AnimEigo Wiki - madoverlord

climbing-2men

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-13T15:16:50+00:00

2 Men and a Mountain (Climbing) 10/14/2000 marked a new development in our climbing education, the first “James and Daddy Only” expedition, to Pilot Mountain. We tried a few new routes, some of which were a little too difficult for James, but he had a lot of fun practicing setting protection in the rock. Dad rigged up a system where he was always on a toprope, but the other end of the rope was also connected to James' harness as a lead rope. The top rope was belayed through a GriGri device fo…

climbing-alone

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-13T15:16:50+00:00

Terrorizing an Uncle (Climbing) Out we go, all alone After numerous guided expeditions, Robert felt comfortable venturing out into the wilderness (OK, Pilot Mountain, which is at best semi-wilderness) by himself. With the kids and brother Timothy in tow, and loaded down by a ton of bright shiny new equipment, they set off!

climbing-anewrope

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-13T15:17:39+00:00

Episode IV: A New Rope (Climbing) As a special end-of-school treat, Robert took James on an overnight expedition to The Climbing Place, an indoor rock-climbing gym in Fayetteville, NC. James had previously done a little indoor climbing at Jungle Rapids in Wilmington, but the facilities there are limited and expensive.

climbing-aryn

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-13T15:17:48+00:00

Red Head vs. Hard Rock! (Climbing) During Spring Break, James invited his school chum Aryn to go climbing, so the two kids, along with Dad and Aryn's mother Pam went off to Pilot Mountain. This was Aryn and Pam's first time on real rock. We set up on a 5.6 climb called Goldilox just west of the descent gully. This is the climb James did the first time he visited Pilot Mountain so Dad figured it would be a good place to start.

climbing-daddy

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-13T15:17:48+00:00

The Daddy Strikes Back (Climbing) Episode V : The Daddy Strikes Back Not leaving well enough alone, the next week we went back. This time Alex came with us. A good time was had by all. The barebacked gentleman is a young climber who works at The Climbing Place and apparently thinks not wearing a shirt will impress women - when in actual fact the only people impressed by his muscular pectorals were the other men. Also featured is Justin Gage; he and Robert took turns alternately belaying eac…

climbing-menace

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-13T15:17:48+00:00

Episode I : The Mock-Rock Menace (Climbing) Returning after our outdoor expedition to the pleasures of indoor climing on what is affectionately referred to as “Mock Rock”, we returned to the Climbing Place, but this time stepped up matters a bit. Michael, the proprietor, was gracious enough to allow us to

climbing-tablerock

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-13T15:17:57+00:00

Good Days at Table Rock (Climbing) For our next trip into the great outdoors, we again engaged Michael of the Climbing Place to be our guide on a 2-day family expedition to Table Rock, Good Days at Table Rock For our next trip into the great outdoors, we again engaged Michael of the Climbing Place to be our guide on a 2-day family expedition to Table Rock, NC. Getting there was quite the thrill, as it involved a 12-mile drive up an unpaved road.

climbing-unready

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-13T15:17:39+00:00

Episode VI : The Return of the Unready (Climbing) As a reward for finishing several segments of Hooked on Phonics, Robert treated James to a Guided Expedition to Pilot Mountain, North Carolina. Our guide was Michael Pinkston, owner of the Climbing Place. This was the first time James or Robert had been on an outdoor climbing trip.

events-dangerous

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-13T15:18:16+00:00

Fear and Loathing at Jungle Rapids (Events) On December 9th, 2000, a day that will live in infamy, the ravening hordes of the second grade decended upon the unsuspecting denizens of Jungle Rapids for an orgy of rock climbing, laser tagging, go cart racing (featuring some extremely dirty driving by the adults), and pizza gluttony on a scale never before witnessed. The cake featured an ink-jet printed picture of James rock-climbing, and his

events-junkyard

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-13T15:18:09+00:00

A Totally Bodging Birthday (Events) On December 8th, 2001, teams of maniacal young engineers descended upon the family mansion. Their mission: to create as much chaos and mess as possible -- and to create magnificent Junkyard Wars Ping Pong Propelling Machines.

