New Robots

olivers · Post by **olivers** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 9:30 pm

Looks harmless to me.

I don't think these FBS have the reliability yet as the power makes them too destructive to themselves. To get the weight you need to make them walkers and so far it's too tricky to do.

leo-rcc · Post by **leo-rcc** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 11:11 am

Up to a point I agree with you. but once the FBS is stabile enough to take the impact of ots own force, harmless is not the word i would use. MBY is of course a work in progress for several years now, and it has become more reliable every time.

Remote-Controlled Dave · Thu Mar 01, 2007 1:35 pm

I'll fight it. lol.

Cavecrusher · Post by **Cavecrusher** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 1:45 pm

olivers wrote:Looks harmless to me.

I don't think these FBS have the reliability yet as the power makes them too destructive to themselves. To get the weight you need to make them walkers and so far it's too tricky to do.

it's not really effective in a AWS class arena, it's all about physics, action = opposite reaction.
Unless some high vacuum under the robot sucks it down, it'll fly, all depends on the other robot going out as well...

and a simple rule as in the initiator of the dual K.O. wins.

peterwaller · Post by **peterwaller** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 2:18 pm

I don't think I would ever call one of Tim's robots harmless but a consistant FBS is very difficult to build. Mine still sheds the spinning shell at the drop of a hat and so will probably not be appearing at AWS22.

maddox · Post by **maddox** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 4:13 pm

Malankaia Baba Yaga is a tough nut to crack, thank to Tim's magic.

I'm eager to see her destruct things.

razerdave · Post by **razerdave** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 9:29 pm

I'd of thought with such borad teeth it would act more to knock a robot about rather than tear into them

maddox · Post by **maddox** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 8:59 am

I guess the transfer of 75 W in a slicer and dicer compared to the transfer of 75W in a bruiser will mean a lot of difference to an ant.

Remote-Controlled Dave · Mon Mar 05, 2007 9:35 am

Who cares? You put your robot in the arena, you fight whoever you're drawn up against and you see what the outcome is. You can have the best robots ever and still loose on a technicality, especially in antweights. And that 'initiator of the KO' rule can cause a lot of debates.

Cavecrusher · Post by **Cavecrusher** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 3:46 pm

Dave26 wrote:And that 'initiator of the KO' rule can cause a lot of debates.

the debate is still going...