Robo Challenge Open Day & FRA FW Awards 2012

[PJ-27]

This is a one off event to visit the RoboChallenge guy's workshop, where they may be hosting some FW fights but it's mostly about the workshops/seminars & awards.

[grant_ploughbot]

As PJ said, it's not a full event/competition as such and it's the first time we have put this on.
However, we have decided to do this to help with people such as yourself swanny, who are getting into robot's and might need a few idea's and abit of help along the way. We have things for everyone to learn something from, and we hope that some of these seminar's will open peoples minds to designing and building more reliable and varied machines. The arena will be open for fights/testing etc at times on Saturday and all day Sunday. It would be great to see you there!

[cliveb]

We can't make it as we will be going to Belgium next weekend to fight at the DRG Event.Hope all goes well and I am looking forward to seeing the presentations when they are uploaded.

Clive

[swanny]

I'll be happy to turn up if i can :/ sseeing
ian lewis would be class

[Eventorizon]

Long shot but does anyone have any of the old cassettes for video recorders around?

I hired a professional HD camcorder from Uni only to find its got no tape in in!

If anyone could bring along a DVCAM marked cassette that would be amazing, otherwise standard HDV or DV tapes are great to!

I will be bringing my mac so I can get the video off anyway so you can have the tape back at the end.

[swanaldo]

Hope today goes well guys...bit gutted I am missing today but work dictates. Will be there tomorrow around 10 ish with Chuck no worries.

I hope plenty support the event as I think its great what your doing.

[RogueTwoRobots]

Likewise, would've loved to have been there but Middle Earth came calling

Looking forward to seeing all the videos.

[adz600]

also gutted missing event working nights this weekend boo
looks great guys sorry to have missed it :sad:

[mattsdragons]

Great event today guys, gave me a few ideas and has really given me the drive back to get on with robots again, will be in the shed tomorrow doing a bit of fabrication

[Revsmin]

A great first day, plenty of information that will definitely be helpful in the future! Particularly the LiPo talk, I now feel more confident using them in my robots after seeing Grant failing to set one on fire despite puncturing it with a nail and shorting it out! Also got to see Ian Lewis and Razer for the first time (nerdgasm!). Was also useful to see how Project X held up against 720, scoops got totalled, but the robot still worked afterwards, although the body got bent. Got it driving again, it now drives inverted! Looking forward for more fighting today!