They had genuinely good chemistry and Dara in particular seemed to actually understand what was happening mechanically rather than just reading off a card. The original run had Jeremy Clarkson which was a completely different energy. Which presenting era do you prefer and do you think the right people were in front of the camera for the reboot

Rise of the Robots begin their coverage of the first season of ABC Battlebots. Join Alan & The Griz as they discuss the remaining battles of the Qualifiers and the announcement of the wild cards joining the 12 winners.

You can listen to the podcast at the link below or on your podcatcher of choice https://open.spotify.com/episode/4X1eSsoMKWp1XuVdn4Z87A?si=g-a7FbtqSJicfnX2VBAWHQ

Most of this is about his work as a football commentator, but there's a couple of questions (starting at 9:35) about robot wars. There's a couple of interesting comments. For example, in the reboot he was asked to rein in his commentary with regard to making fun of destroyed robots, which he didn't appreciate.

And actually there's some more interesting anecdotes in the AMA this is based on, eg this comment https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/1ussobn/comment/ox4g4yb/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Think about it...

...Storm 2 doesn't win the New Blood title with no active weaponry...

...so less need for the producers to introduce the active weapon rule for Series 7.

I know it has since emerged that not all of the controversy surrounding Storm 2 was solely on the producers, but still...

Hi, I'm looking for advice for the new antweight robot I'm building. The robot itself is largely built, however, I can't seem to get it to drive right.
I have about a few hours worth of practice under my belt now (never competed in a fight yet, this is my first robot) and I still struggle with driving it. I use tank steering on my robot, which makes it harder to drive, but gives you more control if you master it.

It seems to the problem is that the robot refuses to go in a straight line, and doesn't make much grip on my kitchen floor where I test it.

The event I'm going to has a steel floor which I hope has more grip. Is there anyway I can give my wheels more grip before then? Do I need to replace the wheels?

It's also quite hard to know whether the robot is hard to drive or if I'm just bad at driving. Is there any general advice you can give about making the robot easier to drive, or do I just need to keep practicing?

Edit: I think I figured out the root of the issue. The right wheel always moves faster that the left one, regardless of how far forward I move the left joystick. I think the reason is because the transmitter i use (fs-i4) was designed for model helicopters. It can be used for a combat robot if you do mixed steering. The problem is that as soon as you switch to tank steering one wheel becomes more powerful that the other. Is there any way to make the two wheels go the same speed using tank steering on an fs-i4, or do I have to switch back to mixed steering?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pB9CoJelUg

Thinking about robots that had a concept or design that was not fully developed yet or that the technology of the time could not quite deliver on. Carbide is the obvious recent answer but going further back there are some interesting cases. Which one do you think would be most dangerous with modern engineering and materials behind it ?

Moved out of a workshop/storage unit today and this pic was snapped as I loaded the remnants of OG Pulsar. I actually have 90% of its chassis, incl mad amounts of spare parts. Spare discs, a complete spare front end, 3 sets of side armour. My new workshop space will soon be epic and I'm quite tempted to rebuild it for the live scene in '27. It's built stronger than Magnetar, just held back by weak primitive brushless.

The drum bearings are still sweet-as!

Anyway, thought someone here might get a kick out of seeing what a decade of pilfering and moving on does to a robot.

Rise of the Robots begin their coverage of the first season of ABC Battlebots. Join Alan & The Griz as they discuss the first four battles of the Qualifiers.

You can listen to the podcast on the link below or on your podcatcher of choice. https://open.spotify.com/episode/2zsSL0uWKHaNuiRlkSK4ML?si=wbrpkBIAT0mkXdO-vGtPIg

Tauron from series 10 do you think they would have succeeded in the classic series

Looking back, there are a few robots that seemed ahead of their time in terms of design but never quite got the results. Is there one that you think would've been much more successful if it competed a few series later?

Rise of the Robots take one final stop before diving into the reboot of Battlebots as Alan & The Griz discuss "Bots High", the documentary follow four robots representing two schools in the 2010 BotIQ event.

Check out the episode on the link below or on your podcatcher of choice. https://open.spotify.com/episode/3xFApWIqlqm3xcViZQwkP3?si=oI0xQppaSpa192x5ODT6Ag

I was watching S10He earlier and I swear there was better production values in it then the other episodes on Mech+. I was noticing things like background music, more in-sync crowd reactions and all these other little things that I'd previously thought where missing from what had been a rather dry reboot.

I mean, the episode has been rather obviously edited - it contains Push to Exit and if you know, you know - but is there some sort of other form of presentation for the rest of the series? Perhaps the difference between a streaming version and the broadcast version?

Or am I either going mad or just very unobservant?