Robot Wars is coming back
Discussion
http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/robot-wars/38504/robot...
Fingers crossed they don't f
k it up. With technology now like Raspberry Pi and 3D printing etc, it might make some interesting robots.
Fingers crossed they don't f
k it up. With technology now like Raspberry Pi and 3D printing etc, it might make some interesting robots.Might give some insight into what they can do now, 2015 Battlebots - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZP7TlGcGc0
The Warhead robot team are the guys who had Razer in Robot Wars. The Plan X team were also on Robot Wars (the Ladybird robot)
The Warhead robot team are the guys who had Razer in Robot Wars. The Plan X team were also on Robot Wars (the Ladybird robot)
mikebradford said:
Used to love this show, and occasionally still watch some of the repeats
id be more than happy if they got Craig Charles to host it again with his dodgy jackets
Depends if Rimmer will let him off Red Dwarf id be more than happy if they got Craig Charles to host it again with his dodgy jackets
Seriously, he left Corrie to work on two new series of Red Dwarf
Not sure what it will be like but the RW team are filming a new show right now called Airmageddon. Contestants are kids 9-14 and it is on CBBC so it could be crap but may be worth an I tail watch for RW fans. Basically a bunch of kids with supplied drones customising them and competing with each other and what seem to be bigger house drones to complicate matters, or that is what it seems by my guy at the set.
It is set in a massive blimp hangar with a custom built control tower where the competitors are locked away with their spotters. There are other challenging bits of set for the drones to navigate as one would expect from the RW team. Cameramen are encased in cages and the set is totally cleared of people at filming time for the obvious reasons when kids are flying heavy drones...
I hear that there have been some significant write offs of 5k drones and bits of the set so far. Could be fun.
http://www.flyingtoys.com/index.php?route=informat...
It is set in a massive blimp hangar with a custom built control tower where the competitors are locked away with their spotters. There are other challenging bits of set for the drones to navigate as one would expect from the RW team. Cameramen are encased in cages and the set is totally cleared of people at filming time for the obvious reasons when kids are flying heavy drones...
I hear that there have been some significant write offs of 5k drones and bits of the set so far. Could be fun.
http://www.flyingtoys.com/index.php?route=informat...
The original series had quite a few restrictions. IIRC they weren't allowed untethered projectiles, fire/explosives, liquid/powder, electronic warfare, etc. They did however have rules allowing an increased weight for walkers and autonomous systems, but I think there were only ever a couple of walkers.
It'd be interesting to see what people could do with autonomous systems these days, it wouldn't even need to be that complex, move towards and attack the enemy, move away from house robots and traps.
It'd be interesting to see what people could do with autonomous systems these days, it wouldn't even need to be that complex, move towards and attack the enemy, move away from house robots and traps.
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Can't wait for this. Hopefully the Brits can come up with some more eccentric designs than the US version. Though I did like (MIT was it?) the bot that was technically a walker, but its trick cam-leg system meant it could scuttle very very quickly and had great traction.
I do not want to see stuff like Warhead.... that thing looks beautiful, but its clearly not that good. The gyroscopic moment from the angled spinner-head causes it to go spinning off out of control fairly often and it seems pretty ineffectual as a spinner when you see what the likes of tombstone can do.
Would like to see the HypnoDisc boys back. Feel like they have unfinished business. They came out the gate destroying everything in sight, but a combination of dodgy reliability and them taking a bit of pity on competitors by not totally disembowling their bot let them down.
Also I'd like to see that guy, Arthur? Charles? the guy with Chaos 2. He was epically good.
I can imagine some teams might have 3D printers along, maybe they would have 3D printed armour parts, designed to be broken down to absorb energy and then easily replaced by printing up some more in the down time!
Can't wait for this. Hopefully the Brits can come up with some more eccentric designs than the US version. Though I did like (MIT was it?) the bot that was technically a walker, but its trick cam-leg system meant it could scuttle very very quickly and had great traction.
I do not want to see stuff like Warhead.... that thing looks beautiful, but its clearly not that good. The gyroscopic moment from the angled spinner-head causes it to go spinning off out of control fairly often and it seems pretty ineffectual as a spinner when you see what the likes of tombstone can do.
Would like to see the HypnoDisc boys back. Feel like they have unfinished business. They came out the gate destroying everything in sight, but a combination of dodgy reliability and them taking a bit of pity on competitors by not totally disembowling their bot let them down.
Also I'd like to see that guy, Arthur? Charles? the guy with Chaos 2. He was epically good.
I can imagine some teams might have 3D printers along, maybe they would have 3D printed armour parts, designed to be broken down to absorb energy and then easily replaced by printing up some more in the down time!
Jonathan Pearce: "Their people are talking to my people as it were so that's all I can say at the moment".
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03fg0zh
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03fg0zh
Otispunkmeyer said:
Would like to see the HypnoDisc boys back. Feel like they have unfinished business. They came out the gate destroying everything in sight, but a combination of dodgy reliability and them taking a bit of pity on competitors by not totally disembowling their bot let them down.
Oh yes, the Rose twins. Hypnodisc was the best robot never to win the title.TwigtheWonderkid said:
Oh yes, the Rose twins. Hypnodisc was the best robot never to win the title.
Cassius, series 2 runners up. Started the whole flipper, self righting fad - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiYabgsiBq8You could do so much with modern tech...
I would design one purely with defence in mind, Could use some trick radio comms to jam their signal and disable their robot at very close range. Only need a small transmitter with, say a 200mm range to be effective.
(if you know the frequencies, take over the house robots using another transmitter on the robot, which will be closer then their controllers...)
Controlled via apps and smart phone rather then those heavy controllers.
Compressed air used as a propellant/defence mechanism, rather then heavy batteries. carbon fibre chassis, strong metal outer casing.
I would design one purely with defence in mind, Could use some trick radio comms to jam their signal and disable their robot at very close range. Only need a small transmitter with, say a 200mm range to be effective.
(if you know the frequencies, take over the house robots using another transmitter on the robot, which will be closer then their controllers...)
Controlled via apps and smart phone rather then those heavy controllers.
Compressed air used as a propellant/defence mechanism, rather then heavy batteries. carbon fibre chassis, strong metal outer casing.
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