We took a trip to York at the weekend to compete in our first official event as a full competitor. Upon arriving at the venue, we realised we would have had no chance of finding it if we didn't have Thomas Yau there to point us into the right building! We were among the first to arrive, so we had time to set up and grab some space before the rest of the competitors, and spectators, arrived. With a total of 31 antweights and 12 beetleweights, there was barely enough space for everyone to work on their robots. The competition format was a sort of group stage format so everyone got 4 guaranteed fights but could have more in the form of playoffs.
Fight 1: vs Baby Dead Bod
This was an absolutely terrifying first fight to have, Baby Dead Bod is an immensely powerful horizontal spinner so I was not happy to face it this early on.
That was quick! A single hit on the weapon was all it took to flex the weapon into the pulley, sending it flying and completely shearing the motor shaft. This was particularly unfortunate because we didn't have any way of fixing this damage. After a couple more hits, it was clear that I had no chance of winning, and since it was the first fight, I decided to tap out. This meant that I could continue the competition, albeit without a weapon.
Fight 2: vs Little Grey Fergie
I was fairly confident about this fight, and it was going well in the first minute. However, I made an error and drove into the wall, and the forks got stuck in a gap between the wall and the floor. We later found that the forks had lifted under the robot, so we fixed this issue by shaving the corner of the robot so that the wheels would contact the ground when in this position.
Fight 3: vs Chucky
I came into this fight doubting that I could win, and this was proven to be true. Chucky pushed me around the arena for the first half of the fight before propping me against the wall of the arena.
Fight 4: vs Bby Shrekt
We decided not to do this fight, as there was no point getting absolutely destroyed when so much of the frame was perfectly okay and could still be used.
Even though the weapon was destroyed almost instantly, I really enjoyed this event. Everyone was very kind and welcoming, especially Sam Price who gave suggestions and let us look inside his robots to get inspiration for our necessary design changes. This event showed us plenty of ways in which to improve the weapon system of this robot, and I think with the upgrades it will be a lot more reliable and a lot more competitive!
Our Hardox order also arrived during the time we were in York, so we have test mounted the new forks and weapons. I am especially loving the look of the disk!
More Progress A lot of progress has been made recently, most notably the pieces have been cut from black HDPE and assembled fully. The weapon motor has been mounted, and a mock weapon has been cut from a spare piece of plastic. It was quite easy making the final pieces, as we already knew the exact dimensions and how everything needed to fit together so it was just a matter of carefully cutting all the pieces and then screwing them together. Then we assembled the weapon stack. This consists of a 40mm pulley, with 4 M4 bolts running through it and through the weapon, which has bearings pushed into a 12mm central hole, and then the bolts screw into a plate with M4 nuts pushed into it. Then a 6mm shoulder bolt runs through all of this, plus the weapon bulkheads, and finishes with a nylock nut. BBB Brawl I was lucky enough to take a trip to the recent BBB Brawl event, and was even more fortunate that I could participate in whiteboard fight after the main competition! I was in a fight with
Here is the full event video, I will write the timestamps for each fight. BBB x LHG Summer Showdown 2024- All Fights - Bristol Bot Builders Beetleweight Combat Robots The venue for this event was lovely, however the constant rain was a bit annoying, especially when it dripped off the marquees down the back of my neck! We arrived at the venue and went into the tech check with the heaviest setup we could run, and passed safety with no issues. Fight 1: (06:46) My first fight was against Om Nom and Carbon Copy. I was happy with this match up as I would be the only spinner against a grabber (?) and a cluster bot. The fight began and I quickly engaged with one of the halves of Carbon Copy, using my full weight to push it into the wall and slice some material off the front wedge. I then reversed to give myself a bit of a run up and hit the cluster again, this time ripping the wedge off and slamming it into the ceiling. Whilst this was happening, Om Nom had somehow gotten stuck with mouth op
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