• The results are showing!

    AdityaPrakash23 • 12/04/2023 at 16:37 • 0 comments

    Hello there!

    I attended December's WRC's event this Sunday. This was Skeliwedge's second outing with the new and improved attachments. I was also running the bot with a new remote with which I had minimal practice. Out of the 4 new attachments, the forklet attachments didn't come out correct so I had to leave them. The event started with 4 round-robin rounds. I tested out my 3 attachments during those rounds. The sawblaze attachment was best at winning the ground game and got under a lot of robots. The wedge attachment was decently well however lost me 1 match when the bot was flipped over. I will need to fix its design and it could be a decent 2nd attachment option. The forks were not that great but I plan to keep them for situations when I get flipped over. After the round robins, during the playoffs, I went up against 2 flipper bots and my front blades idea proved crucial and helped me win 2 fights helping me reach the finals of the non-destructive antweight, where I lost to a grabber robot due to a driving mistake coming from my inexperience with the new remote. I was immensely satisfied with the 2nd place finish but I know I have ways to go if this control bot is going to be competitive next year. I am kinda thinking of further furnishing the main body as well to make it slightly lighter. That will allow me to go for the thicker wheel giving me more traction. Also I plan to brainstorm a couple more attachments from other good battlebots.

  • Back with upgrades and onto the next event

    AdityaPrakash23 • 11/26/2023 at 15:12 • 0 comments

    Following the previous log, I redesigned a few parts and made 1 new wedge attachment. I have already gotten these printed and trying them on my bot. There are some minor adjustment work needed to be done to make the attachments fit perfectly on the bot though. I will be focussing on them till 3rd december, the next event I am going to.

  • Back with a bang!

    AdityaPrakash23 • 11/01/2023 at 15:09 • 0 comments

    It has been a while since I put out an update. I spent the past 3 weeks finishing the robot CAD, electronics, getting the parts printed, assembling and fixing last minute issues. I will just share the stl files of the robot parts and a link to all the fights. I competed last Sunday and managed to get 3rd place, which was way better than my last performance on my previous robot. I plan to keep improving upon the current design and will be sharing updates more regularly here along with the resources.

    Here is the link to the fights
    https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1IWeNdNTtss_--qZPW3eTRw-1fMcgvgxn

  • Thrice the work now that I have returned!

    AdityaPrakash23 • 09/26/2023 at 14:54 • 0 comments

    I have returned to the project after a short break. I have managed to get some electrical work done and new components are on their way as well. I have been planning the structure of my bot as well. However due to license issue of my Fusion360, I need to resolve that and then I can begin CADding the bot. I also will be implementing treads to get grip since my motors might be fast. This will improve the pushing power. The front wedge will have the modularity concept for sure but will need some rework compared to previous iteration. The October competition is approaching fast and I will need to step up my pace to make it in time.

  • Some reading first.....

    AdityaPrakash23 • 08/01/2023 at 09:21 • 0 comments

    I want through a few videos to revise some key concepts for the antweight and I will be adopting some practices from there. One of them is using pen-paper to get a rough sketch of the new version. I mainly looked at Maker muse's combat robot videos. I also got the 3D printed design for his lifter robot. There are some interesting parts of his design that I probably want to use in my newer version. I still have trouble visualizing my newer version but the main thing I am worried about is the ground fight. Since this bot will not have any lifters or flipper weapons, so the only way I can win my fights is by insuring I always get under my enemy bots. From my previous experience, winning the ground game is extremely difficult with the bots I faced in the previous event. I think have some flexibility in ability to win the ground game will be crucial here. Plus some acetate will be very useful as well. I plan to start work on the electronics part first. I have a test chassis and will be mounting the electronics on it to test it out and fine tuning it for good driving.

  • Here I go!

    AdityaPrakash23 • 07/29/2023 at 09:49 • 0 comments

    I want to improve upon my wedge bot "That's what she said!". Towards that, I will first go through some online resources to improve the designing process. Following the necessary research, the work will be divided into 2 parts

    1. Electronics-Driving (the drive was an issue in previous version so this will be improved upon)

    2. CAD (the previous bot was quite big, it will be improved, along with focus on wheels and wedges)

    Following the work, the bot will be extensively driven to practice before the event on 27th August in Wollongong.