I built a tiny Antweight Combat Robot

[@alexsalchemy]

It's vector! Yay! Awesome to meet you at the RCL event!

[@TeamVector441]

Yeah Cheesecake! Man that was awesome! I look forward to competing with you again in the future! And thanks for fighting with me! That'll be in the next vid!

[@Nofurry11]

Bro having conversation with himself 💀💀💀

[@GracenLucas-p7f]

What are you talking about? They are 2 separate people that have even fought each other before.

[@alexanderphillis1228]

@@GracenLucas-p7f They fought before

[@repeatrobotics]

Wow what a cool video! Your bot looks amazing and I’d be terrified if I had to fight against it! I hope you did well at robogames and I’m excited to see what you build next!

[@TeamVector441]

Couldn't have done it without Repeat electronics!

[@corruptedroblox9020]

Nice ant weight combat robot looks deadly

[@TeamVector441]

Thanks, you guys will see how deadly it is in the next video 👍 Currently working on V6.2 with some slight changes so might also make a vid on that after part 2.

[@conormcmen]

From the good editing, to the decent audio and good commentary I looked down expecting to see a couple dozen thousand views. Then I remembered the fact he's whispering into the mic, oh the woes of a person recording and trying to be quiet at the same time.

[@TeamVector441]

No joke my friend the struggles are real😂

[@bami2]

Nice design, that's some incredible improvements in just a few iterations. No matter what happens/happened at least the titanium weapon will throw out lots of bright sparks.

[@TeamVector441]

Their were so many more I had to cut out for the video, I legit have about 100-210 different iterations on my cad profile changing small things here and their. And yes the sparks it makes ARE AWESOME!!

[@bami2]

@@TeamVector441 I meant "iterations" more as in fully assembled bots, of course you're going to have billions of iterations in your CAD.

[@TeamVector441]

Oh ok! I still had about 30 fully built integrations, all the ones you see in the video were the ones I actually documented, but I have so many 3d printed out of date chasses just sitting around lol

[@cheese.161]

@@TeamVector441 great test objects for your weapon

[@WCCRL]

Loved seeing Team Vector at our first event! You have done an outstanding job with this video and on Vector! keep up the good work! And make more videos, this was very entertaining!

[@TeamVector441]

Thank you! I'll keep it up!

[@cheese.161]

Nice first video on the channel is awsome great sence of humor

[@TeamVector441]

Thanks!

[@xyzza2928]

4WD with an active weapon and 4S in an antweight is insane.

[@robertstehn8165]

that is a clean looking bot that is a huge step-up from you first bot.

[@TeamVector441]

Thank you, I have tried my best to create something competitive. Its already outdated but the next version should be better than before👍

[@RABIDrva]

Awesome video! Great editing really makes it more than just the average bot and fight recap video! Hope to see more from you!

[@TeamVector441]

Yeah didn't think it would be this popular at least from a one video and originally a no subscriber channel. I'm working on getting the second video out sometime in the next 1-3 days so stay tuned!

[@Riley0311]

Holy shit dude, that thing is terrifying and beautiful! Great video 🔥 and I'm glad to be on the other side of the country from you lol

[@The_Curious_Cat]

You should see Lynx beetleweight bot, champion of many events and the main inspiration for Riptide and the hundreds of clones that now compete on NHRL.

[@TeamVector441]

Yeah I mentioned to another builder on here how I was inspired by lynx, riptide and a lot of other bots!

[@funnybones46]

the inspiration of riptide/lynx just turned to magnitude. still is a great looking bot

[@TeamVector441]

Yeah I took inspiration from the speed of lynx for the drivetrain. And riptide as well but also quite a lot of bots too!

[@ConstantlyDamaged]

Yeah. When I saw that they got inspiration from riptide, which got its inspiration from lynx, I thought "damn, it's come full circle!" Glad to see something good coming from the whole riptide debacle. Great work on the v6.0 version! Looks great!

[@gsasagas]

1 more sub. Nice vídeo. I have an antweight that resembles yours. Nice project

[@TeamVector441]

Thanks! I noticed this design style is very popular, I'm trying to put my own unique spin on it though!

[@BOTGRINDER]

great video! i also recently discovered combat robotics and am pretty hooked.

