This is a long overdue update on where Honeycomb is for competitions and design updates. I'm currently working on the development of a new bot and will be updating in the near future.
Current Bot Rank: 56
To give a general overview and summary of some issues that arose with mechanical and electrical design.
Bot randomly loosing power -> mounted the power turn switch directly to the chassis to allow for tighter turning to really get good connection for the power.
Reliability of 3D printed parts -> moved to machining the plastic components out of solid HDPE for better material properties and rigidity.
Ease of Electrical Service -> Moved to WAGO clamp connectors for power distribution for all systems. Directly soldering motors to ESCs without intermediate connectors. Improved serviceability and reliability.
Tire/Drive Train Reliability -> Full redesign of drive system. Moving to a drive pod system for serviceability, reliability, and pushing power. No longer using a direct drive system, now using gearing to reduce shock put directly into the drive motors. (See below) Need to redesign weapon assembly to save some weight, will probably move to a sandwich design and replace the center aluminum hex stock with plastic (probably HDPE, or 3D printed nylon)
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| Honeycomb 4.0 |
Santa Slam - December 2020
Placement: 2nd Place
Had a pretty good event overall here, my soldering needed some work as my power switch got damaged and I had to emergency solder a link connector for my final fight which ended up failing in the first collision. Overall since this event my soldering skills have improved tremendously and I think if I had the skill I have now then I could have taken home the win. This was also the event where I was randomly loosing power due to my power switch being under tightened, but that was addressed by the next event.
Spinners Spring 2021
Placement: 4th?
I didn't have my camera setup with me at this event, so I'm borrowing some of Peter's footage of our fights from this event. Go check out his channel here for some other cool videos of his bot Ablation competing -> Repeat Robotics
NHRL July 2021
Placement: 25th of 123
In July of last year, I finally made my pilgrimage to the holy site of all 3lbs combat robotics. Norwalk Havoc in Norwalk, CT. I had a great tournament and ended up gong 3-2 over all with my first loss to Silent X by Jamison Go. You will probably know Jamison Go from Team SawBlaze on BB, and my second loss to Animus by David Rush, who competes and drives for team Malice on BB. Great event, great experience, I hope to come back in the near future with a more competitive Honeycomb 4.0 and really show what I'm able to do.
