My 3D Printed Robot sucked... so I made an UNBEATABLE one!

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  • @Jynxx_13
    @Jynxx_13 Жыл бұрын

    Put a little flat piece between the two lifters and call it "Spork Lift"

  • @roelfindoors6767

    @roelfindoors6767

    Жыл бұрын

    So..."Sporky" ?

  • @bakedbeings

    @bakedbeings

    Жыл бұрын

    Or Splift.

  • @tomvanderhouwen9091

    @tomvanderhouwen9091

    Жыл бұрын

    @@roelfindoors6767 I was thinking about the same name. Sporky is perfect.

  • @hanster.gun.3438

    @hanster.gun.3438

    Жыл бұрын

    That’s a threek not a fork

  • @welshdave5263
    @welshdave5263 Жыл бұрын

    A thought for redundancy with the tracks, if the crown on the drive wheels is replaced with a groove and an O ring or two, if the track comes off, the wheel will still have some grip.

  • @vidhoard

    @vidhoard

    Жыл бұрын

    Oh smart!

  • @_Piers_

    @_Piers_

    Жыл бұрын

    That's a very good idea :)

  • @pvic6959

    @pvic6959

    Жыл бұрын

    thats smart! Cool idea :)

  • @averagejoe9040

    @averagejoe9040

    Жыл бұрын

    good thinking

  • @karotgamin790

    @karotgamin790

    Жыл бұрын

    tired tracks like on the Lorraine 40t would be nice too

  • @ADBBuild
    @ADBBuild Жыл бұрын

    11:16 _Robot proceeds to knock everything off the table._ Me: You built a cat!

  • @phizc
    @phizc Жыл бұрын

    9:19 That disc shaped robot has some really interesting physics going on. Self balancing single wheel that's jumping!? I doubt it standing on its edge is the intended configuration, but really cool nonetheless.

  • @jameskirby9981

    @jameskirby9981

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi, that one is my robot. It's a 'ringspinner', a ring shaped weapon spins fast around the outside of a normally stationary robot. The gyroscopic effects of this can be weird, and in that case it was flipped up with the inside spinning within the ring stalling in the ground.

  • @phizc

    @phizc

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jameskirby9981 😄👍

  • @teslacoil4335

    @teslacoil4335

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jameskirby9981 how effective are spinners at that scale vs other ant weight bots? im curious about its ability to actually do damage in a weightclass where thats rare

  • @slightlyevilrobotics4271

    @slightlyevilrobotics4271

    Жыл бұрын

    @@teslacoil4335 Not James (but I was running one of the other spinners in that melee). Spinners in 150g bots can seem to do nothing, or deliver massive hits that throw/destroy the other bot (or themselves). It depends on how much "bite" they get on a hit, which depends on weapon diameter weapon speed, engagement speed, and probably several other factors. This is true in any weight class, but in 150g bots the power to weight ratio is crazy, but similarly the weapon speeds are probably faster than they need to be (because of the high kV values in small brushless motors) so they tend to "grind" on the other bot, up until they actually get good engagement.

  • @teslacoil4335

    @teslacoil4335

    Жыл бұрын

    @@slightlyevilrobotics4271 interesting, i was looking at making some custom brushless motors for a 150 gram bot, power to weight ratios arent something i considered, i was originally just going to get the rpms to something crazy but ill tone it down then, thanks for the info!

  • @glitchmastrr8289
    @glitchmastrr8289 Жыл бұрын

    You might’ve already done this, but I’d recommend using the “expo” setting on your transmitter joysticks for better low speed control. It’s a pretty nice feature for combat robotics, from my experience

  • @runforitman

    @runforitman

    Жыл бұрын

    expo is good for a lot of rc things tbh

  • @lio1234234

    @lio1234234

    Жыл бұрын

    Totally, it stands for exponential, it means the rate of control is exponential rather than linear.

  • @jimmyhackers8980

    @jimmyhackers8980

    Жыл бұрын

    not sure if he is still using mixing, but i wouldn't of for either, you get better control without it.

  • @IOUaUsername

    @IOUaUsername

    Жыл бұрын

    Expo won't help. I use these N20/N30 motors on micro crawlers and the cheap tiny DC speed controllers are often inherently bad at low speed control. You get nothing before about 30% throttle even if you raise it super slowly. The reason for this is that the motor's coils act as an inductor and the motor controllers are set up for efficiency and quietness at high speed, which means they run a PWM frequency above hearing range (20kHz+). If you're well versed in analog electronics, you'll see that the inductance and resistance of the motor form an RL frequency filter, reducing the voltage across the armature at low motor speed. Adafruit released a whitepaper on this and it was a revelation to much of the hobby community, including me. So if you're building a crawler or robot and want low speed control but don't mind a slight lack of smoothness, a sub-audible PWM frequency like 20Hz is far superior. All the good quality crawler ESCs are set up to change the PWM frequency as well as duty cycle based on throttle. That way you get maximum power across the speed range.

