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3lb Beginner's Guide

old 3lb links

• 3lbers
• 3lb Beginner's Guide
• Electronics Basics
• List of 3lb Robots
• Robot Basics

new 3lb links

• Intro to BB, a quick paragraph here
• 3lb Design Guide
  • Bots that exist
    • Weight classes, weapon types (and what they do), examples
  • weapon design
    • more in depth on types and advantages
    • design technique
  • chassis design
  • electronics guide
  • manufacturing methods and materials for 3lb
  • vendor stuff
• 3lb Assembly and Troubleshooting
• List of 3lb Robots

Big Bots

• List of Big Bots

• Big Bot design tips
  • component selection for big bots
    • common parts
    • advanced electronics (also linked in 3lb)
    • Vendors
  • basic mechanisms that differ from 3lb

Other Documentation

• Arena Documentation
• Materials Database
• 3D Printing for Battlebots
• Vendors
• BootyBots (secret)

Resources

• Riobotz Combot Tutorial (400 page guide on how to build battlebots written by the pro-team that built Minotaur. A must read.)
• Shigley's Machine Design 9th Ed. (Machine design textbook on how to do mechanical engineering calculations on for different mechanical components)
• NHRL Wiki
• NHRL Discord Server