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A PROP FOR HALLOWEEN [OCT 18, OCT 19]
 Halloween 2018: The Disk O' Inferno guards jack-o-lanterns & bot-o-lanterns |
 Halloween 2018: At night, I hid in the minivan, kids wanted to see the big robot, then I'd scare trick-or-treaters by activating the little bots when the kids were close |
 Halloween 2019: same as last year, but with a new bot (a D2 kit on its way to becoming Dr. Inferno IV) |
 Halloween 2019: I also made the sign a little more legible, & I parked the minivan backwards to give us a better view of the bots |
BATTLEBOTS/COMBAT ROBOTS GET-TOGETHER AT JERRY'S WOOD-FIRED DOGS [OCT 18]
 Our dear friend, Andrew Botter, the nicest human robot encyclopedia you could ever meet, once bought a hot dog restaurant with his dad |
 He invited lots of SoCal teams to bring their bots, talk shop, & entertain the patrons |
 Dr. Inferno ]|[, The Disk O' Inferno, giant nuts, antweights--the works! |
 What a crew, including teams responsible for Particle Accelerator, Double Jeopardy, Deep Six, Gigabyte, Malice, VDD, Mechachu, & more! |
 Instagram post from Jerry's, advertising the event |
 Another Jerry's Instagram post for the event |
EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH [JUN 18 - PRESENT] - (SEE EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH GALLERY)
 2018: The Disk O' Inferno & other current/recent bots were part of a kindergarten display |
 2018: I also gave a mechanical engineering presentation & let the kids play with some toy bots |
 2018: Some local bot friends also lent me some of their bots to display |
 2018: I needed to borrow a van & a cart to haul all the bot stuff to the classroom! |
 2019: The Disk O' Inferno & other current/recent bots were part of an elementary school event display & demo |
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 2019: Cheap Harbor Freight mechanic's creeper makes for easy bot transport! |
 2019: Bots & nuts on display for the afternoon at an elementary school event |
GOENGINEER'S SHAPE YOUR WORLD 2017 [MAY 17]
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 This is what I look like on a big screen on Windows 7 Media Player. |
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 GoEngineer showed a thermal analysis of The Disk O' Inferno being hit with a flamethrower... |
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 Also demonstrated was Composer, which can be used to make interactive assembly & repair documentation. |
SOLIDWORKS WORLD 2017 [FEB 17]
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 Also in attendance were 3 other popular BattleBots, as well as a slew of 15-pound student-built fighting bots. |
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 GoEngineer's after-hours party at the bolwing alley. Thanks to founder / president / owner Ken Coburn & his colleagues for the fine evening! |
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 Passing back & forth with Mark. What teamwork! |
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BATTLEBOTS 2016 EVENT [APR 16]
 Final wiring. Most pictures of Mark are a blur--he's young, perky, & impetuous. Most pictures of Ross are in sharp focus--he's mature, meticulous, & cautious. The original odd couple! |
 We sported the casual t-shirts on work days. 3-piece suits were saved for special days. Bringing beach chairs was a good move on my part--until 3/4 of them got crunched & tossed out... |
 Tuning. Easy to transport the bot on its back, folded, with a giant F-shaped restraint keeping it from springing up. The disk is also pinned to prevent it from rotating. |
 Ready to go. Waiting. Probably the shortest (in height) robot in the whole event, & one of the longer ones too. |
 In the folded position, with the tail acting as top armor against overhead hammer bots, or poised to bring some downward slaps itself! |
 Spotlight added later to highlight the hundreds of disco ball mirrors. |
 All set up on the pit table on display: signs, sponsor banner, safety guards, etc. |
 Going through the rotating video capture exercise to generate on-screen animation graphics. |
 Still shiny during the photo shoots. |
 Debating poses with the photographer...both mine & the bot's. |
 One of the runs in the test box. |
 Grand entrance: strut, strut, strut, wiiiiiiind up, & POINTY POSE NOW! |
 The Bee Gees backing up Travolta. |
 Glad our sponsors got good on-screen exposure. Ross applies spotlight to disco ball, I do the pointy pose yet again, Richard & Mark roll their hands (Mark earns the difficulty multiplier for doing it while holding the radio transmitter). |
 Complicated action shot in the fight against Chomp: Chomp flames & swings down, The Disk O' Inferno puts the tail upright to block the swing, Chomp pops up high & doesn't land the blow. Full fight video. |
 Post-fight, our fans swarm us for a photo op. |
 That complicated chassis took a long time to machine. We did much of our wiring & layout on a 1:1 printout. |
 Mark getting ready to program the speed controllers, Ross planning wiring, & Jason kitting fasteners & other COTS. |
 The disco mirror precision layout was performed per ASME Y14.5M, with tolerances besting those of a finest CNC mill. Another masterpiece by Art By Ji. |
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 Disk & tail weapon subassemblies were the next to come together, with flair & everything. |
 Richard & Jason test-fitting the weapon subassemblies. It's beginning to look like a bot! |
 Installing the drivetrain subassemblies & weapon motors. Routing wires, cutting them to length, & crimping on connectors. |
 The dense, compact, & light chassis is what allowed enough weight for 2 powerful weapons. But it did tend to make cable management challenging... |
 Disk weapon: 48 lb, cut from 1 billet of tool steel, single tooth w/ asymmetric pockets for balance. |
 Chassis Frame: 48 lb, cut from 1 billet of aluminum 6061. Not many screws needed to assemble this bot! |
 Tail Frame: 16 lb, cut from 1 billet of aluminum, awaiting disco dance floor paint job. |
 Tail Shaft: 7 lb of heat-treated tool steel. |
 Chassis Floorpan: 13 lb, cut from 1 billet of aluminum 6061, dozens of registraton featues to lock to Chassis Frame. |
 4 Tail Tips, each made from tool steel. 2 installed, & 2 spares. |
 2 Tail Pivot Blocks, which held bushings that supported the Tail Shaft. Interlocked into features in the Chassis Frame to handle abusive impacts. |
 EDMed giant steel wrench to torque giant Trantorque keyless bushing that held Disk to Disk Shaft. |
MACHINING PARTS AT NTMA [FEB 16]
 Over 600 pounds of metal showed up one day. What a wonderful pallet that the forklift is delivering! |
 The Chassis Frame was the most machining-intensive & complex part, requiring several setups & cutting tools. |
 Some last-minute touches on the manual mill. |
 Mark Lui cranked & cranked for a couple of days to finish off the part. Richard Loehnig provided moral support & lifting strength. Jason Bardis worried, directed, acted as quality control. |
 The Chassis Floorpan incorporates dozens of registration features to stiffen the Chassis Frame. |
 Manual lathes sometimes can't be beat for shaft & pulley work. |
 We kept the EDM machine running for days non-stop to cut tool steel, bronze thrust bushings, & even a super giant open-ended wrench (because Habor Freight didn't have one big enough). |
 The 3D printer made many weapon guards, as well as a few models & mockups. |
 PhotoView 360 rendering of SolidWorks model of final assembly, with bling. |
 Front view, showing the single side tooth & the tail in overhead armor position. |
 Rear view, stretched out to highlight the tail tips. |
 Side low view highlights how short the bot is. |
 Hidden lines shown grayscale rendering, hinting at the complex parts within. |
 Super exploded view, showing all internal components & where they fit. |
All content © Jason Dante Bardis and the Infernolab, 1999-2017