  • @desmond-hawkins
    @desmond-hawkins Жыл бұрын

    (10:08) "using design history, I can just go back and change the shell thickness". Yes, you _can_ do that, but I've found it a lot simpler to just declare a parameter and use it in the course of modeling the object. You can start by setting "shell_thickness" to (say) 3.0, and then when you model your shell just type in the parameter name as the value. If you want to change it later, you don't need to track down the history element to change its thickness: change the parameter directly and it will be applied in the entire design history (which can potentially use this value in a lot more than just one step!). It works in sketches too, in case this feature of the object was derived from sketch lines.

  • @Gormadt

    @Gormadt

    Жыл бұрын

    Straight up when I figured this out it started saving me so much time on designs it was crazy You can even have parameters that are functions of other parameters. For example: You have "wall_height" set to 6.0mm and a circle cut out in the middle that needs to have specific spacing from the top and bottom, you can have the size of the circle be the parameter "wall_height - 2.0mm" now the circle will always have 1.0mm between it and the top and bottom.

  • @evo-labs

    @evo-labs

    Жыл бұрын

    Good point. I use parameters for just about everything now in Fusion360. I just wish the parameter functionality worked better - global parameters, search by name, namespaces, and making the parameter window dockable would make it a better product IMHO.

  • @desmond-hawkins

    @desmond-hawkins

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Gormadt Yes, being able to use them in formulas is great, I use it all the time too. I think there's only _one_ place where I've had trouble using them, and that's in schemas when drawing an N-sided polygon, where N would be the parameter. For example if you start with an hexagon centered on a point and with a certain radius, and want to change that to be an octagon by updating the parameter from 6 to 8. I just couldn't get that to work, even with a "unit-less" value and all, I never managed to get F360 to accept the value. If there's a workaround I'd love to know!

  • @IgnavumFortuna
    @IgnavumFortuna Жыл бұрын

    About the name: it also reminds me of some insects. But less a Spider, than an "Antlion" or a "Praying Mantis". Especially considering the name of the weight class, I think "Antlion" is a nice fit.

  • @cristophernavarro1819

    @cristophernavarro1819

    Жыл бұрын

    Antlion is clever

  • @Mikowmer

    @Mikowmer

    Жыл бұрын

    Seconding the name Antlion.

  • @edwinvanderhulst7703

    @edwinvanderhulst7703

    Жыл бұрын

    First thing came to mind is also Praying Mantis. Antlion second

  • @BRUH2004FTW

    @BRUH2004FTW

    Жыл бұрын

    Maybe preying mantis if religionish names are not allowed

  • @banaan3187

    @banaan3187

    Жыл бұрын

    @@BRUH2004FTW But you spell it Praying Mantis

  • @Zayllyaz
    @Zayllyaz Жыл бұрын

    Crowned pullies are really interesting, first time I looked inside my bandsaw it was confusing but when tuning it seeing the bands self align was really cool.

  • @KevinDC5
    @KevinDC5 Жыл бұрын

    I’ve been following the channel for about a year since I got into 3d printing and needed noob tutorials. But your attitude,presence and wealth of knowledge keep me coming back! My name suggestion is “Lord Forkwad” 🤘🏼🤘🏼

  • @TeamPanicRobotics
    @TeamPanicRobotics Жыл бұрын

    It was great to see you and be your Ant's first fight, even if Scottland Forever is more of an art bot (I'll have my fight report out next week) Loving the new ant, the crowned pullies are genius! hopefully, I get to fight it in the future

  • @MakersMuse

    @MakersMuse

    Жыл бұрын

    Definitely up for a rematch!

  • @TeamPanicRobotics

    @TeamPanicRobotics

    Жыл бұрын

    @@MakersMuse Awesome! Not sure which plastic ant I'll bring yet, maybe I should bring my Mini Mammoth build Exilis so we can have a lifter off

  • @BeefIngot
    @BeefIngot Жыл бұрын

    4:00 Fusion has also removed more and more features, from paying customers even. Funnily enough, the simulation talked about is exactly what they removed recently. Now only usable through consumable cloud credits bought only in packs of 1500 usd or more. I use it myself, and it is more convenient than any other option I found, but its very troublesome a feature you might be paying to use today, might be taken from you without any reasonable warning the next. Mixed bag there.

