I like this. The one issue I always had with ants was the 4 inch cube rule, which meant some of my more original ideas were impossible to build and I often just ended up with another wedge, cos I knew I could get it in the box.
Though I like that rule in ants, cos it keeps the competition element interesting, but sometimes I just thought I'd like to have a full combat version of ants, with none of the out of the arena in 2 seconds fights that the current antweight rules mean happen.

I reakon there's an easy way to stop people building boxes and wedges, and that is don't have a pit or a push out zone, and maybe only a small bit where people can be thrown out the arena.. I don't think banning any robot without a weapon is the way to go, there are ways around this, like having a little servo axe or summit and just using a wedge. Plus I believe if someone wants to build a wedge, they should be allowed to. But if you make it so the arena doesn't favour pushbots in any way, then less people will want to build them.

They're my two cents. I like the idea and I'd probs deffo have a go if it gets up and running.