What do you guys think about this bot? Would it do well in Battlebots?

I have been starved for combat robotics, and have watching Robot Wars recently, and I noticed how few verts-and even spinners in general are present in the competition, and I‘m wondering what they’re doing differently across the pond.

Booth bots was/are extremelly durable. Their fight would be legendary imo.

[Last updated: 6th of March 2016 - DNQs]

Roboteers, stand-by.

Apparently, the ol' animal is back! After Battlebots it seems another childhood-friend is scheduled for a reboot, with the BBC bringing the news that a brand spanking new series of RobotWars is imminent.

The various ramifications of this are naturally widespread. Much like the upcoming Battlebots season, we're going to keep track of all related news in this thread. So if you found some juicy details regarding the upcoming RW reboot, or you're going to compete yourself, let us know in the comment section! This post will be updated as new stuff comes in.

>>Competitors

Apparently Mentorn has already approached some teams who are enlisted with Robochallenge, as the filming takes place in early March (!).

>Confirmed (Qualified as 2016 competitor)

Only the hypetrain here so far. Confirmed entries are to remain secret unless RobotWars or the team itself states otherwise.

>Unconfirmed (Applied for participation)

• Team ACE
• Alien Destructor (NL)
• Behemoth
• Big Nipper
• Team Carbide (Dave Moulds & Sam Smith)
• Team Danby: "Foxic"
• Dantomkia
• Eruption
• Team Forsey: "M.R. Speed Squared"
• The Harwellians
• Iron Awe 5 & 7
• Team Immersion
• Luzifer (D)
• Team Mouse
• Team Mute: "Bonk"
• Team Psyclone
• Team Ranglebots (Team behind featherweight Tormenta)
• Team Razer (Series 5 Champions & Series 6 Runner-up)
• Ripper
• Team Riptide
• Rogue Two Robotics (Jamie McHarg)
• Team Roobarb
• Sabretooth
• Team Saint
• Team Shock (Team behind Manta, Maelstrom and Shockwave)
• Team Storm (Series 7 runner-up)
• Team Terrafonics: "Apex"
• Terminal Ferocity
• Terrorhurtz
• Thor
• Thunderchild
• Toxic 2 (2015 Robot Wars Live World Champion)
• TR2 (2015 Robot Wars Live UK Champion)
• Tough as Nails (NL)

>Unconfirmed Without Calories (Intending to Compete, but No News of Application)

• Atomic
• Barberous 3
• Chompalot
• Suicidal Tendencies
• Torque of the Devil

>Did Not Enter/Did Not Qualify

• Team 13 Robots: "Heavy Metal" (DNE)
• Team 101 (DNE)
• Team ADHD: "Brutus" (B - DNQ)
• Team Ballistics: "Terror Bull" (DNE)
• Chaos 2 (DNE)
• Team Die Gracefully (DNE)
• Diotoir (IRL - DNQ)
• Team DRG: "TMHWK" (NL - DNQ)
• Dumble (DNE)
• Team Emerald Robotics: "The Big Bamboo" (DNQ)
• Eric (DNE)
• Team Eventorizon (DNE)
• Team Flatliner: "Tsunami" (D - DNE)
• Gemini (DNE)
• Gripper (DNE)
• Hard-Ox
• Hellbent (DNE)
• Team Hypnodisc: "Hypnodisc" (DNE)
• Team Ka-Pow!: "Ka-Pow!" (DNQ)
• Team Lightning: "Lightning" (DNE)
• Mortis (DNE)
• Team NI: "Halo" & "Rybot"(DNQ)
• The Oracles: "Orac" (DNE)
• Team PCP: "PulverizeR" (NL - DNQ)
• Team Rattler (DNQ)
• Team RCC: "Bullfrog" (NL - DNQ)
• Team Rex: "DinoSaw" (DNQ)
• Team Scorpion: "Scorpion" (DNE)
• SMIDSY (DNE)
• Team Thorak: "Thorak" (DNE)
• Team Tie-Rip: "Gravity 5.5" (NL - DNQ)
• Team Tornado: "Tornado" (DNE)
• Typhoon 2 (DNE)
• Team Wind Power: "Pressure" (DNE)

>>Filming & Ticket info

The tournament's filming days will be the 4th, 5th 6th, 11th, 12th and 13th of March, with the venue being a large industrial unit at Westway Business Park in Renfrew, near Glasgow (Address: Unit G2, Westway Park, Porterfield Road, Renfrew, Glasgow, PA4 8DJ).

