VoltronBot

KALE, one of the configuration's final design
Over the Wedge, the final configuration design
Un-Koalafied, another configuration design
The non-functional test bed
The functional test bed

Inspiration

We are CU's Combat Robotics team, and we decided to use Local Hack day to prototype our next 3lb combat bot. Hackathons give significantly more time than club meetings for building, which is incredibly useful for integration testing and electronics assembly.

What it does

We created multiple test beds capable of testing multiple different bot configurations (one for each team) with all the electronics necessary to test each.

How we built it

We assembled various prepurchased parts (motors, esc's, etc.), to create remote-controlled robots with drive and weapon (not enabled at this competition for safety purposes) functionality. We used two test beds that we designed (one cardboard, one 3-D printed) to allow for three different configurations of bots.

Challenges we ran into

We had to solder and resolder. A lot. Many of our connectors weren't compatible, meaning we had to create our own adapters. Furthermore, some of our electronics hacking didn't work out, so only one of our two test beds is currently driveable.