Team Fission Combat Robotics

So RoboDojo happened recently, with both beetles going in mostly unchanged from Brawl, with the exception of Exposure sporting a brand new timing belt for the weapon to try eliminate the random belt failures from previous events. Exposure My first fight was to be against Zephyrus, which a very weird robot to fight. I stuck the front wedge and hoped for the best. https://youtu.be/XIcwvei3bu8?t=379 There we go, that's what it should do! I'm a bit disappointed I didn't get him in the bin however. Fight 2 was against Kriegmesser. https://youtu.be/XIcwvei3bu8?t=942 It was going so well until it wasn't. However, no real damage to the robot at all and everything was still working! Fight 3 against Box N Wheels.  https://youtu.be/XIcwvei3bu8?t=1517 The weapon was sticking for some reason, and then the belt just randomly fell off. Also, there had been a lot of spinners just driving off the edge for whatever reason, and I couldn't escape that trend. Final fight against (a very...

 We made the long trip down to Bristol last weekend to compete in the annual BBB Beetle Brawl. We took Exposure, and a brand new robot in Photon. Both robots passed safety checks, and then we went into the fights! Photon Drawn against Icebreaker and Abracagrabra, the first ever fight for Photon was going to be tough. Hit by Icebreaker on several occasions, I was really pleased Photon was able to get back on its wheels using the hammer-saw arm. Photon fought on getting some good pins but things started to go wrong after a hit from Icebreaker which damaged the arm gearbox. The fight ended with a KO for Icebreaker. Photon was mobilised and Abracagrabra ended up in the pit. https://youtu.be/kNDo-p7mI_M?t=1062 Photon arrived in the arena without the hammer-saw arm due to damage from the 1st fight. The plane was to use the long forks and pin or push Jackhammer. Veering off the to the left right from the start, there must have been some damage to the drive I'd missed from the 1st fight, D...