events-karate1

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-13T15:18:16+00:00

First Karate Tournament (Events) On September 29th, 2001, James and Alex participated in their first Karate tournament. They had been studying for about 2 months after getting introduced to the martial arts in summer camp. Dad has been studying as well

events-karate2

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-13T15:18:24+00:00

The Boys Get Belted (Events) On October 27th, the boys took their tests to advance in grade. James advanced from White to Purple (skipping Yellow), Alex advanced to Yellow, and will probably make Purple next month. Oh, and Dad barely managed to make Purple as well.

events-karate3

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-13T15:18:24+00:00

Semi-Beach Karate (Events) This was the weekend for the Dojo Beach Karate Adventure. Alas, the weather did not cooperate, so we held it inside, with lots of fun and games. A good time was had by all.

events-pinewood

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-13T15:17:57+00:00

Pinewood Derby / Space Center 2003 (Events) March was a big month for the Woodhead/Ueki clan. Both James and Alex won their divisions of the Cub Scout Pack-level Pinewood Derby, and competed at the District level, where James came in first, Alex came in fourth, and the entire clan won

events-tripping

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-13T15:18:24+00:00

Camping and Tripping (Events) Here are some assorted photos from James' first camping trip, our trip to Japan (climbing at the REI store), and Anime Expo 2001.

events-xmas2002

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-13T15:18:03+00:00

Xmas in Florida 2002 (Events) We went to Universal Studios (James rode the Hulk, his first big coaster), and hooked up with the Greenbergs. Since Andy was on the board of a zoo in Tampa, we got some VIP treatment and went behind the scenes.

home

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-13T18:37:26+00:00

Our Humble Castle MadOverlord.com is the official website of the Woodhead/Ueki family, and should not be confused with EvilOverlord.com. While we agree in principle with the typical Evil Overlord's goal of World Domination, we feel that, frankly, they're much too goal-oriented, and not much fun. They spend way too much time actually doing the boring conquering stuff, and not enough time doing the fun

map

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-11T13:42:45+00:00

Site Map by Category (includes obsolete projects) Robots For some years, I got really into building combat robots, with some success. 2012 Clash of the Bots Videos 2008 Robogames Videos 2007 Robogames Videos Totally Offensive 2007 Build Report 2007 Carolina Combat Videos 2006 RFL Nationals Videos Project BrightSaber Totally Offensive 2006 Build Report Motorama 2006 Videos Solidworks models for Robotic Combat Utterly Offensive Build Report RFL 2005 National Championships Images S2…

projects-battlebot

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-13T15:21:24+00:00

(Projects) Ever since BattleBots came on TV, James and Alex have been bugging me to build one. The problem is, however, that I'm a software guy. I have absolutel Birth of a BattleBot - A Destructive Diary Ever since BattleBots came on TV, James and Alex have been bugging me to build one. The problem is, however, that I'm a software guy. I have absolutely zero aptitude with things mechanical.

projects-boxsweeper

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-11T13:42:44+00:00

BoxSweeper for Eudora (Projects) *Obsolete applet these days* Click here to download (1MB Stuffit file) What it does: Starting with Eudora 5.2, it is now possible to check an incoming email to see if it matches against the contents of an address book. This is very useful if you want to prioritize your inbox, and if you are using anti-spam software, it can prevent the dreaded

projects-byebyenet

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-11T13:42:50+00:00

How to Destroy the Internet (Projects) *Some obsolete musings from Y2K* First, I would like to make it perfectly clear that I am publishing my twisted and evil method for destroying the internet without any intent to encourage anyone to actually do it. If in fact anyone does this, my Ninja Death Squad will be dispatched to hunt you down and make you watch Powerpuff Girls until you die of cerebral hemmorage.

