This video will be a design overview video for my new Antweight combat robot Mini Mulcher! Mini Mulcher is inspired by the story of the 1995 combat robot The Mulcher, a bot built for the 1995 Robot Wars in the US before Battlebots even existed. It sounds nightmarish on video and in concept. Since I was given a couple lawnmower blades for free, it was only fitting to use them as a robot weapon! They weigh a bit over 5 ounces each making them fitting if large for a 1-pound antweight robot. This design overview video is pretty long because it covers literally every aspect of the design and how I made the decisions about each of those aspects. It includes a full cost breakdown and a look at the specs for every component. This is the first in what will become a series of several tutorial style videos documenting the build and the whole process of constructing, modifying, testing, modifying again of the bot and its design.

If you're really interested in designing your own bot and building from scratch, this will be a great guide to get you started! Antweights and Beetleweights are both great for first builds as they are relatively cheap, use lots of 3D printed and off the shelf parts, and there are numerous competitions for them to fight in. This combat bot will cost under $250 to build, including more than two complete sets of parts for spares! 3 weapon motors, 5 drive motors, two batteries, four ESCs, etc.



BOM for Mini Mulcher (incl. links to every part)
http://bit.ly/MiniMulcherBOM

Blank BOM Template:
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Original Mulcher Video
http://bit.ly/MulcherDemoVid

Team Panic RX Video
   • The best rx for antweight combat robots?  

Podcast Episode of Behind the Bots which everyone should listen to:
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