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** External Sensors: active IR
** External Sensors: active IR
** changed to 4S (from 3S)
** changed to 4S (from 3S)
** Other Details:
*** Switched to a "Motor Pod" that is sandwhich'd by two clam shell HDPE halves.
*** Put wheels in-line with weapon tooth (what was Jim thinking).
*** misc. software improvements (algorithm simplified)
* Rev-4 : 2021 (changes from May-2021 and July-2021) Same as Rev-3 except:
* Rev-4 : 2021 (changes from May-2021 and July-2021) Same as Rev-3 except:
** Quest for a more durable motor...
** Quest for a more durable motor...

Revision as of 17:27, 22 September 2021

Project Liftoff - September 2021 (rev 5.0), pictured before the September 2021 event. The bot went on to go undefeated, winning the 3lb division with 4 KOs and 3 judges decisions.

Project Liftoff is a 3lb MeltyBrain (a robot that moves using translational drift) as its entire body spins at 2000 to 4000 RPM.

As of September 2021, Project Liftoff is in it's fifth major design generation.

Project Liftoff - March 2019 (rev 1.0)
  • Rev-1.0 : March 2019
    • Processor: Arduino Nano
    • Accelerometer: common MPU 6050 (+/- 16g 12 bits)
    • Receiver Interface: standard RC-PWM into UART
    • Motor Control: OneShot125 via PWM manipulation @ ~800Hz
    • External Sensors: none
  • Rev-1.1 May 2019
    • switched from 8" Aluminum rings to 9" AR-500 ring with tooth (and hand cut HDPE)
      • this AR-500 tooth proved to be too pointed and became embedded in arena wall several times
Project Liftoff - May 2019 (rev 1.1)
Project Liftoff - August 2019 (rev 1.2)
Sir Pops A Lot (derivative) - August 2019 (rev 1.15)
  • Rev-2.0 : 2020
    • Processor: Teensy 4.0
    • Accelerometer: none… used motor eRPM telemetry from ESCs via bidirectional dShot
    • Receiver Interface: RC-SBUS into UART
    • Motor Control: dShot600 via SPI manipulation @ 8000Hz
    • External Sensors: active IR
    • CNC'd HDPE body
    • New 8" AR-500 ring and tooth (with a more blunt tip)
Project Liftoff - July 2020 (rev 2.0)
Flip N' Cut (derivative) - July 2020 (rev 2.05)
Project Liftoff - September 2020 (rev 2.1)
  • Rev-3 : 2021 Same electronics as Rev-2; improved algorithm, wheel orientation, and return to accelerometer (see March-2021 picture below).
    Project Liftoff - March 2021 (rev 3.0)
    • Processor: Teensy 4.0
    • Accelerometer: H3LIS331DL (+/- 400g 16 bits)
    • Receiver Interface: RC-SBUS into UART
    • Motor Control: dShot600 via SPI manipulation @ 8000Hz
    • External Sensors: active IR
    • changed to 4S (from 3S)
    • Other Details:
      • Switched to a "Motor Pod" that is sandwhich'd by two clam shell HDPE halves.
      • Put wheels in-line with weapon tooth (what was Jim thinking).
      • misc. software improvements (algorithm simplified)
  • Rev-4 : 2021 (changes from May-2021 and July-2021) Same as Rev-3 except:
    • Quest for a more durable motor...
      • May-2021: created a custom motor with internal thrust bearing with "no-name" motors (internal thrust bearing still failed by the third fight).
      • July-2021: Put a thrust bearing inside a PropDrive motor
        • Combing a PD-2826 stator with a PD-2830 motor-can gave the needed room.
        • This motor sacrificed power for durability. It was durable... however, it changed the failure point to the set screws and motor axle.
    • Wheel Axis returning to 90 degrees from weapon
      • when wheels are inline with the weapon, the hockey-pucking is far worse.
    • Making weight distribution fully symmetric...
      • a large counter-balance weight opposite (single tooth) weapon increases hockey-pucking... an impact causes the tooth to stop, but the other side of the Bot goes flying due to its own momentum.
      • change to fully symmetric two weapon teeth, allowing us to avoid a large counter balance weight.
    • changed to full round HDPE body
      • prior HDPE cut-outs were to save weight
      • prior circular AR-500 weapon ring kept wall collisions "safer" and minimized pinning risk, and allowed us to hollow-out the HDPE.
      • re-design and re-cut of HDPE shell.
    • weapon ring changes
      • make weapon ring narrower to decrease weight to offset increase in HDPE
      • remove bolt holes from weapon ring (to maximize its strength)
    • July-2021: first usage of titanium wheels. Thank you to Joe Fabbiani (Smeeeeh) and Calvin Iba (Lynx) for sharing the idea and showing the way - see Lynx May-2021 competition.
  • Rev-5 : Sept-2021 Same as Rev-4 except:
    • Major Motor redesign
      • Switched from PropDrive 2830 to PropDrive 2836.
        • more power.
      • Changed to a Hub Motor wheel attachment
        • 6mm dead axle
        • two 626 bearings (1000+ pounds of dynamic load)
        • custom machined aluminum inner (motor-can) and out (wheel) hubs
          • done on home CNC machine (0.2mm layer height)
        • titanium wheels (via send-cut-send)
        • no more set screw failures!
        • Thank you to Brian Boxell (Eruption) for giving us some direction, encouragement, and help on Hub Motors.
    • Yet another AR-500 weapon ring re-design
      • Needed to find 80+ grams to offset the increased weight from the above Hub Motors.
      • Same 0.25" AR-500, but...
        • via send-cut-send.
        • Previous 326g (almost a full round circle) to 241g (almost rectangular)
        • Still no holes, very tapered/narrow in the middle.
    • Both the above required a re-design of HDPE shell.
  • Rev-5 Issues that we hope to address for Nov-2021 :
    • In the "first attempt" of CNC'ing aluminum I made several mistakes that led to slight defects in the motor hubs (leading to non-alingment in the Hub Motors that were used... rubbing/friction/added heat/lost power).
      • Over-clamping & un-even clamping.
      • Slight alignment issues with double sided parts.
    • We never (software) tuned Project LiftOff... we were making hardware fixes until midnight on Friday.
      • The controls were upside down and backwards all day on Saturday.
      • The IR object/wall detection was never used since it was so misaligned.
    • Possibly make some ESC changes to improve drift performance.
    • Continue to ponder how to avoid "hockey pucking".
    • "Save the Arena Floor" upgrade...
      • We will modify the software to take advantage of the wheel telemetry information we have (via bidirectional dShot) to avoid "spinning our wheels".
      • This will not only stop us from ripping apart the arena floor (like a saw blade), but:
        • It will be much quieter.
        • It should enable us to spin up much faster (using static friction instead of dynamic friction).

