Ki

Ki is a senior-designed 3lber, introduced as a project to test out experimental 3lber ideas. It was designed and built during the Summer and early Fall of 2016 for Sparkfun, a competition in Colorado.

It was then redesigned for Motorama 2017.

Its central concept is an asymmetrical horizontal bar spinner. The original design's horizontal bar looked like a key, hence the name. Other features include .25" UHMW armor in Ki and .5" UHMW armor on Kii.

Kii
Year Of Creation	2016
Versions
Current Version	2.0
Update Year	2016-2017
Wins/Losses	0/2
Information and Statistics
Weight Class	BeetleWeight
Weapon Class	Bar Spinner
Combined Wins/Losses	1/4
Weapon Speed	(RPM)
("Temporary")	("Temporary")

Competitions

Sparkfun 2016

Results: 1-2

Bracket type: double elimination

• Loss vs Margin of Safety
  • First fight against Margin of Safety. Great odds.
  • At first, Ki and Margin are exchanging weapon hits. This pattern soon ends as Margin rips off all 3 armor pieces. Ki loses by tapout.

• Win vs Kamikaze
  • Kamikaze is a full-body bar spinner with an ABS frame and massive weapon.
  • Kamikaze and Ki exchange blows for around 30 seconds, after which Kamikaze tears Ki's back armor off. It then ricochets, breaking its own ABS chassis and KO'ing itself.
• Loss vs Just a Wedge
  • Just a Wedge is, as its name suggests is just a wedge.
  • It was a wedge fight for most of it. Just a Wedge got its wedge stuck under a saw field hazard. Ki then bumped it free after a short time. Ki loses by judges' decision.

Motorama 2017

• Results: 0-2
  • Bracket type: double elimination
    • [(Video Link) (result) vs (opponent)]
      • (notes)
      • (observations)

Version

Ki

Created by: (Names of Builders/Group Members of aforementioned version of bot)

Drive Motors	12V medium-power 25D mm 9.7:1 Pololu Metal Gear Motor
Drive Motor Controllers	Scorpion Mini
Weapon Motor	NTM Prop Drive Series 28-26A 1200kv/286W
Weapon Motor Controllers	Afro Slim 20A ESC
Receiver	Hobby King 2.4Ghz Receiver 6Ch V2
Remote Control	Hobby King 2.4Ghz 6Ch Tx and Rx V2
Battery	Turnigy Nano-Tech 2200mah 3S 25~50C Lipo Pack

Problems

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Good aspects

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Changes/Improvements

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Kii

Created by: (Names of Builders/Group Members of aforementioned version of bot)

Drive Motors	12V medium-power 25D mm 9.7:1 Pololu Metal Gear Motor
Drive Motor Controllers	Scorpion Mini
Weapon Motor	Quantum MT Series 2814 880KV
Weapon Motor Controllers	Afro 30A Race Spec Mini ESC
Receiver	Hobby King 2.4Ghz Receiver 6Ch V2
Remote Control	Hobby King 2.4Ghz 6Ch Tx and Rx V2
Battery	Turnigy Nano-Tech 1000mah 3S 25~50C Lipo Pack

Problems

• (List of Problems, 1 per bullet point)

Good aspects

• (List of good aspects, 1 per bullet point)

Changes/Improvements

• (List of suggested improvements/changes, 1 per bullet point)

See also

• [(link to other bot made this year) (Name of other bot made this year)]

Notes:

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