Bramhaputra

Me, Achal Dixit, and Ashish Mishra, a team of three participated at the International Robowars Event @ TechFest, IIT Bombay in 2019. Bramhaputra was probably the first major project that I did in my life. We were college freshers back then and didn't even know the 'R' of robotics. And that's why we were a bit hesitant about participating since we knew that we'll be facing opponents from across the continent who have immense experience in the domain. But we looked at it as an opportunity to learn robotics and meet brilliant minds in this domain. Hence,  without a delay, we assembled a team and started preparing the proposal for the project. 

We started preparing for the contest way back in around September. Since we didn't have any experience in this domain, we used to spend hours watching videos of Battlebots, the famous tv series, trying to figure out which bot design was most robust, powerful, and fast. During the exploration phase, we were pretty much convinced that most of the opponents we will be facing will probably be drum spinner types, and to secure a victory over them we need something different. Soon we came across The Son of Wayachi, its unique design was perfect to fight almost any kind of opponent. the unique thing in its design was that its weapon not only acted as its offense but also its defense. Almost all kinds of robots are very vulnerable to sideways impacts and hence Son of Wayachy was a tough enemy for them to beat without losing a wheel or two. Since this was very unique, very effective against all kinds of opponents and it was a champion at the Battlebots, We decided to go with a similar design. We named it Bramhaputra after the 2nd longest river in the world. 

CAD Models

Final Design