Building a Quadruped Robot Dog for Mech Warfare Airsoft Competition
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Baker's choice. Dense with flavour, light on filler.
Summary
A maker documents their journey designing and building a quadruped robot dog from scratch for a 'Mech Warfare' airsoft battlebots competition. The article covers the complete design process, stress testing, and final robot construction, with the competition requiring leg-based locomotion (no wheels), airsoft guns for scoring, and FPV (first-person view) video operation. The creator shares their mechanical design challenges and solutions for this combat robotics project.
Key quotes
· 5 pulledI designed and built a quadruped robot dog from scratch this summer for a 'Mech Warfare' airsoft battlebots competition.
I've always wanted to build something with legs, and this seemed like a great opportunity to push the boundaries on my mechanical design skills.
The rules of Mech Warfare are pretty simple: No wheels, legs only (for the vibes)
Airsoft guns and target pressure plates for scoring
You can't see the robots during the competition. It all has to be FPV video
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