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Title: Robogames 2012
Post by: Somebody on April 27, 2012, 10:22:55 AM
Some crazy videos have started to make their way onto youtube of it.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Phblx8AQ-AE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Phblx8AQ-AE#ws)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VepcfCN1HM4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VepcfCN1HM4#)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTn4CCwOSEk# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTn4CCwOSEk#)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAW_t1FVPPA#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAW_t1FVPPA#ws)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKYysnINKFI#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKYysnINKFI#ws)

And yes, that IS a go pro mount on Sewer Snake

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAeBuiRK-OY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAeBuiRK-OY#ws)

There are a bunch more go pro videos on Sewer Snake's owner's channel (mattmaxsr)

Edit: Another good one from the owner of Raging Scotsman

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fypJbdbU5iQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fypJbdbU5iQ#ws)
Title: Re: Robogames 2012
Post by: Celestial Panda on April 27, 2012, 10:51:43 AM
Wow! That's pretty amazing. Electric Boogaloo looks pretty sweet. And destroying the ceiling was just perfect  :claping

Where is it  held? I noticed Flamethrowers are apparently allowed, which is a little odd to me (being from the UK).
Title: Re: Robogames 2012
Post by: SKBT on April 27, 2012, 10:58:15 AM
Robogames is held in San Mateo California.


A bit about Electric Boogaloo... It was assembled the night before the event and completely untested. It went on to take 2nd. It's only losses were to Original Sin.
Title: Re: Robogames 2012
Post by: Somebody on April 27, 2012, 11:19:40 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3p-3bAgPon0# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3p-3bAgPon0#)

And it pretty much killed itself against Original Sin. Original Sin really didn't need to do much.
Title: Re: Robogames 2012
Post by: HurricaneAndrew on April 27, 2012, 12:02:01 PM
I think it was Last Rites that knocked the lights out of the ceiling, not Electric Boogaloo.
Title: Re: Robogames 2012
Post by: Sparkey98 on April 27, 2012, 02:49:24 PM
I can't come up with a single plow joke for Electric Boogaloo. Anyway, nice fight videos indeed...
Title: Re: Robogames 2012
Post by: Badnik96 on April 27, 2012, 03:35:24 PM
whoa. I can't wait for Killer Robots (4 more weeks IIRC!!!!)
Title: Re: Robogames 2012
Post by: GarvinTheGreat on April 27, 2012, 03:39:09 PM
What ever happened tyo that "Robogeddon?" Is it even still happening?
Title: Re: Robogames 2012
Post by: SKBT on April 27, 2012, 04:12:38 PM
What ever happened tyo that "Robogeddon?" Is it even still happening?

We don't know. There hasn't been a press release about it with new info since April 12th. No one knows if it even is going to be "robot combat" in the traditional sense or something completely different.
Title: Re: Robogames 2012
Post by: R1885 on April 27, 2012, 04:32:21 PM
What little information there is has been posted on Mike Joerger's website. What I can tell, it's basicly jumbo sized ROBO-1 with hand held weapons, and has a max weight limit of half a ton.
Title: Re: Robogames 2012
Post by: Conraaa on April 27, 2012, 04:32:56 PM
There must be a better place to mount that camera on Sewer Snake, surely? Rather than screwing the robot over if flipped.
Title: Re: Robogames 2012
Post by: Gropaga on April 27, 2012, 05:40:40 PM
What little information there is has been posted on Mike Joerger's website. What I can tell, it's basicly jumbo sized ROBO-1 with hand held weapons, and has a max weight limit of half a ton.
Yes!
what.... it's not going to televised in japan???  :vista:
Title: Re: Robogames 2012
Post by: Sparkey98 on April 27, 2012, 05:47:34 PM
Wait, you live in Japan? Awesome.
Title: Re: Robogames 2012
Post by: MassimoV on April 27, 2012, 05:53:37 PM
Any news if there's going to be a new Killer Robots?
Title: Re: Robogames 2012
Post by: qwertythe300th on April 27, 2012, 10:38:10 PM
Any news if there's going to be a new Killer Robots?

Yea. Science channek seems to be ignoring it..
Title: Re: Robogames 2012
Post by: Badnik96 on April 28, 2012, 09:20:33 AM
There better be another Killer Robots or someone is dying


also I found this vid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npBzgiZTTgk&feature=relmfu#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npBzgiZTTgk&feature=relmfu#ws) 
Electric Boogaloo came second this year apparently, losing to Original Sin. Last Rites came third.
Title: Re: Robogames 2012
Post by: GarvinTheGreat on April 28, 2012, 11:41:45 AM
I didn't think Killer Robots was that great. I'm still hoping Craig Charles comes back and does Robot Wars
Title: Re: Robogames 2012
Post by: Mecha on April 28, 2012, 11:49:53 AM
Funny i was actually planing to make some antweights, but i don't think it will happen. :(

