The Highlander V6

The Highlander

And now for something completely different! Highlander V6’s chassis and arm are made entirely out of laser-cut titanium! Introducing… The TiLander! The entire robot is bolted together with #4 bolts and nutstrip. It’s shaping up to be the best looking version of the robot to date! The top plates are bent to match the curve…

The Highlander V5

The Highlander

Highlander’s biggest enemy (aside from horizontal spinners) has always been weight. For this version, I ordered a fresh set of chassis pieces and had them pocketed as well. The entire robot is a little bit smaller too, so that’ll save a nice amount of weight as well. To save space, moved the EndBots DESC underneath…

The Highlander V4

The Highlander

After the disasterous performance of both the 3d printed chassis and the heat-set inserts, I moved back to UHMW for Highlander’s chassis. However this time, I had the pieces CNC’ed by my friend Matthew Tompkins! Only the side profiles were machined though, so I still had to drill and thread holes for the screws myself.…

The Highlander V3

The Highlander

For V3 of my flipper bot, I had the entire chassis printed as a single Onyx part by EndBots.com! This saves a ton of weight and allows me improve the pneumatic system. 2x the tanks! 2x the valves! Highlander’s air supply didn’t last very long with just one tank. Plus, the working pressure of the…

The Highlander V2

The Highlander

Big Improvements for The Highlander! Faster Drive Better armor PNEUMATICS! I made the chassis by printing out a drawing of the side rail, then tracing around the outline with a coping saw and drilling the holes with my drill press. The drive wheels also been upgraded from n20’s to 16mm kitbot motors! The chassis is…