2011 Robo Challenge UK Championships. April 15-17, NEC

[PJ-27]

Great compilation! I forgot about Cyberon getting flipped into NST.

The repair zone was a good idea, but being on display while people scrutinise your soldering is a bit off putting......

[john]

Video of clips from the event

great video! could watch hits n flips like that all day

[james...venom]

Hello Everyone

I would like to say a big thank you to everyone who support Robo Challenge to make this years UK Championships one of the best events ever. The large crowds, fantastic battles and reliability of your machines was brilliant and made the event a brilliant one to remember.

There were a few shocks, neither Beauties made a semi final despite looking extremely strong in the qualifying rounds, the 2010 UK Champion struggled more than anticipated against a very competitive opposition and the top 10 robots were a fantastic blend of flippers & spinners which was a great balance. Once the top ten were announced it was extremely difficult to guess who would win.

A few robots need a special mention for their efforts. Tiny Toon did a great job of winning the Annihilator in style well done guys. LS4 was extremely powerful and put on a spectacular show. Incredibly coming 4th in the competition was a massive leap for spinners. NST also put on a fantastic display of strength and reliability. Inertia XT for a brand new robot walked over beauty 2 and could have gone all the way, brilliant effort from Team Shock. Explosion managed to flip themselves out of the arena, had some of the hardest opponents, won the 6 robot play off and incredibly came 2nd over all which was very well deserved. Definitely will be a favourite for next year. And finally LF3 the new 2011 UK Champion and very well deserved. Its been long over due but the Big Nipper team are finally lifting the trophy after years of excellent work and engineering. A big congratulations very well deserved!

I would also like to say thank you to our Judges Andy, Tom and Kane for working with us for the week and had to make some difficult decisions. Thank you guys

Once again thank you very much everyone and we will keep your eyes peeled for us on the Gadget Show!

The Robo Challenge Crew

[kane]

If NST is classed as being in the pit while one wheel is over the pit then surely Seraph should be classed as in the pit every time it drives over the pit. The rules do need to be looked at when it comes to the pit. Even in normal fights, If a flipper robot was put into the pit by a pusher but then flipped itself back out that would be judged against it, But if you have a robot like seraph you can drive through the pit all day long and it doesnt seem to matter. I like seraph its a good design, Its hard to flip, you cant put it in the pit and its fun to watch because its so different but it should be judged in the same way as all the other robots.
So bacause NST wasnt actually in the pit, And it all happened so fast that it is hard to clearly tell what robot was immobile first without watching it back on a recording. So if anything it should have been a double count out, or restarted. And im sure Alex would have been well up for a restart. Alex would have probably won the anihilator even if it was restarted, Its a good solid machine and hes a very good driver and hes proven he can beat spinners time and time again. So the overall outcome might have been the same at the end of the day, but as you know a majority of the people didnt agree with that call.

We are revisiting the judging rules specifically to look at situations like this. Furthermore we will be forming specific rules for different competition formats such as the Annihilator.

[craig_colliass]

Seraph won't be going to any more Robo Challenge events.

[typhoon_driver]

why?

[Laser]

WHY IS SERAPH NOT GOING TO ANY MORE ROBOCHALLENGE EVENTS?

[typhoon_driver]

i thought that my post kinda covered that topic ben

[Laser]

just wanted him to see it lol

[craig_colliass]

Team Saint isn't throwing dolly out of the pram

It is Because there is talk on the thread about judging decisions and rules about wheels in pits and stuff.
I had decided not to run Seraph or the new Tron again,
(as the arena is a bit small for them and the sides are too low)
just after the event anyway, and I would not like to cause any problems with the rules in future,
so I thought I would say they were not going to Robo Challenge events again, that way it should simplify the rules
for the future.
I will probably take the old Tron along as that type (A Box on Wheels) of robot is at home in the smaller arena. And we are back to
paper, rock scissors.
Box, Flipper Spinners
Hope that clears it up I certainly don't have any issues with Robo Challenge or anyone else