Why I Build Robots Without Wheels

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Жыл бұрын

Shea Waffles Johns built Big Cookie and is the driver of Depth Charge, both robots are unique in that they have no wheels and move by the vibration of bristles attached to the underside. It's very difficult to control, but that's just how Shea likes it.
In the latest episode of This Is Havoc, find out why she says No to wheels and prefers the seemingly impossible to control bristle drive instead through her new robot Big Ccookie.
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@teamgetwreckedcombatrobots776 Жыл бұрын

Non-wheeled robots will always be some of my favorite bots. They tend to have some of the most creative and entertaining designs and Big Cookie is a perfect example of that.

@killerkirby366 Жыл бұрын

Well soem are sucky liek the battle bot Rex It was lame as hell

@wristofkings Жыл бұрын

Control? Aggression? Driving in straight lines? Screw that. GIVE ME MOAR WEAPON, *MOAR CHAOS.* Just like Deep Six and Depth Charge, even if event organizers and maintenance crews hate all-weapon bots the sport would be so much less fun without them. Kudos to Shea for creating this one.

@NHRL Жыл бұрын

We love all weapon bots.

@jeffbrownstain Жыл бұрын

@@NHRL eh

@AquarianSoulTimeTraveler 5 ай бұрын

@@NHRLI see that you have the minimum amount of flair on... don't you want to express yourself😂

@alexprice5352 Жыл бұрын

This is literally my best friend in robot combat and to see her go from 1 lb concept to 30 lb monster has been so incredible. I adore this robot so much and I can’t wait to fight it with any 30-lber I end up building. WE LOVE BIG COOKIE. IF YOU HATE IT, BLESS YOUR HEART.

@greenisthedevilscolor784 Жыл бұрын

I read the title as "Why I bully robots with no wheels" and was expecting an aggressive short essay on the superiority of wheeled robots lmao

@NHRL Жыл бұрын

Hopefully you weren't disappointed...

@learntostock3487 Жыл бұрын

@@NHRL you should make a video like this but make it real dark and there is some guy sitting by a fireplace reading about their hatred for nonwheeled robots lol.

@sketchingdetails Жыл бұрын

Big Cookie left such a huge impression at the January tournament. I'm excited to see what Shea does with it next.

@joetrident Жыл бұрын

Many impressions on the floor too 😂

@willworkforicecream Жыл бұрын

Non-wheeled locomotion, like flamethrowers, may not always be the "best" but it'll always be the coolest.

@2asseddog Жыл бұрын

More engineer showcases please! I love seeing how these bots are built.

@gleamx1739 Жыл бұрын

Love the simlicity of it. Just raw power. A golden bayblade of destruction.

@dandischinosvarietyhour1655 Жыл бұрын

I love to see this type of content, I think its what the sport really needs to grow.

@RIPvizzini Жыл бұрын

I love somebody who recognizes their own weaknesses (I also struggle with wheel control lol) and uses creativity to seek a different path. I love da cookie 🍪💖✨

@ratheonhudson3311 Жыл бұрын

Gotta appreciate welcoming a new style in. Bring it on! It takes a great mind to design, test, and bravely put the creation in the area. I see good things to come.

@NHRL Жыл бұрын

Boom!

@felixrivera895 Жыл бұрын

Big cookie was just Looming Death while the minibot was playing hunting dog

@BeyondEcho95 8 ай бұрын

Its a spinning death tank that wobbles. Sounds like an excellent plan in my book! I see the beauty instantly

@primary4075 Жыл бұрын

I was skeptical about the robot, but damn..... Powerful robot, good job big cookie creator's.

@upgrade1015 Жыл бұрын

This woman is fun and quarky and talented she has good energy and smart !!!! Awesome

@chrischamberlain9437 Жыл бұрын

Cookie!!!!! Such an amazing bot and team!

@Dangineering Жыл бұрын

Interesting design philosophy and robot! Thanks for sharing!

@NHRL Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@chriscapps206 Жыл бұрын

Awesome vid,love shea,she’s awesome and her bots are too! Cookies such an awesome bot,love me a walker bot

@TomcoDesigns Жыл бұрын

why did the vert get an unstick in the first fight? Big cookie worked to deliberately stack them, isnt that a legitimate strategy?

@lukeb0t Жыл бұрын

Oh hey, I’m a big fan of Jasper! At NHRL, every robot gets one free unstick from the house robot. Builders typically ask for the unstick, which is designed to keep matches going longer, and eliminates early count-outs due to a weird bump or a bit or bad luck.

@TomcoDesigns Жыл бұрын

@@lukeb0t Thank you, that is very kind of you to say. That's a pretty cool rule.

@bontiac Жыл бұрын

This is so cool!! Go big cookie!! You got a fan for sure! Can’t wait for the next iteration!

