sphere bot

[Veselin Kolev]

Wouldn't it be the scariest thing ever, if you set your robot down on the playing field. And another team comes up. With a big ball. You ask, what is that?? They say, our robot. It emits a blue glow, their team color. It rolls. It rolls over things. Wouldn’t that be AWESOME?

I personally think it would be worthy of applause if a team makes a sphere bot that can roll over other robots. Come on, you can make up to a 30” sphere. I am just wondering if any team has made a sphere bot before, and if so how they accomplished it.

Making a 30” hollow sphere that is light and strong must be a pain in the… Yea, if you have any ideas on how to make a sphere bot, please feel free to post here.

A related topic:

If one were to make a sphere bot, it would probably need a polycarb shell on the outside and inside. So… how would on go about covering a sphere with curved polycarb?

I have a few ideas, like milling a giant mold and melting plastic into it. But that’s expensive. Also, one could make a curved piece of sheet metal, lay flat polycarb onto it, and heat it up so the polycarb forms to the curve. If anyone has done this before (making a polycarb sphere), any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Veselin Kolev