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| My contention is that there is not a whit of difference between noting that a change like that has to be made, and making the change. - Kris Verdeyen [more] |
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Re: When you talk about FRC how many people ask about battle bots?
After the first couple times I was asked this annoying question I started preemptively saying "the robots are not designed to damage each other, unlike battle bots"
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21-03-2010, 22:35
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Re: When you talk about FRC how many people ask about battle bots?
Before bumpers (and even after them) some pretty violent incidents have occurred, self-destruction can be quite impressive, but I don't know of any documented cases from first, I do know, however, that in at least 2 locations on the internet that have a video of 190 and some other team fighting to defend/ attach to the bar in '04. the other team wound up pushing 190 into the stationary goal which provided the correct tipping moment too over-turn the defending robot, 190 fell forward and its hook caught the bar and, in the process of lifting itself, it ran over its immobilized opponent. It is an impressive video.
Oh, I almost forgot the 'mauling' of M.O.E. in '02, yet another impressive encounter.
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21-03-2010, 22:38
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Re: When you talk about FRC how many people ask about battle bots?
As I have now competed in both, I ussualy say something like:
"No, I enjoy FIRST events much more than battlebots. It is much more like a sport."
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22-03-2010, 12:18
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Re: When you talk about FRC how many people ask about battle bots?
I get it all the time too, my default response is along the lines of:
"Its like battlebots in the sense that the robots are on the same approximate scale, and operate via radio control, etc. Its NOT like battlebots, in that we play a competitive game, as opposed to trying to destroy the other bots."
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22-03-2010, 12:32
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Re: When you talk about FRC how many people ask about battle bots?
If they automatically associate "robotics" with "Battle Bots", ask them if the rovers on Mars fight to destroy each other. Ask them if factory robots tear different line robots apart until they're immobile.
Don't get me wrong, I love watching Robot Wars and Battle Bots on TV, but FIRST is much more exciting than those shows will ever be.
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22-03-2010, 14:35
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Re: When you talk about FRC how many people ask about battle bots?
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