[@TeamVector441]

Yeah legit started in FPV then started getting recommended these battlebot vids. Got hooked, started designing and the rest is history!

[@kianwoods4275]

A challenger approaches.... The cake of cheese watches from above The Tiny Toilet Man builds, plans, prepares...

[@TeamVector441]

🤣

[@TeamJunkYardDog]

You have a future in combat robots and youtube! Great Video. Awesome bot!

[@TeamVector441]

Thank you so much!

[@Fig2122]

Subbed this was funny

[@dropkickdojo]

Funny story, I tried to watch this video a couple days ago but lost it in my feed and searched for two days to find it just for it to pop up in my feed randomly today.

[@TeamVector441]

Oh the power of the algorithm! Glad your here m8!

[@arklanuthoslin]

excellent video! wild looking little demon bot.

[@TeamVector441]

Thanks!

[@AidenTurk]

This is such a good video!

[@grantcatdone3417]

It's not hard to build a combat robot, building a good one on the other hand...

[@TeamVector441]

That's what most bot builders face every day. So true m8!

[@dylan6182]

Nice job, I competed at NorCal expo too. Great improvements

[@TeamVector441]

Thats awesome! And thanks!

[@Vivitribal_lame]

Very clean design

[@TeamVector441]

Thank you!

[@SteveBBR]

Your story seems to parallel mine with my Beetleweight MotherBard that will be competing at the Utah Combat Robotics Sping Fling in May. Glad too see my struggle isnt a solo adventure lol

[@TeamVector441]

Yeah, same struggle just documented🤣

[@msim93]

Vector! Looks great! Excited to see how the RCL fights went.

[@TeamVector441]

Vector actually competed in the robogames antweight comp! Since my bot wasn't ranked I wasn't able to compete in RCL. But hopefully next year!

[@gtdgabriste1]

MORE!

[@TeamVector441]

SOON!! 🤣

[@jacobhamilton2413]

Cheesecake is also my inspiration for building a battlebot

[@TeamVector441]

Thats awesome!

[@qwertbochaffer]

0:37 hey that's my video lol

[@TeamVector441]

Oh that's cool! I didn't know that was yours, Ill make sure to add @JustCuzRobotics to the description. By the way your content is fantastic, I went to it at least 100 times trying to do certain things with my bot! Your awesome man!

[@qwertbochaffer]

@@TeamVector441 No worries, I appreicate the tag though! Your video was also very entertaining, I wish I had the patience to spend that long editing my longer vids. You must have put in a lot of hours!

[@TeamVector441]

So...So many hours... I just like making these vids so I don't mind lol But your welcome!

[@hunterovitt4426]

Bro No way I am literally doing the same thing I started with Cheesecake and Team Panic and now I have designed two antweights (functionality iffy), one of them a vert with a similar shape to yours named jackrabbit.

[@hunterovitt4426]

also have you seen nhrl

[@TeamVector441]

That's sick! Yeah I noticed a lot of bots are starting to go for the eggbeater type weapons. THIER EFFECTIVE! And its super fun and painful to make but that's awesome your building one too! And yeah I love NHRL, I actually studied a lot of the bots and fights they have on their channel and streaming. One of the best ways to learn how to make one of these things is to simply watch lol

[@hunterovitt4426]

@@TeamVector441 my design is actually more similar to your chassis with two wheels and a single symmetrical 2 sided blade and the option for a double asymmetrical one. All 3D printed for now

[@TeamVector441]

Thats so cool m8! That sounds like a deadly weapon, the hardest part is simply finding the weight to put on the deadly weapon 😂

[@hunterovitt4426]

@@TeamVector441 Oh definitely bite is going to be a challenge lol. It is 92 mm long and on a 1100 kv motor but still difficult

[@David_Mash]

Cheesecake got me hooked as well!

[@Strikethatpoorboydown]

I cannot wait for part 2

[@TeamVector441]

In the works my friend. In the works 👍

[@Strikethatpoorboydown]

@@TeamVector441 Nice

[@LightningGTM]

That drum looks absolutely terrifying! Where did you get it machined?

