About Us
A place for Cape Cod combat robot builders and enthusiasts
A Thank You to the Cape Cod Makers for help building our portable arena. Hopefully league members will help us to make it bigger and better.
Setting up for the Mashpee Mini Makerfaire
This is our combat robot arena, and some billiard balls and toy trucks to use as sparring partners.
Another view of the setup for the Makerfaire
We are attached to the Cape Cod Makers display
What's New
Two Target bots
Bump-N-Go Mechanisms
Bump-N-Go Mechanisms
There are now two autonomous mechanical target bots to practice on, Sheldon and Churchy. They run mindlessly around the arena, changing direction whenever they hit something. They should be very difficult to damage unless they get flipped over. But the main challenge is to chase them down and apply your weapon effectively to a moving target.
Bump-N-Go Mechanisms
Bump-N-Go Mechanisms
Bump-N-Go Mechanisms
Sheldon is simply a Bump-N-Go toy truck chassis fitted into a stainless bowl. Churchy has a purpose-built more rugged and powerful Bump-N-Go mechanism with a 3D printed frame, ball bearings, brass gears, and a titanium bowl.
Our Mascot
Dug the Angry Robot Clam Inspired by Doug the Quahog, another resident of the Cape. If you were a clam, and you were dug, wouldn't you be angry?
Interesting links
SPARC
Working with HDPE plastic
Robert Cowan DIY - DSM Robotics
OpenAssBot Technical Standard
A new very innovative walking ring spinner bot!
A good beginner's guide to combat robot electronics
Safety in Combat Robotics
Robotic Legends - information on the sport
The Riobotz combat robot tutorial - a great place to start, and free to download
How to do mixing in a Blade type transmitter
Robot Combat Wiki
Run Amok Combat Robotics - Transmitter Tweaks for Better Driving Control
Other Robot Combat Articles
Judd’s Law: “EOs must decide from the beginning if an event is a performance or a competition.”
I have always said we need to decide the "flavor" of our robot league. Here is an article on the subject from Servo magazine.
https://www.servomagazine.com/magazine/article/the-five-dimensions-of-judds-law?utm_medium=email&_hsmi=165170732&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_b1Ct-NMpCfs2SlOxfCJ35sJ1-oVBUohHtBxX8fDArR81iujPdX5zrRiE39Qk8kdhaWtL3ZW273dbA9f7bcsd8cki8sg&utm_content=165170732&utm_source=hs_email