Won most destructive bot in AIME Robotronica.

 

HellTongue is a two wheeled, box-shaped vertical spinner using a monocoque 98A TPU Exoskeleton for structure. The large neoprene wheels have been modified to increase traction, which makes this robot very fast for only having two wheels, although the handling leaves room for improvement. It has AR500 steel forks and a 190 gram "mystery AR steel" weapon mounted on a direct drive hub motor, attached to a separate TPU mounting assembly that slides into the bottom of the robot and bolted in, allowing for large side wedges to protect the weapon.

 

Designed to be as simple as possible to reduce breaking points, HellTongue only uses 16 screws! (Not including screws that came with components)

 

Major Change log:

 

V2: 

• Introducing Ring Armor! A way to increase the thickness of a TPU wall without increasing the amount of perimeter walls in your slicing software. Doubles the thickness of all armor from 6 layers to 12 with minimal weight gain.
• Switched to brushless drive to increase power and save weight.
• Dropped the S7 components in favor of AR steel parts.
• (With the exception of the weapon ESC.) Switched to Repeat Robotics for all electronics and motors.
• Added side forks to the sides of the main forks to improve flanking ability
• Added small ears to improve inverted driving control. (any bigger and the wheels would be off the ground.)

 

I got into CAD and combat robotics about seven months ago (As of my second competitive tournament 8/2/25) and other than an antweight wedge kit, This is the first robot that I have ever built. It did very well in its first competitive tournament back in April, and now, HellTongue is ready to fight once again. I may have jumped the gun a little bit with getting complex parts that are out of my skill level, causing me to break a bunch of things trying to make this robot work. But I am hoping it will be functional at the fight and prove that I mean business in combat robotics.

 

 

Special thanks to:

 

Kinship Academy And Alterna, for sponsoring this project. 

 

Sierra College, Advanced Manufacturing, for water jetting metal parts.

 

Sierra College Robotics Club, for teaching me everything I know. 

 

My girlfriend, Spider Comstock, for drawing the artwork.