Another Night at the Bar

[Apeman!]

Name – A Night at the Bar

Shape – A wide cylinder-shaped axlebot

Weight – 100 Kilogram

Speed – 24 km/h (15mph, geared for control)

Dimensions – 25x110x25 cm

Ground Clearance – Well, it’s an axlebot…

Power – 2 S28-400 Magmotors at 24 volt

Movement – Two axlebot wheels, 25cm diameter

Turning Circle - Zero

Weaponry – In the middle of the cylinder, at 5 cm above the floor, is a 60 cm hardox bar with thick tungsten teeth on it. It weighs 25 kilogram and is powered by a B42-500Magmotor at 36 volt, spinning at 2000 rpm, giving it a nice spin up time. It’s able to poop 55 kJ of energy straight into any opponent, so ha! The bar is mounted in such a way that it sticks out from the front and from the back, basically making it a double-headed spinning bar.

The only reason my bot can keep on driving normally even though it has only two wheels on the floor is because the centre of gravity is somewhere near the middle of the two teeth.

Armour – If you split the cylinder in halve, horizontally, the upper part of it is 4,5 mm hardox, and the lower part 5 mm, which is to centre the weight around the lower part, which is needed for the srimech. The insides are made shockproof with rubber, so it won’t be destroyed by it’s own weapon.

Srimech – Seeing there is a huge bar spinning in front and at the back of the bot, chances are a wedge won’t be able to get underneath it from there anyway.
IF it is flipped, the bar will stop spinning and glide inside the cylinder, where it perfectly fits. At that point the bot is an almost perfect cylinder, and will be able to roll. The centre of gravity will roll in such a way that it will point downwards. As I designed it, the centre of gravity should be somewhere in the middle of the tungsten teeth, therefore it will roll to the position shown on the pick, and the bar will be put on again.

Strenghts – Devastating weaponry sticking out at the front and back, at only 5 cm above the floor. Should be able to fend off wedges.
Weakness – Can bounce off though armour, or the arena wall, or even the arena floor when the cylinder topples. And seeing my ONLY contact with the floor is the two wheels, this might become a rocking chair on steroids. Won’t be pushing very much either.

[Apeman!]

Name – Another Night at the Bar

Shape – A wide 4WD axlebot, with a large bar hanging underneath the axle, please take a look at the picture

Weight – 100 Kilogram

Speed – 24 km/h (15mph, geared for control)

Dimensions – 54x119x25 cm

Ground Clearance – Well, it’s an axlebot…

Power – 2x S28-400 Magmotors at 24 volt

Movement –4 Large wheels with Go-Kart tires, 25cm diameter

Turning Circle - Zero

Weaponry – In the middle of the axle, mounted underneath, JUST above the floor (a centimeter or 2), is a 83 cm Hardox bar with thick teeth on it. It weighs 25 kilogram and is powered by a LEM130 at 48 V, spinning at 1500 rpm, giving it a nice spin up time. It’s able to poop 75 kJ of energy straight into any opponent, so ha! The bar is mounted in such a way that it sticks out from the front and from the back, basically making it a double-headed spinning bar.

The bar is rounded all over, to make the “srimech” more effective. More on this later on.

Armour – If you split the cylinder in halve, horizontally, the upper part of it is 4,5 mm hardox, and the lower part 5 mm, which is to centre the weight around the lower part, which helps the srimech. The insides are made shockproof with rubber, so it won’t be destroyed by it’s own weapon.

Srimech – Right, the bot technically is invertible, but I gave it some features to make sure the bar hits low at all times, where it can fend of wedges more easy, and deal better hits altogether. Heck, considering how low I hit ‘em, chances are flippers won’t harm me in the first place.

Anyway, in the picture, the green parts and the silver part are joined loose rather than fixed. Get flipped=>stop spinning=>see how the wheels find their way to the ground, see how the bar slides back into “resting position” (when it can’t be seen from the side), helped by the rounded shape=>see my axle “roll”, courtesy of my centre of gravity which should be somewhere in the middle of the bar=>spin up again. Below pictures might provide some more explaining.

Strenghts – Devastating weaponry sticking out at the front and back, at only 2 cm above the floor. Should be able to fend off wedges.
Weakness – Can bounce off though armour, or the arena wall, or even the arena floor when the axle topples. A lot more stable than its previous incarnation, but still a bouncer. Won’t be pushing very much either.