Robot Facts

The first appearance was at the March 2019 NHRL event. The very first version used an 8" diameter aluminum pipe cut into two 1/2" thick slices with a notch cut out for the AR500 tooth (with two bolt holes).

Since then, Liftoff has used several laser or waterjet-cut AR500 steel rings. These rings have been sandwiched or otherwise mounted to CNC'd UHMW or HDPE bodies that contain the primary electronics and battery. This has proven to be a durable, and adaptable construction method.

Driver Andrew Kazmer (mostly) Jim Kazmer (sometimes)
Weight Class 3lb
Body Material HDPE (CNC) + AR500
Weapon Meltybrain Spinner
Weapon Drive NA
Drive 2 x Propdrive 2830 1000kv, 1.875" Banebots T40 Wheels
Power 2x4S 650mah LiPo










Statistics

Info

  • Rank: #83 in 3lb.
  • Last 5 fights: WLWWL
  • Current streak: L1 (1 KOs/KO'd)
  • Longest winning streak: 7 (4 KOs)
  • Longest losing streak: 3 (3 KO'd)
  • Avg fight time (seconds): 134.2

Record

Year Events Fights W L % KOs KO'd
2018-19 3 10 6 4 0.600 4 4
2020 3 10 4 6 0.400 3 4
2021 6 20 12 8 0.600 8 3
2022 4 21 13 8 0.619 5 5
2023 1 4 3 1 0.750 1 0
2024 1 3 2 1 0.667 0 1
All-Time 18 68 40 28 0.588 21 16


Events

Date Fought as Reached Place Fights W L KOs KO'd
March 9, 2019 Project LiftOff Losers 2 3 2 1 2 1
May 10, 2019 Project LiftOff Losers 5 4th 6 4 2 2 2
August 10, 2019 Project Liftoff Losers 1 1 0 1 0 1
July 18, 2020 Project LiftOff Losers 3 4 2 2 2 1
July 19, 2020 Project Liftoff Losers 4 4 2 2 1 1
September 19, 2020 Project Liftoff Losers 1 2 0 2 0 2
March 20, 2021 Project LiftOff Losers 3 3 1 2 0 0
May 15, 2021 Project Liftoff Losers 3 3 1 2 1 2
July 24, 2021 Project Liftoff Winners 4 2 1 1 1 0
September 18, 2021 Project Liftoff Final 1st 7 7 0 4 0
November 13, 2021 Project LiftOff Winners 2 1 0 1 0 1
December 18, 2021 Project LiftOff Losers 4 4 2 2 2 0
April 23, 2022 Project LiftOff Elimination 4 4 2 2 2 2
September 17, 2022 Project Liftoff Elimination Round 5 4 2 2 1 1
November 12, 2022 Project LiftOff Elimination Final 3rd 7 5 2 2 0
December 17, 2022 Project LiftOff Elimination Final 3rd 6 4 2 0 2
March 18, 2023 Project LiftOff Round 5 4 3 1 1 0
March 2, 2024 Project LiftOff Round of 32 3 2 1 0 1


