Robot Wars returning to BBC2!

Jokester · 12 Mar 2017 at 19:40

Well, never seen a robot do that before.

muon · 12 Mar 2017 at 19:42

I saw one of those pavement robots yesterday! I thought someone was controlling it on their iphone. Didn't realise it was autonomous.

fullmetaltony · 12 Mar 2017 at 19:45

Shame, had high hopes for pp3d

muon · 12 Mar 2017 at 19:47

fullmetaltony said:
Shame, had high hopes for pp3d

Might be a good strategy against carbide. Just build a robot to just keep hitting the blade.

muon · 12 Mar 2017 at 19:48

I hope behemoth lose because of their arrogance.

Jokester · 12 Mar 2017 at 19:48

Haha!

muon · 12 Mar 2017 at 19:49

What a useless weapon. They are as crap as Cherub.

Vertigo · 12 Mar 2017 at 19:50

PP3D is a terrible design. Has no capacity to absorb the shock of its own attacks and any damage renders it grounded on its own weapon. Bottom mounted spinners just don't work.

muon · 12 Mar 2017 at 19:53

Jokester · 12 Mar 2017 at 19:53

2 shocking decisions.

nicRob · 12 Mar 2017 at 19:53

Surely getting trapped in the flipper should be the same as going in the pit...

muon · 12 Mar 2017 at 19:54

Jokester said:
2 shocking decisions.

I don't mind that one so much. Their fault for not going with the flipper.

Only dead metal inflicted any damage.

Jokester · 12 Mar 2017 at 19:55

muon said:
I don't mind that one so much. Their fault for not going with the flipper.

Only dead metal inflicted any damage.

PP3D immobilised them.

Rroff · 12 Mar 2017 at 19:56

nicRob said:
Surely getting trapped in the flipper should be the same as going in the pit...

IMO any way you utilise the arena to take out the competition should count but I can kind of see how the floor flipper wasn't designed to work in that way not counting.

I kind of think in the end it was the right thing Cherub going through that fight as the other robot didn't really do enough to deserve a win compared to its potential.

Pigeon_Killer · 12 Mar 2017 at 19:56

Abysmal end to an abysmal episode. How the hell did Cherub get in to the final?

Eruption reminds me of Chaos 2.

Vertigo · 12 Mar 2017 at 19:56

Jokester said:
PP3D immobilised them.

And itself in the process

fullmetaltony · 12 Mar 2017 at 19:57

The eruption driver is exceptional

Jokester · 12 Mar 2017 at 19:57

Eruption is well balanced flipper robot.

Rroff · 12 Mar 2017 at 19:57

Jokester said:
PP3D immobilised them.

They were both immobilised pretty much simultaneously - Cherub did make more frequent, if ineffective, attacks and was driven more agressively but PP3D made bigger attacks so it comes down to the wire really.

Jokester · 12 Mar 2017 at 19:58

Vertigo1 said:
And itself in the process

Well it was still turning on the spot, Cherub was dead.

Behemoth for all its failings at least bossed Cherub round the arena.