  • @wfpelletier4348

    @wfpelletier4348

    Жыл бұрын

    The simulation shown in the video is a static stress simulation, which is still included in the standard Fusion 360 commercial license. Also, 'flex tokens' (formerly Cloud Credits) can be purchased in lots as small as 100 for $300 per lot of 100 tokens. Trust me, as a paying Fusion 360 subscriber, I am NOT happy that modal frequency, thermal steady state, and thermal stess simulations now require flex tokens, but I just wanted to clairfy that for paying subscribers, Fusion 360 static stress simulations do not require flex tokens even though static stress simulations will now be done in the cloud.

  • @remie123

    @remie123

    Жыл бұрын

    well, i once used fusion 360, then found out I couldnt export it as a normal 3d file.... And then got the free blender which is AMAZING (even though you still need a slicer)

  • @anon_y_mousse

    @anon_y_mousse

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah, I won't be using any cloud software ever. If I stop paying for a piece of software I expect it to keep working. Of course, I also expect that a piece of software will at most be a one time fee. There are enough open source and completely free 3D design programs, and they're quite good. Although, if a program came along that was open source yet non-free, I'd consider buying it over ever using Fusion 360.

  • @PiefacePete46

    @PiefacePete46

    Жыл бұрын

    @@anon_y_mousse : If you pay for a Licence to Use something, I think it is fair enough that it stops working if you stop paying. If you purchase an item however, you should be entitled to expect it to keep working without further payment. I purchased an accounting package, and used it for twenty years with many many thousands of transactions entered into it. After an update, it stopped working, and left me with no usable way back. The only option was to purchase a new version, without even a loyalty discount! Sometimes the original provider is not responsible; I have a nice little Pressure-sensitive graphics tablet that no longer worked after a Windows update. Even more annoying was my genuine MicroSoft webcam that also stopped. There ain't no scruples in the computer industry! ☹👎

  • @anon_y_mousse

    @anon_y_mousse

    Жыл бұрын

    @@PiefacePete46 All software you use is licensed, even when it is open source. If I pay money to license something I expect that to be a one time fee. In other words, I would stop paying for it after I've paid once. No large corporations have loyalty to their customers. The closest you might get would be when they open source their drivers, but hardly anyone now or 20 years ago picked hardware for the drivers, even though they should.

  • @ouansungyidan
    @ouansungyidan Жыл бұрын

    Tiny robot mischievously pushing everything off the table made my day lmao

  • @themoagoddess1820
    @themoagoddess1820 Жыл бұрын

    it should totally be "Charity Case", on account of the bands used for treads

  • @thatrudager
    @thatrudager Жыл бұрын

    Make an O-ring groove in your drive wheels that will preserve the crown profile when an O-ring is around the wheel. That way if you loose a belt you can still drive. It won't add much weight and give you redundancy.

  • @WetDoggo
    @WetDoggo Жыл бұрын

    the forks might have to be closer to the ground. maybe also redesign them to be sheathed in the bots front, since they're relatively flimsy and your only weapon. I'd suggest making the interfaces angled, so they don't have the tendency to get stuck while lowering them into their sheath+scooping position. oh and then I also wonder if you have enough weight allowance to add some metal spikes on the upper surface of the fork, to keep enemies from sliding off the fork too quickly... maybe just superglue sand on it. it would probably be better to have it grip only in one direction though, so they can slide on easily, but can't just slide off.

  • @jermihalia9418

    @jermihalia9418

    Жыл бұрын

    it wouldnt be able to get under a robot if the forks weren't protruding from the front of the robot

  • @WetDoggo

    @WetDoggo

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jermihalia9418 the front of the robot can have an angle too. but also the tips can protrude a bit, just having them completely exposed isn't too good for stability.

  • @kylecarter7293

    @kylecarter7293

    Жыл бұрын

    Was thinking something similar as far has the forks should be lower to the floor. Saying it's a plastic ant weight I would probably say he's fine keeping them out from the front of the bot since not many people design kinetic robots most are control saying it's only 150g

  • @WetDoggo

    @WetDoggo

    Жыл бұрын

    @@kylecarter7293 hmm that's true and I don't know if kinetic weapons are even allowed there... still I'd rather go safe than sorry, since sheathing doesn't cost much anyways.

  • @Embusque
    @Embusque Жыл бұрын

    Looks like a praying mantis, I'd call it "The Mantis". A big bite in a small package. I also wanted to add that I appreciate the fact that you took time to incorporate your sponsored message within the video itself rather than just a 40 second slot that kills the flow. Usually I tend to skip the ad portion and move onto the content, with the way you presented this I found myself watching through the entire video including the ad. Well done!

  • @angerthosenear_yt

    @angerthosenear_yt

    Жыл бұрын

    I also thought of this name. +1 !

  • @ojmbvids
    @ojmbvids Жыл бұрын

    That was honestly a really nice integration of an in-video ad - normally I hate them, but how smoothly you fit it in and made it relevant to what you were doing anyway made it fine. Not a jarring, off-topic, irrelevant intrusion as you so often see. Kudos! Also a really cool project. I love antweights!

