Comments on: More Thin Man

By: Peter Waller

Peter Waller — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 11:14:56 +0000

I thought my new sumo was going to be an original but looks like you beat me to it.
http://er-online.co.uk/minisumo/forum/viewtopic.php?p=377#377

By: Colin Durrans

Colin Durrans — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 22:42:43 +0000

Hi Bob,

This looks really nice MiniSumo, I’ll have to link to this one. As Nicholas has said an inspiration!

Best regards,
Colin.

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 18:54:50 +0000

Hi Rafael, thanks for the compliments. I am using this this LiPoly battery but I find its too weak for this application. I plan to upgrade to a more powerful LiPoly pack but haven't bought anything yet. I find the LiPoly batteries excellent for small robots, light weight and good energy density. They need special chargers and they are much more expensive than other kinds though.

By: Rafael Sobrevilla

Rafael Sobrevilla — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 06:52:31 +0000

Hi Bob i think similar Nice work

Do you try with Li-poli bateries?

greetings
Rafael

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 04:05:02 +0000

Thanks Nicholas! This project was a real pleasure to design and build. I hope to continue to improve this robot to keep it competitive for the next few years.

By: Nicholas Barker

Nicholas Barker — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 21:47:07 +0000

Hi, Bob;

Nice work on The Thin Man!

Your approach of low overall height for stealth and low parts count due to integrated chassis + body + wedge design is an inspiration to robocrastinators such as me.

And you had the confidence to run at under 400 g and still place at Robothon. Well done.

I hope to see TTM at an event soon.

Nicholas Barker