Battlebots 2019
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It's robot fighting time! (Starting from June 7th on Discovery in the USA)
Trailer. https://youtu.be/wIObm_ZGjjI
Rather than digging up the Robot Wars thread again, it can live here. It's already been filmed, so if anyone does know what happens, shush until it's been on TV and found its way to YouTube
. Looks like a few very similar looking bots to last year, some redesigned ones, and some new ones. For the Brits, Monsoon is in it and has been updated, Beta isn't in it and Warhead isn't in it this time, and they may have retired it after the disc was broken in the last Battlebots series. Cobalt is by the Carbide guys from Robot Wars.
Full robots list https://battlebots.com/2019-season-robots/
Trailer. https://youtu.be/wIObm_ZGjjI
Rather than digging up the Robot Wars thread again, it can live here. It's already been filmed, so if anyone does know what happens, shush until it's been on TV and found its way to YouTube
. Looks like a few very similar looking bots to last year, some redesigned ones, and some new ones. For the Brits, Monsoon is in it and has been updated, Beta isn't in it and Warhead isn't in it this time, and they may have retired it after the disc was broken in the last Battlebots series. Cobalt is by the Carbide guys from Robot Wars.Full robots list https://battlebots.com/2019-season-robots/
This one isn't the main series, it's a one off Twitch livestream shown last week. https://youtu.be/wc_dqLcARLA
(It's a live recording, so there's a few dead microphones etc at times)
10 robots with 5 heats, then Twitch voted for the finalists from the 5 winners.
Free Shipping
Bronco
Biteforce
Icewave
Skorpios
Chomp
Lockjaw
Whiplash
Witch Doctor
Tombstone
From what I can find on YouTube so far, the new first episode is links to another website sign up, or they're being taken down.
(It's a live recording, so there's a few dead microphones etc at times)
10 robots with 5 heats, then Twitch voted for the finalists from the 5 winners.
Free Shipping
Bronco
Biteforce
Icewave
Skorpios
Chomp
Lockjaw
Whiplash
Witch Doctor
Tombstone
From what I can find on YouTube so far, the new first episode is links to another website sign up, or they're being taken down.
Watched the first two episodes on YouTube. I like the pits pieces with the testing box and interviews, and some of the new robots look really good. As Ray Billings said, if your own weapon doesn't scare you, it's not powerful enough .
Yes, exposed wheels are still a silly idea, no the ones that had exposed wheels before haven't fixed that on their robots this year.
. Yes, exposed wheels are still a silly idea, no the ones that had exposed wheels before haven't fixed that on their robots this year.
Does each team get 4 fights before the last 16? A few teams who have lost so far are looking at the 'desperado' contest as their way through already.
The floor definitely needs sorting, other than getting caught on the rough edges, I did see one get caught in the floor saw slots.
Other than that, a lot of the fights were really good, especially Cobalt v Duck.
The floor definitely needs sorting, other than getting caught on the rough edges, I did see one get caught in the floor saw slots.
Other than that, a lot of the fights were really good, especially Cobalt v Duck.
Testing a new floor for 2020 https://www.instagram.com/p/BzYl1sIALXr
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It was a good one again this week, the main event was brilliant.
I don't see the point of Tantrum's 'punching spinner', they would have something more effective with a bigger static spinner in the front position where the punch moves it to now. Keep the wedge plates and it would work a bit like Cobalt, driving under robots and feeding them into the weapon.
Duck and Blacksmith aren't going to win judges decisions with the robots they've got. Without a decent weapon (Blacksmith's hammer looks cool but doesn't really do much) they lose out on damage every time.
A little bit off topic, there's a robot fighting PC game on Steam called Robot Champions, its a free demo at the moment because it's an alpha version. It has a few different design robots (spinner, flipper, hammer, pusher) and some different arenas with different hazards. As it develops its supposed to be getting a robot builder, and the damage models etc will be getting better. Its arcade, a bit of a Rocket League thing going on, it looks fun though, and it's free for now.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1016830/Robot_C...
FourWheelDrift said:
There's good and bad in that defeat, the good that he can be defeated, the bad you know he will find out what caused it, fix it and not lose that way again.
He also has multiple replacements for all the parts, so killing that one just means the next fight will effectively be a new robot, not a repaired one like some of the others would have to do.I don't see the point of Tantrum's 'punching spinner', they would have something more effective with a bigger static spinner in the front position where the punch moves it to now. Keep the wedge plates and it would work a bit like Cobalt, driving under robots and feeding them into the weapon.
Duck and Blacksmith aren't going to win judges decisions with the robots they've got. Without a decent weapon (Blacksmith's hammer looks cool but doesn't really do much) they lose out on damage every time.
A little bit off topic, there's a robot fighting PC game on Steam called Robot Champions, its a free demo at the moment because it's an alpha version. It has a few different design robots (spinner, flipper, hammer, pusher) and some different arenas with different hazards. As it develops its supposed to be getting a robot builder, and the damage models etc will be getting better. Its arcade, a bit of a Rocket League thing going on, it looks fun though, and it's free for now.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1016830/Robot_C...
Desperado was good, especially the final. The extra match should be fine to talk about without being spoilery. Deep Six in any more fights it has, if it doesn't get the first big hit in it's going to be toast. Way too jittery and unstable.
I caught up on the last few episodes of King of Bots series 1 (the Chinese competition) this weekend. The second series is a few episodes in, is it best to post them here along with the BB stuff?
I caught up on the last few episodes of King of Bots series 1 (the Chinese competition) this weekend. The second series is a few episodes in, is it best to post them here along with the BB stuff?
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