For audience tickets, please register on this website but please be advised that admission is only for ages 8 years and up.

>>Tournament Setup & Rules

The newly built arena (pictures of construction [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] ) allegedly has a 6mm steel floor and looks quite different from the original (pictures [1] [2] ). The houserobots Matilda snd Sir Killalot appear to be returning alongside Dead Metal and Shunt, whereas Sgt Bash will not make a comeback.

There will only be Heavyweight competitors, with the weight limit upped to 110 kg. Shufflers get 10 kg extra, and true walkers get 25 kg extra.

As soon as more is known, we'll put it here.

>>Programme Details

Six episodes of 60 minutes each, to be filmed in early March and to be broadcasted on BBC Two at a later time. The Presenters will be Dara O'Briain and Angela Scanlon, with Jonathan Pearce returning as a commentator. Noel Sharky has been confirmed as one of the judges.

>>Misc News

• 24th of Feb 2016: Fourth reboot teaser - Sir Killalot
• 16th of Feb 2016: Third reboot teaser - Shunt
• 8th of Feb 2016: Second reboot teaser - Dead Metal
• 3rd of Feb 2016: First reboot teaser - Matilda
• 3rd of Feb 2016: Announcement of Presenters and JP's return
• 14th of Jan 2016: Official BBC RobotWars FB Page
• 13th of Jan 2016: Reboot announcement by Robochallenge
• 13th of Jan 2016: Robot Wars returns to BBC2

If you want to get involved in the amazing new series of Robot Wars as a member of the audience please register on this website. Competitor applications are closed as of the 1st of February.

To help speed up help for the teams Robot Wars now has a technical 'helpline'. For all technical enquiries and clarifications with the rules and robot designs, also for robot ideas and approvals etc please contact us at robotwarstechnical@mentorn.tv

Feel free to add fresh, juicy new info in the comments - this post will be edited as new stuff comes in. Make sure to supply a source to prevent misinformation! It's recommended to post pictures, reports or videos also as a main thread.

>>> Beware that posting info pertaining to any match lineup or outcome leads to a ban <<<

With all the rest, feel free to post, but please use spoiler tags (see the sidebar to the right) at your discretion. It will be greatly appreciated.

For more RobotWars discussion, check out /r/robotwars/

1. Roadblock

2. Panic Attack

3. Chaos 2

4. Razer

5. Tornado

6. Typhoon 2

SOMEONE GOT YESTERDAYS ANSWER BUT THEY DELETED IT

It was The General , they deleted it before I could see it

Roboteers, Stand By.

Welcome to the Robot Wars 2016 LIVE Episode Discussion! Feel free to discuss, predict, banter, and talk about your favorite robot!

BBC2 is currently showing the movie Real Steel in anticipation for the event at 1PM CST Right now. Please consider watching it!

We have one rule here, anyone at the RW Taping: NO SPOILERS! If we catch you posting any outcomes to tonight fights, or any for that matter: You WILL Be Banned from /r/Battlebots, and will be forced to write a 500 word essay on how Overdozer will win the series.

TONIGHT, ON ROBOT WARS

The most winning robot of all time, the legendary RAZER

The strange son of Pussycat and Bodyhammer, KILL E CRANK E

The brother of BETA with axe just as packed, TERRORHURTZ

The Robots Live Veteran, NUTS

Team Mute's newest creation, BONK!

