Scott Merrill

Scott Merrill

My channel features many different videos related to LEGO and VEX IQ robotics. I teach at Shadow Hills Middle School in Palmdale, California

LEGO GBC Mangled Menagerie

LEGO GBC Mangled Menagerie

Screw Lift GBC

Screw Lift GBC

Spinning Lift GBC

Spinning Lift GBC

Pneumatic Switch

Pneumatic Switch

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  • @VOLTRONDEFENDER4440
    @VOLTRONDEFENDER44404 ай бұрын

    I know this is late but did you try to run the motors indepently if used in tank mode it runs each motor together

  • @monroejosh
    @monroejosh5 ай бұрын

    Thanks Scott for making publishing this video and plans! In my area, I could not get the 13mm material, so I adapted it to 10mm. I have made a video explaining my modifications at kzread.info/dash/bejne/l4qcu9d9hc_QmcY.html. We have used this table for two seasons and it has been really great. I hope this helps more coaches and parents support their FLL teams

  • @user-mk3gd5ny8d
    @user-mk3gd5ny8d9 ай бұрын

    Wow it's very good

  • @SL-sl9fd
    @SL-sl9fd11 ай бұрын

    use data loging to check motor sensor values and others and display them on screen to figure out?

  • @Alexsanderk2
    @Alexsanderk2 Жыл бұрын

    i have the same problem but how to fix?

  • @gordonfreeman5686
    @gordonfreeman5686 Жыл бұрын

    I remember getting to make a battle bot in high school We gave it treads and a fliper arm . Named it Charles

  • @winniema2210
    @winniema2210 Жыл бұрын

    Nice

  • @dscse
    @dscse Жыл бұрын

    Could make a vertical spinner

  • @MewingPissdog
    @MewingPissdog Жыл бұрын

    Motors on vex are simply too weak

  • @KrrakoReal
    @KrrakoReal10 ай бұрын

    @@MewingPissdoggear ratio

  • @MewingPissdog
    @MewingPissdog10 ай бұрын

    motors are too weak@@KrrakoReal

  • @KrrakoReal
    @KrrakoReal10 ай бұрын

    @@MewingPissdog true

  • @Fatsam2622
    @Fatsam2622 Жыл бұрын

    porn

  • @xp4738
    @xp4738 Жыл бұрын

    bro I wish we had that ngl.

  • @CoalTaman
    @CoalTaman Жыл бұрын

    this is cool but were going to use vex v5 and I feel like this is going to be way more destructive

  • @tuttipuffi1302
    @tuttipuffi13024 ай бұрын

    Do it.

  • @nathanluca3072
    @nathanluca3072 Жыл бұрын

    Anyone know to fix the broken motor? I have the same issue but 1 motor draws a little more power from the other one and makes more noise, while the other is slower and quieter. I noticed the problem after unplugging some wires out and putting them back in during the program running. I don't know if that might be the cause though, maybe a coincidence.

  • @Lampofilm
    @Lampofilm Жыл бұрын

    Watching these championships is as exciting as the real Battlebots show. I hope you will continue with this. Love it!

  • @MrSdmerrill
    @MrSdmerrill Жыл бұрын

    Thanks! The kids really enjoyed the project. I'm hoping to revive it this spring :)

  • @Lampofilm
    @Lampofilm Жыл бұрын

    How many VEX tiles did you use for the arena?

  • @Lampofilm
    @Lampofilm Жыл бұрын

    WOW, this was great. My 3rd grade class enjoyed watching this. We will defiantly have to do this!

  • @wesleygold8310
    @wesleygold83102 жыл бұрын

    This is a wonderful project. Is there any rubric, documentation, or paperwork that could be shared on this project. I am brand new to the robotics and this would be a great project. I realize this is from 5 years ago but if you are still out there please help me whith what you can.

