Who else has caught their machine on fire this year?

[Mark McLeod]

Originally Posted by Cecil

If I remember right, they weren't allowed to compete the rest of the competition.. Kind of a terrible way to end a competition (or a season).

Luckily they did get to continue competing the next day, but they missed a lot of matches, because the robot wasn't allowed back in the building until they first convinced the arena fire marshal that they knew exactly why the fire had occurred and could guarantee that it would never happen again.