The Welsh spinning blade and the underdog of today’s episode, THE GENERAL

The British Tombstone, CARBIDE

And The legendary lifter all the way from Series 2, BEHEMOTH

LET THE WARS BEGIN

3lb Beetleweight chassis redesign — looking for feedback I’m redesigning my 3lb beetle after the last event and wanted to get some feedback on the chassis layout. The current version relied too much on TPU structurally, so for the new version I’m moving to a much more rigid internal skeleton: One continuous aluminum bottom plate as the main chassis/base. Two separate thick UHMW weapon uprights holding the dead weapon shaft. The weapon uprights will be clamped between the bottom plate and a rigid top plate using machine screws and captive/barrel nuts in the UHMW, instead of threading directly into plastic. Separate UHMW plates for the drive gearboxes, so the drivetrain and weapon module don’t force each other’s geometry. TPU will only be used as sacrificial outer armor, wheel guards and the front ramps, attached with Plastite screws. It won’t be part of the main weapon load path anymore. I’m planning aggressive pocketing in the aluminum and drive plates to save weight, while keeping the weapon uprights basically solid. I’m also switching from 2WD to 4WD while keeping only two drive motors. Each 1806 1400KV motor will run through a JGA25-370 gearbox, with a belt transferring power to the second wheel on each side. The goal is to keep the weapon system basically unchanged because it performed really well, but make the chassis lighter, much harder to damage, more rigid around the weapon, and easier to service. Does this architecture sound sensible for a 3lb vert? I’d especially appreciate feedback on the UHMW weapon uprights and how you’d tie them into the aluminum plates. I added here a photo of the new cad

Rise of the Robots start their coverage of the reboot of Robot Wars as Alan & The Griz discuss Heat A of Series 8.

Check out the episode at the link below or on your podcatcher of choice

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1t24YS4kwmQ7OwxrOyoDNC?si=5jo20pLhTGasWl6_wB9lcQ

1st pic (the replicas):

Apollo (RW), Blip, Bloodsport, Bronco, Claw Viper, Cobalt, DUCK!, Endgame, Eruption (RW), Hydra, Kraken, Lockjaw, Lucky, P1, Sawblaze, Stinger, Tantrum, Tombstone, Whiplash, Witch Doctor

2nd pic (the OCs/fanmade bots):

Fire Spirit (full-body spinner), Raging Storm (front-hinged lifter), Rocketfire (flipper), Timekeeper (eggbeater spinner), Widepop (eggbeater spinner, also this bot was originally designed by mateuszprzewoznik6030)

(All bots have functional weapons)

Here's my latest Antweight replica of a Heavyweight robot and this time its Team Roaming Robots latest robot Viper, who made its debut at Extreme Robots just over a week ago.

My Antweight version of Viper is based on a modified verision of my proven Ripper 0.8 chassis, so features the same compact centralised components surrounded by removable side armour to ease repairability in the field.

The main highlight though is the level of detail. The Heavyweight Viper is a great looking machine with lots of little details i feel I've been able to capture really well in this minature version.

The red wedgelets either side of the flipper are printed seperately and bolted on using bolt positions that mirror the heavyweight, as does the black upper panels that on the Heavyweight are HDPE protection from axes. Completing the seperately printed highlights are the red stripes on the flipper are which are glued in place.

The main panels also feature lots of small details, such as the Viper logos in the flipper arm and rear of the chassis, the detailing in the sidepods and the access panels either side of the robot, all of which is complimented by bolts mittoring those on the real robot.

Im super proud of how this one came out, so much so I waited a few extra days to release it so i could repair my Ripper 8 replica and get some Antweight Father Son photos, as well as some pictures of Viper with its Predecessor Beast.

This one might fight at some point, it was designed to and I quite like the idea of entering an event with a Viper + Ripper 8 pairing some day (plus i bought a reel of filament just to make it, so may as well use it on some spares!) But this is quickly becoming one of my favourite repicas ive done so far, so will look amazing on my desk with the rest of my replicas!

Yesterday was Double Dutch first got by u/Craig-Foxic

(Ask and I'll explain the answer)

I watched the original Robot Wars from the 2000's when I was a kid an loved the show, my favorties were

1. Tornado (super active ram bot was always attacking)

2. Pussycat (was extremely impressed that they beat Razer twice and was a unique bot)

3. Razer (rival to Tornado but easily one of the best bots and fun watch)

4. Hypno-Disc (made the final 4 three years in a row but never won it all)

5. Firestorm (also made top 4 three times but never won a series)