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Re: Battle Bots, not impressed
Posted by Dan.

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Posted on 8/26/2000 3:19 PM MST


In Reply to: Battle Bots, not impressed posted by Michael Martus on 8/24/2000 4:02 PM MST:



---Radios appeared primitive compared to the system we use and the mechanisms were very basic.

Innovation First is very likely going to make a Battlebots version of the First controller. And the mechanisms were fairly simple, but you're talking about 4 lightweight robots.

---If you took say team #1 Juggernauts and mounted a smasher on it it would destroy all I seen.

Juggy weighs twice as much as those robots you were watching and 'smashers', like axes and picks are surprisingly ineffective.


---Most of our FIRST robots could out manuever and with small modification could be dominate.
---Imangine the 'crab' of Chief Delphi.

None of the First robots have the a drivetrain strong enough for the middleweight class except maybe team 267 the Demolition Squad. And even then FIRST robots are 20 lbs. over the middleweight limit as well.

---Did you notice that the robots were made with 1 exception by hobby persons at home, not students or
---engineers from a company.

Again, you only saw 4 lightweight robots. The heavy and superheavyweights are made mostly by professional engineers.
Dan


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