This is going to be a long term thread. As time permits I will up pictures and try to give the story behind them, but unfortunately my memory is not the best. This will not be a major priority for me, but I will attempt to answer questions as I can. I'm putting it up because someone asked me about it in my profile.
I was president of SWARC, South West Association of Robotic Combat, just before it closed. It started off as a small venue that had a 4'X4'X4' arena that allowed three weight classes. I'm afraid I am not very good at this stuff, but I tried.
Later we got a larger arena, 24'X24'X8'. This was the beginning of the end for the club, since we were hosting much bigger fights and there was much more money involved. It also allowed egos to inflate and clash. I never built a bot, but I build a lot of hardware for the arena, such as the light tree and timers. If there had been a bit more time there would have been a stadium timer. The club had the big arena for almost 3 years before the club folded, and was around for 6 or more years before that (before my time).
Weight Classes:
Fairy Weight (AKA UK Ant) - Up to 150 grams.
Ant Weight - Up to 1 pound
Beetle Weight - Up to 3 pounds
Light Weight - Up to 60 pounds
Middle Weight - Up to 120 pounds
I served as mostly judge and photographer. I've burned a lot of DVDs, and made a lot of photo CDs from the tournaments.
There are national leagues of robotic combat for the East Coast, West Coast, Midwest, and I believe Florida (my memory is weak on this). There are also venues in the UK too.
Delphi forums still have active clubs, and there might be a few people that remember my name.
I suspect everyone has seen this picture, it was a couple of middle weights. I don't remember their names, but I'll try to find out more.
The flamethrower was "Goosfraba", here is a video at another venue.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m15jILHuEsk
I was president of SWARC, South West Association of Robotic Combat, just before it closed. It started off as a small venue that had a 4'X4'X4' arena that allowed three weight classes. I'm afraid I am not very good at this stuff, but I tried.
Later we got a larger arena, 24'X24'X8'. This was the beginning of the end for the club, since we were hosting much bigger fights and there was much more money involved. It also allowed egos to inflate and clash. I never built a bot, but I build a lot of hardware for the arena, such as the light tree and timers. If there had been a bit more time there would have been a stadium timer. The club had the big arena for almost 3 years before the club folded, and was around for 6 or more years before that (before my time).
Weight Classes:
Fairy Weight (AKA UK Ant) - Up to 150 grams.
Ant Weight - Up to 1 pound
Beetle Weight - Up to 3 pounds
Light Weight - Up to 60 pounds
Middle Weight - Up to 120 pounds
I served as mostly judge and photographer. I've burned a lot of DVDs, and made a lot of photo CDs from the tournaments.
There are national leagues of robotic combat for the East Coast, West Coast, Midwest, and I believe Florida (my memory is weak on this). There are also venues in the UK too.
Delphi forums still have active clubs, and there might be a few people that remember my name.
I suspect everyone has seen this picture, it was a couple of middle weights. I don't remember their names, but I'll try to find out more.
The flamethrower was "Goosfraba", here is a video at another venue.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m15jILHuEsk
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