  • @_BL4CKB1RD_
    @_BL4CKB1RD_ Жыл бұрын

    Name it the “Mantis” because of how light it is and how it quickly strikes its opponents with its thin strong arms

  • @licensetodrive9930
    @licensetodrive9930 Жыл бұрын

    It's fascinating seeing the range of robot designs in the battle arena, love the creativity going into them!

  • @cwchesney
    @cwchesney Жыл бұрын

    Since it's most unique feature is the wrist-band tank tread, I suggest naming it Bandit.

  • @epictales1307
    @epictales1307 Жыл бұрын

    @Maker's muse "Praying Mantis" is what you should name it. It even has sort of green arms, but you could paint or reprint them in a better color easily.

  • @ronholder5844

    @ronholder5844

    Жыл бұрын

    or "Preying Mantis"!

  • @PiefacePete46

    @PiefacePete46

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ronholder5844 Nah... stick with "Praying Mantis" coz praying is what the opponents should be doing! 😉

  • @epictales1307

    @epictales1307

    Жыл бұрын

    @@PiefacePete46 Well, at least someone gets it...

  • @timmyB147

    @timmyB147

    Жыл бұрын

    Since it pries the opponent off the floor and is low profile maybe Prying Flatnis.

  • @SamChaneyProductions
    @SamChaneyProductions Жыл бұрын

    Just want to say that I went to school for mechanical engineering but didn't get really interested in designing my own objects and mechanisms until I found your channel. Your appreciation for elegant contrivances is really infectious and inspiring. I would call the robot fiddleback because you seem to be a fellow musician and I agree that it looks like a spider's defensive pose

  • @gregorysmith9114
    @gregorysmith9114 Жыл бұрын

    To help your sponsor, I've been using Fusion 360 for a pet project and I really, really like how easy it is to 3D print with. Specifically I can load a print straight into Prusaslicer without having to save as an stl. Very minor thing and very convenient!

  • @Dangineering
    @Dangineering Жыл бұрын

    Love these combat robot videos so much. Considering switching to Fusion 360, but i JUST became pretty fluid in solidworks and I don't want to go back to taking hours to design a simple part because I don't know where the tools are.

  • @coatsnhoats
    @coatsnhoats Жыл бұрын

    Those tittle arms on a spider are called pedipalps, which roughly translates to Touchy-feet. Name the robot Touchy-feet.

  • @mmorgz6622

    @mmorgz6622

    Жыл бұрын

    Happy feet 🤣

  • @gwentarinokripperinolkjdsf683

    @gwentarinokripperinolkjdsf683

    Жыл бұрын

    Touchy feet is the past name

  • @BeefIngot
    @BeefIngot Жыл бұрын

    I like the wristbands as treads idea. Probably way more grippy than even the softest TPE that I've seen(85a). That said, I will point out for anyone who is curious that you totally can actually print belts with ok grip with TPE 85a if you dont find the perfect already existing item. The softer, the more grippy usually.

  • @TodayGarage
    @TodayGarage Жыл бұрын

    This track design is genius! Thank you so much for including the step file!

  • @evernewb2073
    @evernewb2073 Жыл бұрын

    one of the wonderful things about this weight class is how many hilariously easy+cheap to get materials actually work pretty dam well for structure in a bot. here's a great example which do you think has more structural integrity per weight as a side panel: a sheet of titanium or a panel of decent quality pvc foam? even the cardboard from a cereal box ends up being surprisingly viable and both of those materials have the benefit of not transferring shock to the rest of the structure.

  • @CoolAsFreya
    @CoolAsFreya Жыл бұрын

    Crowned pulleys are a genius bit of engineering, you'd think you want to make pulleys with the inverse curve like a rope pulley, but for a flat belt this causes the edges to "walk" up the slopes and come off the pulley!

  • @smackdabinu5459
    @smackdabinu5459 Жыл бұрын

    Angus you are one of the most interesting and informative personalities on the social media platforms of today! We know that you’ve worked hard for it and it definitely shows. Keep up the good work! Oh btw , “ SprantisRant “ may be a usable name?

  • @LeonMatthews
    @LeonMatthews Жыл бұрын

    Found you from Hackaday. What an awesome project, clearly explained. My son and I will be giving this a go. Thanks!

  • @reid-dye
    @reid-dye Жыл бұрын

    Crowned pulleys are AWESOME! We used them the year before last in my robotics team. They're magical.

  • @king_br0k
    @king_br0k Жыл бұрын

    I love the concept of wristband tracks

  • @LiquidLogic1
    @LiquidLogic15 ай бұрын

    Fantastic video! I was intrigued by your use of the sketch function to play with 4 bar linkages. Previously, I had been making bodies/components to test linkages. This saves a ton of time prototyping! To anyone interested, it involves fixing (see fix/unfix function while sketching) the pivot points and using sketch dimensions to fix the bar lengths of your 4 bar linkage.

