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\"Colsonbot\"<\/a>
\n\"Colsonbot\"<\/a>
\nColsonbot… Colsonbot…
\nDoes whatever a Colsonbot does…
\nCan he spin? Can he win?
\nNo he can’t! He’s a wheel…<\/em><\/p>\n

Colsonbot is a shell spinner, with a catch: it’s made of a Colson wheel, and is therefore nonviolent.<\/p>\n

Originally conceived during a post-event “bad idea generation” dinner at Motorama 2013, it turned into a working version 1 for Bot Blast 2013 and a new version 2 in time for Bot Blast 2015. Colsonbot is one of an increasing number of fully 3D-printed unibody insect-class (150g – 3lb) combat robots. Consumer 3D printing has gotten inexpensive enough such that more and more builders are opting to print their frames from ABS (or more rarely PLA) plastics.<\/p>\n

Under its whimsical shell, Colsonbot actually sports the equipment of a competent shell spinner. The drivetrain is 4 wheel drive with wheels in a square aspect ratio, so Colsonbot drives very balanced. There’s space for 2 spin motors, though the wheel renders it too heavy to use both. The spin system was engineered to yield maximum reliability over big hits. Therefore, by some aberration of nature, Colsonbot has actually won a fair number of matches by out-driving and out-lasting opponents!<\/p>\n

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Colsonbot
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Weapon<\/strong><\/td>\n8×2″ Colson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chassis<\/strong><\/td>\n6″ diameter, 1″ disc
\n3D-printed ABS plastic unibody<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mechanical<\/strong><\/td>\nFour wheel drive
\n4x Fingertech Silver Spark 11:1
\nHobbyking NTM 2830 spin motor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Electrical<\/strong><\/td>\nHobbyking 2.4ghz radio system
\n11.1v 850mAh lipoly
\nVex 29 drive controllers
\nTurnigy Plush 18 spin controller<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Competition<\/strong><\/td>\nBot Blast 2013
\nBot Blast 2015
\nRobot Battles 2015<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\n

Colsonbot’s main build post is here<\/a>; click on its Category listing for more posts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Colsonbot… Colsonbot… Does whatever a Colsonbot does… Can he spin? Can he win? No he can’t! He’s a wheel… Colsonbot is a shell spinner, with a catch: it’s made of a Colson wheel, and is therefore nonviolent. Originally conceived during a post-event “bad idea generation” dinner at Motorama 2013, it turned into a working version […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":6,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3831","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etotheipiplusone.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etotheipiplusone.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etotheipiplusone.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etotheipiplusone.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etotheipiplusone.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3831"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.etotheipiplusone.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5119,"href":"https:\/\/www.etotheipiplusone.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3831\/revisions\/5119"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etotheipiplusone.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etotheipiplusone.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}