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Real Robotics Discussion / Re: MIT Mini Maker Faire
« on: October 04, 2014, 04:23:53 PM »
back from the event
I'll let Alex explain the whole pizza box/spongebob thing, but he rused all of us big time. Said bot also somehow came third. Don't ask me. He also left the sporkplexor at home somehow.
FireArrow came third out of a field of six antweights. We did it round robin, and I won three fights in a row before losing to Cannon on a crowd vote (lmao) However the last hit he dealt me ruined my drive train, demolished the bearings pressed into the chassis and made the bot unfixable in the pits. So I had to forfeit my last match, which tied me with Brandon's ant SpinZilla. We flipped a "coin" to determine the tiebreaker (since neither bot was operable for a grudge match) and SpinZilla won.
Nocturne did alright I guess. In round 1 I demolished a last-second duct tape bot, but cracked a weapon tooth on the steel kickplate. In my second match I lost to Robo Rooter when he hit me so hard it tore both wires from my kill switch. The weapon axle bent and the other tooth came off, so I forfeited my last match to the pizza box mainly because my weapon could no longer spin. However I managed to kill Robo rooter's weapon and it became a wedge for the rest of the competition :V
Resetti did pretty well for his first try despite a tough draw, and he took home the rumble championship by being the only beetle in the arena :P
Final results:
Ants:
Cannon (5-0)
SpinZilla (3-2)
FireArrow (3-2)
Sisu (2-3)
Glass Cannon (1-4)
Puppy (1-4)
Beetles:
1st: Chestnut
2nd: Roborooter (AKA the wedge of disappointment)
3rd: SpongeBot FailPants
I'll let Alex explain the whole pizza box/spongebob thing, but he rused all of us big time. Said bot also somehow came third. Don't ask me. He also left the sporkplexor at home somehow.
FireArrow came third out of a field of six antweights. We did it round robin, and I won three fights in a row before losing to Cannon on a crowd vote (lmao) However the last hit he dealt me ruined my drive train, demolished the bearings pressed into the chassis and made the bot unfixable in the pits. So I had to forfeit my last match, which tied me with Brandon's ant SpinZilla. We flipped a "coin" to determine the tiebreaker (since neither bot was operable for a grudge match) and SpinZilla won.
Nocturne did alright I guess. In round 1 I demolished a last-second duct tape bot, but cracked a weapon tooth on the steel kickplate. In my second match I lost to Robo Rooter when he hit me so hard it tore both wires from my kill switch. The weapon axle bent and the other tooth came off, so I forfeited my last match to the pizza box mainly because my weapon could no longer spin. However I managed to kill Robo rooter's weapon and it became a wedge for the rest of the competition :V
Resetti did pretty well for his first try despite a tough draw, and he took home the rumble championship by being the only beetle in the arena :P
Final results:
Ants:
Cannon (5-0)
SpinZilla (3-2)
FireArrow (3-2)
Sisu (2-3)
Glass Cannon (1-4)
Puppy (1-4)
Beetles:
1st: Chestnut
2nd: Roborooter (AKA the wedge of disappointment)
3rd: SpongeBot FailPants