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Re: Robotic Combat on TV
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Wed, 26 Dec 2001 07:14:11 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Ivan Louch writes:
> Here is a complete schedule of robotic combat for the next two weeks:
Thanks for that list! I don't think I can handle that much robotic combat a
week :) By far my favourite is Battlebots. I like the two hosts, though
they replaced Sean Salisbury and the new one isn't as funny in the dialogue.
BTW, what is Comnet?
> Take the two most destructive robots from BattleBots – Backlash and
> Nightmare, both rely on a vertically spinning flywheel with a pair of steel
> teeth. Ever saw those two toss opponents 2-3 metes in the air, ripping off
> lexan shields and tearing apart the internal components? That’s a weapon to
> be reckoned with! Needless to say many bots don’t survive the first couple
> of hits. I doubt that “smashing with mass” comes even close. I can come up
I'll agree that the vertical blade is quite impressive when it tears
something up real good. I think I saw Nightmare do one up real bad last
week- but neither is particularily maneuverable-and prone to attacks on the
side. It looks like the thing might tip over at any minute.
I'd rather use a wedge/slam bot with a novel twist (ie, a lifting fork:
Alpha/Beta/Gamma Raptor, Sallad or Vlad). Sallad and Vlad have done
relatively well, though the raptor team seems to get the short end of the stick.
> with another two dozen of similar examples where a simple yet effective
> weapon proves to be by a long shot more damaging than any ram-bot could ever
> be. I would most definitely feel more secure with a weapon-bot, rather than
> another wheel-chair with a ramp.
Yup, wheelchair with a ramp defintely won't do it. That's far too common.
But wheelchair with a random pickaxe won't do it either. Maybe when I'm
getting at is, you just can't show up with something like the Scrapdaddy LW55:
http://www.robotcombat.com/images/bblv00-large/scrapdaddylw.jpg
Or this:
http://www.robotcombat.com/images/bblv00-large/zugwang.JPG
> On another note – just motorized my 8466 with a classy “V8” of gear-motors,
> only to find out that the gear-box isn’t strong enough for the amount of
> torque required to move this monstrosity... Even on the 1st and Rev gears
> the diffs and 12t bevel joints start falling apart – not a pretty sight =((
I'm surprised Lego.com doesn't have a motorization plan for it online. They
had one for the 8448 Supercar II. IIRC the 8880 couldn't be moved by a
single gear motor easily either-the chain drive gave too much friction.
Calum
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| I just read something that didn't really dawn on me before from the guy who built some of the robots mentioned before: (URL) weapons (chainsaws, circular saws, drills, etc), while they usually don't do much damage (they require the target to stand (...) (25 years ago, 26-Dec-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) Here is a complete schedule of robotic combat for the next two weeks: Sunday 12/23/01 1:00am 32 TNN Robot Wars: Extreme Warriors 42 DSCC Battlebots 12:00pm 50 SPACE Robot Wars Monday 12/24/01 3:00pm 42 DSCC Battlebots Tuesday 12/25/01 12:00am (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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