Wednesday, October 24, 2018

NERC 2018 at Franklin Institute

Hi Everyone,

We attended the NERC event at Franklin Institute and had a blast! We competed with Beatleweight, Hobbyweight, and Sportsman bots.

Each of our bots won one match and even our losses were not too shabby with several going to the judges.

The highlight of the day was getting to fight Ray Billings (of Tombstone fame). Our 12-pounder, Supercell, went up against his bot called 'Fake News'. We had a great match which went to the judges who awarded Ray the win. It was truly an honor to compete against one of the greatest combat robotics engineers around.



Meeting Ray Billings, maker of Tombstone! Super nice guy, by the way.

Our three-pounder, sitting on top of our thirty-pounder.

The inside of Bot-a-rang

Clank being repaired after a epic match against a horizontal spinner.

Clank with a fingerboard.

Supercell in the pits. This bot did great! Only damage was to the power switch which was a recessed toggle switch. Won't let that happen again as we are ditching that switch!
Fixing a burned out wire on Bot-a-rang
The pits require generous portions of Cheez-Its in order to survive the day :)
Dad and son having fun!

Will, our fearless driver, in the pits.