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You know BattleBots has been on a new run since 2015? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BattleBots#Season_6_(2015) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BattleBots#Season_6
by giggles_giggles 7y ago
You know BattleBots has been on a new run since 2015? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BattleBots#Season_6_(2015) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BattleBots#Season_6_(2015)
I cannot vouch for this being high quality TV but the spinning meta was broken somehow. There are still a number of spinners, but other designs do OK (drums, flippers, combinations of these things, even some flamethrower bots).
On that note I can vouch for this being highly entertaining low quality TV, and with all the sponsorships and kids you see in the stands, I do hope it's helping to inspire a new generation of roboticists :)
- lahwran 7y agoSo they invited the public to come watch in a venue in the north bay a year or two ago, an hour ish north of sf, and I went - it was, eh, okay. They wanted the crowd to perform cheering and stuff, it was really more like being an extra. The fights were cool, but it was pretty optimized for being a tv show and not very optimized for being a tv replay of a live show. Shrug, seems fine for what it is, just for what it's worth.
- wnissen 7y agoIt sucks for the audience. Sadly RoboGames didn't do a show this year, they are a ton of fun to watch. I hope they come back.
- wnissen 7y agoThe producers deliberately pick interesting robots (and teams) instead of the most likely to win.