This is a video of the making of "Q" - a 3lb combat robot ringspinner. Q features an invertible design and a 2x4wd brushless drive system. The S7 tool steel ring is powered via a friction drive and is held in place with 18 urethane-coated ball bearings. This video shows some of the design aspects to Q and the making of various parts.
Q was fought at the 2019 Motorama combat robot competition. It had one win and two losses. The Achilles heel of the design turned out to be the weapon friction drive. In one fight there was too much friction and I burned the weapon motor out. In another fight, there was too little friction and I lost weapon drive completely. The weapon drive did function well in one fight, which it won. I think for this design to work you need some sort of compliance mechanism in the weapon drive system, such as using a spring to actively push the weapon motor against the weapon. Relying on friction alone is not promising given that friction changes with heat, wear, etc. (and the ring gets quite warm when it's being spun).
Links:
Metal Skull robotics, "Orbit" Ringspinner: / metalskullrobotics
Robert Cowan brushless drive tutorial: • Beetleweight Brushless...
Q Weapon motor speed test: • Q - Weapon system test
Q fighting LDB at Motorama 2019 (another angle): • Motorama Robot Conflic...
All 2019 Motorama Day1 Beetleweight fights (Q's three fights are in there somewhere): • Motorama Robot Conflic...
Components List:
Frame - Glass filled UHMW-PE (Tivar88): www.mcmaster.c...
Weapon Ring - S7 Tool steel hardened to 54 HRC
Carbon fiber parts machined by CNC Madness in Canada (awesome!): www.cncmadness....
Drive motor: Aerodrive SK3 2118 brushless motor
Gearbox: 22mm 280RPM (43:1) Premium Planetary Gear Motor: www.servocity....
Wheels - Banebots 1/3/8" 40A: www.banebots.co...
Hubs - Banebots Series 40, 4mm, 2 wide: www.banebots.co...
Belts and pulleys - Fingertech: www.fingertech...
Weapon motor: Turnigy Aerodrive SK3 3530-1460kV: hobbyking.com/...
Hard mill end mill - Lakeshore carbide 1/4" Dia. 6 flute: www.lakeshoreca...
Urethane Coated ball bearings- VXB (search "urethane"): www.vxb.com/se...
Weapon motor ESC: ZTW Spider Series 30A OPTO Small ESC With SimonK Program
Drive motor ESC: ZTW Spider Pro Lite Series 20A BEC (flashed with SimonK firmware)
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