nice bots Parkasever!

also for the old comments below, there are 1x1 small grid batteries, I dont think they'd last as long as a reactor tho

@DEADPOO Aren't batteries bigger than the reactor, meaning that it won't be able to roll as well?
Also the comment is two year old.

@งง Two Snake
Gee, you're playing an Engineer...how hard is it to swap a reactor for batteries? Why can't you do it?

Could you do a version of these using batteries?

LOL

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hey man im a fan of you "mini" bots but i have a request could you make them a lil more user friendly like a start button or stop button b/c idk how to use the RC and other stuff?

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Thank you!

can you make a well basicly a "tank"?
with wheels and a gatlin turret

Yeah, it's also equipped with a lighter :D
I'm not a fan of BB8. A true astromech droid like R2D2 hacks the Death Star, repairs damaged X-wings during flight and zapps aliens with a thunderbolt :D

BB-8 did carry a holo map fragment of where Luke is in the movie, and to keep it from the first order, so it is not useless.

Updated with the Dream Assembly review video!

Just the colour scheme. This robot actually does something. BB-8 just looks cute :P

Is it by any chance inspired by BB-8 from Star Wars? The colour scheme is similar

really?

I will take it apart now

I never realized you could use gyro override!

OH MY GOD YOUR A GENIUS

@LordSkloore / It is constantly "turning" using the gyro. it also has other settings that help direct it better but... that's about it. No magic.

@what do you mean it simply works? How does it flip

@uoowuo / Thank you for experimenting. I tried all the experiments you mention. I will try to be brief:
- Sloped armor is better to control than spiked;
- Large ship version has 1/2 torque power limit and it destroys itself (there is some kind of difference in Large vs Small blocks);
- perpetuum-mobile with two gyros on a "stick" works, but it's hard to control. I did achieve some success in space models though with advanced gyro use (check out: http://psteamcommunity.yuanyoumao.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=709625542
- adding thrusters defeats the purpose of them staying cheap, yes

@LordSkloore / It... I don't know. It simply works. No scripts are needed.

How does it work without scripting?

Or maybe there's a way to use 2 gyros, say, on the ends of a stick, to make the whole thing spin around the center fast or something like that.

Maybe you could add a single thruster and a timer, and turn the thruster on to max power for a short while periodically, so that the harder obstacles can be overcome.

Great idea and I guess it probably works on other bodies, but not on Moon. It couldn't really take on the steep slopes, and I guess the whole propulsion method may be unable to.

I tried adding longer and longer light armor spikes to it, in 6 cardinal directions, both with a longer axis and uniformly, and it helped just a little. Turning up gyro torque on all 3 axes to the maximum seems to give it quite a bit more bouncing power, to the point where I had a spiked version of mine get back into my crater and basically... attack my base. However, they still don't really move around much in lunar conditions, there needs to be a way to grip the surface better.

You could theoretically make huge spiked versions of these, perhaps even large ship versions, but it kinda defeats the purpose and makes them hard to manufacture.

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UPDATE 1 is here: it features LESS parts, better rolling and steering. The prospector will now stay closer to where it is released. Happy prospecting!

Oh my god. Another example of how in the future of space engineers, people will no longer have to even control their fighters. They just sit at their house making bigger, better ships

Nice. In addition these make great target practice ;)

nice invention

@Gaulam / Yes. The only thing that can stop them are deep pits with no way out. Slopes are generally not a problem - up or down. Try it.

I'm curious. Does it have an anti-torque for particularly steep downhills? I foresee losing a few to mountainous terrain that gets them rolling too fast and causes violent bouncing.

Its adorable, in it's own dopey sort of way. I'll take 10.

@The Miner / Depends on terain. Sometimes it gets stuck in very deep pits or rocks. It's a robot though so it will never give up trying to get out. And compared to wheels and thrusters nothing is cheaper and more reliable than rolling propulsion for such a menial task as ore prospecting. The idea is to go as cheap as possible and just make a spare one if you lose it.

question about your rolling bot, does it get stuck in holes or by rocks? maybe a new version with wheels or thrusters? incased of corse for protection.

Drones and robots are the same thing... This can be purviewed as a drone.

This is GENIOUS.

this is absolutely F*cking amazing

my workshop http://psteamcommunity.yuanyoumao.com/profiles/76561198201868530/myworkshopfiles/

hey buddy, i have an idea for a drone carrier, can i design it? i wanna make it so i can get alot of followers to encourage me to play more often and post ships more often, i already have an idea for the carrier, and ill show u my workshop to prove im probably worthy, PLEASE LET ME DESIGN THEM!!! :)

yeppers he has skill :P

what about a drone carrier

Proof of the adage "Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing more to take away."

this hits the sweet spot

This really shows the community.
People make shit like the giant ships with rotor mounted panels on the walls and decorations, to do something a little drone like this could do cheaper, faster, more efficently.

As Monsieur Happy Bundle of Sticks said, You exemplified Freeman Dyson's saying "A good engineer is a person who makes a design that works with as few original ideas as possible" almost perfectly.

Just Perfect

Holy shit that is so hot.

As few parts as possible, no new ideas, absolute efficiency.

From an engineering perspective, you nailed it.

Most simple design I've ever seen. Nice