Post edited 5:10 AM – November 30, 2009 by Will

This was my idea for a bot which uses a ram to smash an opponent. Its very large at the moment but could be easily sized down. Its basic ram function starts by having two drums powered by cims which sit inside the drums (thus adding their weight to the inertia) and rotate until maxed out. Once these reach full speed one can actuate a hydrolic or pnumadic cylender (in blue) thus pulling down bearings which sit against the ram(red) and force it in between the drums. The ram due to force from the tapered drums shoots foward at a high velocity (hopefully into an opponent) and is pulled back with a separate motor or spring (not shown).  This design was primarily trying to utilize the advantage a spinner has with inertia for a different kind of device.