Warning: Building robots is dangerous and must not be attempted without great care. Everything shown & described here was conducted in a controlled, carefully monitored environment with multiple people keeping an eye on proceedings. For the last six months we’ve been wanting to use the drum on Catch Me If You Can – and this […]
Read More →We’ve had another workshop weekend, and this time we reflect on the UK Heavyweight Championships in Stevenage (to think it was only a week ago!), our bots and our thoughts on the 10th (or 3rd) series of Robot Wars! The link to the brief history of Battlebots and Robot Wars can be found here.
Read More →Here’s something to listen to in the background of any important project- the pre-fight tinkering of robots on event day. This was on set at Robots Live in Stevenage, before the UK Championships 2017. Unedited bliss. Oh, and some of the weird conversations that Ali and Rob sometimes have… NB NOT FOR CHILDREN as it does […]
Read More →Boing! has been progressing, albeit slowly. I’ve mainly been designing baseplates, realising that they’ll bend, designing another one…. you get the picture. It’s been a slow process, and with real life getting in the way once again, there has been no progress on the design of a high flow 5/3 solenoid valve that I am […]
Read More →Humour very much takes a back shelf in this podcast. I wasn’t exactly comfortable with myself before recording this, but it is an ethical enquiry that may help put Robot Wars into a wider perspective for the listener. Music: www.purpleplanet.com
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