Another New Antweight..

[EpicentrE]

Wouldn't that be Biohazard?

[suvv]

i thought vlad or biohazard would have gotten that crown and call it "still a bad idea" or something

[Remote-Controlled Dave]

Not according to this...

https://youtu.be/Z8ngygH4ii8

Megabyte went unbeaten for a lot longer, it just was after Battlebots finished.

[Rapidrory]

I've never really kept up with the stuff over in America... I know of Sewer Snake, Son of Whyachi, and Original Sin, but after that I've know idea

[Remote-Controlled Dave]

Best advice Rory, if you come up with a name you think you have to check the A-Z to see if its been used, don't use it :-p

[Rapidrory]

Yeah, probably a fairly good rule of thumb

I feel I should build a FBS and and just call it Byte :L

[Hogi]

that robot does look awesome though Rory. should be quite competitive in the new arena design. hope i don't have to fight it.

[Rapidrory]

Even with the new arena design, this thing throws itself around waay too much to be properly competitive :L

[Rapidrory]

Well, I may have been given a 3D printer for my 21st...



(The new Turnigy Fabrikator; very nice bit of kit)

Now, being one of the advocates of hand building robots and generally considering 3D printing as a little bit cheating, this creates a bit of a dilemma; I can't argue that a 3D printer isn't an incredibly useful tool for building robots, however it's rather against my style to 3D print robots. As such I'm not sure to what extent I'll end up using 3D printing in my robots; I don't intend to 3D print whole robots, as I still prefer the generally greater strength to weight ratio of my folded polycarb methods. However it'll likely make an appearance in making things like blade mounts and fiddly details (likely including some Nanos) that are hard to hand build. I do this to an extent anyway already, but it just means I'll be able to print stuff myself instead of pestering Alex. Hopefully it'll mean I can make more intricate and crazy things instead of just letting me be lazy.. Time will tell!

[earthwormjim]

Congrats! Happy Birthday!
Have fun with the printer.