  • @JimmiCottam
    @JimmiCottam Жыл бұрын

    I thought the thumbnail said 'Unbeatable2' rather than 'unbeatable?' so I naturally think you should name it Unbeatable2 Keep this stuff coming! Love watching the creation process of robots being made and you're ticking all the right boxes so far

  • @bale7297
    @bale7297 Жыл бұрын

    0:30 YOO that's the robot Ben from Team Panic built when he was in the UK!

  • @MakersMuse

    @MakersMuse

    Жыл бұрын

    It is!

  • @TeamPanicRobotics

    @TeamPanicRobotics

    Жыл бұрын

    Yep! thats Scottland Forever, and it was the first plastic ant fight of the event

  • @bale7297

    @bale7297

    Жыл бұрын

    @@TeamPanicRobotics Yeah I know, I saw the video when it came out. Im still impressed a bot made from gift shop toys still managed to actually drive lol

  • @RomanoPRODUCTION
    @RomanoPRODUCTION Жыл бұрын

    the robot is looking adorable. Thank you Angus. Interesting design. Also, great sponsorship

  • @SquishyThing
    @SquishyThing Жыл бұрын

    Just watched ur filament tangle video before this and you just me from a nightmare situation, wrestling with a 3kg polycarbonate roll that I dropped while trying to load in it into an AMS haha. Your content never fails to inspire me to get up and do something productive, thank you for what you add to the world and the 3d printing community!

  • @coconutcore
    @coconutcore Жыл бұрын

    The simple fact that you’ve always used it and that it’s really cool that you got them as a sponsor makes me consider (once again) to use Fusion 360. I learned to use a different program at school, which is why I don’t yet, but you do often manage to get me thinking of using yours in stead.

  • @anon_y_mousse

    @anon_y_mousse

    Жыл бұрын

    Maybe consider using Blender or anything else that's not cloud based.

  • @emanggitulah4319

    @emanggitulah4319

    Жыл бұрын

    @@anon_y_mousse better freecad, blender is not that great for designing watertight 3d printed parts

  • @anon_y_mousse

    @anon_y_mousse

    Жыл бұрын

    @@emanggitulah4319 I'll have to give that a shot. I don't think I've ever thought about watertightness with 3D prints, but I do have a copy of FreeCAD that I downloaded last year. Been meaning to check it out.

  • @MNbenMN
    @MNbenMN Жыл бұрын

    Awesome! I love seeing designs iterated and explained

  • @StewardsNotes

    @StewardsNotes

    Жыл бұрын

    Seriously! I love this sort of content, and not many channels do this sort of thing.

  • @dvdkiller
    @dvdkiller Жыл бұрын

    I would suggest when you go into the competition to have several extra charity bands to change them out if you are allowed to do so that way after each match you can switch them out because I'm sure the floors will leave a lot of debris on the bands which might loose traction

  • @comettale9203
    @comettale9203 Жыл бұрын

    Super cool! The arms remind me of those videos of tarantulas hunting from their dens where they strike in an instant. In the us, tarantulas are affectionately called "ranchos," so maybe you could call it the Rancher, since it keeps the other robots in their place XD

  • @nitelast
    @nitelast Жыл бұрын

    This series of videos is seriously helping build my list of plans for using my 1:10 scale UK robot wars arena. If only i had the will power to stop procrastinating and finish axtually building it...

  • @percurious
    @percurious Жыл бұрын

    Great design and so much to learn in the video again - thank you so much!

  • @percurious

    @percurious

    Жыл бұрын

    Oh, name: 4kLive-D [Destroy things live in 4k & with a Forklift (more or less obv how it is pronounced 😉)]

  • @SmokeandLights
    @SmokeandLights Жыл бұрын

    I think it's worth mentioning that Fusion 360 is FREE FOR PERSONAL USE, with minimal restrictions. The biggest restriction for me has been the "10 editable files", but you can change which files are editable ANY TIME, as often as you need to. The price of entry kept me from using Fusion for a LONG time, because I thought you had to have an educational license to use it for free, and had a really hard time finding the magic phrase "Free for Personal Use". It's almost as if Autodesk doesn't want people to know about that option, and pay for the yearly or monthly subscription when they don't need to. I will probably subscribe to the annual license eventually, but I haven't needed it so far. Honestly, the software is FAR more powerful than my skills in using it so far. As I grow as a designer, my needs may grow as well.

