Orbitron

Orbitron, stylized as ORBITRON, is a heavyweight robot which is scheduled to compete at BattleBots Proving Ground during the live show, BattleBots: Destruct-A-Thon. The team have also applied for BattleBots World Championship VIII.
It is a four-wheel drive, bi-wedge shaped robot with twin, chain driven vertical spinners - one at the front and another at the back. The team describe Orbitron as a "modernized Counter Revolution"Public message from Steven Szczeszynski in the Out of the Arena Discord server, with their single-toothed disc spinners looking to cancel out gyroscopic forces in a similar vein to RIPperoni. The team have designed the robot's drive train with speed and power in mind, opting for chain drive and different-sized sprockets to increase torque and acceleration.https://uwbattlebots.notion.site/Mechanical-165492dcd382440391b375e0bdf4812a
Protruding from the front and rear of Orbitron are four long, hinged forks which look to feed opponents into either vertical spinner. Orbitron also has a dedicated self-righting mechanism mounted between the spinning discs to right the robot if flipped over. Another unique aspect of Orbitron is the inclusion of eight cameras: two per side and two at the front and back.
These behave similar to human eyes according to the team, building a three-dimensional vision of its environment and being able to detect its opponent with the use of specialist software and AI, allowing for a degree of autonomy within Orbitron. The team state this technology allows Orbitron to autonomously attack by predicting where an opponent is likely to next move, rather than attacking where the opponent is in the present moment.
Team Orbitron is made up of students from the University of Waterloo, and have prior experience with FIRST Robotics. They uploaded an application video in mid 2023.https://uwbattlebots.notion.site/UW-Battlebots-Team-Orbitron-5916d5857de348c98ce4910e1b5d63e5 Orbitron is currently scheduled to fight RoboGym Robotics' new horizontal spinner Roundhouse on August 26-27, 2023.
==Robot History==
===BattleBots Proving Ground===
Orbitron vs. Roundhouse (8/26/2023)Orbitron's first ever BattleBots fight is due to come in BattleBots Proving Ground, where it is scheduled to fight Roundhouse.
Orbitron vs. Roundhouse (8/27/2023)Orbitron is scheduled to fight Roundhouse for a second time the following day.
==Results==
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===Exhibition Wins/Losses===
*Wins: TBC
*Losses: TBC
Competition 	Wins	Losses
BattleBots Proving Ground	TBC 	TBC
==References==
Category:Heavyweight Robots
Category:BattleBots Proving Ground Competitors
Category:Robots armed with Spinning Flywheels
Category:Canadian Robots
Category:Student-Built Robots