@IanThatMetalBassist Жыл бұрын

With further iteration this could be more than just interesting

@04liverydesign7 Жыл бұрын

An unique concept indeed, but a lot of work to be done in many aspects of the bot, like balance before spin, speed and maybe a self right mechanism, i am impressed by the damage it deals.

@Cyromantik Жыл бұрын

I love ambulatory systems that use stuff like torque, centripetal acceleration or center of gravity shifts to navigate, it's such a tasty challenge.

@dippyfresh1116 Жыл бұрын

I love Big Cookie

@jvsonyt 10 ай бұрын

Cookie op be like "I only like being able to hold up on the throttle"

@kholdanstaalstorm6881 Жыл бұрын

Good concept, a little lackluster in the mechanical side but it's a first year robot. The minibot was really a great team player, ample speed and great driving! Perhaps the uneven bristles made the main bot dip too much at high rotation of the main weapon? I understand that they want some dipping, but perhaps they got more than they bargained for? The two stops in the last 2 fights, was that a mechanical failure of the gearbox they mentioned wasn't made for their possible rotational speeds? Good efforts nonetheless, great showing getting into round 2 in their first year!

@lucidahand7975 Жыл бұрын

The minibot is definitely the MVP! The main issue was that there was too much space between the baseplate and the inner shell, so the shell could wobble too much with that clearance. The second fight, since the driving pulley is the highest point in the internals, when the shell rocked in that big hit and kept spinning, the top of the shell knocked into the pulley hard enough to break the shaft going through the right angle gearbox. The gearbox surprisingly held up great! The solution to that problem is rub blocks along the baseplate for the future, so the shell can't tilt so much. We've also since revised the driving pulley attachment method so that it's not as close to the shell lid. In the rumble, the issue was from the weapon pulley! The main shaft is a big bolt, locked in place with two nuts. The threading on the bolt was just a little too long, and Cookie spins in the tightening direction. This is great for making sure the weapon pulley doesn't fly off, but the nuts tightened enough in that hit to lock the whole thing up. Everything else was fine after that, so we got a longer bolt for the future and adjusted the spacing to those nuts. There was some smoke in the rumble, but it was from the belts burning up as they tried to spin the locked up weapon pulley.

@kholdanstaalstorm6881 Жыл бұрын

@@lucidahand7975 Thank you for the very detailed and well laid out reply, very much appreciated! You clearly have much more information than the video, so I'm guessing you have something to do with the bot or have other sources perhaps? I will be looking out for the upgraded version, seems like most of the issues have been addressed already, so I'm excited to see the results!

@lucidahand7975 Жыл бұрын

@@kholdanstaalstorm6881 I'm the builder, thank you for the kind words! We brought it back to Motorama Robot Conflict this past weekend (with legs!) and it's definitely going the right direction, but lots of problem solving to keep me busy haha

@kholdanstaalstorm6881 Жыл бұрын

@@lucidahand7975 No wonder you had all the details, dealing with the issues first hand! Thank you for taking the time to chat with me, I'm very honored and grateful that you did that! I can only imagine how much you're kept on your toes in that position, not to mention all the possible and impossible things that can happen in a fight or a full series! I've done some project work and management in a different field, so I know how it can throw you a curve ball from your blind side. I would love to "pick your brains" with someone on the specifics of robot combat management, but an open KZfaq chat isn't the time or place. They say "break a leg" when wishing all the best in the theaters, but I haven't learned the equivalent proverb for robot fighting. The sentiment still stands though, so fingers crossed for you and the team!

@greggv8 Жыл бұрын

@@lucidahand7975 Radial needle bearings and hardened washers will help with that. They're inexpensive at McMaster Carr.

@giin97 Жыл бұрын

Oh hey, there are still robot fighting things? Nice!

@horrorluver565 Жыл бұрын

MAAD RESPECT for her concept… That’s what the ring needs

@alaricwilli6482 Жыл бұрын

I love the idea. I'd like to see it not cut up the arena just to get going though. Lumber isn't cheap haha

@zachmarks6337 Жыл бұрын

Sparkle Sparkle

@xlmao Жыл бұрын

IMHO this needs to be built from the ground up, not with spare parts, excited for a v1-v2 of this bot

@TheWileGuy Жыл бұрын

Needs more refining, but I like the concept.

@Vaggie2014 Жыл бұрын

I've been watching battle bots since I was about 7 ,or so . I been waiting make my own for a long while now , and I've found a hobby shop that sell little battle bots . There about 20- 30 US dollars though ,but there is another hobby shop that some can make there battle bot ,hope one day to make ,or buy my own.

@rolidcz7954 Жыл бұрын

Big Cookie is monster! :D

@kaistumer198 Жыл бұрын

Big Cookie vs Deepth charge ;-P a fight prone fot a double knock out 4 refusing to fight or big cookie will win just for an attack by the mini bot?

