Follow UpBattlebots BingoIt’s over, but its also not overPotential future ticksKhajit has wares: does Monsoon using a piece of Bombshell count?Elephantastic: Nelly still has a fight to be releasedThrilling statistical analysis9 of Roasting Robots’ 16 predictions scored points4 of these went to Robocast, 3 to Spinnerproof, and 2 back to RR8 of Robocast’s 16 predictions scored points5 of these went to RR, 2 to Spinnerproof, and 1 back to Robocast5 of Spinnerproof’s 16 predictions scored points3 of these went back to Spinnerproof, while RR and Robocast each received 1Front MatterFRA Beetleweight ChampsEvent recap/report thingThis video’s thumbnail is possibly one of my favourite things I’ve ever made and that genuinely scares me - RyanPlaylist of our fightsFull event videoBattlebotsThe robots we missedBloodsportUnfortunate to come up against 2 verts in its play-inSkorpiosSuffering from its similarity to Sawblaze: a robot which Battlebots has definitely fallen in love withMatched up against a lot of tanky machinesMost of the original team from 2016 are still on the team, but the team has doubled in size since 2016The captaincy has changed, but the previous captain (Orion Beach) is still on the teamSidewinderThe weird idea which kinda worked, right up until it didn’tTantrumNot-Tantrum working extremely well in ChinaThe additional brutality of a spinner you have to fireBattleboatsBattlebots, but on waterThe meme which didn’t actually spark this conversationModel warship combatProjectile weapons on replica boatsWetbots at RoboNerdNormal robot combat weapons on…whatever you would call thatWhat weapons can be effective?Multiple weapons?Submarines? Hovercrafts? Hydrofoils? Ekranoplans? Crabs?Weapon restrictionsMythbusters on how bubbles affect buoyancyBubbles sinking a ship‘Arena’ hazardsRobot naming conventionsSemantic VersioningYear-based versioningWhat if an event takes place over the new year?Aftershow: RoboraceTom Scott’s videoThe project has been going for at least 3 years but good info seems hard to find2019 was the first time they brought in external teams to turn this into a competitive sporting environmentHow ‘deeply’ can teams alter the car’s software?No active overtaking in races, overtakes are limited to straights and uncontestedHow programmers make software work betterFast inverse square rootRAM management on PS1(Not mentioned in the podcast, but still interesting): Game SavingWriting an operating system
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