Couldn't decide if this belonged in c/diy or c/sports.
This is a 3d model I made in Fusion360 of the 1lb combat robot I am working on, hoping to take to local competitions once I have a good roster across weight classes. The wheels are foam, the chassis and lid are 3d printed TPU95a (strong and flexible), with titanium armor and AR500 steel weapon discs. The pulleys and wedge mounting are in carbon fiber nylon because I think I want those to be stiffer. The electronics are pretty typical for a bot of this size - Fingertech silver spark motors and connectors, generic speed controllers/receiver and a 2204 brushless drone motor to power the weapon, powered by a 3s 450mah lipo battery. Not pictured are the blue aluminum hubcaps on the wheels (Fingertech hubs), wheel pulleys, or the timing belts driving the weapon and front wheels. It is about 220mmx120mm without the forks or long wings of the wedge, and 60mm at the top of the fingers.
As a 4 wheel drive vertical drisc (drum disc) spinner with a wedge and forks, this is basically a scaled down version of the "meta" heavyweight battlebots like Hypershock or Witch Doctor. Which makes it pretty behind the curve in creativity at this weight class but it's a classic design so I wanted to have at least one. For people unfamiliar with the sport, the discs up front spin upwards super fast, I drive into the enemy using my wedge and forks to get underneath them for a solid hit, and then the discs smack the opponent upwards. That's the idea, anyways.
Bot needs a name though. It's been through several iterations and temporary names like "Mourning Star" (after a cool racecar from an RPG I was playing at the time) and "Finger Maiden" (Elden Ring, referencing the two "fingers" that allow the bot to continue driving while upside-down), but now I feel I'm just about at the finish line and should settle on something good. Anybody good at naming things? Thoughts/questions about the design of the bot?
All that is left to do is print and assemble it, then adjust the weapon and armor to account for however much weight I have remaining.
