| Rebuilt
ShazBot |
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ShazBot
rebuilt for Tensilica 2.0 SOZbots
I completely rebuilt
ShazBot in 2 days in preparation for the SOZbots Tensilica
2.0 event in June 2004 in San Diego. I decided to leave the old ShazBot together,
as an emergency-replacement, so now I have TWO ShazBots!
The rebuild paid off,
as ShazBot WON 1st place on Day 3 of the event, and then wrapped up by taking
the overall 1st place championship when the 3 winners from all 3 days battled. |
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Improvements to this
version of ShazBot include:
- A new heavy-duty
TITANIUM plow to kill just about any spinner out there.
- New dual-servo design for greater lifting capacity- using new, smaller
metal-gear servos.
- Center-mount servo arm, pushing the wheels further back, making the
bot easier to drive, while reducing the overall length required for
the lifting arm
- Lithium Polymer batteries, no more bulky and heavy NiMh battery pack.
- Side-mount charging plug, just plug in the charger and go.
- BLUE Carbon fiber armor and (again) 1/4" Lexan walls.
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SHAZBOT'S
FIGHT HISTORY: |
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January
22 2005: ShazBot
took 4rd place at the Marin Ant Wars, losing to Hummer, after
winning several fights. |
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October
9-10 2004: ShazBot
was out of his game at the 2004 RFL Nationals, and went 0-2. Bummer. |
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July
1-4 2004: ShazBot
fought his way to a 2nd place victory at the NPC Charity Open in
Anoka, Minnesota, losing in the finals to my other bot, MicroNightmare.
Donald Hutson was guest-driving ShazBot. |
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June
9 2004: ShazBot
fought at the Tensilica SOZbots event in San Diego, California.
This was a multi-day event, and he took the1st place championship
on day 3 of the tournament. He also went on to win the grand championship
against the 2 other daily winners from the previous days. Two championships
in one day! |
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June
8 2004: ShazBot
fought at the Tensilica SOZbots event in San Diego, California.
This was a multi-day event, and he won 2nd place on day 2 of the
tournament. |
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May
22 2004: ShazBot,
guest-driven by Stephen Felk, competed at the Sacbots Gilroy Bot
Gauntlet in Gilroy, CA, but only won 1 fight. |
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April
1 2004: This
was an event with a new competition each day, on day 3, Shazbot
took 3rd place at the Tensilica
SOZbots 3.4 event at the Tensilica booth in San Francisco,
CA. He won 5 out of 7 fights.
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March
31 2004: Shazbot
fought at the Tensilica
SOZbots 3.3 event at the Tensilica booth in San Francisco,
CA. Didn't do so well this time, losing both fights.
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March
20-21 2004: Shazbot
fought at the SOZbots
3.1 event at the RobOlympics event in San Francisco, CA. I
didn't do quite as well, but did win 3 out of 5 fights, taking
7th place. |
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December
2003: Shazbot
fought at the RSA Holiday Games SOZbots
2.7 tournament in San Francisco, California. As normal, I was
concentrating heavily on MicroNightmare,
so I let other builders drive ShazBot for me. ShazBot won no fights,
coming in 18th place. Bummer. |
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October
18 2003: ShazBot
competed at the Sacbash
event in Sacramento, CA, and WON 1st place!
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August
30 2003: ShazBot
fought at the Robot Assault event in Henderson, North Carolina.
Once again, I let guest drivers for ShazBot, winning only a couple
fights, he didn't do as well this time.
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August
2003: Shazbot
fought at the Steel Conflict 4 SOZbots
2.6 tournament in Los Angeles, California. Again, I turned
the controls over to a guest driver, so I could concentrate on MicroNightmare.
ShazBot won no fights this time, and came in 15th place. |
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July
27 , 2003: Shazbot
fought at the RSA Robot Games and Expo SOZbots
2.5 tournament in San Francisco, California. I didn't drive
ShazBot this time (they allowed guest drivers- I was concentrating
on my other Antweight, MicroNightmare),
so ShazBot didn't to so well this tournament, winning only 1
fight to take 11th place.
