Well, it's official - I have taken my first real step into combat robotics.

With many thanks to John Findlay at Robot Wars for going out of his way to get a couple of Battle Antz kits to my wife and I in Canada, we have both built little flipper bots. Yes, they may be from a kit...yes, they might not be the right size for antweight competition...but they're ours, and we built them! And we came out of it with a basic understanding of how a robot goes together and works.

So, I can finally add a robot's name to my profile - "Pup," short for "Wolf Pup," and painted a look a bit like a wolf (my wife hasn't named or painted hers yet).

After so many years of just being a fan, it feels good...