BattleBots Returns...

Zitat von SawBlaze - BattleBot

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That was an AMAZING fight with both bots trading blows back and forth! We knew their weapon was powerful and made it our priority to diminish or disable it as soon as possible. We used the hammer saw aggressively to attack any chance we could get whether is be weapon motors, pulley hub, or even the blades themselves (as long as they weren't spinning). But WD did not make it easy, tossing SawBlaze into the air multiple times. As the fight went on, attrition took a heavier toll on WD and they were rendered immobile with one second left on the clock. SawBlaze wins by KO and advances once again to the round of 8! Thanks to our friends at team Witch Doctor for an absolutely amazing fight and we wish them luck in their BattleBots: Bounty Hunters tournament!

The bot continues to surprise us with how much damage it is capable of. We sliced through the ribcage covers and snapped 3/4 of their belts but what surprised us more was the damage to their outer steel armor. Their front corner armor is held on with six 3/8" bolts screwed into nuts behind an aluminum bulkhead. That one hit sheared them all at once and sent the piece flying!

The team was simply ecstatic to see all the improvements working as intended. The bot was more stable and maneuverable which helped open up opportunities to control and attack with our weapon. The improved plow and forks remained durable and kept their structure against direct hits. A scary moment was when the center wedgelet was stuck in the upwards position. This year the tip is compliant compared to the rest of the fork and one of WD's hits deflected the hardstop and jammed it beyond normal travel. While it was ineffective for wedging, it was luckily still effective in stalling WD's weakened weapon system.

No time to rest! It is time to repair and prepare for next week, the final episode of BattleBots
season 5. A new champion will be crowned!

BIG thanks to our 2020 sponsors for making all of this happen!

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Zitat von Skorpios - BattleBot

This is our Fire Swan configuration! Isn't she Majestic!!!!!!

Zitat von Team Uppercut - Battlebot

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Spoilers!

For the final time this season, immense thanks goes out to our wonderful sponsors this year.
Clifton Steel

MIT
Equals Zero Designs
YoYoFactory

With that loss against Ribbot, our 2020 tournament run ends at the round of 16. Ribbot is extremely durable and kept moving despite taking a ton of damage from our bar. Our experimental wedgelet did a good enough job and despite it tearing off eventually, we'd run that configuration again given the uncertainty with facing a modular opponent.

Uppercut took external damage to our attachments (we expect damage to those in most matches) but the wheels were undamaged, and nothing was keeping them off the ground. Which leads us to the internal failure...

Prior to the fight, we decided to do some preventative maintenance by swapping out our drive chains because they seemed to be a little loose. This ended up biting us in the butt and ultimately is what caused Uppercut to lose motion. Because of the increased chain tension, and cyclical fatigue of the motor throughout the past 2 seasons, the shaft sheared from driving. It broke along the factory-made pin hole drilled through the shaft near where we welded an adapter for the sprocket.

About 10 seconds into the match is when that sprocket appears to have failed since you'll see Uppercut gyro up in the air and slowly settle down. Uppercut's driver, Alex, usually counters that effect by driving but the wheel just wasn't responding. From that point on Uppercut's drive was intermittent and essentially limping and went downhill from there.

In 2019, we lost because our weapon wasn't powerful enough. We focused our upgrades around solving that issue and you could see how much more destructive we made our weapon in 2020.

Hopefully we can work some of that same magic into our drivetrain for 2021!
Good luck to everyone who remains in the tournament! Be sure to tune in next week to see who takes home the Giant Nut! We'll see everyone next season!

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Finale war echt Krass, ich meine ich wußte ja wer Gewinnt, aber der Black Dragon Fight, glaub so was hatten wir auch noch nie?!

Wenn man mal genauer hin schaut, Gewinnt immer irgendwie der gleiche...

Zitat von John Mladenik

RDC/Team Gigabyte is putting our Weapon Controller into production for a build of 100 units. We plan to call it the MaxTorque Weapon Controller. It is specifically designed to have speed control for DC Brushed Motor weapons in Combat robots.
Description:
It is a single quadrant (1/4 bridge) RC controlled Motor Controller. This means it is single direction without breaking. So perfect for a weapon in battlebots. It specs are 75V, 1800 Amps Continuous, 7200 Amps Peak and it weighs only 1 pound. See Dimensions below.
We first developed for King of Bots in 2017 and it has been ittereated and improved 3-4 times since. The latest version went 7 fight at the Last KOB in China and 9 fights in the latest season of Battlebots & Battlebots Bounty Hunters without a single issue. We have burned up 2 ETEKs, one in the last fight in KOB and the other against Hydra, and the controller survived to keep on fighting. It is why Gigabyte stopped spinning in the last 10 seconds. The ETEK we burned up in china got so hot that the magnets demagnetized, and yet the controller survived. And of course if you seen Gigabyte fight this season you can see this controller can take quite a bit of shock and continues to work.
A very high quality, local Contract Manufacturer in San Diego will be the manufacturer ( see https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%…Q02XTQ2uiONvUB4 )
We are giving a limited number of teams who are accepted into battlebots, the opportunity to try these out with no risks or cost. If they don't work for you return them and no cost to you. If you are interested contact John Mladenik or Mike Lindberg directly.

Oh man bei einigen muß echt erst was passieren damit man Vorsichtiger wird, solch einen Spinner in der Garage laufen lassen...

Ich glaub da ist egal in welchen Raum man ist Deep Six war der das nicht mit der 40 Kg Schwungmasse!