Opponents

Opponent Fights W L KOs KO'd Last Meeting
Eruption 3 2 1 2 1 December 17, 2022
Lynx 3 0 3 0 2 December 17, 2022
Judge's Dream 2 2 0 2 0 September 18, 2021
Polywog 2 1 1 1 1 December 17, 2022
Chubby Unicorn 2 1 1 1 1 December 17, 2022
SawMurai 2 1 1 1 0 July 24, 2021
Wasp 2 0 2 0 2 May 10, 2019
Jack Rabbit 2 0 2 0 0 July 19, 2020
Caldera 2 0 2 0 0 December 18, 2021
Be Careful What You Wish For 1 1 0 1 0 September 18, 2021
Booooring 1 1 0 1 0 September 18, 2021
Razor Storm 1 1 0 1 0 September 18, 2021
Murple 1 1 0 1 0 September 18, 2021
Dark Princess 1 1 0 1 0 September 18, 2021
Crisis (II) 1 1 0 1 0 September 17, 2022
Ablation 1 1 0 1 0 September 17, 2022
HiveLighter 1 1 0 1 0 November 12, 2022
Professor Hex 1 1 0 1 0 November 12, 2022
War? Hard! 1 1 0 1 0 November 12, 2022
Red Hawk 1 1 0 1 0 November 12, 2022
OffTrack 1 1 0 1 0 May 15, 2021
Foiled Again 1 1 0 1 0 May 10, 2019
Nitro Hornet 1 1 0 1 0 May 10, 2019
Kill Joy 1 1 0 1 0 May 10, 2019
Bad Bot 1 1 0 1 0 May 10, 2019
Cookie Monster 1 1 0 1 0 March 9, 2019
Maw 1 1 0 1 0 March 9, 2019
Black Adder 1 1 0 1 0 March 20, 2021
Ghastly 1 1 0 1 0 March 2, 2024
Black Beans 1 1 0 1 0 March 2, 2024
Plot Twist 1 1 0 1 0 March 18, 2023
Black Havoc 1 1 0 1 0 March 18, 2023
Kamino 1 1 0 1 0 March 18, 2023
Oops!.. I did it again.. 1 1 0 1 0 July 19, 2020
BB2X 1 1 0 1 0 July 19, 2020
Yes 1 1 0 1 0 July 18, 2020
Voxel (3lb) 1 1 0 1 0 December 18, 2021
Starchild 1 1 0 1 0 December 18, 2021
Komodo 1 1 0 1 0 December 17, 2022
Sepi01 1 1 0 1 0 December 17, 2022
Scab Armour 1 1 0 1 0 April 23, 2022
Arr See Saw 1 1 0 1 0 April 23, 2022
Shreddit Bro 1 0 1 0 1 September 19, 2020
Cybot 1 0 1 0 1 September 19, 2020
Spartan 1 0 1 0 1 November 13, 2021
Wumbo 1 0 1 0 1 May 15, 2021
SMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE 1 0 1 0 1 March 9, 2019
Onna-musha 1 0 1 0 1 March 2, 2024
Jack Move 1 0 1 0 1 July 19, 2020
Crisis (I) 1 0 1 0 1 July 18, 2020
Maelstrom 1 0 1 0 1 August 10, 2019
Hurt Caboose 1 0 1 0 1 April 23, 2022
Hound 1 0 1 0 0 September 17, 2022
Stoneforge 1 0 1 0 0 November 12, 2022
Fully Defined 1 0 1 0 0 November 12, 2022
Silk 1 0 1 0 0 March 20, 2021
Voxel v.1 1 0 1 0 0 March 18, 2023

