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Stock Showcases / Tahooper's Stock Showcase

« on: August 20, 2016, 10:10:58 AM »

Robot Name: Philip Dover

Weight: 397.7 (Middleweight)

Strengths:

• Can flip most opponents easily
• Decent speed
• Self-rightable

Weaknesses:

• Weak armour (plastic, to keep under the middleweight limit)
• Can't score many points - relies on eliminating opponents by flipping non-invertible robots upside down, consequently immobilising them or flipping robots out of the arena/into the pit
• Struggles against full-body spinners

Notable features: Due to the very low ground clearance, it sometimes gets stuck on the corners of ramps. To counteract this I have added a snapper II burst motor with a round extender which when fired goes underneath the robot to help dislodge it (also randomly mashing the flippers sometimes works).

Constructive criticism/ideas for improvement are welcome - after all this is my first basic robot