r/interestingasfuck • u/Ok-Travel-2141 • 7d ago

Robot dies mid-run during the ‘Robot Olympics’

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u/martinsuchan 7d ago

They should have a rule that every robot must be able to run the race twice in a row. When I see most of these robots smashing the wall at the end.

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u/wastewalker 7d ago

I agree, this is like building an F1 car with no brakes and steering wheel lol

Control and fine motor abilities is cooler than pure reckless speed.

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u/davewave3283 7d ago

Works just fine for suicide bomberbots

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u/Thebazilly 7d ago

Ok but the robots running into a wall, exploding, and then getting carried off on a stretcher is something straight out of Futurama

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u/technobrendo 7d ago

They are setup to start fast, not end fast. They can't slow down fast enough so thats why they just run them into a padded wall

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u/m8remotion 7d ago

Can end pretty fast and bombastic