  • @Tobashadow
    @Tobashadow Жыл бұрын

    Would be overjoyed to have a parts list for this..... Would love to make a couple of these for me and my son to play with

  • @kadenveltman6970
    @kadenveltman697011 ай бұрын

    I love your vids, I actually am doing robotics right now and it's amazing how you can make these robots like this. I think that you are really really smart and I encourage you to keep doing these videos. Love em!

  • @TripodsGarage
    @TripodsGarage Жыл бұрын

    Biohazard was one of my favorites also. Such a cool design! Thanks for releasing the files

  • @euansmith3699
    @euansmith3699 Жыл бұрын

    The example of the Crowned Pulley Wheels is so clear and cool.

  • @oldsjunkie1
    @oldsjunkie13 ай бұрын

    Love seeing the old pics of line shaft factories. My 1939 50# Moloch power hammer is a flat belt line shaft machine.

  • @TJ-ed8mw
    @TJ-ed8mw Жыл бұрын

    I also enjoy using Fusion 360 for my 3D printing, though I use the hobby license it still does what I ask of it. The name that comes to my mind for that is "Mantis" as in the insect the preying mantis.

  • @AgentWest
    @AgentWest Жыл бұрын

    For the name, my suggestion is Lucas. Some time ago there was a YT series "Lucas the Spider" that featured a cute animated spider, and this bot does remind me of that little guy, especially when filmed in macro. As for Fusion, would be an amazing piece of software if it was "buy and download" instead of "rent from cloud". Besides, the "all models you upload now belong to Autodesk" part of their contract seems fishy. At least it did when i looked at their user agreement some time ago while considering using the service. Still, cheers to them for sponsoring this video, it is a good one!

  • @achannelhasnoname5182
    @achannelhasnoname5182 Жыл бұрын

    This is the cutest thing ever, I love the tank treads!

  • @Jonas_Mikkelsen
    @Jonas_Mikkelsen Жыл бұрын

    I just realized that you are standing in front of a synthesizer. I'm just getting started with my modular synth, so seeing another synth gets me excited.

  • @MakersMuse

    @MakersMuse

    Жыл бұрын

    Awesome! What synth did you go with?

  • @Jonas_Mikkelsen

    @Jonas_Mikkelsen

    Жыл бұрын

    @@MakersMuse Arturia Minibrute 2s and Arturia Rackbrute 6U: currently with 2 modules.

  • @Hi-zf4bn
    @Hi-zf4bn Жыл бұрын

    I'm loving the direction of this channel (towards battlebots). Subscribed.

  • @MegaCadr
    @MegaCadr Жыл бұрын

    How about making a third channel where you put up some sweet hardware synth jams. Can’t just tease us with those in the background. :) Awesome video. Especially liked learning about crowned pulleys.

  • @jasenolan7357
    @jasenolan7357 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for making these files public and free. My 7 year old and I were in Jaycar the other day and he was looking at "battle bots" (very loose term). I'll be spinning a couple of these up to have a play over the holidays with him! Would you consider doing a BOM for the other parts? Motor, Servo, receiver etc?

  • @isaacgraphics1416

    @isaacgraphics1416

    Жыл бұрын

    The motors look like n20, probably 600 rpm or so, the esc he mentioned, and you'll need a small reciever. Guessing the servo would be mg90, you could run it on a small 1s or 2s lipo battery, something like 200mah should work. Alternatively get a melinki nano from Bristol bot builders and that has radio and esc built in.

  • @Kuroneko42
    @Kuroneko42 Жыл бұрын

    I'd love to build a couple of these for little "Battlebots" fights with my friends. Any chance you can provide a full parts list? Thanks!

  • @edwardfletcher7790

    @edwardfletcher7790

    Жыл бұрын

    Did you check the description link ?

  • @Kuroneko42

    @Kuroneko42

    Жыл бұрын

    @@edwardfletcher7790 Yeah, that has the STLs, but not the receiver/batteries/motors/etc. Unless I'm missing somethings

  • @edwardfletcher7790

    @edwardfletcher7790

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Kuroneko42 The battery is the simplest item. He talks about the metal geared motors and Botbits receiver in this video. But yeah, no product looks or model numbers. There's more detail in the last Antweight build video. Here : kzread.info/dash/bejne/dKqCtNaLpbKnfNo.html

  • @pixieh.9302
    @pixieh.9302 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for pointing me to Fusion 360! I never knew it's free for hobbyists!

  • @HerlingGA
    @HerlingGA Жыл бұрын

    This video has been a lot of fun!

  • @bowieinc
    @bowieinc Жыл бұрын

    Seems like with a bow shaped plastic piece on top of the arm, it would be possible to self-right if flipped over. That could come in handy. Great little machine.

  • @teamgetwreckedcombatrobots776
    @teamgetwreckedcombatrobots776 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome bot! As for the name, since it uses charity bands as treads, how about “Non-Profit”?

