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Upgrades posted by Alex on 08/19/2006
Some post event, upgrades. The Wired Wedge is under going changes, even though it went undefreated. The upgrades include, new motors, a bigger battery, and change the lexan to .025" grade 5 ti.
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First Post posted by Alex on 07/10/2006
After much debate of what type of robot I should build I came to the conclusion I need to build a big and effective robot. The event that I go to a lot has 4 12" push-outs in the antweight arena, so they have a rule saying no ant or flea can be bigger than 12" at the start of the match, so for a robot to be effective in not getting pushed out the robot must expand beyond 12" to about 14"-16" and I you want an effective wedge robot you need to use the weight of the other robot aginst him. A good way to do this is to make a dustpan type robot. Thus The Wired Wedge was born. To find out more about the robot read on.
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