Robot Wars is coming back

[ajprice]

It's Episode 7 time!!!
https://youtu.be/2gPE4z3PvSE

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Nice. No idea what they're saying but they are all very excited about it

Some decent robots in it too.

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lufbramatt said:

Episode 7 been taken down :-(

Looks like they all have

They are here though, I've subscribed. https://youtu.be/XRLUbSVJo2I

Edited by ajprice on Wednesday 27th June 22:42

[ajprice]

Battlebots 8 https://youtu.be/XSHFcNdApZU



And there are 8 episodes of the Chinese series, King of Bots. I've watched the second one tonight, the fights in the middle of the show are a bit early Robot Wars, but other than that there are some good robots and good fights (2 multibots vs 3 multibots, a flipper with John Reid from Beta / Terrorhurtz / Killerhurtz )

1 https://youtu.be/L-1QWonwngM
2 https://youtu.be/nsUHl6nRLDg
3 https://youtu.be/Kd-o1aRDpII
4 https://youtu.be/msqSS1hB5d0
5 https://youtu.be/VVnfbuZKzXI
6 https://youtu.be/ovSmj3hWYOg
7 https://youtu.be/TPwxGhjd33o
8 https://youtu.be/wxOchhOW--A

[ajprice]

BB is back, this one is a desperado tournament. 8 bots that have had a bad run against each other, the winner goes into the last 16.

https://youtu.be/QoxKPlX2MrQ

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FourWheelDrift said:

peterperkins said:

If you made a round bot (Ball) made of three inch thick rubber with some sort of internal weight motion movement system.

Do the rules allow hamsters to compete?

https://youtu.be/8-lg3m4bqTA?t=10

Back in the early days of RW, there was Psychosprout. A fibreglass ball with a Tamiya RC car inside

http://robotwars.wikia.com/wiki/Psychosprout

[ajprice]

With most of the Battlebots teams being sponsored by various metal and 3d technology companies, they probably get parts, tools and software at a discount or freebies?

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When this week's comes out it won't be part of the championship. It's a USA v International special.



Blacksmith v Warhead should be a good one.

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Pre Warhead they did enter Razer into Battlebots, it didn't do well. The title says 2016 but this is from 1999. https://youtu.be/qLpuBcf1AhQ

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Last rounds before the finals this weekend.

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Duck was robbed, it doesn't have a weapon but it was active all the way through and used other bots weapons against each other.

Warhawk is a bit of a dark horse for the finals outside Tombstone and Minotaur.

[ajprice]

Fight lineups for the last 16 https://battlebots.com/bracket/

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Firstly, about the rumble with Duck, this has come up on the Battlebots Facebook...

"Spoiler alert and parent advisory: Your BattleBots Update awaits.

And just so we're clear, please don't blame the judges, and certainly not Bombshell for DUCK! losing the Last Chance Rumble. Instead blame the BattleBots rumble rules which we will be reevaluating for the 2019 season."

Second, here's the YT of the first finals, 8 of the last 16 and 2 quarters https://youtu.be/NFREleCpm-U

Second half next week, semis and finals the week after.

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This series is on for 2 more weeks. Next series, we'll make a battlebots thread.

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If Tombstone's ground clearance was just a fraction higher...

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They're on YouTube

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Second half of the Battlebots last 16 and quarters https://youtu.be/7r0cRXucA38

Edited by ajprice on Saturday 29th September 16:25

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The semis and the final - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ag8eS5UMraA