Talk:3D Printing

Rejected bot designs

A few bot designs did not make the list in the article for various reasons. These will be documented here for the sake of curiosity and/or future digital historians.

Qualifications

A bot may be omitted from the article and place here if any of these are true:

1. It has no 3D printed parts at all.
2. It is more than two generations behind a documented bot which has improvements that make the older design obsolete.
3. It does not function as a combat robot (but see below).
4. It can't be assembled as designed. A link to proof of this assertion may be needed.

Here are reasons a bot does NOT belong in this list:

1. The bot is a model or decorative item. Non-functional designs do NOT belong either in this list or in the article.
2. The instructions provided with the bot are unclear or incomplete.

A specific reason must be given for each item here. Discuss here if there is any uncertainty as to which list is more appropriate. --Chklnk (talk) 07:48, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

The Rejects

• Unnamed 3lb Undercutter (by TeamMagicalLipoFire) 1749282 is poorly documented and appears to be a primitive early version of Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly Mk6.
• Colsonbot 3lb Weaponless shell spinner (by teamtestbot) 1621915 appears to be a non-fighting novelty bot.
• Tiger Shark v4 is an earlier version of the ones on the list.
• Plastic Ant combat robot Wedge Sparkfun undocumented, no info about components or assembly.
• Kidney Stone antweight undocumented, no info about components or assembly.
• ERIC! working Robot Wars replica Project removed at request of the RW team.
• Chameleon Just parts, no details.
• 1lb Antweight class battlebot parts No chassis, no photos.
• Battlebot Roller Chassis Chassis only, no photos or details.
• Chubby 204g flipper Probably does function but doesn’t fit into common weight classes.
• Arc and its friend [1] Arc. 150g incomplete, flipper missing.