BattleBots Return - And They're Powered by VEXpro!

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After watching episode 2, I can tell most of the controversy was manufactured, just to build up "drama". A veteran would know better to do a blatant late hit. A grey area in the rules about entanglement? That all seems like stuff the producers shoehorned in to build up hype.

I do wish they would get into the more technical side of robots such as drivetrains and maximum momentum/energy of weapons. I remember watching the show as a kid and wondering why some weapons did better than ones that looked identical. That level of detail would answer those questions, and even inspire students to try to figure out how to improve upon some of their favorites. Plus maximum energy could give an actual stat to compare robots before a match, instead of arbitrary numbers with no basis.