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This thing is fighting in the proving grounds Don't ask me how it works, this is the only clip of it moving I can find. 
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Surely a spinner will look at those legs and it'll be done.
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It seems like a response to huge and other meta-breaking shapes, as though they can adjust the height and angle of that weapon.Bertha the Toaster posted:Surely a spinner will look at those legs and it'll be done. True, definitely going to be vulnerable to horizontals.
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For anyone interested in it. This Saturday is the next NHRL stream. Quickly looked through the entries list, don't think there are any surprise Battlebots teams showing up to the event. Just the normal NHRL battlebot teams. Also Ray Billings took his 30lb Disinformation down to Brazil for a robot event. They have full streams of their fights, but I haven't watched it, not sure if I will. But here is at least 1 fight. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0Xhm56sL_M&t=5367s
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It's the middle of the night and I'm watching NHRL bots! edit: oh god cage 7 is a MESS ewe2 fucked around with this message at 15:14 on Aug 12, 2023 |
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Well with NHRL. This is their livestream for today's event! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAXvrZdnceQ
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Aug 12, 2023 15:47
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Another mostly good event. Some questionable judge and ref decisions, but kind of expected with so many fights. Jeff Waters of Team Jackpot won the 3lb weight class with at least a version of their minibot they run on Battlebots. Which also is unique as it doesn't have a kinetic weapon like the normal winners at NHRL events.
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SLICK GOKU BABY posted:Another mostly good event. Some questionable judge and ref decisions, but kind of expected with so many fights. Very interesting semifinals/finals of the 3lb 4 bots switching partners like that, interesting result and they all qualify.
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Aug 13, 2023 05:44
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Ray Billings & Martin Mason are teaming up this weekend for the Proving Grounds match. All these weeks of proving grounds matches with various teams is going to make it pretty hard for them I think to get a 50 bot field for Battlebots once they can get filming dates locked in. Maybe they'll do a prechampionship tournament for all the teams that are on the edge. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATgKgWBBfSo
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Aug 15, 2023 10:03
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Given that this is the defacto robot combat thread on here, I'd feel remiss if I didn't post the new 1lber I'm bringing to Dragon Con this weekend. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1Lom4jwVCQ 0.050" heat treated 4130 steel chassis on a 1lb bot because I make terrible decisions. Higher voltage than a lot of 3lb bots and all brushless for good measure.
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Aug 29, 2023 02:35
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MikeNCR posted:Given that this is the defacto robot combat thread on here, I'd feel remiss if I didn't post the new 1lber I'm bringing to Dragon Con this weekend. Great hype video. That looks fuckin dope.
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MikeNCR posted:Given that this is the defacto robot combat thread on here, I'd feel remiss if I didn't post the new 1lber I'm bringing to Dragon Con this weekend. Noice
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What's the stats on the lifting arm? Brushless servo for fine control? Or just a gearbox that you stop before it locks up? Electrical end stops maybe...
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Tried to get a Cameo from Faruq for my son's birthday (he of winning the family tournament pool 2 years in a row fame) but I guess he's not doing it right now 
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MikeNCR posted:Given that this is the defacto robot combat thread on here, I'd feel remiss if I didn't post the new 1lber I'm bringing to Dragon Con this weekend. Pretty cool flipper bot.
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GuavaMoment posted:What's the stats on the lifting arm? Brushless servo for fine control? Or just a gearbox that you stop before it locks up? Electrical end stops maybe... It's one of these gearmotors with an extra stage in the gearbox https://repeat-robotics.com/buy/mk3/ along with an external reduction stage on 4s lipo with their AM32 drive esc https://repeat-robotics.com/buy/am32/
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Here's another new bot, with this one I came up with the name and built the bot to suit it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4-EwGFc1cQ
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Aug 30, 2023 21:56
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Well that's taking the phrase "sizzle reel" a bit too literally 
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Suddenly all my YouTube recommendations are barbecue tips
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Video from Robot Battles 71 is up- Antweight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYJVpez6DGQ&list=PLXxXO1LhNQxQJRtjAN-LxNlx-dLpTyePV Beetleweight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKvWViEdw38&list=PLXxXO1LhNQxRppH94Q3TFtkQRv7Tp-uIM Hobbyweight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHbuc9ZO7eU&list=PLXxXO1LhNQxTl8_wx3Ja6zBlV-HwfLTtM Featherweight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvFsSO_84FU&list=PLXxXO1LhNQxRrtDIFxlqjT6lfZq08J4D3
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Thanks, will give those a watch soon, I scrolled down enough to confirm this includes your new bot from up the page, I hope you did well. Or at had fun at least. Edit: I'm such a muppet. I only just put together the colours of Outlier and your avatar/logo. Holy gently caress, that fight against Swoop, well played Mike, well played. Kept your cool and didn't give up despite losing like half your bot. Bertha the Toaster fucked around with this message at 13:36 on Sep 6, 2023 |
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That final was really close, I have no idea how they could call that. Also, they didn't actually say the result. Who won!?