projects-crackerbarrel

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-11T13:42:52+00:00

Cracker Barrel Peg Puzzle (Projects) When advancing our nefarious plans for World Domination requires us to travel, we often take our meals at one of the many Cracker Barrel restaurants. We particularly like their biscuits, which are, in our opinion, the finest to be found in the known universe

projects-evie

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-13T15:18:30+00:00

EViE : EVE Online Skill Training Monitor (Projects) March 2015 - changes to the EVE API have rendered EViE obsolete; this page is here for historical reference only EViE was a web-based EVE-Online skill monitor applet for the iPhone / iPod Touch. It runs entirely in the built-in Safari browser, with a little help from a proxy server that I maintained.

projects-exilim

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-11T13:42:47+00:00

The Casio Exilim EX-F1 Camera (Projects) The EX-F1 is an amazing new $1000 digital camera from Casio. What sets it apart from the herd is that it can record high-speed video (I call it “Mythbusters-mode”) at 300, 600 and even 1200 frames per second.

projects-pincodes

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-11T13:42:48+00:00

How to remember all your PIN numbers (Projects) One PIN To Rule Them All, One PIN To Find Them, One PIN To Bring Them All And In The Memory Bind Them Like me, you probably have a half dozen credit, debit and bank cards in your wallet, all with different PIN numbers. Now, I have trouble remembering my address, not to mention my wife's birthday (07/28, dear), and the only way I remember our anniversary is by scheduling my yearly checkup for same day (nothing like a prostate exam to remind you it…

projects-popupx

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-11T13:42:53+00:00

PopUpX OSX Popup Windows App (Projects) Current Version : Obsolete PopUpX no longer works properly wit the current release of OS-X, and given the rumors that proper popup windows will be available in the next OS X release, it isn't worth the time to update it.

projects-shellshell

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-11T13:42:49+00:00

ShellShell OSX Shell Macros (Projects) *Yet another obsolete project* Current Version : ShellShell 1.1.0 of March 2nd, 2002 (Minor improvements, UI glitch fixed) As everyone knows, lurking underneath the fancy Aqua interface of Mac OS X is a nifty UNIX system. By using the Terminal application, you can open a user shell,

projects-spamidea

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-11T13:42:53+00:00

Combatting Spam using Certificates of Approval - Draft v1.0 of 03/14/03 Many solutions to the problem of spam have been proposed, including filtering (for keywords, by bayesian statistical analysis), blacklists (of offending mailservers), and even putting digital

projects-sudoku

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-13T15:18:30+00:00

Sudoku Susser : Freeware Sudoku Solver & Assistant (Projects) New Mac Version (Universal Binary) - 2021-04-14 2021 Update: I have refactored the Mac version of the Susser to use the latest Xojo development environment. It is experimental but seems stable. Cross-compiling to Windows will cost me $100/year though, so that probably won't happen anytime soon.

projects-told

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-11T13:42:54+00:00

Trebor's Obnoxious Lunchmeat Detector (Projects) *Not only obnoxious, but obsolete as well!* TOLD (Trebor's Obnoxious Lunchmeat Detector) was a “helper application” for Macintosh mailserver programs. Currently, it only supports EIMS (Eudora Internet Mail Server)

projects-weblord

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-13T15:18:30+00:00

WebLord : Freeware StarWeb Utility (Projects) Current Version : 1.2.5 (see below for release notes) WebLord is a free player assistant for Flying Buffalo's “Play-by-(e)Mail” game StarWeb. Currently, it provides tools for mapping and visualizing the state of the game, order entry and verification, and alliance coordination tools (composite turnsheets, information limiting, map importing, etc)

projects-xterminator

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-13T15:18:30+00:00

XTerminator BattleBot Design (Projects) This was written in 2001 IIRC, before I started building robots. Both James and Alex are crazy about BattleBots, which has presented Robert and Natsumi with major opportunities for massive blackmail. The boys have also been scribbling up designs for BattleBots, and as Apprentice Mad Overlords bent on World Domination, Robot thinks that Total Robot Domination is a useful and instructive goal for them to strive for. Thus he obtained a large number of Le…

robots-1hrant

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-13T15:20:40+00:00

1-hour Antweights (Robots) I figured it would be a good idea to build a couple of 1 pound “antweight” robots for James and Alex to play with. But with all the other robot work to do before Battle on the Beach, I didn't have much time. Fortunately, at Xmas I had gotten them a couple of Battle Bloks RC lego-compatible robot kits ($30 at Toys-R-US), which are just perfect for making simple antweights.