[@TeamVector441]

Aldrich Manufacturing Company in Santa Clara, CA. Made all the parts I used that were metal or carbon fiber and its some of the best work I've ever seen.👍

[@sebsjunkyard]

That's a very impressive robot! Were there any resources you used to learn how to do all of this? I'm thinking of getting into combat robotics myself

[@TeamVector441]

Yeah, firstly KZbin is a great resource to learn almost everything combat robot related. Just Cause Robotics has a lot of great vids on how to make a bot and a main weapon! Ill be making a vid in the future on how to make one of these as well so stay tuned!

[@mhoovair89]

Okay I’m hooked. Gimme moar content plz.

[@TeamVector441]

ask and u shall receive.

[@mhoovair89]

@@TeamVector441 yeaaaasssss 🫡🫡🫡

[@laurendemsky891]

Great vid awesome to see someone get into the hobby. Have you thought about electro anodizing the drum?

[@TeamVector441]

I originally did want to get it to a yellow or orange hue, didn't have time too, for the event. I might try it though!

[@laurendemsky891]

@@TeamVector441 ooooo 🍊

[@nv7213]

What did you use to make the metal weapon and frame and the carbon fiber parts?

[@TeamVector441]

I used Fusion 360 to design the main weapon and also to estimate the overall weight of each part. I actually designed everything else through Shapr3D which I then exported to Fusion 360. Anything that's not the main weapon was made on Shapr3D and was sent to PCBWay to be CNC'd or lazer cut. Hope that helps :)

[@xwilliams5135]

3:02 what is the golden bar called? Where did u find it?

[@TeamVector441]

That's called a 1lb Ver Fingertech Beater bar, it can be found on Fingertech's website or a different robot combat parts website. Here's a link to both: www.fingertechrobotics.com/proddetail.php?prod=ft-1lb-beater-bar-assy palmbeachbots.com/products/fingertech-1lb-beater-bar-assembly

[@Mr.Clean123]

No Tpu?

[@TeamVector441]

Yeah the ablative armor is Tpu, forgot to mention that lol

[@mlrockytop]

What drive motors are you using ( are they geared down) You said brush less but didnt catch the numbers? I believe there are a number of different ones to pick from. I think the floors that I will be running on are going to be wood but Im also not sure where I will be all running at? I'm just started gathering info to start building my first bot! Its kind of like fight club and its hard to find out info to get started if you dont know where to look or who to talk to. The U tube builders like your self, Alex & Just Cuz are a big help and are a saving grace. Sorry one other question what radio do you use and how do you have it set up? I see 98% of the post covering the bot but not so much on the controllers? Im a 2 channel car guy so I'm pretty Blown way with a 4 or more channel receiver and how to get it all set up and working like you hope it should??? Many thanks to each of you for the long hours of editing videos and posting them to help build the community!!! I know personally it not a FUN job to do and most people have no clue what it takes..... Thanks again and look forward to many more posts and builds from Team Vector!!

[@TeamVector441]

Congratulations on starting your first bot! It's not easy to build your first bot so I'm making a video that covers a good majority of this, but as I'm getting ready for a tournament on the 19th it's on the backburner. The brushless motors are Repeat Robotics "Mini" 16mm Brushless Planetary Motor Mk3s, with 28.5:1 gearing, and can take up to 4s lipo batterys so they have a lot of power! But keep in mind you need to have 2 brushless reversible ESCs if you're planning on using them for driving. Or a dual brushless ES setup, the only one of those I found is from Repeat Robotics. That also involves channel mixing as well so keep that in mind! When it comes to finding out what the floors will be, if it isn't really stated on the post then try emailing the organizer! Usually, they respond pretty quickly and will be able to tell you! For the radio setup, I use a modified Radiolink RC4GS V3 5 Channel, so Vector drives almost exactly like an RC car, so that radio might help you since you're coming from that! And for the mixing part @TeamPanicRobotics put out a video on how to mix channels easily on the most common transmitter the Flysky Fs-i6, and no joke I applied almost the same settings to my transmitter and it works perfectly. And thank you so much, I actually love making these videos, the editing is hard but I like it lol. If you have any more questions just let me know, it helps me out cause I can integrate them into future videos for everyone!

[@RATR_2]

good video editing.

[@TeamVector441]

Thanks! I try to make it entertaining for everyone to watch :)

[@ThreeAngrySquirrels]

The meta seems to be spinning weapons and the counters to them agility and or armour. Has anyone tried using kevlar webbing to entangle their weapon like "The Grappler" does for stopping moving cars?

