Can a brick be successful?

[daveimi]

The robot on the right here looks like a good shape for fighting spinners?

http://www.robowars.org/wikka/SchmackOff

Obviously with covered wheels and some other changes etc.

[knightrous]

The robot on the right here looks like a good shape for fighting spinners?
http://www.robowars.org/wikka/SchmackOff
Obviously with covered wheels and some other changes etc.

Wow, haven't seen that photo in a long time! The robot on the right is Knightrous Wedge (formerly called Schmackhed), however that is a very, very old photo, mid construction actually.

This is a "clean" finished photo of it from a couple of years back


It's good against spinners, the shape and armour make it very hard to damage. It pretty much out wedges everything which allows it to control and win matches despite being an exceptionally boring robot. It should be a lot faster, but has traction issues on MDF floors like we use here but goes like a rocket on concrete.