Combat Robotics | Ted Cruise

For my first combat robot, me and a friend built a 1lb plastic ant weight class vertical spinner. With this robot, we had three priorities: ease of control, weapon bite, and modularity. Several design choices were made in service of these goals, including the drive motors, weapon design, and front mounting. We came up with various different weapon and protection configurations to counter many of the different robot archetypes we might encounter. This robot received first place at our local competition and will hopefully see a comeback in the near future.