But it seems like it would cool, where will it be airing on TV?
Title: Re: Robogames 2012
Post by: Sparkey98 on April 28, 2012, 02:52:36 PM
I didn't think Killer Robots was that great. I'm still hoping Craig Charles comes back and does Robot Wars

Killer robots was laaaaame. I wanted to see robots fight, not Grant Imaharas face.
Title: Re: Robogames 2012
Post by: Mecha on April 28, 2012, 02:59:20 PM
Killer robots was laaaaame. I wanted to see robots fight, not Grant Imaharas face.
Yeah, I agree. but it was kinda cool cause it was my first experience watching Grant Imahara's face robot combat on TV. :D
Title: Re: Robogames 2012
Post by: qwertythe300th on April 28, 2012, 06:01:30 PM
Yea. Killer Robots Was Weak. But Robot Combat Is Dying. And Killer Robots Rose The Sport's Popularity.  So Any Robot Show, Im Taking It And Running.
Title: Re: Robogames 2012
Post by: Tweedy on April 28, 2012, 06:25:41 PM
Yea. Killer Robots Was Weak. But Robot Combat Is Dying. And Killer Robots Rose The Sport's Popularity.  So Any Robot Show, Im Taking It And Running.
robot combat isn't growing, if anything it's rising in popularity. Its just not on tv much anymore
Title: Re: Robogames 2012
Post by: Badnik96 on April 28, 2012, 06:56:45 PM
Yeah, tons of new heavyweights at RoboGames this year, and Robogeddon happening next year.
Title: Re: Robogames 2012
Post by: Gropaga on April 28, 2012, 07:02:42 PM
Yeah, tons of new heavyweights at RoboGames this year, and Robogeddon happening next year.
robogeddon should be aired in japan
Title: Re: Robogames 2012
Post by: HurricaneAndrew on April 29, 2012, 11:22:23 AM
Yea. Killer Robots Was Weak. But Robot Combat Is Dying. And Killer Robots Rose The Sport's Popularity.  So Any Robot Show, Im Taking It And Running.

I Know What You Mean.
Title: Re: Robogames 2012
Post by: Philippa on April 29, 2012, 11:36:16 AM
Yea. Killer Robots Was Weak. But Robot Combat Is Dying. And Killer Robots Rose The Sport's Popularity.  So Any Robot Show, Im Taking It And Running.
I Hear Ya Buddy. You Ever Go To A Robots Live! Or Roaming Robots Event?
Title: Re: Robogames 2012
Post by: Vertigo on April 30, 2012, 10:25:32 AM
Yea. Killer Robots Was Weak. But Robot Combat Is Dying. And Killer Robots Rose The Sport's Popularity.  So Any Robot Show, Im Taking It And Running.
robot combat isn't growing, if anything it's rising in popularity. Its just not on tv much anymore
What?

We haven't had any new "serious" roboteers over here for years!
Title: Re: Robogames 2012
Post by: Tweedy on April 30, 2012, 10:32:16 AM
Yea. Killer Robots Was Weak. But Robot Combat Is Dying. And Killer Robots Rose The Sport's Popularity.  So Any Robot Show, Im Taking It And Running.
robot combat isn't growing, if anything it's rising in popularity. Its just not on tv much anymore
What?

We haven't had any new "serious" roboteers over here for years!
We may not have had any "serious" rooters but we have had a lot of people like me that do it for fun and don't take it seriously and just do it as a hobby
Title: Re: Robogames 2012
Post by: Vertigo on May 01, 2012, 02:26:08 AM
Yea. Killer Robots Was Weak. But Robot Combat Is Dying. And Killer Robots Rose The Sport's Popularity.  So Any Robot Show, Im Taking It And Running.
robot combat isn't growing, if anything it's rising in popularity. Its just not on tv much anymore
What?

We haven't had any new "serious" roboteers over here for years!
We may not have had any "serious" rooters but we have had a lot of people like me that do it for fun and don't take it seriously and just do it as a hobby
But unfortunately, none of these people seem to be moving on to a feather, and decent featherweights seems to be what we are seriously lacking at the minute.
Title: Re: Robogames 2012
Post by: Gropaga on May 01, 2012, 04:09:44 AM
Yea. Killer Robots Was Weak. But Robot Combat Is Dying. And Killer Robots Rose The Sport's Popularity.  So Any Robot Show, Im Taking It And Running.
robot combat isn't growing, if anything it's rising in popularity. Its just not on tv much anymore
What?

We haven't had any new "serious" roboteers over here for years!
We may not have had any "serious" rooters but we have had a lot of people like me that do it for fun and don't take it seriously and just do it as a hobby
But unfortunately, none of these people seem to be moving on to a feather, and decent featherweights seems to be what we are seriously lacking at the minute.
No Clusterbots?
Title: Re: Robogames 2012
Post by: Camo5 on May 16, 2012, 11:17:00 PM
That last video is proof that to have a successful beater or drum bot, you need a nice, beefy, hardened steel support.