Robot Wars is coming back

[omgus]

Wood?

fking wood?




Actually brilliantly stupid!

[FourWheelDrift]

Orte - I think that is the Watts family (old robot Bigger Brother) with the worlds worst loser Joe Watts (the little ginger kid).

[Otispunkmeyer]

Team full of engineers


Usually means it'll be rubbish.

[Mastodon2]

Orte was an absolute steamer, took one hit and that was it, done. Total crap.

[vonuber]

Team Tr2 haven't skimped on the doughnuts have they.

[Otispunkmeyer]

Super Nova seems to have the same problem warhead has in that the gyroscopic forces off the disc are too much for the rest of the robot. Teetering on the edge of control.

[FourWheelDrift]

However at the BBC decided to bring this back with such short notice to get robots built and ready needs to give back their 6 figure salary.

[davepoth]

Otispunkmeyer said:

Super Nova seems to have the same problem warhead has in that the gyroscopic forces off the disc are too much for the rest of the robot. Teetering on the edge of control.

Yup. Needed some significant ballast over the back wheel that kept lifting. I wonder whether you could make contra-rotating disks to counter the forces?

[omgus]

He's going on about building the Robot Dontomkia.

They fking bought it!

[Otispunkmeyer]

FourWheelDrift said:

However at the BBC decided to bring this back with such short notice to get robots built and ready needs to give back their 6 figure salary.

It's all a bit too soft and wholesome for me. Battle bots feels much more gladiatorial.

Nice video by Dantomkia there. Probably going straight in the pit after those fighting words!

[FourWheelDrift]

davepoth said:

Otispunkmeyer said:

Super Nova seems to have the same problem warhead has in that the gyroscopic forces off the disc are too much for the rest of the robot. Teetering on the edge of control.

Yup. Needed some significant ballast over the back wheel that kept lifting. I wonder whether you could make contra-rotating disks to counter the forces?

Supernova performed a lot better in previous wars and was the runner up to Storm 2 in the 3rd Robot World Championship.

[Mastodon2]

Wow, what an epic battle.

[MarkRSi]

FourWheelDrift said:

However at the BBC decided to bring this back with such short notice to get robots built and ready needs to give back their 6 figure salary.

Is the there any prizes for the winners? Might need more incentive to get better quality robots

[Otispunkmeyer]

FourWheelDrift said:

Supernova performed a lot better in previous wars and was the runner up to Storm 2 in the 3rd Robot World Championship.

Didn't realise that, thought they were new! They mentioned not having tested anything!

[vonuber]

This lot are either building robots or murdering prostitutes.

[omgus]

vonuber said:

This lot are either building robots or murdering prostitutes.

[Mastodon2]

I'm sure I've seen the Big Nipper driver before...

[Otispunkmeyer]

Semi crushed a flimsy metal bin. Won't do jack to a robot.... Unless it is made of MDF perhaps.

[MarkRSi]

I knew one of the robots was going to practically drive into the pit, surprised they didn't both go in!

[omgus]

Mastodon2 said:

I'm sure I've seen the Big Nipper driver before...

Uncanny.