pic: Vex hammer bot

[Arkorobotics]

Originally Posted by anna~marie

hehehe that controller looks like a face

Woah! I didn't even notice that!

Here is a MOVIE of it going crazy:

http://www.arkorobotics.com/destroy.mov


Sorry if the link doesn't work, try downloading link to desktop or something if it doesn't work.

[Billfred]

(since somebody had to say it...)

Stop! Hammertime!

(takes a bow)

I like it--kinda reminiscent of Deadblow from back in the heyday of BattleBots.

[Greg Marra]

Originally Posted by Arkorobotics

Here is a MOVIE of it going crazy:

http://www.arkorobotics.com/destroy.mov

Haha! It's so cute! Smash smash aww!

[pakrat]

Very cool, i'm just not sure if it has the kind of force needed for a BattleVex (if such a thing existed). BUt i like the speed at which it pounds. And a very good project with a Vex kit, especially for getting used to it.

[Dan Petrovic]

Looks like a perfect device for scaring the cats

That's what I use my Vex Kit for... I also pick up little tetras 166 made as trophies for the mini-competition we ran last year.

[Richard Wallace]

Originally Posted by InfernoX14

Looks like a perfect device for scaring the cats

Thanks for the idea!

Three cats at my house better watch out.

[lukevanoort]

Looks more like a shovel wheel mining machine than a BattleBot to me... Speaking of BattleVex it'd be an interesting side game at an off season event. The main rule would be, no making a robot inoperable. The goal would be to incapacitate all your opponents. (eg. flipping, pushing into pits in the field, lifting off the ground, so on) Now that'd be an interesting game!

[KenWittlief]

VexBots Silver Hammer

"But when she turns her back on the Vex
it creeps up from behind!

..."

[colin340]

Originally Posted by lukevanoort

Looks more like a shovel wheel mining machine than a BattleBot to me... Speaking of BattleVex it'd be an interesting side game at an off season event. The main rule would be, no making a robot inoperable. The goal would be to incapacitate all your opponents. (eg. flipping, pushing into pits in the field, lifting off the ground, so on) Now that'd be an interesting game!

ya
it would be like battle bots and sumo
so happy together

[Kyle Love]

VEX battle bots?

[colin340]

Originally Posted by Kyle Love

VEX battle bots?

yes but no hurting other robots just fliping and pushing

[Greg Marra]

Originally Posted by colin340

yes but no hurting other robots just fliping and pushing

Our VEX team challenged me (as base driver) and another member of our team (as the only independent owner of a VEX kit) to a VEX-off. We need to build a bot to beat our FVC bot in a 1v1 version of this year's game.

I really don't feel like building a ball scoring mechanism, so I thinking about just building a flipper and then parking on the platform

[JoeXIII'007]

Gee, I love those servos in the VEX kits, especially when you can control it directly with a joystick.

This hammer thingamabob looks rather fun, hey, wait a minute. hmmm... (now if I put a turntable on top of the robot and then the servo, hmmm... )

[Dylan]

Originally Posted by InfernoX14

Looks like a perfect device for scaring the cats

Nooooooo! Be nice to kitties!
(Have two new kittens at my house )

[Uberbots]

Looks like a perfect device for scaring the cats

What about foxes (foxii, fox, ??)? there is one making a horrible sound outside my door right now.

I want a vex kit so badly. Unfortunately, i dont have the savings for it at the moment . Me and my brother would then be able to have mini-vex competitions among ourselves