Hi guys, just in case it wasn't spotted:
On the gadget show last night they trailed for next weeks show, it features Robo Challenge and a few familiar faethers!
Mike.
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Hi guys, just in case it wasn't spotted:
On the gadget show last night they trailed for next weeks show, it features Robo Challenge and a few familiar faethers!
Mike.
Yep :proud:
The raw edit for next weeks show really does look awesome from what they've shown me so far, so make sure you all watch it!
You can see the robot up close at the Gadget Show Live in april - Robo Challenge will be a major feature of the show this year. More details on that shortly...
Just to let people know, there were a huge amount of sponsor's involved in supplying components and software for this robot - I will post up a list of everything supplied once it's been aired next monday.
Er, that should be feathers! Doh!
take beauty, 360 n the clan :PQuote:
Originally Posted by grant_ploughbot
does look a good preview, should be a good watch next monday
Show preview
http://fwd.five.tv/gadget-show/video...ng-up-show-7-3
Don't wear out the pause/rewind at 47 seconds in :blush:
:rofl:
Was I the only one too busy looking at Venom to notice that?? :P
looks massive lol thought it was razer at 1st
i thought it was Razer at first to
Hey Grant, robot man!
Wow what a great show!
the bit i realy lol at was when he said to grant at factory watch out it sharp and u could cut yourself LOL
pitty they did not show grants fingers when he was hitting the side panel :(
but over all think its a good advert for out sport
Excellent show :)
why didnt 360 self right?
Absolutely right John, I hope the relevant BBC types get to see it.
Well done to all at Robo Challenge and the roboteers who took part.
Perhaps the Gadget Show could be persuaded to do a heavyweight version?
Mike.
jason did a twitter update which said this I would love to front Robot Wars! A dream show! :-)
if he means by front that he would love to be the presenter then this could be a good thing for us, i think him and ortis could do a new job - if anyone has the contacts then he must at five and five were interested once so could be again and from meeting jason while filming the show i could tell he likes the get his own way! feathers might be the way forward though but hopefully not, heavys rule.
grant, what are robochallenge going to be doing at the gadget show live?
could of done with abit more tv for beauty 2 :P whens the next uk champs to?
loved making the show and watching it even if Block of wood did take a fall
i think Jason would make a great presenter, personally i think fws would work best in todays world on tv but thats a a biased view
alex
Well done guys a great item on The Gadget Show, you did a great job building the robot in such a short time, even with the teething troubles, I hope the Gadget Show live event goes well. :D
With regards to robot TV shows, Hopefully the Gadget Show will help raise the profile of the sport to the general public again, I personally don€™t think the TV companies will be beating a track to us for a new Robot Wars series. We are enthusiastic about robots, the TV companies are enthusiastic about making money in a tight economic environment, I am sure the TV series would have a faithful following but the number would be relatively small. The only way would be to go Featherweight class using an arena that is already made and a small audience to keep costs down, maybe someone would be interested, but I am sure this has been tried and there has been no luck.
Robot Wars 2 I€™m not holding my breath.
Still this item on the Gadget Show was a really good thing well done I really enjoyed it.
:D
that was great, hope it drums you up some more interest.
Hello guys
Thank you for the excellent comments. The Gadget show turned out really well and we are all really pleased with the footage. Jason and one of the chaps from the show said its one of the best they have created and they are so pleased with it. Hopefully it will raise interest in our sport.
At the Gadget show live we would like to have on display all the robots that appeared on the show. Also run demonstrations of a few select machines. In between these the audience will get to have a go on our robots.
Regarding a Uk Champs. we are always looking into the different possibilities and we will keep you updated with any information we have.
all the best
The Robo Challenge crew
Great show guys :) I thought it was very well done.
But I can't halp think that a channel like Dave would snap up an offer from Robochallenge or any other EO really. It might not be as popular as it once was but I think there would still be an audience for it (deffinatly more so than some of the crap they show...). Just my 2 cents, I dunno if anyone's tried getting into contact with a smaller channel about this?
Just watched it-
Shame there was a lack of advertising for robochallenge for all the effort put in.. 360 looked awesome in the pre-fight shots though and it was good fun so im happy :)
Great show guys. Well done.
Simon
Great show :)
hey matt, your up the road from me
where do you live?
Just down the road from you probably :lol:
Thanks to the link on the Robochallenge site I've seen the episode. Well done, great show.
I just saw the episode too. Really funny although I question how manually slamming a robot with a circular saw with almost no protection and firing a blinding smoke screen qualifies in the safety charts. How could you let them win, Dave? :lame: Brilliant show though.
Glad you guys liked the episode!
Theres a couple of pictures and a small write up about the filming on our website www.robochallenge.co.uk , or for anyone outside of the UK the link to the episode on our website also appears to work.
Really funny although I question how manually slamming a robot with a circular saw with almost no protection and firing a blinding smoke screen qualifies in the safety charts
How do you feel any of the footage was unsafe in any way?
just watched it, awsome show guys :D really hope this puts the sport back on the map :) and i echo the comments about approaching a smallish tv station like dave, could get us back on tv :D
Don't see how that footage was unsafe personally. They're all wearing eye protection and ear protection when using the saw and he's barely touching the robot. Besides, its a metal cutting saw being used on metal, that's its intended use no? Ok so he's not wearing full protective clothing but its a three second demo and sparks are minimal.
Can't fathom for a second how using smoke grenades is unsafe, especially in an arena with a high saftey rating designed to contain brushless powered featherweight spinners. If those scenes were to be 'banned' on the grounds of not being safe then its political correctness and health and saftey gone mad.
Sorry for a mini-rant, I just think society is a little too mollycoddled these days :|
Smoke grenades aren't unsafe, it's just that they ruin the fight for anyone that doesn't have a thermal imaging camera :D
Lol just another reason for the show to shoe horn in yet another gadget to earn some more cash from sponsorship :)
I was going to be a smarty-pants and say they're not outlawed in the rules either, so hello smoke grenades at the next UK champs :)Quote:
Smoke grenades aren't unsafe
But then I re-read the 'Forbidden' section of the rules and discovered that large quantities of smoke that impair vision are banned. Boo :sad:
Nice show. Well done! Nice bit of inspiration.
Is it just me or is the saw blade missing in the final shot. Looks like and sounds like it had broken. :?
Yep, I noticed that.
Would love to see the out-take.
My guess is banging it down too hard on an angled surface.
Hello All
We are pleased to announce that Robo Challenge will be one of the main features for this years Gadget Show Live!
We will be recreating the the mechanical mayhem from the Robo Challenge episode. Come and see the bots off the show and even have ago yourself. We have adapted our robots with some awesome gadgets which allows 2 to be controlled with Wii motes and 2 off Wii balance boards!
To celebrate we are giving away a pair of tickets to the show. check out www.robochallenge.co.uk for details!
Are you going to get the Rose family to bring hypno-disc to the event? :)
We are on again! channel 5 11am till 12pm! enjoy.