Insaniti

Insaniti
Year Of Creation	2021-2022
Versions
Current Version	1.0
Update Year	2021-2022
Wins/Losses	0/2
Information and Statistics
Weight Class	Beetleweight
Weapon Class	Vertical Disk
Combined Wins/Losses	0/2
Weapon Speed	Estimated 7000 RPM

Insaniti is a beetleweight robot designed, machined, and assembled during the 2021-22 schoolyear. It competed in the 2022 Motorama Robot Combat event. Insaniti is a two-wheeled box-shaped robot armed with a large vertically spinning disk weighing approximately 2.8 pounds. This guide will evaluate design considerations and their consequences.

Competitions

Motorama 2022

• Results: 0-2
  • Bracket Style: Double Elimination
    • Loss vs Mombot
    • Loss vs Carrotz
      • Electronics issues due to faulty switch. Eliminated due to lack of movement after entering the Battle Box.
  • Grudge Matches:
    • Loss vs Singulariti (Video Link:)

Version

Insaniti V 1.0

Created by:

Drive Motors
Drive Motor Controllers
Weapon Motor
Weapon Motor Controllers
Receiver
Remote Control
Battery

Design Summary

• Weapon
  • Vertical Spinner
• Chasis
  • Long prismatic chassis with slots for weight savings.
  • The side plates were 3/16” thick Aluminum plates while the front, internal, back, and base plates were ⅛” thick Aluminum plates.
  • The top plate was ⅛” thick HDPE.
  • Lots of slot-shaped weight savings were implemented.
  • The robot features an invertibility stand extended upward from both left and right internal plates.
  • All plates are attached with 4-40 screws.
  • Extended material from side plates to prevent the front plate from being dragged along the floor.
• Drive
  • Two-wheel drive
  • Default 3-lb drive motor assembly and electronics.
  • 3” diameter wheels

Positives

• The chassis is simplistic and does not contain complex geometry, resulting in an easier manufacturing/machining process.
• The extensions from the internal side plates permit the robot to be mobile when flipped.
• The HDPE top plate and ⅛” thick Aluminum base plate provided adequate protection, inflicting little-to-no damage despite being hit by Chonkii and Mauri.

Issues

• There was a possibility of being flipped into a diagonal where the wheels could not move
  
• Did not have clearance for inverted mode
  
• Switch was stripped due to being in an awkward position and supported by only wires
  
• Belt would easily slip off due to no tension
  
  • Weapon motor did not adjustable positioning
    
  • The groove on the pulley was not deep enough
    
• Vertical weight savings being aligned with puzzle fit tap holes meant the armor was weak at those tap holes
  
• Not very maneuverable
  
  • Too friction by the aluminum stand
    
  • Not enough traction from the foam wheel
    
  • Not enough drive motor power
    
  • Back wheel drive meant imprecise forward movement(more testing)
    
  • Center of gravity not being on wheel