#robot combat

[snoleopard7]

[charlottessecretartstash]

THE OFFICIAL V1 COMBAT ROBOT WINS ITS FIRST MATCH VIA JUDGES DECISION AT NHRL!!!!!

i apologize for the shitty image quality LOL

team S&C will go on to fight *checks notes* SAIKO! later tonight!

UPDATE: V1 lost its fight against Saiko but put up one hell of a fight before it fell on its face!

[smoqueen]

this is Turbocopter, an offshoot of Turbofriend. He was spawned from one of Turbofriend’s droplets.

He is an antweight robot (1lb division). Instead of having a drive mechanism, or wheels, he is a “torque walker.” He walks using his weapons - taking “steps” by spinning/slowing down each weapon side and braking. Having no drive allows him a .5lb weight bonus so he is 1.5lb.

he is very hard to pilot but extremely rewarding; there’s a lot of “tech skill” in manipulating the physics of the force of his weapons.

He is extremely hard to fight. the two giant spinning custom steel weapons create a “hitbox” around his whole body that is HARD to get around - let alone impact him enough to destroy him.

[transsisterbots]

After nearly an eternity (8 months) burried under boxes the robot shop has been cleared and is open for business again! First projects in the works are a pair of fairyweight bots and an arena for them!

[archituck]

don’t look at me with those eyes

[hardcore-gaming-101]

Robot Arena

The year is 2001. There’s a burgeoning sport on the cusp of exploding in popularity: robot combat. Radio controlled menaces sporting flippers, hammers, chainsaws and more itching to destroy their opponents and leave them a smouldering wreck in the middle of an arena whose walls are made from bulletproof glass. The rise of robot combat is largely due in part to a little show named BattleBots airing on, of all things, Comedy Central in the United States. Robot Wars, the European counterpart to BattleBots, had been airing on the BBC for several years by now but it was BattleBots that arguably put the sport on the map and someone was bound to chase that rush by releasing a video game. Enter Gabriel Interactive, a brand new developer with a team of about seven people and high aspirations. Ostensibly comprised of bot fans themselves Gabriel Interactive’s first foray into game development was 2001’s Robot Arena. Fans could now live out their metal crunching fantasies on their computers by way of one of the very first robot combat games ever created. That’s what makes Robot Arena so special; there were no other games to really build upon and take inspiration from. These neophyte game developers were tasked not just with making a robot combat game but also coming up with the design conventions behind making the game work. A tall order and the end result is something that can be looked back upon fondly despite its flaws.

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[halogenrobotics]

Forgot to update this, but i ended up getting third place

More photos here.

You can see the fights here.

[crackt0berfest]

instant lobotomy

[robotfightingisgay]

i need a new season IMMEDIATELY (for my mental health)

[karenz0]

🚨🚨ATTENTION FACEOFFS FANS🚨🚨

We got two new rounds of FaceOffs happening!

The battle of the verts takes places July 25-27, with Jackpot, Orbitron, Terrortops & Magnitude duking it out!

And then August 22-24, the atomic bomb in Manta takes on four coughing babies in Banshee, Calypso & Disarray!

If it's like the previous FaceOffs tournaments, it'll go live to Facebook Supporters, and then make it to the public YouTube later on.

But get tickets for the live show now, so you can see the carnage in person!

[snoleopard7]

a small collection of funny robot combat photos

shatter gaming

Monsoon wearing a bowtie at Tom and Sarah Brewster's wedding

greg and trey i dont think that means what you think it means

spinning hammers

bowling balls as wheels on a prototype of Frostbite. they were scrapped due to having no traction at all (which is what you'd expect from a bowling ball)

huge a little down in the dumps

[1frostyrobot]

Lids are good. Kinda worried that some opponents might go through it like paper though

[heavymetalrobotics]

Something we're currently working on. Once the design is finalized work can begin!

[archituck]

i’m HYPED 24/7!!

[anodizedblueisbestblue]

He be very interested in this fight