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 | |
|---|---|
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| 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 | Horizontal Bar Spinner |
| Combined Wins/Losses | 1/4 |
| Weapon Speed | (RPM) |
| ("Temporary") | ("Temporary") |
Contents
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
- Loss vs Meili
- Meili is another horizontal bar spinner. Oddly, its bar is at the exact height of Kii's belt.
- At first, Kii and Meili are exchanging blows. Meili then knocked Kii's back armor around in such a way to lift Kii's drive wheel off the ground. Then Meili's bar cut Kii's belt, at which point Kii lost by tap-out.
- Loss vs Deathcap
- Deathcap is an drum spinner with an elevated drum.
- Early on, Deathcap and Kii hit, resulting in Kii's right wheel being knocked off. Kii held Deathcap off for the full 3 minutes, and then lost by judges' decision.
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
- (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)
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:
(random joke, optional)
(Naming inspiration, optional)
(Names of original builders)
