The budget of this senior design project will be a rough estimate of what is necessary to create the full combat robot our team plans on building and also includes the separate robot for prototyping and safety features. In general, the main combat robot will consist of: 2 wheels, 1 shaft, 2 mobility motors, 1 battery, 1 attack motor, a manual kill switch, 2 LEDs for telling when the robot is on, off, ready, and running, a spinning mass, a chain for the spinner, gears for the motor and chain, a cog to not damage the motor on impact, an Arduino board, a remote controller, a transmitter, a receiver, electronic wiring, and plenty of metal scrap parts.
(Note: this does not include how many replacements we will need for these parts and how much metal and of what kind we will need to create the robot)
When deciding what kind of part necessary the following ideas will be prioritized to decide the effectiveness of the ideal part:
- Look at the previous successful designs in the 30 pound weight class
- Check previous combat robotic guides for how to choose what kind of part necessary from people with successful experience
- Check the rules on if it is acceptable or not according to NHRL rules
- Judge the cost and effectiveness based on other similar parts on the market
For one combat robot, we expect the cost to be about: $2500
When we consider prototyping, and the separate safety bot and combat bot with separate parts the cost will go up. We think that the cost will go up by less then a factor of 2, but still more than $1000. We say this because the major parts of the bot will be needed such as a battery, the motors, the wires, the transmitter, the receiver, the ESC, and the LEDs. We expect that this price should probably be around $1000 as the controls section is about $500 and the battery and motors account for about $500 as well. Total this means we are looking at a total cost of:
TOTAL COST: $3500