[@TeamVector441]

That's a great Idea! But unfortunately very illegal in combat robotics, entanglement devices, liquid, emp or anything other than sheer blunt force is simply not allowed unfortunately. I believe they made entanglement illegal specifically in the 90s during the comedy central era of battlebots. But I could be wrong on that. The only way entanglement is allowed is when something that was never designed to be an entanglement device entangles your weapon. Like say you rip off an opponents wheel and it gets stuck in your main weapon, that's allowed but it cant be intentional. Alex Alchemy driver of cheesecake has a great video on it when it actually happens to him in a fight vs Temper. Feel free to check that out! kzbin.info/www/bejne/p2jOaaKXl9pljbc

[@ThatRandomRodent_]

Nicely done! I like the vector theme and the bot looks powerfull! Small question: I was wondering how you got the repeat robotics ESC to work, because I use the same one and whenever I use it, it smokes up as soon as it makes contact with the battery. (This happened twice)

[@TeamVector441]

Interesting! I would say that you have to make sure that your connectors are set up correctly, if your running a larger than 4s Battery than the capacitor is needed to run the esc. Whenever I use it I only run 4s with no capacitor and ensuring that your + and - are NOT CROSSED! I have burned up drone ESCs like that and it is not fun, also be sure to check that their is no solder debris accidently connecting something on the board. I once had a drone board which I thought was fine until I plugged it in, and it burned up instantly. Took a closer look and found that a tiny piece of solder was connecting one of the capacitors to something that WAS NOT A CAPACITOR! Its also possible if any of the settings have been touched that something went wrong their. I haven't touched the settings and its working great so far. At least I don't know how to change the settings that is lol Let me know if this helps!

[@ThatRandomRodent_]

@@TeamVector441 Thank you so much. I will try that. I also didn’t soder the motors to the esc yet so that may be why. Finnaly, I am in your position at the begining of the video, and I am wondering how you connect the battery to the switch.

[@TeamVector441]

Yeah no problem lol, The battery switch is a fingertech mini power switch. It is just a screw that connects two wires together when you screw it in. I have it set up on my positive cable, literally I took the positive cable (not the one on the actual battery the one on the positive terminal of the esc) cut it in half, tined it and connected each end to each side of the switch. And it acts as the kill/power switch for the whole thing.👍

[@RyanHahn-vo2xj]

How do you hold the back wheels on ?

[@TeamVector441]

their on some fingertech nylon hubs, been using them for a while now :)

[@RyanHahn-vo2xj]

@@TeamVector441 Great thank you

[@DrumBotics]

Nice video, but its amazing that you was able to make weight with that big of a weapon. 135 grams and witg these brushless drives it looks like a beatle weight. I thought my 100 gram egg beater was big

[@TeamVector441]

Yeah it was difficult to do but I was able to figure it out! And 100g is still crazy!

[@hshbean1]

one question why didnt u choose biteforce battlebot weapon instead of this any reason behind it and which one would be good yours or biteforce one

[@TeamVector441]

I chose this weapon config because I wanted to make a weapon that was as wide as possible but with as much hitting force I could put into it. Biteforces weapon is very condensed into one place, while vectors weapon is wide and can hit anywhere along the drum. So I would be really interested in finding out which one would win!

[@ADuckProductions-ql6tm]

Hi. I was wondering what motor you used could you send me the link?

[@TeamVector441]

For the main weapon I use this: www.racedayquads.com/products/t-motor-f2004-3000kv-micro-motor-1-5mm-shaft?keyword=3000kv A word of caution though, after about 1-2.5 seconds even at half speed this thing will start to ignite the atmosphere because of how hot it gets. You must have proper thermal management when using it and make sure that you have some type of heatsink or air going over it to keep it cool cause it can burn out QUICK if it doesn't.

[@ADuckProductions-ql6tm]

@@TeamVector441 thanks so much!

[@alfio-z4x]

yes i have idea...

[@TeamVector441]

I love ideas

[@amadensor]

We fight at 150g. A whole pound sounds easy.

[@TeamVector441]

Your completely right. Building a bot under a certain weight limit is easy, but making what you want to build is the hard part!