The wootiest animal show ever... Reviewed!

[tom_b]

Anyone know where Mantis is from?

[ray_t]

here some more info to get the round one heat K into context.

Infernal Contraption does have some control issues, this is as it has 3 receivers one for each of its independent modules.

there was some drastic editing, which included the removal of the part where our spinning disc was inside bulldogs open flipper, this is were we dislodged the netting the bit as seen on the arena floor was only a small part of it the rest had wound its self around the internal gears of bulldog and reduced their drive and manovereing capability. Other scenes not shown was our major hits on bulldog which on inspection in the pits revealed a twisted chassis.

Ours was the only robot that took no damage and would have been ready to go back into the arena ten minutes later with just a change on batteries.

Ray t
http://www.infernalcontraption.co.ukwww.infernalcontraption.co.uk

[cnud]

Mantis resides in a garage in Balderton, Nottinghamshire sulking cos were building a better one.

Dunc

http://www.mantis-robot.co.ukwww.mantis-robot.co.uk

[jeremy_cuss]

Ewan,

I dont believe that a net would be at all effective in protecting the rams. I think that it was put there to entrap spinners. I would certainly take the Derek Foxwell line on this.

The 2003 rules give discretion to the organisers to ban or disqualify a robot. I wonder whether the netting was already present at the time of the tech check?

Jeremy

[maddox]

Jeremy, that remark comes close to implement that the guys from Bulldog were cheating...

Sorry, but no rule in the 2003 bans a net or simular idea to ensnare spinners.
So ,the only thing that could happen was that during the techcheck a bigshot(like Derek) asks to remove it. NO intentional foul play going on.

But as no Bigshot passed by(I suspect)or made any comments....

[jim]

Adam Clarks comments on the Robot Wars forum may be of interest:

http://www.robotmayhem.com/forum/messages/22/14536.html#POST196892http://www.robotmayhem.com/forum/mes...tml#POST196892

Seems clear to me that Bulldog Breed was entitled to use nets for any reason they liked.

[bobblebot2]

Also Jeremy there was no garantee that the net would come of bulldog breed so I think that it was quite clearly there to protect the rams which if they were worth £1200 they would not want damaged. Surely you can see that they wouldnt?

[jeremy_cuss]

Having read Adams post and the comments from Mario, Jim and Mike, I withdraw my earlier statement, and apologise to the Bulldog Breed team.

Jeremy

[matt_macdonald]

Bulldog Breed will be in Semi-Final 1 facing the winner of Heat M (the seed for that heat is Panic Attack). If Panic Attack made the semis, they wouldnt have a chance of beating Bulldog Breed. My predictions for the next heat will be posted on Wednesday on the Heat 12 page.

That is correct, but St. Agro vs X-Terminator for the St. Agros series semi-final I believe is still wrong.

[matt_macdonald]

Never mind, its right