The entire multibot will be considered KO'd if 50% A 12 lb multi-bot consisting of two walkers receives a 24lb A 12 lb multibot consisting of a walker/shuffler is allowedġ8 lb. Multi's that are a mixture of walking/rolling robots follow rollingĮxample: A 12 lb multibot consisting of a Roller/Walker is allowed 12lbs
The multi-bot team are walkers, they follow the walker weight limit. They do not need to 'snap' together in any way, but theyĭo need to conform to all rules and regulations. This rule is not a means to disqualify any competing bot or to determineĪre legal. This requirement must only be met during initial inspection. Lb and heavier bots must be capable of a linear speed of 16 feet per Principals to for approval before building.ġ50 gram, Antweights and Beetles have no minimum May weigh up to 100% more than their standard class weight limit.Įxamples: Mechadon, Snake, Lock Nut Monster, Ixion, LurchĪre unsure which category your design falls, please email a detailedĭiagram of your design and a detailed explanation of its mechanical Or valves running through a specific sequence to produce motion. Typically have control systems significantly more complex than thoseįound on shufflers or rollers, involving multiple actuators, servos, The driving mechanisms in order to reverse direction. Rotation, and must require some change in timing or sequencing of Have no parts normally in contact with the ground undergoing continuous May be through electric, pneumatic, or hydraulic means. Those robots in which multiple linear or limited-travel rotary actuatorsĪre intermittently driven to produce linear travel of the robot. May weigh up to 50% more than their standard class weight limit.Įxamples: Phelan, Nemesis, Pressure Drop, Son of Whyachi, Reflex, Belladonna, Kung Fu Cow Shufflers typically have electrical control systems indistinguishable The defining feature ofĪ shuffler (versus a walker) will be the ability to generate continualįorward motion of the robot from continual rotation of its drive motors. Shafts, it will be considered a shuffler. Motion of those parts from one or more continuously rotating drive Of mechanical devices such as cams or crankshafts to generate reciprocating Unrestrained rotation around a horizontal axis, but uses a system The controlled movement and minimum speed requirements must be met.Īnd/or propelled by parts that do not normally undergo continuous Walker definitions may receive the walker weight bonus. That has no wheel driven locomotion and otherwise conforms to the Hovercraft robotsĪre allowed, but are subject to wheeled weight limits. True even if the robot rests on an air cushion or skids rather than Projectiles), will not be considered walkers or shufflers. With the surroundings, or reaction forces from gas jets or hurled That rely on a thrust method other than mechanical friction with theįloor (such as thrust-generating fans, electromagnetic interaction Well as continuous track or belt drive systems.Įxamples: Every wheeled or tracked robot out there. Of wheels (including noncircular, spoked, or offset-axis wheels) as Normal operation of the robot's drivetrain. Undergo unrestrained rotation around a horizontal axis during the Ground and either cause it to move or support some or all of its weight Considered to be wheeled if those parts of the robot which touch the