It should not be for the FRA to decide rules based on what is perceived to make good entertainment for an audience. Mentorn was a production company making an entertainment programme which frequently influenced its decision making process - possibly rightly so. If the FRA was to start setting rules and regulations on the basis of what robots would make a good show then it will have certainly lost the plot IMHO.

The only organisations who should be able to make a ruling of inclusion or exclusion of a bot without a weapon are the event orgainsers. This descision process is something they do all ready especially with regard to IC engines and spinners.

Imposing any restrictions on armour is again not in the spirt of combat robots unless it is under the umbrella of a new combat class.

If we are to start making robots that are only to fulfill the role of being entertaining and forget the real objectives of combat robots then this will never be a sport but resigned to being a side show.

I hope the FRA will dismiss any suggestion of enforcing a weapons rule.