On Tuesday 9:00pm Eastern watch and chat live on Roasts and Robots with guest Aren Hill. Aren is the captain and builder of the Battlebot Tantrum and a FRC alumni of 1625 Winnovation and past mentor on several teams.
Aren will guide us through a detailed overview of what it takes to make it in Battlebots and how his experiences in FIRST has lead him to a career of success. Please post any questions you might have for Aren here or ask them live during the show. Please note that due to NDA there may be some current BattleBots questions that may not be able to be answered.
All live viewers will receive a chance to win a giveaway from Word Play All Day. Restrictions apply.
In the last year, which of your projects seemed reasonable, but totally weren’t? Why? (Have you had to bail on any of them? What did you learn from them?)
How do you test your robot prior to competition? It seems like a lot of competitors show up to Battlebots events with no idea how effective (or ineffective) their weapons/defenses actually are vs other robots. (I’m looking at YOU Radioactive 2015) :rolleyes:
What’s your favorite part of Tantrum? There are so many dope bits on it like the wheel pods, launcher choo-choo, and the billet fists, but what was your favorite to design?
How small (weightclass) did you start with battlebots? Were there smaller versions of this type of design that lead you to the version of Tantrum you are competing with currently?
Thank you everyone for your questions! [spoiler=]Except Marshall :eek: [/spoiler]
We’ll still be compiling questions through about 5pm ET today. Afterwords please post them live during the show.
How much time was spent planning (such as brainstorming, designing, and pitching to BattleBots) as opposed to actually building Tantrum? From looking at BattleBots’s website it seems like you have to design your battlebot before before you can even apply.