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Bertha the Toaster posted:Thanks, will give those a watch soon, I scrolled down enough to confirm this includes your new bot from up the page, I hope you did well. Or at had fun at least. Thanks, and yeah, not panicking was the only thing that saved me there, Swoop was a beast. Bertha the Toaster posted:That final was really close, I have no idea how they could call that. Also, they didn't actually say the result. Who won!? If you're talking for 1lb, the winner was ...... Outlier ....... From what I recall it took a bit for the decision. Some extra detail: Late in the fight you'll notice one side stops working, starts up again, then stops for good. At the end of the fight the other side stopped too. Took the bot apart to see what happened and I managed to melt the little 3d printed motor covers enough that they bound up the drive motors in the final. Pried them off and the drive motors are running happy as ever. Going to rework some bits on the lifter assembly so it doesn't get removed the same way again and set it up for better torque transfer so it should be running better next time. MikeNCR fucked around with this message at 14:59 on Sep 6, 2023 |
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MikeNCR posted:If you're talking for 1lb, the winner was ...... Outlier ....... From what I recall it took a bit for the decision. Indeed I was, I don't know about you but that looked like a fight where I'd be happy for either person to win it was so close and so well fought by both sides. Regardless, congratulations to the winner, it was well earned.
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Bertha the Toaster posted:Indeed I was, I don't know about you but that looked like a fight where I'd be happy for either person to win it was so close and so well fought by both sides. Regardless, congratulations to the winner, it was well earned. Oh yeah, I'd have had zero complaints if the judges went the other way.
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Just saw this announced on Facebook feed, really looking forward to it!quote:THE DATES ARE OUT - BATTLEBOTS CHAMPIONS II will premiere Thursday, October 5th 8pm on Discovery & Max, and continue through November 9th (6-weeks).
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Esoter1c posted:Just saw this announced on Facebook feed, really looking forward to it! 
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Esoter1c posted:Just saw this announced on Facebook feed, really looking forward to it! About time they released these episodes! Should be fun although funny the final tournament will be 3 giant nut winners and 5 bots that won their slugfest brackets, but (likely) weren't good enough to have a deep run in the main championship. I'd bet on Sawblaze adding the golden bolt to their collection of trophies.
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I wonder if this means they have a firmer grasp on when they might be able to start filming for the next season, or if they have a better idea of if/when the strike might be ending.
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SLICK GOKU BABY posted:About time they released these episodes! Should be fun although funny the final tournament will be 3 giant nut winners and 5 bots that won their slugfest brackets, but (likely) weren't good enough to have a deep run in the main championship. I'd bet on Sawblaze adding the golden bolt to their collection of trophies. Always tough to handicap with a sport so rock-paper-scissors. Sawblaze is very counter-meta, so it and Huge have a lot of favorable matchups, but then if the bracket shakes out that it's not up against a 4WD vert it gets iffier. Like, it was pretty fortuitous for them to have Ribbot knock out Hydra, who'd beat them in the earlier rounds. Something like this probably happens with every champ except Bite Force. Anyway, I think Minotaur has the biggest pool of bots that it beats most of the time, so I'll take them.
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The Golden Bolt tournament has been announced for October 5th! E: lol learn to read, me Remalle fucked around with this message at 21:18 on Sep 7, 2023 |
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Borsche69 posted:if/when the strike might be ending. Rumour has it that there is some motivation to end it in the next week or two, buuut if that doesn't happen, the shooting schedule before Christmas shutdown is hosed anyway so there's no reason to end it before it December
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Borsche69 posted:I wonder if this means they have a firmer grasp on when they might be able to start filming for the next season, or if they have a better idea of if/when the strike might be ending. It's possible the strikes are the ultimate reason they couldn't film in the fall this year. But even before the writers strike, Battlebots was looking at potentially not being able to film until early 2024 due to the F1 race setup and construction. I'm sure the main arena has a nice sound studio and might be fine for filming, I'm not so sure the pits and outdoor filming bits wouldn't be a challenge with construction nearby. The F1 Paddock is like 0.25 miles up the road and there's grandstands up / going up right next to the Battlebots building.
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SLICK GOKU BABY posted:It's possible the strikes are the ultimate reason they couldn't film in the fall this year. But even before the writers strike, Battlebots was looking at potentially not being able to film until early 2024 due to the F1 race setup and construction. I'm sure the main arena has a nice sound studio and might be fine for filming, I'm not so sure the pits and outdoor filming bits wouldn't be a challenge with construction nearby. The F1 Paddock is like 0.25 miles up the road and there's grandstands up / going up right next to the Battlebots building. Ahh, that's right, I remember the posts about the construction stuff. I'm also wondering if a late winter/early spring shooting period would be more conducive to some of the pit work, given the complaints about the static and such when they were filming in Nevada's august temps
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This just popped up in my feed. He talks about his new Battlebot as well as the Proving Grounds show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M402I_GMsn8
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An actual video from Destructathon! Featuring Martin Mason & Ray Billings teaming up against Doom! Also cool and maybe funny to see the co-creator Trey Roski still very hands on for Destructathon as he is for the show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXDzmmehMJ8
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