Battlebots 2017
 

Coming soon to a TV near you is the latest season of battle bots.

Have to go with the local (West Chester PA area) team SubZero. One of the few "flipper bot's" in the competition.

Who is your favorite?

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DVR is set, can't wait. Won't be able to see episode one until next Tuesday, gonna be impossible for it not to be spoiled.

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Snape killed Dumbledore.
I'm told.

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My local team is Chaos Corps. I'm actually going to their viewing party for it on Thursday.

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It's easy for it not to be spoiled. Just avoid CD and social media and any/all robotics people you know. Just think of everything you can get accomplished with all that time you'll save!

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Yep, I did this!! Was all twitchy at 4PM but I got an amazing amount of work done that day. Won employee of the month and I'm guessing if I did it for an entire week would make Sr. Vice President. :rolleyes:

Wait, what?!? Nooooooooo....

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Gonna be rooting for Sawblaze. Driven by Exploding Bacon alum Jamison Go!

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Does anyone know all of the teams this season that have any sort of previous or current FIRST or VEX affiliation?

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I always enjoy seeing Tombstone matches... there is always so much carnage :D

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#TeamIFI for season 2 is

Bite Force
Bronco
Icewave
Lockjaw
Sawblaze
Tombstone
Witch Doctor

but a full list of teams can be found here http://battlebots.com/season-2-robots/

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Icewave

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I think Tombstone will be outdone by Son of Whyachi in terms of carnage this season :)

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Had the chance to hang out with Team Overhaul a couple of months ago, since I'm going to be living just down the street from them soon. Gotta say, I'm rooting for them.

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SawBlaze, Danger 4, Dentist, and Overhaul all have students that went through FRC. Bite Force has mentors that currently do FRC.

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Chaos Corps has FRC/FTC mentors on it.

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Amen!

Blacksmith looked sick though.

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So this is basically pre-2006 FRC, right? no bumpers, same people, same carnage

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I had the opportunity to hang with Paul Ventimiglia (did I spell that right?) a couple weeks ago at WPI. He brought Bite Force 1.0 and 2.0 as part of the display for Touch Tomorrow and the NASA Centennial Challenge. Paul did not tell, I didn't even ask, but even though 2.0 took a couple good hits, it remained in fairly good shape, throw a battery in it and drive. My guess is we have a repeat Champ. (Or at least into the finals)

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Unless he got flipped out or got out from a judge call.

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Bite Force. Cool team, awesome robot, also neat seeing people that I've met (aka Cory) on TV.

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Overhaul2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPqklETW9_8

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SPOILERS :mad:

I really wasn't sure who to pick in the Overhaul vs. Printer match this week, but you had to go and ruin it :mad:

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Behind the Scenes videos are going up on Tested here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf9GrRkVm5k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUe4AujjBVo

Also, (for me at least) a reveal of one of the judges this season! Also FIRST gets a mention towards the beginning of the video.

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I saw those! Tested should do segments on FIRST competitions.

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Anyone else catch the BattleCry15 shirt in the stands on last nights episode (~6mins in)?


http://imgur.com/a/TZQUE

A little shout out to the best off season event in NE!

Unrelated...
Don't know if anyone else read the blog posts from Charles on the Overhaul team, posted back in May. He outlines all the work they put into running brushless DC motors on their robot. It's a very detailed and interesting read: http://www.etotheipiplusone.net/?p=3985

Maybe something we'll see in the future of FRC.

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There was the guy at the CTRE booth at worlds who had a prototype of a brushless motor controller.

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Kevin Leonard is on Ambush.

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Along with a bunch of other FIRST alums.

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Unfortunately Ambush was a "lost bot" this year - all set to compete but didn't make it into the tournament. They are hoping to get selected again for Season 3.

I've got to say that being there in person to watch the taping was an interesting experience; there's a lot of sounds/smells/etc. that get lost between TV and IRL, and the robot power/energy levels are an order of magnitude higher than FRC. Highly recommend it if you get the opportunity.