Flamebot Dutch Oven melts EVERYTHING: cage, cameras, screens and Monkfish
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Dutch Oven melts the entire cage during Havoc All-Stars, tune in Dec 6 & 7 to see more#nhrl #robotfight-----NHRL, National Havoc Robot League is the biggest ...

I just love these smaller events because things can just get more unhinged because the bots don’t cost a hundred grand to make.

    • ericbomb@lemmy.worldOP
      9·
      11 months ago

      No idea! I can’t believe Monk Fish was moving that entire time and didn’t go out to a KO, and that little mini bot managed to keep monk fish from being 100% cooked.

      The ending where they showed what Monk Fish looked like pre fight and after fight was hilarious. On top of you know, the arena being trashed.

  • Donjuanme@lemmy.world
    12·
    11 months ago

    Back in my day liquid, combustion, electricity, or any combination of those things, weren’t allowed in our roboticide competitions.

  • edric@lemm.ee
    6·
    11 months ago

    Other bot was like: I’ll try spinning, that’s a good trick.

    • ericbomb@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      11 months ago

      Right! I do love the big boy leagues, but it feels a bit more repetitive since there are sponsors and a meta.

      But down at these weights with how cheap the bots are in comparison it feels like people are more willing to try anything, or build a bot simply for the laughs.

    • Toaster@lemmy.world
      12·
      11 months ago

      There’s weight classes like boxing, so think of it like one 150lb fighter verse a team of one 100lb and a second 50lb fighter. Both still make weigh-in, just different strats.

      • WarlockLawyer@lemmy.world
        5·
        11 months ago

        Thanks. That was my guess but I wasn’t sure if there was more to it. Like they had to start connected or something

    • egonallanon@lemm.ee
      4·
      11 months ago

      The rules allow for people to bring minibots in with the main one and they get a little weight bonus for it.

    • Bonehead@kbin.social
      31·
      11 months ago

      I think it was actually individual fighters, but the one guy was just so overpowered that the other two tried to gang up on him. And failed.

    • ericbomb@lemmy.worldOP
      10·
      11 months ago

      I can only assume they grossly underestimated how much fuel could be in such a small bot!

      All bots have their weapons and weight checked, so not like they snuck in illegal fuels or something. It just had more of a kick than they imagined I guess! They got the arena fixed for the next day as didn’t do massive damage, just melted some plastic things. Just looks insane.