okay guys. I'm making a new post instead of editing the old one, because this is monumental news. There is a chance that we won't be attending botsIQ this year. Instead, there are competitions in Gainesville, North Carolina, Chicago (area), Seattle, and several in CA (but those would be very difficult to pull off...). The website with the listing of all the major battlebot-style events is buildersdb.com. Kinda in the middle of the main screen are five upcoming events in Seattle, Philidelphia, Rosemont IL, Gilroy CA, and Australia.
For your reference, the weight classes are as follows: (you will often see "weight" at the end of the word, for example antweight and beetleweight)
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Ant = 1 lb
Beetle = 3 lbs
Hobby = 12/15 lbs
Feather = 30 lbs
Light = 60 lbs
Middle = 120 lbs
Heavy = 220 lbs
Super = 340 lbs
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In order to immerse you guys in this whole process as quickly and completely as possible, I think we can possibly compete in a competition on November 15th in Gainesville. It is not yet on buildersdb, so I don't have any specifics, but I know that the largest weight class is 30 lbs, so it's gonna be small-scale stuff, but it should still be a lot of fun. So. Instead of designing a 15 lb bot, try thinking of a 30 lb design. With 30 lbs to work with, there are more options and choices for materials, components, etc. The website for this competition is here: http://botleague.net/rfl-news-atom.asp but it's just a kind of news feed for the Robot Fighting League. I strongly encourage everyone to read the Robot Fighting League rules here: http://www.botleague.net/doc/RFLTechRegs-2008-01.pdf so that you don't come to me with a flamethrower/laser/acid spitting/RF interference design or something similar that IS NOT ALLOWED. Most competitions DO NOT allow flame or heat weapons so just ignore that whole section. It is in RED for a REASON.
On a different note, whatever competition(s) we attend, we need a faculty adviser to accompany us. If it is out of FL, Dr. Skipper will not go. Therefore, we need another faculty adviser to chaperone the trip if we leave the state. I spoke with Mr. Seider (Adam), the elementary art teacher, because Dr. Skipper told me he was interested. He knows how to weld, so he could also be of some technical help too... Anyways, he said that he would be very willing to go with us as our chaperone. If you don't know him, he's a pretty cool guy. Dr. Skipper will still be our sponsor, but Mr. Seider is... a backup? something like that.
And I expect everyone to have something on paper for next tuesday.
DO NOT DISAPPOINT ME. ......*angry authoritative face*
Thursday, September 18, 2008
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All right, sounds cool we're doing out of state stuff. that'll let us see some more bots with some possibly good design ideas.
This means we will have to raise more money than ever before not only to travel but to repair the bots in between each competition. Everyone should be helping or coming up with an idea to fund raise.
Yeah. Out of state will be expensive but also very fun.
I can't even imagine what an Antweight bot would look like though... Tin foil and a wheel?
As for the 30 pounder, that shouldn't be too expensive, but it will still need money.
Fundraising is going to be the hardest part.
some pretty cool stuff
yea, what is a typical Antweight bot like?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fw_MP9sq9LA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q47d1Hp4VPo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFNrhC7OAkQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p331MCm_wws
The last one shows you how one is made. I'd watch at least the last one and one other video to see what antweights look like.
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