As a competitor, I can say that being there fighting is unlike any experience ever. They legit have free snacks and drinks in the pits all event long and are genuinely very kind to us builders (plus ya know being surrounded by hundreds of other robot nerds is pretty awesome too lol)

i think one of the bots should become a drummer bots in a gig.. hahahahaha

Cool video! (That robot with the saw is pretty cool)

It was great meeting you at the event. Once again, I just wanted to say thank you so much for the amazing gift. It’s the single best thing I’ve ever gotten in my entire robot combat career.

Pls find my contact under this account, looking forward to further talk!

This isnt a gyro walker, its a reaction walker, droopies blades are angled slightly so one side lifts up as it rotates thus allowing it to walk, yours doesent do that so its not a gyrowalker since there are no gyroscopic forces involved with moving as it purely uses the reaction of the motor toruqe

Are you intersted in any video collab together? We're open to sponsor free service like 3DP/CNC'd parts. (PCBWay zoey)

Good to know you can actually use different attachments against different opponents

Ah so that's what those prints were for, neat!

Omg it's so cool

Seems like a lot of solid upgrades! I can attest that the Repeat Brushed are a great option for drive 😄 ran them on the first two versions of my Plastic Ant. Can't wait for the next fight report 😎

The bot I’m making is a viper lifter kit that is upgraded to what I hope is its full potential. I plan to add forks and extra armor to it. This is my first bot,so I plan to make a vertical spinner if this one does not work. Anyways, thanks again for all the help. You got another subscriber.😉

How much does the top carbon fiber panel cost each for moray? I plan to use some carbon fiber for my robot.

Awesome! I really like the new upgrades you did to moray. I am a new bot builder and would like to know how difficult is it to print tpu?

Wow, this looks very good! Awesome to see that gyro too. I would recommend testing inverted driving with the bar if you haven’t already. The geometry of it will keep the bot more flat to the ground when upside down and potentially make it harder to self right by colliding into the wall.

Looking very cool! Have you considered making a single toothed weapon? That would give you much better energy delivery at the same total kinetic energy.

Love the dino head weapon upright!

You should turn this into a competitive robot :-)

Excellent video! Just to point out, the hit you land at 8:50 stopped your weapon. That says to me that your weapon got enough purchase to dump all it's energy into the hit.

😂

Percy approved! Brilliant! 🎉 And I'm excited to see what "Doomba" idea you have next!

This was a fun video. Always happy to see more gyro walkers in the sport.

Fun fact: most events don't check weight after the the initial safety test or at all. You can run whatever config you want in the future but do design for the weight allowance and don't abuse it. Event organizers will allow a bit of leeway especially for new builds.

On the battery VS speed thing: electric motors are based on RPM per Volt (commonly called KV), so higher voltage means they run faster. Running the 2S 7.4v meant you were 33% slower on your drive and weapon. Also, because torque is based on amps, and Volts equals amps times resistance (with motor resistance being assumed constant), a 50% increase in voltage will also be a 50% increase in amps and therefore 50% increase in torque. This means more pushing power and better acceleration on both the weapon and drive.

Very important lesson here: ALWAYS have something as hard as a weapon (titanium, Ar4/5/600 steel, ETC) for your wedge or front armor when fighting horizontals. You want them to bounce or glance off, but they will dig in if they hit plastic. This is especially true for verts. They will bounce off your wedge/front into your weapon if you have a solid front, but will rip and tear your front and launch you away if you have a soft front.

hey good job we all start somewhere,im new to ants myself and debuting an ant myself, funnily enough aerators goin to the event too so thatll be a test. Luckily my teammates who have won a few events have been giving me good tips. I hope you continue to improve the design,i have some recommendations for moray, for top and bottom use 1mm Carbon fiber, its super light and durable,i use it on beetles all the time as well. have 2 uprights and get motor w a long shaft that goes through the other upright, itll help keep it from going askew and just put a bearing on the other side to keep it in place. Uprights you should change to quarter inch uhmw. UHMW wont bend,itll just chip away but in ants and beetles its extremely common and effective also cheap. see you doing repeat brushed which is also the biggest improvement to get. Hope this helps and good luck w the future version of moray!

