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Re: James Cameron is to Produce a Robot Show on Discovery

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Originally Posted by LemmingBot View Post
To be honest I don't really dig robot fight shows, its a lot of money (aka: thousands more than a FIRST bot) to be wasting on something that will get torn up in a match or two. Its also less about the science and stuff behind the machine and more about the spectacle of two things tearing each other apart.

Or I'm just sick of being confused with Battlebots... regardless, thats my two cents.
I do find it interesting that, ten years after BattleBots went off the air, I still get that every time I talk about FRC. (Even last night, I got that.)

I was talking with friends over Facebook and Twitter about an opening for a full-contact competition--task-based, no destructive weapons (tipping and ramming is in, flamethrowers and saws are out), robots somewhere in between FRC and FTC/VRC in scale, and leave your bumpers at home. I imagine there's got to be room in the middle.
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2004-2006: FRC 1293 (D5 Robotics) - Student, Mentor, Coach
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