@SteeveEfnet Жыл бұрын

You could make it walk in any direction with an Arduino and gyro board

@smileyp4535 Жыл бұрын

Since I'm new to this why does big cookie get a mini bot to help it?

@JM-fu6vy 8 ай бұрын

Unconventional mobility gets advantages

@BladeLigerV 8 ай бұрын

First hit, Thinged a bot. Second hit, TORE A WHEEL OUT.

@titan2969 11 ай бұрын

big cookie destoryed the whole floor oh wow

@jamesbelcher896 Жыл бұрын

I don't build robots with wheels proceeds to build robot that's giant wheel...😅

@Swumple Жыл бұрын

Big cookie will devour your ankles.

@i-lack-creativity Жыл бұрын

*big cookie strong big cookie work*

@mikaroni_and_cheez Жыл бұрын

That's how it should be really with robots Make it a conversation between the driver and bot What can and cannot the driver do? Have the robot be built to take advantage of the driver's skills and navigate around their weaknesses Of course this is just saying and not doing but the concept is excellent in of itself

@calebrobotart Ай бұрын

Mo' Wheels, Mo' Problems.

@Leto_0 3 ай бұрын

Damn even depth charge has more control

@TommyWashow Жыл бұрын

tapped out at waffles

@MrBigCookieCrumble Жыл бұрын

I'VE FOUND MY FAVORITE IN MY FIRST VIDEO

@squirrel_killer- 7 ай бұрын

It seems to get knocked offline by its own power. Hopefully it can be solved

@wtfdude5738 Жыл бұрын

awesome bot

@ivansavchenco5636 Жыл бұрын

I am kinda new to rules, isn't is illegal to have two robots against one?

@crazyfunnyman1760 Жыл бұрын

Big cookie seems to be effective

@markpfeifer1402 Жыл бұрын

She should get a 1 button remote.

@arielr9614 Жыл бұрын

I like the concept, but the lack of steerabiility ruins it for me. You can just adhoc a gyroscopic steering build that depends on vibration to get moving. You have to do a lot of math and program a conteoller to pulse slowdowns and speedup to steer this thing. There is no way a human can manually do this. Battle bots need to start the first round with a control testing course. To disqualify robots that can't be controlled with intention.

@callmesenorita6596 Жыл бұрын

Aka i power on the robot 😂

@emeraldeyes9246 Жыл бұрын

Is that announcer Pete Gustin?

@MatthewBowe Жыл бұрын

Does she have any control over it at all?

@NHRL Жыл бұрын

Some, but it’s a new robot and it takes time to get everything dialled in. It’ll be much better each time they run it. When they do it’ll be a beast.

@TeamSmallRobots Жыл бұрын

She explains the control method at 7:33

@JohnGottschalk Жыл бұрын

It's 1 big wheel though

@emp100k Жыл бұрын

Fun robot but it keeps on shutting off.

@greggv8 Жыл бұрын

I'd be leaning towards a DQ based on how much damage it does to the arena before it even gets to attacking or getting hit.

@jackassmr33 6 ай бұрын

for the love of the welding god, grind em out and weld it properly

@necromancer0616 Жыл бұрын

I think the idea is to actualy be able to control your robot. Just putting a motorized spinner in the arena and seeing if it hits something isn't a robot.

@lucidahand7975 Жыл бұрын

It is controlled with torque steering. This was its first outing so we're still getting its legs under it ;D Especially in the smaller versions, directional control is apparent. Some structural changes will allow it to really show what it can do in a future event :)

@greggv8 Жыл бұрын

@@lucidahand7975 how about making part of the baseplate able to tilt to change the pressure on the bristles attached to the tilting section?

@lucidahand7975 Жыл бұрын

@@greggv8 We tried servo-powered legs at Moto and they're promising! The biggest advantage to that is angling the shell to get more bite. The torque steering works great when the weapon is a tad more balanced than it was at this event.

@shakes.dontknowwhatyergettin 9 ай бұрын

tbf none of these things are robots, just RC cars

@onerian8178 9 ай бұрын

lol its a beyblade

@kelsey-silas1656 7 ай бұрын

Wheels? Who likes wheels?

@cognisant307 Жыл бұрын

I don't think this honors the nature of the competition being a sport, being able to drive and control your robot is as much a part of competing as making the robot, her robot is so slow and uncontrollable that she stands no reasonable chance of catching her opponent, instead the onus is entirely on her opponent to either drive into her bot or literally sit there motionless for a minute while her robot slowly approaches. If not disqualified she should be cheesed out of any chance of winning by opponents using light flails, these flails will have no chance of doing any actual damage but a hit is still a hit and if they hit her bot without ever letting her retaliate (because again the onus is on them to let her hit them) then she loses by default, as she should.

@greggv8 Жыл бұрын

A well operated and very strong spike hammer through the openings in the top of the shell would have Big Cookie blend itself to death. It'd be a hard jolt to the attacking bot but highly destructive to Big Cookie.