  • @MrSdmerrill
    @MrSdmerrill2 жыл бұрын

    Send me an email at [email protected]

  • @samanalia2461
    @samanalia24612 жыл бұрын

  • @ditdottot8303
    @ditdottot83032 жыл бұрын

    Nice

  • @cheriserandle7447
    @cheriserandle74473 жыл бұрын

    Thanks! I was having this same issue and this solution worked

  • @saddle1940
    @saddle19403 жыл бұрын

    I think the position encoder has stopped on the right motor and the brain is compensating what it thinks is a stall on the right by slowing the left down.

  • @burnbabybyrne1
    @burnbabybyrne13 жыл бұрын

    Very nice! I came across this commercial version (www.robotshop.com/uk/portable-robotics-table-corrugated-plastic-fll-size.html) but I like that yours has thicker board and regulation width sides. Your design uses ‘mortice and tenon’ joints by the way - not ‘tongue and groove.’ :-)

  • @MrSdmerrill
    @MrSdmerrill3 жыл бұрын

    Looks like that link doesn't exist anymore.

  • @savxtl5696
    @savxtl56963 жыл бұрын

    Where can I find the rules you use for VEX IQ Battlebots?

  • @brickpicture7013
    @brickpicture70134 жыл бұрын

    program please

  • @Ang_kia
    @Ang_kia4 жыл бұрын

    In round 2 that 1 hit by the hammer on the wedge ended One spinny boi because it loosened the wedge

  • @JothamBilly
    @JothamBilly4 жыл бұрын

    just wanna say they have just started vaccine testing on the virus, so might wanna start back planning on the 2020 version!!

  • @JothamBilly
    @JothamBilly4 жыл бұрын

    TBH spinny boi and Dane giraffe are the best ones

  • @JothamBilly
    @JothamBilly4 жыл бұрын

    Forgive me if I'm wrong but I don't understand why they don't use their weapons more often. They had so many opportunities to use their hammer but to no avail. Now I am working on building my own vex battlebot. So is it as simple for pressing a button to attack, or it it more complicated. Because if it were me I wanna WIN. So I'm not just gonna sit there with a chance to use my weapon and not hit them.

  • @MrSdmerrill
    @MrSdmerrill4 жыл бұрын

    The problem was that the hammer weapon was not powerful enough to do any damage. Something to think about when you create your own.

  • @JothamBilly
    @JothamBilly4 жыл бұрын

    Ok thx. BTW I'm doing a spinner. And do you guys have plans for 2020 cause this is really entertaining. Any also is this like a school or something cause I'm curious or where this is.

  • @MrSdmerrill
    @MrSdmerrill4 жыл бұрын

    @@JothamBilly We are a middle school and the students are in my 8th grade Advanced Robotics class. We did but with this pandemic schools are shut down indefinitely. I may have to wait until next year :(

  • @JothamBilly
    @JothamBilly4 жыл бұрын

    NOOOOOOOO. so what ur saying is you guys had a plan for a 2020 version but it got shut down due to the virus, right?

  • @JothamBilly
    @JothamBilly4 жыл бұрын

    Lol he turned it off by hitting it lol

  • @JothamBilly
    @JothamBilly4 жыл бұрын

    WHere is this?

  • @Confusingperson
    @Confusingperson4 жыл бұрын

    Aye Mr Merrill

  • @_ghosthat_2532
    @_ghosthat_25324 жыл бұрын

    Hey are you guys going to do a 2020 version of this cause I would like to see more

  • @MrSdmerrill
    @MrSdmerrill4 жыл бұрын

    We do have a plans for a 2020 version😀

  • @JothamBilly
    @JothamBilly4 жыл бұрын

    YES!!!

  • @TeamA-by8fk
    @TeamA-by8fk4 жыл бұрын

    if that was sqared away than it will be perfect but still very good

  • @radproturtle8066
    @radproturtle80664 жыл бұрын

    but how do you fix

  • @radproturtle8066
    @radproturtle80664 жыл бұрын

    have the same proplem

  • @gregorjefferson6610
    @gregorjefferson66104 жыл бұрын

    Nobody: Kids that didn't make it to State or Worlds: Its Robot Fighting time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @gregorjefferson6610
    @gregorjefferson66104 жыл бұрын

    Rookie teams be like

  • @gauravsalandri1472
    @gauravsalandri14724 жыл бұрын

    Thanks! I have been changing wires and motors to get it to work.

