Point 1 is interesting, if the bars weigh the same they should be using the same amount of material but bars (both single and double tooth) have been cheaper in my experience, because the place I get weapons cut seems to charge more for parts with more holes, so cutting the spaces between the outer ring and the central hub makes the disk cost more Point 2 is correct, a faster speed does square the energy output and if you are lucky enough to be fighting at a competition that doesn't have a tip speed limit on your weapon then this is the right way to go. However tip speed limits are becoming more and more common, so it will become more of a balancing act.

@@TeamPanicRobotics I guess the place where you get your weapons cut charges you for the time they spent cutting the weapon. "Boring" the laser or waterjet through the material to start a new hole costs a lot of time and is therefore expensive. That's why I connect all the screwholes in the weapon hub with a flower like shape so I end up with only 2 times the laser has to bore through the material. Just like in this picture: forum.roboteers.org/index.php?attachment/720-barspinner-png/

Thats a good idea, I'll have to try that

Glad to help!

Sorry man, I hadnt seen your videos. This one was a user suggestion and also one I've been playing with for awhile. Yeah why MOI and Bite are important was a big part of what I wanted to cover here, people come into combat robots from all sorts of places, so a bunch of things traditionally considered easy (like high school physics or soldering) may not be in their skill set

I strongly disagree that single tooth disks are maximum MOI and bite. I said this in a different comment: " The way I see it, a single tooth disk is a contradiction in principles. You use a disk to get the highest MOI you can, which means wanting the mass of the disk as far out as you possibly can (i.e. having small bite on your teeth so the diameter of the disk can be close to the max diameter of the weapon) You use a single tooth weapon to get the highest bite you can, meaning big weapon teeth. A single tooth disk is going to have a greatly deminished MOI when compared to a twin tooth disk because the single tooth has twice the bite, which means the tooth needs to be twice as large, hence the disk needs to be shrunk inwards to accommodate, killing the MOI. Also the counterbalance in a single tooth disk kills MOI by design, as mentioned in this video, the counterweight needs to be closer to the center of mass, and needs to be heavier then the tooth So the problem in the design is that it does nothing well, a twin tooth disk has a higher MOI, a single tooth bar will have higher or equal bite without the risk of the disk being hit and a bar will have somewhat similar MOI, with a little less bite and again without the risk of the disk being hit. I will say though that this is an opinion, I havent done the maths, nor have I run single tooth disks for enough fights to really get a feel for them, mostly because I only run disks in fights where my oponents cant hit back, so I want the highest MOI I can possibly get " Hypnodisk fought in the old days where a robot built out of a microwave had a chance to make the finals. And roboteers had way less access to precision machining techniques. I very very much doubt that many people in that era considered the MOI or bite of their weapons properly. Not to say that Hypnodisk isnt a good robot, I love it and it worked well for the time, but if it fought today it would be destroyed unless they did some major upgrades and one of those upgrades would be to remove the single tooth disk and have a dual tooth disk or a single tooth bar

@@TeamPanicRobotics I mean, fair enough, you know more about this stuff then I do, just thought it was an interesting point. although you say the counterweight must be closer to center of mass, hypno's tooth was right on the ring at the outer edge, so only slightly closer and thus only needing to be slightly heavier. Again, I'm just going off what you said in this video. Although I still stand by that the washer balancing feature is a great idea, you agree on that? Funny enough, Hypno was likely one of the first precision machined robots. Entire thing was built using CAD.

Yeah the balancing is smart, weapons always get damaged in fights which can unbalance them. A quick and easy way to rebalance is a good idea

While those sound interesting, the KIS principle applies here: Keep It Simple. These weapons spin at super high speeds, and often come to a full stop during a hit. This makes it impossible to predict how exactly your weapon contacts your opponent and how it transfers the energy, so you are much better to keep the weapon simple and only try to get it to do one thing (because that way you can guarantee it will, at some point) The dual action saw blade is a great example here, lets say by chance, the fatter teeth hit first and the blade stops. In this case the thin teeth are useless, and the weight/shape is better to be a 2 tooth design to maximize bite. But if the thin teeth hit first and the blade stops, you might get stuck. (you have teeth capable of medium-big bite that also cut, if they get too big a bite they will embed and stop) The point being, if you want a weapon that does two things, design two weapon options and switch them out based on your opponent. Especially if its one of your first designs in a weight class

@@TeamPanicRobotics Thanks for the feedback, ill take it into consideration and make some alterations, i still think that the later design would be a great idea but ive probably made it sound more intricate than it really is, the idea of the end part of the blade being modular is to essentially offer different options for types of armour so the utility would be easy way of having multiple types of cutting teeth on the same spinning bar. I really think I want to make this as it makes the bot seam different to most other spinning bots, sort of like a character building element as much as a practical one. I think you could be right about the other blade, i hadn't thought about the usual types of armour that bugs are made up of, had it been relatively thin metal or PLA i dont really see an issue. But your comment made me think about the usual types of metals that the blade is going to come into contact with is highly likely going to either stop the blade rather than CUT, and be more susceptible to breaking at the joints rather than CRACKING and breaking the panel outright. Not to mention, I don't think i would have anywhere near the skills needed to make a blade that precise enough that it allowed for my to hit the weight limit and also be stable when spun at a high speed in this design.

The way I see it, a single tooth disk is a contradiction in principles. You use a disk to get the highest MOI you can, which means wanting the mass of the disk as far out as you possibly can (i.e. having small bite on your teeth so the diameter of the disk can be close to the max diameter of the weapon) You use a single tooth weapon to get the highest bite you can, meaning big weapon teeth. A single tooth disk is going to have a greatly deminished MOI when compared to a twin tooth disk because the single tooth has twice the bite, which means the tooth needs to be twice as large, hence the disk needs to be shrunk inwards to accomidate, killing the MOI. Also the counter balance in an single tooth disk kills MOI by design, as mentioned in this video, the counter weight needs to be closer to the center of mass, and needs to be heavier then the tooth So the problem in the design is that it does nothing well, a twin tooth disk has a higher MOI, a single tooth bar will have higher or equal bite without the risk of the disk being hit and a bar will have some what similar MOI, with a little less bite and again without the risk of the disk being hit. I will say though that this is an opinion, I havent done the maths, nor have I run single tooth disks for enough fights to really get a feel for them, mostly because I only run disks in fights where my oponents cant hit back, so I want the highest MOI I can possibly get

@@TeamPanicRobotics that makes a ton of sense and explains what I was missing. Thanks!

UK robot Aftershock has a disc of this kind of design. It certainly looks to hit pretty hard.

Yes, anything spinning

Shape isnt that important, What is important is where the mass is sitting (changes the MOI), how deep the tooth is (changes the bite) and how may teeth you have (changes the bite) Two different shapes that have mass in roughly the same place, with the same number or simarly deep teeth will have very similar performance So dont worry about shape worry about MOI and Bite

Neither. The whole point of this video is that you need a balance between MOI and bite to make an effective weapon. If you optimise for one too much your weapon becomes very ineffective