We all remember the good old days of watching robotwars, the cameras sometimes mere inches from the action, or the Kill Cams on the house robots that sometimes got a little to close, but i was wondering... is it possible to bring that unique perspective on combat back?
I have been interested in getting a Go Pro Camera for a while but I was wondering what people would think if we tried to attach such a device to enough robots to have a camera in the arena for every fight?
I know there is a lot to think about to get one fitted to 1 in 3 robots (Perhaps even 1 in 2) as not every machine is capable of having a camera fitted. Conker and Binky, luckily, both happen to be the right shape to have one fitted without it interfearing with the operation of the robot.
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There is also the fact that a hit from a spinner or a good axe bot would probably wreck the camera but that can be solved by carefully positioning and protecting it.
I think the main question is...
How do people feel about allowing a camera to be attached to a robot they are fighting given that it would probably make it about 150g heavier [A Go Pro Hero 3 is 79g with the waterproof case] and might interfere with the battle.
I have a couple of ideas on which robots cameras could be fitted to; NST, Inertial XL, Conker, Explosion [Possibly] Tormenta 2, Skyfall [Possibly]
Thoughts everyone?




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