Robo Challenge - Insomnia Gaming festival 26th to the 29th of August

[Skyamoeba]

Saw you guys in action even had a brilliant chat with one of you really helpful thankyou again, was this the Lightweight class battling?

[Garfie489]

was this the Lightweight class battling?

Featherweight

[R9000]

I wasn't there but it was Featherweights. Lightweights are a little bigger, and not really battled in the UK.

(Whoops, Garfie beat me to it )

[Skyamoeba]

Thanks, now I know that best get some ideas jotted down.

[PredictedCyborg]

I was at Insomnia as a journalist (for those of you wondering - I was the little woman with the red inflatable hammer!) and upon talking to a few of you... well, here I am.

Looking forward to seeing more of you at the next Insomnia I go to... if this becomes a regular thing for yourselves of course. You were very popular.

[harry hills]

It was nice meeting you, I definatly remember the hammer. Hope to see you next time!

[Ellis]

I was at Insomnia as a journalist (for those of you wondering - I was the little woman with the red inflatable hammer!) and upon talking to a few of you... well, here I am.

Looking forward to seeing more of you at the next Insomnia I go to... if this becomes a regular thing for yourselves of course. You were very popular.

Hey! Glad you decided to sign up. The show seemed to go down very well, so fingers crossed we're on course for many more events. Look forward to seeing what you come up with.

[EventorizonIan]

My thanks and congratulations to Grant and the Robochallenge team for putting on a fabulous event.
I liked the new format and felt it helped deliver a real spectacle for the audience.
My thanks also to the rest of teams involved for the spirit in which the battles (which involved some series carnage) were conducted.
We look forward to the 'whoop ass' that's undoubtedly going to be handed to us next time round at what I hope will become a regular event.
Well done guys!

[PredictedCyborg]

Uploaded a bunch of the photos I got on my phone during the 27th and 28th.
They're here.

Not the best but if my actual camera hadn't broken they'd have been better, honest! xD

[NKT]

I found out about this forum from a couple of the guys I was chatting to at just after close on the Sunday. Nice poker face from the Team Carbide chap when he said they were off for a viewing party of the Robot Wars final!

The Featherweight bouts were very brutal. Shard was very destructive, as were the eventual winners, who threw one robot up and hit the 10mm polycarbonate wall hard enough that the dent could be felt from the outside, 5 feet up!

Very impressive power, several bouts went to the 2 minute mark, but many were under 10 seconds!

On the one hand, I need to build another robot, on the other, how do you stop a 20,000rpm cutter spinning upwards? Is ablative armour & string allowed?