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Full Fight History

Date Opponent Round Result By Points Fight Length (s) Video
March 9, 2019 [[]] Winners 1 KO -1.21 191 https://youtu.be/kkKFOXhK-N8
March 9, 2019 [[]] Losers 1 KO 1.11 87 https://youtu.be/NZ0MGYfzH1A
March 9, 2019 [[]] Losers 2 KO 1.00 110 https://youtu.be/GYPio_R9Nbw
May 10, 2019 [[]] Winners 1 KO -1.00 37 https://youtu.be/FXrn5Pc-kpM
May 10, 2019 [[]] Losers 1 KO 1.00 36 https://youtu.be/Nk_Ww_wjG0g
May 10, 2019 [[]] Losers 2 KO 1.00 35 https://youtu.be/slhqf76B28Y
May 10, 2019 [[]] Losers 3 Judges Decision 1.00 240 https://youtu.be/w6PuIMEVgPA
May 10, 2019 [[]] Losers 4 Judges Decision 1.00 240 https://youtu.be/KbC85bAwS1s
May 10, 2019 [[]] Losers 5 KO -1.03 22 https://youtu.be/wcSgpkXklus
August 10, 2019 [[]] Winners 1 Forfeit 0.00
August 10, 2019 [[]] Losers 1 KO -1.31 153 https://youtu.be/_ErE7kddM80?t=1738
July 18, 2020 [[]] Winners 2 KO -1.13 61 https://youtu.be/l3PcB1StgFc
July 18, 2020 [[]] Losers 1 KO 1.00 150 https://youtu.be/K2yvU7pGh7w
July 18, 2020 [[]] Winners 3 KO 1.00 55 https://youtu.be/sa132eFm5yQ
July 18, 2020 [[]] Losers 3 Judges Decision -1.29 240 https://youtu.be/MEa9t6DcClc
July 19, 2020 [[]] Winners 2 KO 1.00 74 https://youtu.be/8wpOl1d6RNU
July 19, 2020 [[]] Winners 3 Judges Decision -1.15 180 https://youtu.be/a5t4JmN0osI
July 19, 2020 [[]] Losers 3 Judges Decision 1.00 180 https://youtu.be/EPlzbLuOrVk
July 19, 2020 [[]] Losers 4 KO -1.00 92 https://youtu.be/dGqAdWRw-fc
September 19, 2020 [[]] Winners 1 KO -1.00 50 https://youtu.be/43yxPZlrikE
September 19, 2020 [[]] Losers 1 KO -1.13 71 https://youtu.be/hUkh1w0jhno
February 6, 2021 [[]] Winners 1 Forfeit 0.00
February 6, 2021 [[]] Losers 1 Forfeit 0.00
March 20, 2021 [[]] Winners 2 Judges Decision 1.00 180 https://youtu.be/MjKsedVz4zI
March 20, 2021 [[]] Winners 3 Judges Decision -1.00 180 https://youtu.be/y-SpTxTiP_8
March 20, 2021 [[]] Losers 3 Judges Decision -1.08 180 https://youtu.be/-EwCzRLXJVo
May 15, 2021 [[]] Winners 2 KO 1.00 87 https://youtu.be/R2w6HwN-8A4
May 15, 2021 [[]] Winners 3 KO -1.00 43 https://youtu.be/5elaqlzA60k?t=16348
May 15, 2021 [[]] Losers 3 KO -1.14 137 https://youtu.be/5elaqlzA60k?t=24734
July 24, 2021 [[]] Winners 1 Forfeit 0.00
July 24, 2021 [[]] Winners 2 Forfeit 0.00
July 24, 2021 [[]] Winners 3 KO 1.07 124 https://youtu.be/_X_fSdJPJvQ
July 24, 2021 [[]] Winners 4 Judges Decision -1.00 180 https://youtu.be/KxIHvfQ52mA
July 24, 2021 [[]] Losers 6 Forfeit 0.00
September 18, 2021 [[]] Winners 2 KO 1.00 124 https://youtu.be/McNXHRM9n4I?t=1600
September 18, 2021 [[]] Winners 3 KO 1.16 112 https://youtu.be/McNXHRM9n4I?t=13369
September 18, 2021 [[]] Winners 4 KO 1.00 35 https://youtu.be/McNXHRM9n4I?t=20200
September 18, 2021 [[]] Winners 5 Judges Decision 1.20 180 https://youtu.be/McNXHRM9n4I?t=25276
September 18, 2021 [[]] Winners 6 Judges Decision 1.21 180 https://youtu.be/McNXHRM9n4I?t=28269
September 18, 2021 [[]] Winners Semifinal KO 1.43 73 https://youtu.be/9yJIdpltHgg?t=831
September 18, 2021 [[]] Final Judges Decision 1.46 180 https://youtu.be/9yJIdpltHgg?t=9587
November 13, 2021 [[]] Winners 2 KO -1.30 162 https://youtu.be/ds70uaP__A4?t=7671
November 13, 2021 [[]] Losers 1 Forfeit 0.00
