I’m just starting to learn OpenSCAD and I think this is a wonderful example of the awesome things it can do: A thoroughly parametric robot wheel. theFrankes.com · Highly Configurable Wheel One Wheel To Rule Them All.
Some friends and I working on a community space / makerspace / hackerspace in lovely Chattanooga Tennessee. Check it out at http://www.chattlab.org
I won first place in the 12lb category this year with Tetanus Shot. The battles this year were nothing short of epic, there were some amazing bots and some amazing fights. Here is a highlight video from Dale Heatherington:
Getting ready for Dragon Con 2010 and the Robot Battles. Again this year I have slacked off and did not get to building until last week. Evil Robots Inc has a new 12 pound entry Tetanus Shot and Rippy will be returning in the 1 pound antweight competition. I unfortunately had no time to complete…
As usual I am way behind in my robot building for RobotBattles at DragonCon. I am trying to get the 12lb Probulator updated a bit with some new anti pushback changes and minor upgrades to the pneumatic spike. My 1lb Rippy is getting a nearly complete rebuid, the foam core armor did not stand up…
I have long been a fan of the Battletech game and universe, and I loved the Mechwarrior games and the Virtual World Battletech simulators. Obviously this led partially to my love of robot combat. With all the amazing advances in the last few years to bipedal robots, a “Battletech” style competition is now possible. And…
Tomorrow, I become the third person in Chattanooga testing the new EPB fiber to the home services. I will be testing a high speed synchronous net connection at 10 Mbps. Rumor has it that EPB will be offering service up to 50 Mbps!! I will also be testing their TV and phone services, all delivered…
I have changed the site software to WordPress and imported my old posts. Now I need to start updating again. In the past I have restricted my posts to robotics related material but now I am going to broaden the scope to include more of my interests and hobbies. Also this is my first blog…
I attended the Robot Battles at Chattacon 2008 this year. This is the first time we have had a Robot Battles event at Chattacon in over 10 years. The same arena we use in Atlanta at Dragon Con was brought up for the competition, and we held a small event with 1lb and 3lb robots….
Evil Robots Inc attended the Dragon Con Robot Battles again this year.I am hoping to obtain the full competition bracket information soon to post for everyone but the most important part is our 1lb robot Rippy took first place in the antweight competition. Rippy was later mostly destroyed by the arena hazard in the Battle…