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Month: September 2017

Sep20 0

Boing! MK2 (Design Evaluation Pt. 1)

Posted by Robert Keyes

Boing! has gone on a diet – both in terms of size and in terms of hitting power. Let’s display that ever-so-loved spec sheet. 2 x NTM 4258 Propdrive Motors (500KV) 7.2:1 Reduction, 80mm driven diameter – 14.5mph top speed. 2x 6S Batteries, 2650mAH NanoTech’s. ESCs are TZ85A’s, Simon K’d Pneumatic Axe weapon (details below) Tank […]

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Boing!, Technical Notes, Uncategorized
Sep20 0

ARC-TV: the greatest featherweight that you (n)ever saw

Posted by Alistair Galt

A loudmouth Featherweight who apparently needs no introduction*. I am told that an image will be arriving soon of this robot… All music from Purple Planet. *In receiving this broadcast from ARC-TV I did have to do some subtle editing to make it audible for human consumption!

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General News, Uncategorized
Sep19 0

Robot Wars is BACK!!!!

Posted by Robert Keyes

22nd of October.  Robot Wars returns to our screens on BBC 2 on 22/10/17. The hype train is rolling, and although Chris has all the spoilers, Rob & Ali can’t wait to see what happens in season 3!  

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Sep07 0

We Need to Talk About Dave.

Posted by Robert Keyes

As you will no doubt have seen, Chris and Ali have become quite enamoured with Antweights and Featherweights respectively. However, the main goal of all of this in the first place was to get Big Dave 3 up and running. To that end…. redesign time! Big Dave has now been redesigned at the insistence of […]

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Big Dave 3, General News, Robot Wars, Technical Notes
Sep06 0

Asimov and Robot Wars: can the Laws be Applied to the Arena (Part 1)?

Posted by Alistair Galt

For those of a philosophical leaning, listen on. For those who aren’t, you might need a translator for all the proto-Slavic, Latin, German, communism, capitalism, the BBC, MIT, and ethics… Part 1 – the definition and origin of the term robots! Music: http://www.purple-planet.com

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General News, Robot Wars

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