Combat Robot Testing Guide - Tips, Tricks, and Tools of the Trade! (& How to Stay Safe Doing It)

This video was a highly requested topic: How to test your robots! I hope to let you all know how I run my robot testing in a meaningful, if not scientifically rigorous manner. I cover what information you can gather with just the smartphone in your pocket (more than you might think!). I'll also go over all the tools of the trade used for standard motor and ESC tests. I cover some more sophisticated testing methods involving frame-by-frame video analysis, velocity and acceleration tracking video software, and much much more! Some of these methods I've been using for months or years, others (like Tracker software) I tried for the very first time today, just to explore the potential!

0:00 Intro 0:25 Norwalk Plans 0:50 Two Testing Types 1:59 Measurements and Tools 3:29 Safety Warning 3:52 Phone Camera Tests - Drive 4:54 Wheel RPM Measurements from Video 5:22 Weapon RPM Measurements from Video 5:35 Power Meter measurement demo 6:16 Secret Project Reveal 6:38 Failure Analysis Testing 7:30 Drive Mechanics Stress Testing 8:07 Online Resource of Test Data 8:24 ESC/Motor Testing 8:53 Outro

Link to the script/guide for this video: https://bit.ly/JustCuzTestGuide

CNC Kitchen videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nhcKn7Kt8w&list=PLEOQTmIWJ_rmoqdFUCgKrNu_BsMVB7e1V

Just 'Cuz Store: http://bit.ly/JustCuzStore

Instagram: @JustCuzRobotics https://www.instagram.com/justcuzrobotics/ @bloodsport_battlebot https://www.instagram.com/bloodsport_battlebot

Bloodsport Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/bnsrobotics/

Music provided by Argofox: Everous - Core https://youtu.be/2SY6f6i2Mt8 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLZ4Pl5GdZA