Robot Wars returning to BBC2!

Just about every fight tonight had either robots breaking down totally seconds into the fight or weapons not working, =/
 
Another really bad show, one robot with no offensive weapons, and two flippers against each other twice, with more of them rendered useless after the first 10mins.
 
I enjoyed it. It was a pity that the best spinner was knocked out early by bad driving, and the second spinner inexplicably put a useless grabber on for its second fight. King B was a pretty dull bot, the wooden one was funny. The two group stages seemed pretty unbalanced with a lot of drekk in one side.

TR2 showed up, once again, that control and controllability, are severely undervalued in the arena. A well driven bot can make all the difference.
 
The bum axe got a giggle from me. Dara seems perfect for the role, mocking the teams which is great and I find it adds something to the bits between fights which the old carnation never had. They need to get rid of the crap like "look at my dinosaur" or at least make it more or a technical showpiece and sort the overuse of the pit

Still gutted Thor and Razer have gone out. At least they did/do serious damage unlike some of the others. I don't know why but something about a flipper grinds my gears.
 
It's a shame there's such a lack of variety in the robots. Having watched a bit of Battlebots I have to say that there really is no comparison. Yes Battlebots is cheesy and over the top, but some of the robots are awesome. The weapons seem to be so much more powerful, things like spinning drums that cause robots to go flying simply because of their power and flippers that send robots 5-6ft in the air.

I wonder why there is such a difference, presumably it's either stricter safety measures on Robot Wars or lack of money to build such powerful robots.
 
nicktay2605 said:
It's a shame there's such a lack of variety in the robots. Having watched a bit of Battlebots I have to say that there really is no comparison. Yes Battlebots is cheesy and over the top, but some of the robots are awesome. The weapons seem to be so much more powerful, things like spinning drums that cause robots to go flying simply because of their power and flippers that send robots 5-6ft in the air.

I wonder why there is such a difference, presumably it's either stricter safety measures on Robot Wars or lack of money to build such powerful robots.
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They also only had 4 weeks to build, contestants were known in February and filming started in march if I remember correctly ,many teams didn't bother because if it :(
Hopefully if a new series gets the go ahead will be more variety
 
nicktay2605 said:
It's a shame there's such a lack of variety in the robots. Having watched a bit of Battlebots I have to say that there really is no comparison. Yes Battlebots is cheesy and over the top, but some of the robots are awesome. The weapons seem to be so much more powerful, things like spinning drums that cause robots to go flying simply because of their power and flippers that send robots 5-6ft in the air.

I wonder why there is such a difference, presumably it's either stricter safety measures on Robot Wars or lack of money to build such powerful robots.
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The commentators said Bronco sent robots 20ft in the air.

The Robot Wars rules are far too strict with no real justification. The arena likely isn't as thick as the 2.75" Battlebots arena and uses wood instead of steel floor panels.
Battlebots rules allow up to 220volts, unlimited pneumatic PSI, unlimited size and flamethrowers.
 
So far it seems some of the over engineered robots have been quite boring and done a poor job and the ones knocked together in a shed have been much more fun. Like the one last night with all the fancy electronics inside and its weapons are a couple of tiny spikes :(. Or the one with all the heavily machined titanium and its pincer weapon was useless.
 
PanMaster said:
The commentators said Bronco sent robots 20ft in the air.

The Robot Wars rules are far too strict with no real justification. The arena likely isn't as thick as the 2.75" Battlebots arena and uses wood instead of steel floor panels.
Battlebots rules allow up to 220volts, unlimited pneumatic PSI, unlimited size and flamethrowers.
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Isn't the robot wars floor steel now?

Also, it's not unlimited pnuematics, in fact I think Robot Wars (FRA rules I believe) allows higher pressure pneumatics 'at the weapon' than Battlebots (3000psi but regulated to 400psi vs 1000psi at any point)

Hydraulics is 10,000psi vs 3000psi (FRA vs Battlebots)

Voltage for battlebots needs to be specifically approved for >48v nominal, FRA 75v DC is allowed without approval

I don't think it's really the rules that's the problem, just the extremely limited time whilst Battlebots is in it's second season (last season had a lot of terrible robots to be fair)

Mark A said:
So far it seems some of the over engineered robots have been quite boring and done a poor job and the ones knocked together in a shed have been much more fun. Like the one last night with all the fancy electronics inside and its weapons are a couple of tiny spikes :(. Or the one with all the heavily machined titanium and its pincer weapon was useless.
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The tiny spikes were just to fit the 'must have a primary weapon' rule, which is a bit silly imo, TR2 as mentioned showed how a well driven and durable robot could do a good jo.

That's not to say that King B wasn't a bit poor, primarily by breaking constantly it seemed :p
 
Yet another waste of time where the awesome robot falls in the pit on fight 1 and whatever is left is not even worth watching.



I wonder where I can stream/watch Battlebots...



...WHICH HAS NO PIT.




(edit: Having said that, I shall probably still watch the other 3 episodes)
 
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Why bother putting weapons on anything if the pit is there? If shoving a robot into the pit is an instant knockout why bother wasting weight on a weapon?

There are major problems with the format.
 
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...because it's hard to push a robot into the pit? Most of the robots that have gone into the pit have either been disabled or crippled, either by their own poor design or damage.
 
Lets just remove all skill from it, sod robots just have spinning weapons mounted on platforms that move towards each other, who wins, spinner A or spinner B, nice little sound track or commentary rising to a crescendo and then we're done, onto the next battle :p
 
If it gets a second series it'll be a lot better I think. Didn't seem like there was a great deal of notice given to competitors to get a robot made this time round hence why razer etc just seemed to have been pulled out the shed from 2003!

With a years building we might get some decent efforts next time.
 
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