K*bot World Championships®

K*bot World Championships®

All new 2007 K*bot World Championships T-Shirts are now available to help the K*bot scholarships Fund for outstanding students from around the world to the 2008 K*bot World Championships. This is how it works: Pick any of the 5 different style K*bot World Championships Division finals T-Shirts.

Division 1 finals shirt ($25 donation includes US handling & shipping)

Division 2 finals shirt ($25 donation includes US handling & shipping)

Division 3 finals shirt ($25 donation includes US handling & shipping)

Division M finals shirt ($25 donation includes US handling & shipping)

Pro-Challenge finals shirt ($25 donation includes US handling & shipping)

Only small & medium sizes available

If you want a special custom made T-Shirt with a photo of your actual K*bot match when you were competing at the 2007 K*bot World Championships in Las Vegas we can search our hundreds of digital photos data base on the hard drive and custom make a T-Shirt for you, this service will require a $35 donation which includes US handling & shipping.

100% of the profits from the sale of these T-Shirts will go to help pay for a registration spot at the 2008 K*bot World Championships for several outstanding students from around the world.

All K*bot T-Shirts will ship within 2 weeks of receiving your full payment. E-mail your order to: tvercver@aol.com

Send payment directly to: Thomas Vermersch at PO Box 620796 Las Vegas, Nevada 89162

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# 1: Sturdy frame "K*bot Magic"

The frame of a gear reduction k*bot must be strong and sturdy. Why? Because the stronger the frame the max amount of pressure will be exerted onto the wheels. Take a look at Snow Plow and how everything connected eventually ends up connected to the wheels. You don’t see parts connected to the wheels with just simply 2 sticks. On the contrary you see everything equally balanced. You also want to avoid what I call swivel frames. What I mean is those frames that have the improper weight management and are too long and get caught on their sides. Turning them sideways and robbed of a victory.

Snow Plow pic above with blue energy lines-^

Must # 2: Wheel Positioning and Weight Management (WW) "K*bot Magic"

This is one of the most popular faults of gear reductions I have seen. In a gear reduction robot you have power, but the only way to make sure that the power is exerted onto the wheels is with the correct weight distribution onto the wheels. A gear reduction K*bot is apparently slow, so cannot waste time sliding around the battle arena. Out of 3 pounds your weight should be 2/3 on the power wheels and 1/3 on the front of the K*bot. Yes you could go with all your weight on your back wheels but that gives you a weakness. As you can see the leverage is in favor of your opponent, if they have a ramp or the same leverage as you do. Then you will both be lifted into the air, but you will tumble down first because you will have more weight propelling you backwards. This of course determines the winner as your opponent because your wheels will become useless one way or another. The division of the weight into thirds gives you a pound of frontal weight that disables your opponent from pushing you up. You don’t have to worry about sliding wheels because you are so heavy unless you have a swivel frame that I trust you have fixed.

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Must # 3: The Gears and their placement "K*bot Magic"

Although most people will think this is the most important and most difficult step it really isn’t. If you have all the necessary requirements I have listed, your gear reduction should be easy to install. The basic structure you want to reach is the small gear on the motor shaft and the big gear on the wheel shaft. Put them together and you have yourself a worthy gear reduction k*bot.

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<------------Here is your gear for the motor shaft

Here is your motor Shaft (small blue gear)

Here is your wheel shaft (large yellow gear)

This is only an overview of a successful gear reduction K*bot. If you have any more questions or need me to go into more detail, email me at edman2478411@yahoo.com and I will address your topic.

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