2FA, my new 3lb bot. What I have been cooking up the past exactly 1 month- CAD started Sept 14th. Fighting at Texas A&M at noon for its first event. Very excited- Data Collector satisfied me for my first combat robot design ever but 2FA is an all-around massive upgrade and a culmination of what I’ve learned from Data Collector and Bloodsport.
4WD vertical AR500 drisk spinner with titanium, carbon fiber, milled UHMW, printed nylon and TPU. Controlled with an ESP32-C with IMU for sensor assisted driving and gyro control, via a Steam Deck for drive control, live settings reconfiguration, telemetry, and data logging- firmware and PCB and control app are custom
Components made at ASMBLY include the UHMW weapon uprights and the aluminum weapon motor mount, both on the Tormach. Vinyl decals were cut here too. Acrylic and wood were laser cut for test fits before placing orders for the Carbon Fiber, AR500, and Titanium parts. The ASMBLY 3D printers were also used to expand my bandwidth past my two home printers. Manufacturing vendors included SendCutSend for the Ti and AR500 parts, CNCMadness for the CF panel, and JLCPCB for the custom circuit boards
It’s great, about a quarter of the teams at the Texas events are family teams of parents making bots with their kids! And kids are often some of the most terrifying drivers!
The builders of Cobra Chicken (Ryan), Abaddon & Supreme Cheeks (Peter), and Blood Of My Enemies (Noah), and I are all flying into Norwalk Connecticut in January together with matching cowboy hats to fight in the most competitive league for the 3lb weight division. Cobra Chicken was the most feared bot for a reason, and demonstrated that in the decisive final match that wasn’t even a contest.