December 18, 2021 [[]] Winners 1 KO 1.19 84 https://youtu.be/3Vdh8qNF0ww?t=8046
December 18, 2021 [[]] Winners 2 KO 1.07 162 https://youtu.be/3Vdh8qNF0ww?t=11622
December 18, 2021 [[]] Winners 3 Judges Decision -1.00 180 https://youtu.be/3Vdh8qNF0ww?t=17567
December 18, 2021 [[]] Losers 4 Judges Decision -1.03 180 https://youtu.be/BkGCy7H9FPk?t=3959
April 23, 2022 [[]] Undefeated 1 KO 1.00 148 https://youtu.be/wf528BQr0eA?t=5768
April 23, 2022 [[]] Undefeated 2 KO 1.00 147 https://youtu.be/wf528BQr0eA?t=12098
April 23, 2022 [[]] Undefeated 3 KO -1.06 78 https://youtu.be/wf528BQr0eA?t=18456
April 23, 2022 [[]] Elimination 4 KO -1.00 179 https://youtu.be/wf528BQr0eA?t=28455
September 17, 2022 [[]] Undefeated Round 2 KO 1.02 128 https://youtu.be/HXstJoqMM-c?t=8052
September 17, 2022 [[]] Undefeated Round 3 Judges Decision 1.00 180 https://youtu.be/HXstJoqMM-c?t=22172
September 17, 2022 [[]] Undefeated Round 4 Judges Decision -1.00 180 https://youtu.be/HXstJoqMM-c?t=30980
September 17, 2022 [[]] Elimination Round 5 KO -1.00 119 https://youtu.be/HXstJoqMM-c?t=33629
November 12, 2022 [[]] Undefeated 2 KO 1.00 117 https://youtu.be/GrwhM8JogeE?t=13002
November 12, 2022 [[]] Undefeated 3 KO 1.00 22 https://youtu.be/GrwhM8JogeE?t=25715
November 12, 2022 [[]] Undefeated 4 Judges Decision 1.00 180 https://youtu.be/heNXK2dNk18?t=26595
November 12, 2022 [[]] Undefeated Quarterfinals Judges Decision 1.06 180 https://youtu.be/GrwhM8JogeE?t=35293
November 12, 2022 [[]] Undefeated Semifinals Judges Decision -0.75 180 https://youtu.be/GrwhM8JogeE?t=38071
November 12, 2022 [[]] Elimination Quarterfinals Forfeit 0.00
November 12, 2022 [[]] Elimination Semifinal Judges Decision 1.64 180 https://youtu.be/FJy8_vYTLnQ?t=6524
November 12, 2022 [[]] Elimination Final Judges Decision -0.75 180 https://youtu.be/FJy8_vYTLnQ?t=8397
December 17, 2022 [[]] Undefeated 1 Judges Decision 1.09 180 https://youtu.be/b79xlq1G41M?t=3253
December 17, 2022 [[]] Undefeated 2 Judges Decision 1.06 180 https://youtu.be/b79xlq1G41M?t=8135
December 17, 2022 [[]] Undefeated Quarterfinals Judges Decision 1.20 180 https://youtu.be/b79xlq1G41M?t=16058
December 17, 2022 [[]] Undefeated Semifinals Judges Decision 1.34 180 https://youtu.be/b79xlq1G41M?t=24553
December 17, 2022 [[]] Undefeated Final KO -0.75 55 https://youtu.be/b79xlq1G41M?t=30039
December 17, 2022 [[]] Elimination Final KO -0.75 173 https://youtu.be/b79xlq1G41M?t=39285
March 18, 2023 [[]] Boss Judges Decision 1.00
March 18, 2023 [[]] Round 2 KO 1.00 84 https://youtu.be/RyjtWMjVV2k?t=6133
March 18, 2023 [[]] Round 3 Forfeit 0.00
March 18, 2023 [[]] Round 4 Judges Decision 1.00 180 https://youtu.be/RyjtWMjVV2k?t=18459
March 18, 2023 [[]] Round 5 Judges Decision -1.06 180 https://www.youtube.com/live/xQTbCkwBmD4?feature=share&t=39404
March 2, 2024 [[]] Qualifiers Rd. 1 Forfeit 1.00
March 2, 2024 [[]] Qualifiers Rd. 2 Judges Decision 1.00 180 https://brettzone.nhrl.io/brettZone/fightReview.php?gameID=EX-d82621bd34644b5f&tournamentID=nhrl_mar24_3lb
March 2, 2024 [[]] Round of 32 Tapout -1.20 22 https://brettzone.nhrl.io/brettZone/fightReview.php?gameID=W-34&tournamentID=nhrl_mar24_3lb

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