Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Finished the structure.... for now

Well on Monday Lockie and I finished the general body of the robot, that left us with minor tweaks and coding to go.

Pics will be uploaded later, as they are huge and school internet is slow.


Advantages:
Heavy body, hard to lift.
Weapon sits flush to ground not giving anywhere for other robots to get under.
Low center of gravity.
Good rear protection.

Disadvantages:
Heavy = slow. Acceleration = Force / Mass... hence increasing mass decreases acceleration but momentum = mass x velocity so it will be harder to stop... so kinda good and bad.
Long wheelbase = slow turning, which in my opinion is a big disadvantage, this thing needs to turn quickly to find the enemy and attack.

Edit pics uploaded:


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