  • @abbyfrie8801
    @abbyfrie88014 жыл бұрын

    My sister didn't mean it

  • @karenwearit
    @karenwearit2 жыл бұрын

    Wha

  • @abbyfrie8801
    @abbyfrie88014 жыл бұрын

    Even a first grader can do this

  • @nivanmajhi23
    @nivanmajhi232 жыл бұрын

    yea right, why dont you do it then?

  • @elkplays107
    @elkplays1074 жыл бұрын

    Me and my friends would secretly do this when my teacher wasn’t looking and it’s been like the third week doing this

  • @adrianortega7512
    @adrianortega75124 жыл бұрын

    Hey mr Merrill

  • @noobdoge5524
    @noobdoge55244 жыл бұрын

    We are doin this in school

  • @romaniscracked1938
    @romaniscracked19383 жыл бұрын

    same my bot is soooo gooooood I go to Suncoast Polytech school in Florida I think we are a top 10 school in the state

  • @deathbybignumbers1072
    @deathbybignumbers10724 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the video - have spent days switching wires and motors! You've helped my team save a bunch of motors we thought were dead....

  • @amydobry6870
    @amydobry68704 жыл бұрын

    For those of you in SoCal - We bought the 10mm thickness PP (Coroplast) at Polymershapes LLC in Burbank for about $30 per large sheet

  • @menakanagarajan3642
    @menakanagarajan36422 жыл бұрын

    Can you please let me know if you were able to get the coroplast cut into those sizes?

  • @amydobry6870
    @amydobry68702 жыл бұрын

    @@menakanagarajan3642 yes I was. We’ve been using the table ever since!

  • @menakanagarajan3642
    @menakanagarajan36422 жыл бұрын

    @@amydobry6870 Thank you! the supplier mentioned "Coroplast material melts together after cutting. The smaller sizes will be stuck together and difficult to take apart. The edges will be rough. You have to slam the material on an edge to separate them." . I'm not sure how to handle this. Would be great if you could share some info on how you had the pieces cut.

  • @amydobry6870
    @amydobry68702 жыл бұрын

    @@menakanagarajan3642 we didn’t have any of those problems. Maybe try another place?

  • @amydobry6870
    @amydobry68702 жыл бұрын

    I don’t know how they cut it. Maybe you could call the company we used? (Place mentioned in my first comment).

  • @SarveshKumarDubey
    @SarveshKumarDubey5 жыл бұрын

    We also face the same problem.

  • @lnstrnt
    @lnstrnt5 жыл бұрын

    Great design ... especially the 27 pound net weight! Inteplast.com shows 16&25mm thicknesses, but no pricing. Did you already conclude those are not worth the extra cost?

  • @bendecker7342
    @bendecker73425 жыл бұрын

    This is really good to know, did you get any warranty support from Lego?

  • @kylen5719
    @kylen57195 жыл бұрын

    I have the exact same problem, how do you fix this?

  • @VOLTRONDEFENDER4440
    @VOLTRONDEFENDER44405 жыл бұрын

    Kyle n buy a new motor and replace the motor that sucks the power

  • @MrSdmerrill
    @MrSdmerrill5 жыл бұрын

    Sorry, but Lego says the motors are worn out. It's a long story but you are better off replacing the motor.

  • @jpsalis
    @jpsalis5 жыл бұрын

    gotta up the gearing on the claw of death, plastic destruction ensues

  • @jennypawlak36
    @jennypawlak365 жыл бұрын

    i don’t mean to be mean but how easily i could best all them but gl to all

  • @JothamBilly
    @JothamBilly4 жыл бұрын

    Facts