Robot Wars is coming back
Discussion
Used to love watching this as a kid, was a big fan of Mortis and Razer at the time. The Razer guys went on to make Warhead for the US Battlebots series but it'd be interesting to see if they made a return to RW, along with a few of the other well known bot teams (the likes of Hypnodisc, Behemoth, Panic Attack etc).
williamp said:
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.
So in every battle, you'd just drive towards your opponent, which would then freeze, and you'd push it into a pit.That would make for great TV.
williamp said:
You 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.
Electronic warfare was banned in the old the old series. Plenty of people using high pressure gasses for rams but I'm not convinced it would be good enough for propulsion.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.
eastlmark said:
Otispunkmeyer said:
Get in
Also I'd like to see that guy, Arthur? Charles? the guy with Chaos 2. He was epically good.
George Francis, maybe his balls have dropped by now!Also I'd like to see that guy, Arthur? Charles? the guy with Chaos 2. He was epically good.
I see from Twitter, Craig Charles is game so all that is needed now is for the Beeb to not be daft and make it so!
williamp said:
You 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.
You couldn't take over the house robots unless they're still on FM, would have thought they'd have gone digital by now!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.
Thanks to this thread I watched the whole of the 2015 series of Battlebots last night! :spin
Some great engineers, a lovely lady presenter and some fantastic battles. Some of the match ups were a bit one sided IMO- the 1 seed v the 16 seed etc. Great show and I'm looking forward to more.
Some great engineers, a lovely lady presenter and some fantastic battles. Some of the match ups were a bit one sided IMO- the 1 seed v the 16 seed etc. Great show and I'm looking forward to more.
williamp said:
You 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.
Radio jamming is forbidden, for the obvious reason that it'd make for very dull battles. The energy density on compressed air is fairly rubbish, especially on a 1000psi system that would be allowed in robot wars, somewhere around 10% of the energy per mass of Li-ion batteries.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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