lot of filing, they worked well.
@@aridesigns9524 - Awesome! We're all very glad to have you here! The last time I was in a position to check the SolidWorks library, it didn't have gears (I'm pretty sure), so that's good to know! Thanks!
Solidworks gear generator is for display purposes and they don't have the right profile for smooth gear operation. Fusion 360 gear generator creates "real" gears that mesh like they should.
@@zaqwsx28 - Aww, still? Darn it.
0:22 bros got beef alr 😆
but good job it actually looks great, keep it up
Very nice design! Hope to see again soon
My left ear really enjoyed this, but my right felt a little left out ;( It's a 5/10 from me
Yeah didn’t catch that on my monitor. Sorry😅
Love the design and did well for a new bot.
Super cool! Great video.
Interesting to see, thanks for sharing.
Cool video and sweet design for your first antweight! The audio could be balanced better but really well done
Hey, good job dude.
If possible, I would increase your narration volume. Keep going! 👍
Cool robot. Going 2-2 with another W by forfeit is impressive for your first tournament, too. My only advice for future videos is to turn up the volume for your commentary as it was hard to hear what you were saying at times.
awesome build :D
nice fight from vector
great video!!!
Look its me!!!!
Yo Im in high school to and how does your school club do fundraising and new classmates to join the club so we can improve our combat robot club in oregon
@@jet-br8yg I’m at a stem focused school so during club rush we bring out our robots and around 40 people sign up despite being a school with 350 total students. For fundraising, we have a small group of students and parents involved who only focus on bring in money. We then put on events such as an all-nighter where people bring gaming pc’s and hang out with their friends Friday evening to Saturday morning. The more people in the club the more connections to potential sponsors we get as well. Our club also only survives because our advisor is friends with the owner of a machine shop who sends us tons of free materials. It’s all about outreach and getting the right people involved. Good luck with your club!
ah hell nah that thing could become a beast it's just poorly designed.
how well did your robot preform?
3:58 back flip