robots-2004nats

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-13T15:19:54+00:00

RFL 2004 National Championships Videos (Robots) This page will eventually host 320×240 full rate Quicktimes of all of the non-insect fights recorded at the 2004 Robot Fighting League National Championships in San Francisco. If you were a participant

robots-2005nats

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-13T15:19:44+00:00

RFL 2005 National Championships Images (Robots) Totally Offensive reigned supreme once again, going 3-0 and winning its second straight RFL Featherweight crown. The event was great, with titanic battles in all weight classes. I was tasked to take

robots-2006moto

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-13T15:19:25+00:00

Motorama 2006 Videos (Robots) Totally Offensive went 3-2 and took 3rd at Motorama, but the big news was the debut of Dick Stuplich's F-Bomb, which took the 30lb undercutter spinner to a whole new level. Dick beat TO before the fight even started by cleverly raising up his blade, and TO got a bit chewed upon; nothing that can't be fixed, however

robots-2006nats

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-13T15:19:25+00:00

2006 RFL Nationals Videos (Robots) Totally Offensive had teething troubles and went 1-2, but our good buddies at Team Rolling Thunder won the 30lb class and went 1-2 in 12lb'rs - the good version of 1-2, where your bots take first AND second! Here are videos of soome of the fights; they are from a hand-held camera with a variety of overexcited young cameramen, so please excuse the new-age shakycam. Sometimes we had two cameras on a fight; if so, I've encoded them seperately. Also, apologies i…

robots-2007cc

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-13T15:18:54+00:00

2007 Carolina Combat Videos (Robots) \Here are some fights and events from the May 2007 Carolina Combat event. As these videos are encoded with the H.264 codec, you will need Quicktime 7 in order to view them. College Robot Challenge Event: Deadly Revolution Obstacle Course Run 1 Deadly Revolution Obstacle Course Run 2 Robox Obstacle Course Run 1

robots-2007rg

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-13T15:19:19+00:00

2007 Robogames Videos (Robots) Totally Offensive was very lucky and spun its way to 1st place at RoboGames 2007. The bot stayed healthy just long enough, and our opponents caught some real bad breaks. We also took a new HiDef camera to the event, and Judge Dave kindly donated some virgin lexan to shoot through. This was our first try at HiDef work, and there was a learning curve, but I think you'll enjoy the results. In particular, HD needs more light than regular video, which is why you'll …

robots-2008rg

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-13T15:18:48+00:00

2008 Robogames Videos (Robots) Totally Offensive failed to repeat as RoboGames champion when the battery suffered a catastrophic failure and gutted the inside of the robot. Oh well, sometimes you're the meatgrinder, and sometimes you're the meat -- in this case, well-done meat!

robots-2012cotb

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-13T15:18:30+00:00

2012 Clash of the Bots Videos (Robots) Here are two compilation videos of high-speed footage from the event: a Greatest Hits Music Video (20MB) and a collection of all the interesting hits Video from Clash of the Bots 2012 Here are two compilation videos of high-speed footage from the event: a

robots-anorexia

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-13T15:21:24+00:00

Anorexia Build Report (Robots) The genesis of the Anorexia design dates back to BattleBots 5.0. Based on what I learned at the competition, I had the idea to build an ultra-small, ultra-thin robot. There were two reasons why I felt this would be a valid design idea; first, such a tiny robot would be hard to hit, and second, the smaller it is, the thicker the frame and armor can be for the same weight. Also, as this was the first robot I would completely design and construct from scratch, I w…

robots-battlebot

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-13T15:21:19+00:00

Birth of a BattleBot (Robots) Ever since BattleBots came on TV, James and Alex have been bugging me to build one. The problem is, however, that I'm a software guy. I have absolutely zero aptitude with things mechanical. Fortunately for me (since the kids were threatening violence), the good folks at

robots-bb2

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-13T15:20:14+00:00

Battle Beach II Videos (Robots) This page contains all the recorded fights from Battle Beach II, except for the insect weight classes. All the quicktimes use the 3ivx codec (which does a really superb job of keeping the file sizes down). 3ivx is a MPEG-4 codec, and the files should play fine if you've got the most recent Quicktime or Video for Windows.