  • @MakersMuse

    @MakersMuse

    Жыл бұрын

    haha that's pretty good

  • @jmr

    @jmr

    Жыл бұрын

    So close to what I was thinking. I'm for charity as a name. As in I'm doing you a favor by putting you out of your misery. 😂

  • @xnadave
    @xnadave Жыл бұрын

    Very cool. I'd consider making the lifting arm symmetrical - so that you could lift from the front or the back (or both simultaneously), but I'm not exactly sure how that would work. Kind of like a scissor lift.

  • @TheKawasaki500s
    @TheKawasaki500s Жыл бұрын

    Love it definitely plan to make one

  • @teamberserkerrobotics1895
    @teamberserkerrobotics1895 Жыл бұрын

    Really like the design- it kinda reminds me of loader which is a uk antweight which has a similar tracked drivetrain and a 4 bar lifter as well

  • @bowieinc
    @bowieinc Жыл бұрын

    Because of the bracelets, you could call it, “Charity”. As a bonus, you could tell people a lot of your time and money goes to Charity.

  • @jmr

    @jmr

    Жыл бұрын

    I made the same suggestion and was going through the comments because I didn't think I could be the only one. It's powered by charity so why not?

  • @jek__
    @jek__ Жыл бұрын

    This little thing is absolutely adorable, though I wonder if the profile can be made even lower by using a different method of attack. Perhaps something like a spring powered forward push? I wonder what the ratio of small springs to batteries is in terms of energy storage per weight

  • @benwyckoff4165
    @benwyckoff4165 Жыл бұрын

    What sort of electronics do you use aside from motors and servos? How did you choose transmitter/receiver? Love the video!

  • @sky_ful8426
    @sky_ful8426 Жыл бұрын

    Really cool design! You need some kind of a flat pusher on the arm. Then you can lift other bots better.

  • @Kandorr617
    @Kandorr617 Жыл бұрын

    Great design and explanation. Also, well done sponsor section that still moves the story of the video. Your robot reminds me of a preying mantis, maybe Maker's Mantis or something similar for a name?

  • @Dangineering
    @Dangineering Жыл бұрын

    Call it Death Melon. The pink treads and slightly bleu green forks remind me up a water melon.

  • @johnwilson1911
    @johnwilson1911 Жыл бұрын

    "And... we can't have that." Love it!

  • @toddstewart4404
    @toddstewart4404 Жыл бұрын

    Would be great to add self-righting mechanism functionality to lifter arms. Also might be worth adding shielding and in-fill to tracks to prevent tracks being caught or being cut.

  • @shihabgamingschool6294
    @shihabgamingschool6294 Жыл бұрын

    I want to get into 3D painting space so I am wondering if the ender 3 would be the best printer to get for my first time using a 3D printer

  • @PiefacePete46
    @PiefacePete46 Жыл бұрын

    Top marks to AutoDesk for recognising Angus as a "kindred spirit" worth supporting.

  • @boomerangfreak
    @boomerangfreak Жыл бұрын

    @11:20 sooo you're telling us you've built a robot cat? Sweet!!!

  • @AlishaN-yh5nf
    @AlishaN-yh5nf Жыл бұрын

    You could call it "spider band" from the look of it and the wrist bands that saved it for making lightweight tracks! And it is such a cute littel bot

  • @DoctorAdvicesTruth
    @DoctorAdvicesTruth Жыл бұрын

    you may add surprise weapon , like spring that shoot when first compact happen , !!! you done very nice works here

  • @HarryMakesThings
    @HarryMakesThings Жыл бұрын

    Bit biased as I've built one too, but you really can't beat a 3d printed, tracked 4 bar! Maximise cool stuff! Nice to see the theory proved with those shaped pulleys, I've suggested it to people throwing tracks but never seen it implemented. Looks like you're getting a great amount of 'flick' from the lifter too.

  • @AlexanderEresov
    @AlexanderEresov Жыл бұрын

    crowned pulleys! my god, Angus, you made my day!

  • @AdityaPrakash-kt3rf
    @AdityaPrakash-kt3rf Жыл бұрын

    This was a great build and knowledgable as well! Looking forward to seeing how this bot, "Grippy Strider" , performs. Which competition is going to compete in Brisbane? And how do u find competitions in Australia? Would love a detailed video on the electronics!

  • @Makenitso

    @Makenitso

    Жыл бұрын

    i can't find any events either. it might have something to do with the world of drones & robotics congress, mid november. guess we'll just have to keep a look out

  • @trischas.2809
    @trischas.2809 Жыл бұрын

    you might want to alter the linkage in such a way that it can flip itself back over to upright it turned upside down, possibly by having the back "wheels" contact the ground in that position if the linkage is extended - that way you might flip back to correct stance with a fast forward jerk.

