BotFest 4 (25th April 2020)

[Ocracoke]

Is there a reason why the draw has been done so far ahead of the event? I was hoping to have a second robot completed in the next few weeks and as far as I was aware, a registration deadline was not set.

The assumption was that everyone who signed up would attend. If there are dropouts for whatever reason, I can always shuffle them around to balance things out as best I can. I did the draw ahead of time to save time at the event itself and represents a "best case" scenario of who you might be facing. If you have a second robot that can fill that space, I've no problem swapping that in.

I don't think robot combat meets that criteria purely due to the lack of physical activity. Obviously it's still down to Lucy if the event goes ahead, of course.

I need to see the full list of exemptions (specifically the law bill itself) before making the call on it. The BBC (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54081131) make specific reference to "organised team sports", which fighting robots is technically but I agree, this is a grey area at the moment.