Battlebots Project

The overall objective of the Battlebots project was to develop a working battlebot within the specified time to adequately destroy the other battlebots in the competition. Alex and I wanted to challenge ourselves with what we could accomplish in a short amount of time with limited resources:
- Lots of 3D printer filament

- H-bridge DC motor drivers

- Microbit

- DC Motors, 2 geared, 2 ungeared motors
- 12v Battery

We completed the project with the time allotted for the projects (around ~2 weeks) and were able to test it against cardboard and wooden materials but were not able to achieve tele-operated control with the bluetooth systems on the microbit. Given more development time and slightly better microcontrollers, we would likely have been able to fight the other robots (albeit quite dangerously).

The following images are development and CAD files developed in the process of building the robot. The robot was coded in the online Microbit programming environment and used simple 0/1 binary control.

Skeletonized Robot w/ Powered/Driven Components