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February
8-9, 2003: Shazbot
fought at the Steel Conflict 2 SOZbots
2.1 tournament in Pomona, California. Didn't do as good this
time, he fought his way to 9th place with 2 wins, 2 losses. |
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December
15 2002: Shazbot
took 1st place at his third competition, fighting an amazing
10 fights to take the championship of the RSA Fall Robot Games
and Expo, SOZbots
1.5 tournament! 9 wins 1 loss. 3 tournaments in a row. |
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December
7 2002: Shazbot
took 1st place at his second competition, going undefeated after
5 wins to take the championship of the Robot
Club & Grille Grand Opening tournament!
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November
2002: Shazbot's
first event was the Las Vegas Street
Fight, and he took home the
championship! 1st place his first time out, not bad! |
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1st
place at the Las Vegas Street Fight, November, 2002!
Sweet! Never expected
to go undefeated my first time out!
Look at that trophy!
It weighs about four times as much as ShazBot himself! On to the next
tournament... |
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1st
place at the Robot Club & Grille Grand Opening Tournament, December
8, 2002!
How cool is that?
ShazBot won two tournaments in a row! Awesome trophy too! What a blast!
Thanks to Fuzzy for
having such a great event in the first-ever permanent
robot fighting arena!
Here's a photo of
ShazBot celebrating his victory. |
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1st
place at the SOZbots 1.5 tournament, December 15, 2002!
Now this is getting
too weird. Three tournaments, all three resulting in 1st place wins.
I think I'm going
to go buy a lottery ticket now....
Seriously, this was
an awesome event, with a TON of very nasty Antweights and a lot of great
people.
ShazBot looks forward
to some upgrades and heading off to the next Antweight tournament- Steel
Conflict in February 2003!
For now, get some
rest, little guy.
No trophy photo here
(SOZbots doesn't give any out), but
I did get a nice $200 check and $50 in SOZbots gift certificates!) |
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Well,
nothing can last forever....
ShazBot competed at
the Steel Conflict 2 SOZbots tournament, and although he won a couple
of good fights, the battle-worn ShazBot was no match for the rebuilt VDD
(who went on to win the championship this time).
Watch for an upgraded
and angry ShazBot next time! ShazBot needs to reclaim his throne once
again ;-) |
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| About
ShazBot.... |
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Here's a pic of
ShazBot after the Las Vegas Street Fight, with some slight damage to his
7075 aluminum actuated plow.
ShazBot was designed
with one thing in mind- take out all those mean spinners in the Antweight
class. And he ended up achieving this goal quite well- ShazBot defeated
three VERY mean spinners in a row at the Las Vegas Street Fight!
Here's
a short QuickTime clip of his first fight versus VDD.
I built ShazBot in
about 1 week, using mainly scrap parts from around my shop and several
components from SOZbots.com
What
is "ShazBot"?
Yeah, OK, I'm dating myself a bit here... Remember the late 70's, early
80's TV Show "Mork
& Mindy"? It's one of the many odd things that Mork (played
by Robin Williams) would say. You can hear him say it in this audio
clip of the theme song. I just thought it sounded fun and silly, since
it has the word "Bot" in it. |
ShazBot is essentially
a very solid BRICK of a bot with an actuated, armored lifting plow.
Yes, that's 1/4"
Lexan all the way around! Carbon fiber panels on top and bottom help protect
the insides, which are carefully mounted to avoid impact damage. The inboard
wheels help keep them away from the mean saws and spinners that would
otherwise cut the foam rubber to shreds.
Not only can ShazBot
run upside-down, but with the help of his 360° rotating wedge-plow,
he can somersault himself out of situtations that may otherwise immobilize
an antweight. |
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