robots-brightsaber

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-13T15:18:58+00:00

Project BrightSaber (Robots) More than a few people have mused upon the idea of installing lights inside the weapon of a combat robot. Similar “Persistance of Vision” setups are available for bikes and car wheels, but of course, doing it with a robot is kicking it up a notch! I've thought for some time that it would be fun to see what could be done with easily available materials, but never had the time to get around to it

robots-brushcaps

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-11T13:42:49+00:00

Inexpensive Replacement Brush Caps for the S28 MagMotor I go through a few of these brush caps every season, because the clamping studs I use on the Whyachi TWM-3RS gearbox used on Totally Offensive requires filing them down to permit the passage of 2 of the studs. There's only a couple of places you can get them, and the price is around $16.00 for a set of 4 caps! I think what's happening is that the only source of these caps in small quantities is Satcon (makers of the MagMotor) and that it…

robots-futabamix

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-11T13:42:52+00:00

Futaba 9CAP Mixes for Robots (Robots) The Futaba 9CAP is the radio of choice in combat robotics. It is programmable enough to do single-stick mixing in the radio (eliminating the need for Configuring the Futaba 9CAP / 9CAF / 9CHP / 9CHF Radio to do single-stick mixing

robots-magmotorrepair

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-13T15:19:49+00:00

MagMotor Magnet Repair (Robots) One of the best parts of Combat Robotics is running into unusual problems and coming up with interesting solutions to them. Totally Offensive is a great robot, but it was literally hitting the other robots so hard that the magnets inside the S28-150

robots-ncrsf1202

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-13T15:20:57+00:00

North Carolina Robot Street Fight 12/02 (Robots) On Sunday, December 7th 2002, despite freezing cold, and a historic ice storm, the North Carolina Robot Street Fight was held in Salisbury, NC. A great time was had by all. Although Red Menace went 0-2, some valuable lessons were learned. In the first fight, one of the battery connectors came loose and we lost half our power, which then caused radio problems. After jury-rigging alternate power connections, we had an exciting second fight, sur…

robots-npc

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-13T15:20:00+00:00

NPC Charity Open Videos (Robots) This page contains 320×240 full rate Quicktimes of all of the non-insect fights recorded at the NPC Charity Open. They are recorded as MPEG4 quicktimes, so you will need Quicktime 6 or better to view them. As they are fairly large and my bandwidth is not, please be patient as they may load quite slowly.

robots-offensive

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-13T15:20:20+00:00

Totally Offensive Build Report (Robots) After Anorexia mutated into a lifterbot, the kids started bugging me for a robot of their own, so I started thinking about how to build them a seriously nasty 30lb robot. They clearly wanted something with an active weapon and a simple strategy.

robots-pwm

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-13T15:21:02+00:00

Reading PWM with the IFI & a Basic Stamp (Robots) < As part of the ongoing effort to improve Red Menace, I wanted to be able to directly read the Gyro, and use the IFI controller to process the gyro output. So, cribbing from my old ultrasonic code, I hooked up a Basic Stamp Board of Education to one of the IFI outputs (white = signal, black = gnd, and red = +5V if you're feeding it into the IFI), and wrote some code to measure the length of…

robots-ra2003

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-13T15:20:40+00:00

Robot Assault 2003 Videos (Robots) This page contains 160×120 full rate Quicktimes of all of the fights recorded at Robot Assault 2003. They are recorded as MPEG4 quicktimes, so you will need Quicktime 6 or better to view them. These videos are © 2003 AnimEigo / SECR. If you are a builder, you may make copies of the fights and interviews featuring your robot, for your personal use and for use on your team websites. All other use or redistribution is forbidden without written permission of SE…

robots-rcg0403

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-13T15:20:26+00:00

Robot Club & Grille 04/03 (Robots) On the weekend of April 12th, I drove up to Irwin, PA, to compete at the Robot Club & Grille's monthly tournament. The tournament was great, and Anorexia performed very well, taking second place in the 30lb category. A few new design flaws found, but these will be easily corrected.