  • @fw1362
    @fw1362 Жыл бұрын

    name suggestion: the praying mantis? as the arms look a bit like the mantis arms?

  • @MakersMuse

    @MakersMuse

    Жыл бұрын

    how about the SLAYING mantis 😅

  • @crazybird199

    @crazybird199

    Жыл бұрын

    @@MakersMuse noice

  • @fw1362

    @fw1362

    Жыл бұрын

    @@MakersMuse it always takes a few iterations to arrive at a good solution, I guess we are here now ;)

  • @101rotarypower
    @101rotarypower Жыл бұрын

    Would love a 101 video covering design of articulated parts . One problem I would love to know more about is how to use "complex geometry" moving bodies as cutting tools along a path or specifically actuation. Have that issue commonly and still have not seen a good way to do it well yet.

  • @MattBrown9242

    @MattBrown9242

    Жыл бұрын

    Check out this guy's video on linkage design, gives some really helpful thoughts on how to do such things kzread.info/dash/bejne/pHWf1ryTg6WunqQ.html

  • @spinphoto
    @spinphoto Жыл бұрын

    Awesome design!!!!

  • @killymxi
    @killymxi Жыл бұрын

    Can probably make use of the space inside tracks and make it less likely to catch or being pinched with something at the same time.

  • @redtec7751
    @redtec7751 Жыл бұрын

    Hello, I've been wanting to make a robot dog as a school project but I'm not sure which servos I should use. Do you have any recommendations that aren't super expensive? They have to be fairly high torque, around 10 kg from what I've seen other people use.

  • @-xeL
    @-xeL Жыл бұрын

    i love fusion 360, it's by far the best cad i've used so far!

  • @Good_at_Bad_decisions
    @Good_at_Bad_decisions8 ай бұрын

    @Maker's Muse what battery and battery connector did you use for this project. Also, how did you control the robot. I don't know how to program a circuit board or how to connect it to a controller. Could you make a tutorial or some thing so others and me can make a robot?

  • @martylawson1638
    @martylawson1638 Жыл бұрын

    How's it do vs a shoe or flip-flop? That turned out to be one of the hardest opponents for my 500g grabber/lifter Micro-Vice. Plans for an automatic trigger on the lifter? Missing the timing was always the biggest issue I saw with lifters.

  • @Craftlngo

    @Craftlngo

    Жыл бұрын

    you could try to use a spring / latch mechanism that triggers automatically when an opponent is in contact with it and close it against the force of the spring with a servo.

  • @thedjdelphis
    @thedjdelphis Жыл бұрын

    I've just got this robot almost fully built, but I just got my bands in for the treads and my motors wont spin them while they are on. I have them stretching right now so we'll see how that goes. Thanks for providing the design, my son and I have loved building this together. What rpm and gear ratio motors are you using in yours?

  • @falconrising5138

    @falconrising5138

    10 ай бұрын

    50:1 gear ration N20 motors.

  • @PMcDFPV
    @PMcDFPV Жыл бұрын

    "Larry the Lifter" I can not wait to build one of these, thank you sir !

  • @sailing994
    @sailing994 Жыл бұрын

    Making a few of these for our library makerspace. The video says 50:1 gear ratio what rpm were they?

  • @DemsW
    @DemsW Жыл бұрын

    Great video and build, how did you manage the weight ?

  • @gradertfamilymakes
    @gradertfamilymakes Жыл бұрын

    I would min/max the electronics. Use motor wire, enamel coated wire. Replace all wiring with it. Remove all pin headers from the boards. Maybe even go as far as to re-design the boards using only the required components and move those components to the new boards. Or, combine the speed controller and receiver into one board.

  • @sailing994
    @sailing994 Жыл бұрын

    Just a quick question What RPM are the Motors? I work at a Library MakerSpace we have the parts printied and are ready for the next step?

  • @DevonLadd
    @DevonLadd Жыл бұрын

    I had a class in middle school where we had to use Autodesk and I just couldn't grasp CAD back then, haven't really given it a try since, but that kinda stuff is still beyond me

  • @rcmaniac25
    @rcmaniac25 Жыл бұрын

    Crowned pulleys! I've never heard of those before but it makes so much sense once explained. I'm going to need to remember this for some projects. If you like a spider name, the Peacock Spider. Otherwise, Sir Lifts.

  • @Volvoamazon62
    @Volvoamazon62 Жыл бұрын

    Hi, you have a list of the other electronic components you used? Thanks!

  • @anthonystownsend
    @anthonystownsend Жыл бұрын

    What about using continuous rotating servos instead of the geared motors? They generally have a lot more torque and you can increase the voltage to up the speed as well as changing the wheel diameter. It also makes things a lot more simpler.

  • @Coboxite

    @Coboxite

    Жыл бұрын

    Way, way too slow.

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