Uploaded January 2017 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
Our monthly fight night has been pushed back to next week so in the meantime, here's a video of my Beetleweight bot prototype!
It's gonna be a flipper with mecanum wheels, name still to be chosen.
The chassis is made of 3D printed ABS and pine dowel while prototyping, it will be aluminium eventually.
Please check out our Facebook group for more details about our Australian bot fighting group or to come and check us out next month:
facebook.com/groups/AdelaideRobotCombat
Parts in the prototype so far:
- Mecanum wheel set
robotmarketplace.com/products/0-ft-mecanum-set-v2.html
- 4 x 1000RPM mini gear motors
aliexpress.com/wholesale?catId=0&initiative_id=SB_20161231164952&SearchText=gear+motor+1000rpm+12v+3mm
- 4 x 10A Botbitz ESC's
botbitz.com/product/botbitz-10amp-electronic-speed-controller
- 850mAh LiPo Battery
hobbyking.com/en_us/turnigy-nano-tech-850mah-3s-25-40c-lipo-pack.html
- Spectrum DX6i transmitter
- Arduino Nano with some mixing code to drive the ESC.
Wiring:
This Beetleweight is wired similar to my other bots. The four motors are soldered to an ESC and each ESC is terminated to the Arduino which is running a code I wrote for mixing the wheels. The receiver signal connections go to the Arduino digital inputs and the postive and negative connection go to the 5V and GND Arduino terminals. The battery connects to both the ESC's and the VIN/GND on the Arduino.
Music Credits:
"Happy Happy Game Show" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Our monthly fight night has been pushed back to next week so in the meantime, here's a video of my Beetleweight bot prototype!
It's gonna be a flipper with mecanum wheels, name still to be chosen.
The chassis is made of 3D printed ABS and pine dowel while prototyping, it will be aluminium eventually.
Please check out our Facebook group for more details about our Australian bot fighting group or to come and check us out next month:
facebook.com/groups/AdelaideRobotCombat
Parts in the prototype so far:
- Mecanum wheel set
robotmarketplace.com/products/0-ft-mecanum-set-v2.html
- 4 x 1000RPM mini gear motors
aliexpress.com/wholesale?catId=0&initiative_id=SB_20161231164952&SearchText=gear+motor+1000rpm+12v+3mm
- 4 x 10A Botbitz ESC's
botbitz.com/product/botbitz-10amp-electronic-speed-controller
- 850mAh LiPo Battery
hobbyking.com/en_us/turnigy-nano-tech-850mah-3s-25-40c-lipo-pack.html
- Spectrum DX6i transmitter
- Arduino Nano with some mixing code to drive the ESC.
Wiring:
This Beetleweight is wired similar to my other bots. The four motors are soldered to an ESC and each ESC is terminated to the Arduino which is running a code I wrote for mixing the wheels. The receiver signal connections go to the Arduino digital inputs and the postive and negative connection go to the 5V and GND Arduino terminals. The battery connects to both the ESC's and the VIN/GND on the Arduino.
Music Credits:
"Happy Happy Game Show" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
