Antweight Test Arena

I started on a test arena for the smaller robots quite a while back. Initially, it was an open platform with pushouts for Kobalos and Motor City Massacre, however with both new ants having high velocity spinning weapons, something a bit more substantial was in order. After some material scrounging and the purchase of enough lexan to allow for reasonable visibility, and a great deal of TIG welding, the new safety cage is done and installed.

The arena separates into two halves, both of which have casters mounted on one side for easy transport. The combat area is roughly 48x48x21 inches.

New armor for Nyx and two ants in progress

Nyx has new 1/16" titanium top armor. Switching from 1/8" aluminum to 1/16" titanium saves some weight while allowing better coverage and results in a reasonable strength increase.

I have also started on two robots for Clash of the Bots 3 at the Scheile Museum near Charlotte, NC. Klazo is a prototype kitbots drumbot kit and Algos is a titanium framed vertical spinner with a high rpm single tooth disk.