Insaniti
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:
- Bracket Style: Double Elimination
- Loss versus Mombot
- Loss versus Carrotz
- Electronics issues due to faulty switch. Eliminated due to lack of movement after entering the Battle Box.
- Grudge Matches:
- Loss versus Singulariti (Video Link:)
- Bracket Style: Double Elimination
Design Overview and Evaluation
Chassis
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 a awkward position and supported by only wires -Belt would easily slipped 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