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2020 BATTLEBOT® CHOMP - 500 POUNDS OF WALKING ROBOT POWERED BY SERVO PNEUMATICS Enfield is proud to sponsor 2020 Battlebots® only walking robot, CHOMP. With 6x 3-axis legs powered by 18x S2 pneumatic cylinder positioning systems, CHOMP is both agile and powerful.
Servo pneumatics give CHOMP a power-dense, robust solution capable of quickly and nimbly moving 500 pounds of robot into position for its next hammer hit or flamethrower spray.
WHY SPONSOR A BATTLEBOT®?
Team CHOMP, like many of Enfield’s customers was looking to create a unique, “market-leading” solution.
BattleBots® new rules for 2020 gave a 250-pound weight bonus to any walking robot - weight that could be used to add armor or counterbalance the angular momentum of swinging a hammer. However, if this weight bonus is completely consumed by the servo axes needed to make it walk, it would defeat the purpose. To make their design possible, team CHOMP needed a lightweight, power-dense method of controlling their robot.
Enfield’s S2 pneumatic cylinder positioning systems offered a perfect solution.
S2 POSITIONING SYSTEM
The S2 servo pneumatic positioning systems used in CHOMP combine together a proportional valve, sensors and embedded control electronics to linearly position pneumatic cylinders, creating an air servoactuator that can be controlled from the PLC.
This electropneumatic positioner allows actuators to stop at unlimited midstroke positions, follow complex profiles or simply prevents slamming at the ends
VIDEOS
SEE BEHIND THE SCENES FOOTAGE OF CHOMP'S DESIGN, ASSEMBLY, & FIRST STEPS
S2 STARTER KITS
WANT TO ADD SERVO-PNEUMATICS TO YOUR NEXT PROJECT?
The S2 Cylinder Positioning Starter Kit offers a quick and cost effective method of adding cylinder position control to an application.
Pre-wired/plumbed and ready-to-go out of the box, this kit provides a known-good starting point for development efforts and makes adding pneumatic position control to both existing and new applications easy.
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING...
“Much better than the electric actuator we were previously using…”
“Customer was very happy with the results…”
“I am very satisfied with the S2's, they work very well...”
“Thanks again for making this all possible, kudos to Enfield…”
“We have used Enfield S2 valves for several applications over the last couple of years and have been satisfied…”
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