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The return of Battlebots?

I read on www.robotcombat.com that Battlebots is planning a charity tourney around the July 4th weekend in Minnesota.

Think it's time for a revival?
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Re: The return of Battlebots?

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From: BattleBots (B_Bots_Inc) Mar-19 1:39 pm
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18591.1

BATTLEBOTS UPDATE
BattleBots Events 2004:
BattleBots is planning a number of events for 2004 and we're posting to 1) give you pre-release information on these events and 2) survey your interest in participating (see online survey details below).

Here is a glimpse into our plans for the 2004 events:

Event #1:
BattleBots IQ MMER Challenge - April 21-25, 2004, Owatonna Minnesota. Inaugural College Division back-to-back with the High School and TableTop Robot Divisions. For more information check out http://www.battlebotsiq.com

Event #2:
NPC Charity Open, BattleBots/Minnesota Manufacturing Education Resource (MMER), July 4th weekend - July 1-5, 2004, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Charity event to help raise awareness for the MMER and support its education foundation. Prizes to be awarded through 3rd place in each weight class.

Event #3:
BattleBots is also planning an end-of-the-year event in Mare Island California -- possibly in November.

Event #2 and #3 Details:
- Four weight classes (Lightweight through Super Heavyweight)
- Clean slate in regards to ranking and seeding
- A revised Players Agreement allowing for "Opt-in" exclusive merchandising rights & royalties
- New arena obstacles challenging wedges and other low-clearance robots

Television:
Event 2 and 3 will be videotaped for television broadcast.

Active Weapons:
BattleBots is considering the implementation of active weapon requirements for the end-of-the-year event. Details to be released.

Megaweight Walker Class:
BattleBots is also considering the creation of a new 340 - 500 lbs. Walker only Exhibition Class. If there were enough builder interest, BattleBots would debut this class as soon as the July event. If you are interested in building for this new weight class please let us know by completing our online survey (details below).

Online Survey:
To gauge builder participation interest for the upcoming BattleBots events, we have set up an online survey. It would help us greatly if all builders could thoughtfully complete this form, it will aid us in our planning and help us evaluate event logistics. Please do not delay; the survey will close April 2nd, 2004.

Go to
http://battlebots.com/survey_2004.asp to participate in the survey.

Robot Wars:
The final chapter of almost seven years of litigation involving Profile Records, Marc Thorpe, Robot Wars, and BattleBots is about to start, as the trial in the case of Astor Holdings (formerly Profile Records) v. Roski and BattleBots is scheduled to start on April 13, 2004. Although the court granted "summary judgment" to BattleBots and Trey on most of Profile's case last August, a few remaining issues will be tried. The trial will be held in the United States Courthouse in Manhattan, New York, located at 40 Centre Street. The trial will be in Courtroom 443, and the public is free to attend. The trial is estimated to last for 7-8 days.

Stay tuned for further details.

Best regards and good building,
BattleBots Inc.

Although we do not anticipate any major changes in event plans, BattleBots reserves the right to alter, postpone, or cancel events if necessary.

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Re: The return of Battlebots?

any idea what channel it'll be broadcast on?

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I bet if we got like 15 great teams from FIRST we could build a robot that would domiate all others. Plus, there wouldn't be a weight limit so it would have endless limits of what we could put on it. O YEAH I know we could build a bot that would completely dominate all others.

I would have to say that some of the 15 would be: MOE of course, team 25, WPI, Beattie
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Re: The return of Battlebots?

Or, even better...loot from the older robots and create a superheavyweight multibot (like the makers of Voltronic, Nightmare, and Das Bot (iirc) did with The Swarm, as seen on www.robotcombat.com).

I'd be afraid to see what SPAM and ComBBAT could cook up if they were allowed to go nuts. Both had pretty solid designs and a rabid fan base!
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Re: The return of Battlebots?

Yea! get, like, 5 teams together and make a super bot ran by 3 people. We take the controllers and daisy-chain them together (TTL->Com). Then, like, totally trump competition with gyro-assisted steering, ultimate drivetrains (Steel sprockets!), untippable bots (ballast on a servo), and use the EDUs as child bots. It'd be SO SWEET!

Plus, the most advnaced controller they use is the PBASIC setup from InnovationFIRST. YEA!

NO WEIGHT REQUIREMENTS
PROJECTILES FASTER THAN 10 Ft/sec
MULTIPLE BATTERIES
SPEND $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$x10
IF YOU CAN BUILD IT, IT CAN COMPETE
TAKE REVENGE ON THE GUY WHO BEAT YOU LAST ROUND. MAJOR REVENGE :evil:

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[And if some one seriously does this, I can program it in my spare time. Errr...]

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Re: The return of Battlebots?

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I bet if we got like 15 great teams from FIRST we could build a robot that would domiate all others. Plus, there wouldn't be a weight limit so it would have endless limits of what we could put on it. O YEAH I know we could build a bot that would completely dominate all others.

I would have to say that some of the 15 would be: MOE of course, team 25, WPI, Beattie
So, build something and compete! I'll front the ni-cad battery packs, some speed controllers, a couple IFI systems with the mini-motherboard (ala edu-robot). The only stipulation is that I get my components back (whatevers left of them) after the competition. You have about 6 weeks. (Sound familiar?)

Building a robot is easy. Building a competitve robot is much more difficult.

We won't be competing even though it is just a few hours away. My job has me out of town the entire week when safety and preliminaries would be occuring. Working for a living really cuts into my free time.

I would be happy to work with any team that can put together a decent plan. Part of the mentoring would be to help understand what works and what doesn't work. Like keeping the expensive stuff deep inside, shock mounted, and protected!

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I bet if we got like 15 great teams from FIRST we could build a robot that would domiate all others. Plus, there wouldn't be a weight limit so it would have endless limits of what we could put on it. O YEAH I know we could build a bot that would completely dominate all others.

I would have to say that some of the 15 would be: MOE of course, team 25, WPI, Beattie
Where are there 15 teams fairly close to each other?

(You just revived a thread, but I was hopping someone would!)
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Re: The return of Battlebots?

I know that there are teams in jersey that are just a few hours away from each other. 11 ;-), 25, 303, 103, 56, 1302, throw in teams from surrounding areas like PA you add in 222, 341...and those are just the teams from off the top of my head.

Just think of the publicity we would get if we were to build a bot as a FIRST group and put their "big dogs" to rest?
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Re: The return of Battlebots?

is there any team who digitizes all the movies and saves it on a website just like soap108 does... it would be cool to watch some matdhes!
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