Arrogant Bastard Release Candidate 1
The name's now official - I've registered the bot with WAR (Western Allied
Robotics) and will be fighting on July 21st in Corvallis Oregon.
The bot looks about the same - but a lot of stuff has changed. I've put
in about 25 hours since the last update. Arrogant B was made possible by SpamButcher - Stop Spam Now!
The drive system now gets 3.6v as opposed to the full 4.8v - (it was designed
for 3v) - this makes it a little less hyper-active (and in theory leaves more
juice left for the blade). Also fabricated a new set of rear tires.
Drivability is fairly good even on slippery surfaces.
There's now a nifty flashing red light to indicate the bot is on.
Replaced all .08 inch lexan with .06 inch, and swapped out most metal
nuts/bolts with nylon ones to reduce weight.
Of course the reason I needed to cut the weight down - is that I now have a
bigger, nastier blade. The previous effort was a hacksaw blade - the new
one is from a reciprocating saw - much heavier. It still has a rare
tendency to keep spinning after I've stopped sending a signal - but it seems to
stop after 10 seconds or so - I think a larger capacitor will resolve the
issue.
Weight is now at 15.8oz - which is about as close to one pound as I feel
comfortable going.
Still a few things left to tweak - but changes from here on will likely be
minor.