RobotWars101

Great job from Chris and all associates for running a brilliant, record breaking event! Congratulations to George for winning with such a unique design, well deserved! Big shout to Leo for making the final; I built his first robots and he’s just gotten better and better over the years, building his ...

Sorry to hear that Stuart, hope he makes a speedy recovery .
Next AWS is Sheffield in September, the Antweight open is October.

For Baby Hell I use a fingertech tinyESC. Expensive, yes, but at 3g it’s best for weight and will handle 2 HP motors easy (I use them to drive a beetle with no issue). Control wise, I have a spring-centred Double pole, double throw switch attached to the rudder control. Basically, if you take the le...

Hi all :) So, the first set of polls came to a conclusion as you may have heard at the AWS. All the rule changes are in RED in this document: https://nutsandbots.co.uk/aws-rules-update-v5/ If there is any amendments you suggest for the rules, please put them here and we (the committee) will adjust t...

There’s a lot of rules we want to change, the first lot is really a vote on “do we change it”, the wording for some rules will be voted on later. The first lot were the ones the committee voted in unanimously, but we want it to be a democratic vote, hence it’s open to you guys. We will get wordings ...

Yeah the Ant freeze cube was a bit too small, I’ll see if we can make an “Official” set.

I gave as good as I got; I need a new chassis, the flank you tore off it currently being held on with Gorilla Glue and black magic

James:
As it stands, the match wouldn’t be restarted if one part simply drove out. If both bits did and no contact was made, then we’d restart. I know there is contention regarding the drones atm but that is for future discussion; one bit at a time

Hi all So, the AWS committee has been in discussion about rule changes for the upcoming AWS’s, but obviously we require input from the community. Due to our usual rule discussions going round in circles, we have opted for a poll for rule changes with a set time limit (in the case of the first set, t...

All being well, I’ll be there . And it gives me an excuse to visit some friends who actually live in Earl Shilton:).