Fun to see CRBL getting featured in the video! (Great video too!)

Nice video! I'd recommend switching to the repeat robotics mk2 brushed motors. They are a lot more durable than the silver sparks. You probably should also make the dino upright longer so that you can spin your weapon upside down.

One of the RABID officers here - awesome video and really looking forward to having you back! I greatly appreciate the comedic timing in this vid haha

Great video!

Im scared with this expose motor, bro It will explode😢

This was a good battle. You fought well. 😊

Great video. I really like Moray and I’m excited to see more of it! That last fight against Hellish Rebuke was especially fun to watch.

Hey, I just wanted to say I really enjoyed this video! I look forward to seeing what you come up with with future revisions for Moray. With how hard of hits you were able to get out of the disk I hope to see that become your main option in the future. Can't wait for the next episode!

I think double supporting your motor shaft with a bearing is the next step, I recomend the Repeat Robotics 2822 motors as the have a flat face with holes for bigger screws to use a TPU weapon hub. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpbTqXmbosmeibs This is my bot which uses this technique. The TPU hub just barely flexes taking the force out of the motor, and saving weight. You then indirectly attach the weapon to the motor, by screwing it to the TPU hub. I use the repeat brushed drive motors on 34mm diamter wheels so you will be very fast with those on 3s.

You’re so lucky you get to make these

Looks very cool! I love the theme!

I think you could save some weight on the next version by making the mouth part of the upright printed out of tpu or something then glued on rather than making it metal like the rest of it edit: spelling

Wow! Looks great! Well done! And are we not gonna talk about your painting skills?! Bro. You're an artist. Keep up the awesome work! 😊

You could totally get tons of weight if you ditch the finger tech wheel hubs and print them yourself and used shaft collars so it stays on. Also, they don't count the switch. You could also trying 1mm Carbon Fiber top plates from CNC Madness for even more weight and lot's of rigidity. CNC madness is dirt cheap as well. As of this would easily get you the disk. The back armor also only needs to be around an 1/8in thick. Good luck with the build I have saved tons of weight with these methods!(Around 60g-70g!) I really think you should take some of this advice. Can't wait to see how you do!

This is a good update overall but the mount is more lowered down so it’s more frustrating than stylistic. If you want to keep the design I would recommend the mount but on the neck and the mouth work like a bunny ear because it still looks like it will do the aftershock thing. Just a friendly advice you don’t need to change anything

this is awesome! the best advice I ever got, is that the weapon system needs to be rigid. the steel upright seems fine, but if you could have it wrap around and support the other side, it will be much stronger and reliable (like a U shape). Also if you want to reduce weight, take it out of the lid! Great designing and creativity!

Cool robot and nice editing.

Can’t wait to see how much this design will get optimized, and hopefully with a bigger budget we will see a stronger frame.

Two things, One, you should put another one of the green support moray jaws so if you land a big hit, the motor does not go flying off. Two, That new battery location might lead to the enemy hitting next to the blade, and you battery exploding, same with your receiver; To fix that, you should put them more into the empty space, instead of putting it against the wall. (Hope this helps! 😊)

there are a ton of little changes that could make this robot absolutely killer. with a weapon that big you will probably need to support it from both sides or make your upright a lot stronger. keep in mind that if you switch to aluminum it is going to be a lot less elastic than steel, so every time you have to bend the aluminum back its going to lose a lot more strength than a steel upright would. another thing to keep in mind is that if you bolt down your polycarb cover at the front edges as well as the back, the chassis will gain a ton of rigidity. making your fork mounting replaceable instead of printed into your chassis would allow you to just change it out instead of trying to weld TPU back together or replace the entire chassis because you cant run forks.

That is honestly really cool! Moray works great! Cant wait for the competition videos!

This is a great robot design but the only thing I think might be a problem is that it could pull an aftershock an majorly damaged the motor

😮 Woah! Nice! Entering a competition soon?