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Max_Torque said:
Sway said:
Razor was the daddy, properly elegant design, and virtually unstoppable.
I always thought the problem with all the "pinching" hydraulic robots was how slowly the jaws clamp together, which means your opponent needs to lurk around in the danger area for ages whilst you get your robots jaws shut on them?? I never understood why the builders didn't just use 2 pumps, 1 high pressure to apply the massive crushing force, and 1 high flow (with a one way valve) to quickly snap the jaws shut at the right moment???ajprice said:
TonyHetherington said:
That just reminded me why I really didn't like Tornado.it bothered me that tornados extra frame made it over size, would have loved some rule clarification on that when it happened
Conian said:
ajprice said:
TonyHetherington said:
That just reminded me why I really didn't like Tornado.it bothered me that tornados extra frame made it over size, would have loved some rule clarification on that when it happened
SystemParanoia said:
phillipa forrester! 
Killertron - http://robotwars.wikia.com/wiki/Killertron
Was an early successful robot, despite having a body made from a plastic wheelie bin lid.
Was an early successful robot, despite having a body made from a plastic wheelie bin lid.
TonyHetherington said:
Conian said:
ajprice said:
TonyHetherington said:
That just reminded me why I really didn't like Tornado.it bothered me that tornados extra frame made it over size, would have loved some rule clarification on that when it happened
deevlash said:
TonyHetherington said:
Conian said:
ajprice said:
TonyHetherington said:
That just reminded me why I really didn't like Tornado.it bothered me that tornados extra frame made it over size, would have loved some rule clarification on that when it happened
Nimbus said:
no, they were the team that complained when having being clearly immobilised and out of the round, one of the house robots then started to cut thro the very expensive looking body parts..
not quite the same thing, and I don't blame them, given the obvious expense of the robot..
poor sportmanship by the house robots....
but those were the days, and yes.. I've started to watch it again on Dave too
Razor got stuck on the sidewalls and couldn't move and Pussycat came in to attack. Damaging the rear of Razor. They fight until cease is called and many robot continue to attack partially or fully mobilised robots (see the Hypnodisc video above).not quite the same thing, and I don't blame them, given the obvious expense of the robot..
poor sportmanship by the house robots....
but those were the days, and yes.. I've started to watch it again on Dave too
FourWheelDrift said:
Nimbus said:
no, they were the team that complained when having being clearly immobilised and out of the round, one of the house robots then started to cut thro the very expensive looking body parts..
not quite the same thing, and I don't blame them, given the obvious expense of the robot..
poor sportmanship by the house robots....
but those were the days, and yes.. I've started to watch it again on Dave too
Razor got stuck on the sidewalls and couldn't move and Pussycat came in to attack. Damaging the rear of Razor. They fight until cease is called and many robot continue to attack partially or fully mobilised robots (see the Hypnodisc video above).not quite the same thing, and I don't blame them, given the obvious expense of the robot..
poor sportmanship by the house robots....
but those were the days, and yes.. I've started to watch it again on Dave too
ks!! 
Sway said:
Mortis, that's the jobbie!
Feck me, £100k spend?!!!!
A lot of that was some very expensive motors or something like that anyway, which they were developing for their PHd work and was probably a theoretical cost rather than a real one. I think it was just willy-waving really. Feck me, £100k spend?!!!!
I very much doubt that amount of real actual cold hard cash was spent.
SystemParanoia said:
i imagine feasable walker bots with robot jox style control systems
( asimo with guns etc )
upright 2 wheeler bots
( segway tech )
clusterbots with plasma cutters etc
( asimo with guns etc )
upright 2 wheeler bots
( segway tech )
clusterbots with plasma cutters etc
Oh, yes!!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUxDmKFCD2o
TonyHetherington said:
Imagine if it was still around properly now. The technology and development would be such that the Robots would be immense!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EX_aigH7y0gOr
FourWheelDrift said:
Killertron - http://robotwars.wikia.com/wiki/Killertron
Was an early successful robot, despite having a body made from a plastic wheelie bin lid.
Was an early successful robot, despite having a body made from a plastic wheelie bin lid.
web site said:
Although it debuted in Series 1, its best performance was in Series 2, where it came fourth, ironically when it wasn't painted pink
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