Here we go:

Location
St. Lukes Church
Poulton
Wallasey
CH44 3BD

Date
26th September 2020

Time
11:00 - 18:00

As originally planned, we are planning to split the robots off into 8 round robin heats if there is sufficient numbers with the top robot of that heat going through the quarter-finals and then a straight elimination from there. If there isn't enough robots to justify 8 heats, we'll revert back to the 4 heat system with the top two going through as normal. As always, there will be a all robot rumble as well.

As before, we are running a slightly modified variant of the AWS ruleset (http://robotwars101.org/ants/rules.htm), those being:

2.a: All weight limits have a 5% variance as below. Robots that exceed the AWS weight limit but are within the BotFest limit will have a note applied to the technical check sheet but pass in this instance.
Antweight: 157.5g (Roller) / 236.25g (Walker)
Fleaweight: 78.75g (Roller) / 118.65g (Walker)
Nanoweight: 26.25g (Roller) / 39.9g (Walker)

2.b: All size limits have a 5% variance, so the dimension cubed that your robot must into is below. Robots that exceed the AWS weight limit but are within the BotFest limit will have a note applied to the technical check sheet but pass in this instance.
Antweight: 106.68mm
Fleaweight: 80.01mm
Nanoweight: 63mm

4.a: All heat matches will last 2 minutes. All other matches except the All Robot Rumble will last 3 minutes. The All Robot Rumble will last until one robot remains mobile.

5.k A team is permitted to enter up to 3 robots of either a roller or walker.

Please note that only the first 14 teams can enter and will be on a first come, first served basis. We recommend that it'd be one person per team however, if you need to bring someone with you, please let me know via a PM or something. It is important that you do this if needed as we need to know exactly the numbers of people coming. In addition to this:


  • A face covering and gloves MUST be worn at ALL times whilst in the building.
  • You MUST adhere to the one way system in place at the building.
  • You MUST respect social distancing.
  • You WILL need to bring your own PPE and toiletries (coverings, sprays, wipes, hand sanitiser etc).
  • You MUST NOT attend if you feel unwell in any way.


Event signup is here: https://forms.gle/5XJLuAhE2cFfJQ2w8

Hope to see you there!