In a previous post, the Samtec blog team interviewed the team at Phalanx Robotics in their quest to win BattleBots in 2020. In this next portion of the interview, Andrew Godfrey from Phalanx adds more detail on that process. Phalanx Robotics Interview Matt Burns: Briefly, what are some of the other more popular styles or designs of BattleBots? Andrew Godfrey: I love how open the BattleBots rules are. Key design concerns are participant safety and maintaining BattleBox integrity. No … [Read more...]
Building a Better BattleBot – Part 1
The global COVID-19 pandemic has delayed many events: weddings, tax collections, sporting seasons and BattleBots. BattleBots? BattleBots! Yes, BattleBots! In most cases, COVID-19 related delays are a negative. However, for Samtec-sponsored Phalanax Robotics, delays in the BattleBots competition have been a blessing in disguise. They have been able to build a better bot. I recently caught up with Andrew Godfrey from Phalanx. He kindly gave details of how Phalanx came together, the type of … [Read more...]
Interact With Our New Micro Rugged Web Experience
Micro and rugged typically do not go hand-in-hand, but Samtec offers a breadth of products and features that prove it is possible. To show that, we recently released a new Micro Rugged web experience. Here you can scroll, roll over and interact with the product solutions and rugged features available, and learn more about the intense testing many of our rugged products have undergone. Within the web experience you will find solutions for high cycle, high speed, high power and harsh … [Read more...]