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Concussion

Wool, Dorset

Technical specification
Location Wool, Dorset
Weapon Drum Spinner
Weight 109 kg
Defence Hardened steel side armour, Polycarbonate top plate and Aluminium base.
Top Speed 18 mph
Drive System 750W High torque fixed magnet motors.
Power 3 LiPo Battery circuits - Isolating the drive sides and the weapon motors as separate systems.
Battery 29.6V on drive motors / 22.2V on weapon motors.
Biggest Weakness Side armour is only 3.2mm thick and base plate is 3mm Aluminium

Concussion is a brand new robot from a brand new team, both of which have never competed in any kind of robot combat before now. The robot construction is weapon focused; the whole design is to keep the 6000 revolutions per minute drum (which has been machined from a single piece of hard steel) pointing at the enemy. This combined with a laser cut precision welded frame, hardened steel side armour and an invertible drive system form a comprehensive design that is effective against a variety of opponents. Designed to hug the ground and keep competitors at the business end by utilising the high traction drive system and our driver (Carls) unique tank control skills.

Team stats

Tim Rackley 24
Team role:

Team Captain and Weapon Operator

Occupation:

Test Inspector

Carl Yeo 35
Team role:

Driver

Occupation:

Senior Electronic Engineer

Sam Griffin 24
Team role:

Mechanical Design

Occupation:

Mechanical Technician

Nick Oliver 25
Team role:

Electronic Systems

Occupation:

Electronic Engineer

What makes Concussion unique...

The whole team are huge fans of the show – Tim and Carl were VIPs at series one filming and decided to get a team together and build a robot to compete! By analysing the current designs and other robots weaknesses the general idea of a drum spinner came about – to bring something relatively new to the UK. One major downfall of many robots was their weak drive system – inevitably allowing them to be pushed into the arena hazards, so they decided to prototype the drive system with a wooden model – of which they managed to pull a 1.8 tonne car at over 5 miles an hour. The team is basically four fans who decided to give it a go after many years watching the show!