robots-rcra

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-13T15:20:05+00:00

Rocket City Robot Assault Videos (Robots) This page contains 320×240 full rate Quicktimes of all of the non-insect fights recorded at Rocket City Robot Assault. They are recorded as MPEG4 quicktimes, so you will need Quicktime 6 or better to view them. As they are fairly large and my bandwidth is not, please be patient as they may load quite slowly.

robots-redmenace

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-13T15:21:02+00:00

Red Menace - the 2nd Battlebot (Robots) We learned a lot of lessons from our first attempt at building a BattleBot, and high on the list was, “Robert needs to know how to build hardware as well as software”. Thus it came to be that I spent the summer helping Team TSR Robotics rebuild one of their robots, picking up a basic education in machining along the way.

robots-robocide

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-13T15:20:50+00:00

Robocide 01/03 (Robots) The kids had to head back to North Carolina for school, but I stayed an extra week in Florida to compete in Robocide 2003, a new competition. Unfortunately, once again I had weird radio problems with Red Menace and went 0-2. After much analysis I found that the battery pack powering the IFI radio in the robot would, if hit in a particular way, go intermittent and lock up the radio. !&#(@!#*@*!!!

robots-sherlinemillsetup

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-13T15:21:02+00:00

Sherline 8-axis Mill Setup for Morons (or, “How you can be a total mechanical neophyte and still get it together without breaking it (too much)”) This page documents my adventures in putting together the Sherline 8-Axis mini-mill. Here you see all the parts, laid out in their lubricated glory on what was (but is no longer) one of my wife's favorite fluffy white towels. I have already assembled the headstock and motor, as this is relative…

robots-smalljohnson

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-13T15:20:40+00:00

Small Johnson Motor & T-Box (Robots)

robots-solidworks

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-13T15:18:30+00:00

Solidworks models for Robotic Combat (Robots) Having finally gotten around to installing the copy of Solidworks we got for winning the 2004 RFL Nationals with Totally Offensive, I caught a major case of Solidworks disease (“the strange compulsion to make 3D models of everything you actually touch

robots-to2006

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-13T15:19:14+00:00

Totally Offensive 2006 Build Report (Robots)

robots-to2007

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-13T15:18:54+00:00

Totally Offensive 2007 Build Report (Robots) The 2006 Nationals was the first competition for the new version of Totally Offensive, and unfortunately, there were more problems than expected.

robots-tournament

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-13T15:21:06+00:00

May 2002 Battlebots Tournament (Robots) Ever since BattleBots came on TV, James and Alex have been bugging me to build one. Well, in partnership with Hardware Honcho Bruce Mobley, I did. Or more precisely, I did the software part. You can read about the design and construction process here. Then it was off to sunny (hah!) San Francisco to pit our mechanical monstrosity against stiff competition.

robots-tsn2003

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-13T15:20:20+00:00

TSN 2003 Videos (Robots) This page contains all the recorded fights from the 2003 Triangle Series Nationals. All the quicktimes use the 3ivx codec (which does a really superb job of keeping the file sizes down). 3ivx is a MPEG-4 codec, and the files should play fine if you've got the most recent Quicktime or Video for Windows.

robots-ultra

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-11T13:42:45+00:00

Getting a BASIC stamp to sample 8 Ultrasonic sensors at once This is a sleazy trick. You wire up the 8 trigger lines to one byte of the Stamp's IO word, and the 8 input lines to the other. Then you trigger all the sensors, and read bytes -- reading all 8 signals at a time. You end up with a column of bits, one per sensor, that you can count to determine the range.

robots-utterly

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-12-13T15:19:25+00:00

Utterly Offensive Build Report (Robots) A design that never got built In light of the success of the current incarnation of Totally Offensive (success defined as [a] it wins and [b] it doesn't destroy itself in the process), I've decided to build a lightweight, 60lb version of the robot, currently named