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
      10·
      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
    13·
    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
    8·
    11 months ago

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

    • Toaster@lemmy.world
      13·
      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
      5·
      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.

    • redcalcium@lemmy.institute
      3·
      11 months ago

      Actually if you look closer, there was another tiny bot rushing the flame bot at the start but it got destroyed right away, so it was 3 vs 1.

    • 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
      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.

    • ericbomb@lemmy.worldOP
      11·
      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.