me and my friend (oscar) are thinking of our robot to have a spinner. are we allowed to do this or would we have to do something else :mrgreen:
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me and my friend (oscar) are thinking of our robot to have a spinner. are we allowed to do this or would we have to do something else :mrgreen:
Only RoboChallenge have an arena that can take spinners (and it's only big enough for FWs) and they bring it out only a couple of times a year, one of those occasions is the UK FW Champs.
oh right :/ i might make a flipper then, cant think of much else
Crusher? Lifter? Something like this?
Be creative.
Also, if you want to build a spinner, on the continent there are 2 arena's that allow feather spinners.
There are lots of other robot types...
Twack bots, control bots, spear bots, crushers, lifters, rammers, wedges, axes...
This is a great resource if you are looking to learn!
http://www.riobotz.com.br/en/tutorial.html
what on earth is a control bot? :?
I imagine he means something like Complete Control, so it grabs you with a claw or similar, then lifts you up to carry you around the arena.
Spot on Jamie... Ewan has one (Or what looks like one) as his profile pic.
Yeah that was Vertigo. Looked great but I can't remember seeing vids of the whole mechanism in action, besides a test video. Saw it once in the arena but it only had the lifter. Went to Harry after that and the surviving bits are now part of Murphy's Law.
Flippers are the easiest though, it would be best to make a powerful flipper!
(Like everyone else!)Quote:
Originally Posted by swanny
Flippers are the easiest? :?
I know its unoriginal but i want a nice simple powerful robot going and its the most common
I didn't mean that, I meant that they're far from the easiest.
well, rambots are the easiest but a little boring imo
Only the slow ones :).
You would say a slower pushed like, say, Tornado, were boring, but I was never bored watching Storm 2 fight..
I actually never felt Tornado was boring. It was relentless, that was entertaining enough.
Tornado... boring? Never!Quote:
Originally Posted by razerdave
Tornado Vs Gemini... Tornado Vs Hypnodisc?
Storm 2's fights we not boring but less were interesting as most of the time their opponents didn't stand a chance
Ok, maybe tornado was a bad example of a slow rammer. Steg-o-saw-us maybe ?
how did steg-a-saw-us get through :/ and why did they get rid of Steg 2? that was class unlike 3 stegs to heaven
Steg-O-Saw-Us got lucky in its draws...
Orac's Revenge, Henry and Napalm in its heat... nothing dangerous it out drove and pitted them all.
Then in the semi's it beat Gravedigger and Beast Of Bodmin. Pitted Gravedigger and outlasted Bodmin.
It finally met hypno-disc and got one of its tracks jammed, then lost to firestorm (Cant remember how) coming 4th.
I think it was lucky to beat Gravedigger, and BoB actually broke down. Steg 2 was a far superior machine, why they downgraded it to 3STH is beyond me :P
3sth was pretty shit tbh, i hated gravedigger- just a cassius copy -.- i love firestorm just for the consistency
It would be nice to make a spinner-worthy arena for HWs because spinners cause the most damage and get the crowd the most excited. the damage cant be as much these days
yea spinners don't do much damage these days.........
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29-1peFz4SM
as bots have gotten stronger and better made so have spinners