LEGO fighting robots that play soccer

[PKW]

Hi to all! waiting to the sun to film the RC Dawnbreaker I've edited and posted an old video that I've made to test my battle bots: crab and scorpion.

During the video me and my cousin were talking in italian but don't worry: i've added some subtitles just to translate our wisecracks ;)

Some stats about the robots:

GRANCHIO (crab)

weight: 900g

weapons: claws

motors: 2 XL(wheels) 2L(claws)

strengths: 4x4, can keep the ball

weaknesses: (hardly) flippable

SCORPIONE(scorpion)

weight: 900g

weapons: flipping arm

motors: 2 M (wheels) 1 L (reloading winch) 1 old 9V (gearbox)

strenghts: atomic-like powerful weapon, defensive/offensive weapon

weaknesses: hard to control (really), low traction

enjoy the video (likes and comments are welcome if you like it ;) )

Edited April 27, 2015 by PKW

[miguev]

Love it! I gotta share this with my friend who's building a sumo robot, he wanted an RC robot as opponent to train the EV3 robot.

[PKW]

Love it! I gotta share this with my friend who's building a sumo robot, he wanted an RC robot as opponent to train the EV3 robot.

thanks! I tried to make an nxt vs PF fight but I think is something really unbalanced, because a sumo robot is only something that move randomly on the field an hurt the opponent, while a "human driven" robot can aim to win the opponent without program limits, or also escape to its attacks. so a PF opponent is useful to test the strategy but is also something you will not find in a sumo competition… anyway, if an ev3 robot win a PF one (with same power/weapons) I think it is really well made and well programmed! I'm interested on make an NXT hose robot :3

[Coola1]

"Lego makes people scream in a strange way..."

[braker23]

This is awesome, I always wanted to build fighting robots, and the soccer idea is perfect for hours of fun. Thanks a lot for posting it :)

[Rockbrick]

that was hilarious....

[DamonMM2000]

That's a really neat idea!

[PKW]

"Lego makes people scream in a strange way..."

happy that I've achieved my goal: make a funny and interesting video :3

This is awesome, I always wanted to build fighting robots, and the soccer idea is perfect for hours of fun. Thanks a lot for posting it :)

yes I have a lot of fun playing this match and it is really captivating (you heard scream for the goals as a real match :laugh: )

that was hilarious....

That's a really neat idea!

thank you so much!

[darksheep]

This is really cool wow can't wait for your other addons for this fun machine .

[Commander Turtle]

What great robots! Is the flipper done with Lego spring pieces, or something else? I'd be really interested to see a breakdown of that weapon.

[PKW]

What great robots! Is the flipper done with Lego spring pieces, or something else? I'd be really interested to see a breakdown of that weapon.

just a moment: I'll edit this link with the topic of the advanced version of that robot ;)

EDIT:

http://www.eurobrick...opic=104571&hl=

this is the link, you can find there an LDD file, it is powered by a green rubber-band ;) not a lego spring

This is really cool wow can't wait for your other addons for this fun machine .

thank you, next week I'll post a small tournament with 3 robots ;)

Edited April 29, 2015 by PKW

[Commander Turtle]

Very nice, the string release is good too. I think I only need that clutch piece to build this!