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Spinnerproof
By Sam Hutchins and Ryan BratleyTechnology
Spinnerproof episodes
- 71: Better Jokes Are Available
- Context:
- Ryan went to AWS61 with a new antweight - Tropical Storm Phil
- He did quite well, winning 3 fights and losing 2
- Fights
- vs Pyramid Scheme
- vs Boink?!
- vs Team Phyte’s Big Syte
- vs Mini B
- vs Potential Uplift
- Antweight building
- Titanium is hard to work with
- The whole robot was built using the following tools:
- Cordless drill with 1.5mm, 2mm, and 7mm HSS bits
- Centre punches
- Soldering iron
- Low-temp glue gun
- Cheap ‘junior hacksaw’
- More expensive ‘big boi hacksaw’
- Tin snips
- Small Phillips-head screwdriver
- Scalpel
- Small files
- Not enjoying the process
- An issue with building ants or an issue with building solo?
- Slightly overcomplicated flipper design
- Better mechanisms which aren’t significantly more complex
- Not knowing how torque works
- Future antweight plans
- More front-hinges?
- Fun, but hard to use effectively
- Designing around an evolving driving style
- Hammers not working
- Spinners?
- The antweight class
- Are antweight fights enjoyable for an audience?
- Definitely enjoyable for a competitor
- The contact rule
- Ordinary use of the contact rule
- Sporting use of the contact rule
- Not the fight Ryan was talking about, or a fight Ryan mis-remembered
- The dreaded cube
- What can be gained by gaming the cube
- Ryan explains football to Sam for far too many minutes
- Miscellaneous fun fights
- Plank of Wood vs Wu Ben Wu Won’t Believe This Is a Rebuild
- Hot Rod vs Yeetus & Retreatus
- Little Kit 4 vs Annie Wuz Robbed
- Wu Ben Wu Won’t Believe This Is a Rebuild vs Armamant
1 hr 7 min - 70: How Sam Organises His Bits
- Follow up
- We forgot
- Front matter
- Seriously, there’s no structure here
- BBB Beetleweight Champs 2020 @ SXS
- But first, a tangent
- Entering AWS 61
- Ryan and Sam’s solo builds
- The concept behind Kylo Wen
- Experimenting with a steel wedge, true 4wd, and a different build style/layout
- Learning from the failures
- Winning fights you don’t deserve to win
- Our fights:
- vs Batbot and Wedgin & Let The Good Times Roll
- Mistaken identity
- The wedgiest wedge
- Dead batteries and pre-fight self-disembowelment
- vs Bourbon
- Pre-fight pessimism and strategic advice
- vs Wee Loser and Don’t Be Brick
- Yes, coming joint 3rd counts as a podium
- Alex was not, however, part of the team for series 6. But shhhhhh…
- But maybe coming joint 3rd in the Extreme 1 All-Stars should count. Yeah, let’s go with that.
- Winning a split decision
- Failing to cope emotionally with winning a split decision
- Maximum Ogredrive vs End Boss
- vs Let the Good Times Roll
- The re-rematch
- Losing to the champ
- LTGTR vs Sir Lance a Frog and Super Snappy
- And one of the best KOs of all time
- Gladiator
- Ryan drives, at last
- Seeking out spinners
- Assorted highlights:
- Evil Kin-wee-vil
- Unintentionally jinking away from Night Fury
- Summarising our electrical issues
- Sam’s explanatory video
- All fights (with timestamps)
1 hr 35 min - 69: Uncensored Poo
- Bugglebots Dung Beetle Melee
- Watch on YouTube
- Ryan is unhappy, and Sam doesn’t understand why
- The weapon is Ryan’s responsibility
- Philosophies from space
- Love for Snappy
- Sam’s pie chart
- Spinnerproof on YouTube
- Kylo Wen Test Drive
- Where do videos live?
- The Spinnerproof backlog
- Where should new listeners start?
- Should we delete old episodes?
- Is Sam George Lucas in disguise?
- Old media formats
- Is Spinneproof spinnerproof?
- The Kylo Wen story
- It’s a testbed for future ideas
- Drive
- Materials
- Maintainability
- We built it in a lot less time than Hello There!
- Will it be better than Hello There!?
- Weapons add a lot of weight and complexity
- A childish end
57 min - 68: Rough and Agricultural
- Follow Up
- Daedalus vs Annie JD
- 8 other robots may or may not have been involved
- Cosmin’s view on the fight
- Why Daedalus stopped for a few seconds
- Damage done to Annie
- Post-fight and judges’ interview
- Damage done to Bourbon
- Competition regulations with judging criteria (from 2013)
- Is this what is being used?
- Is a new version available?
- Where?
- Update 27/01/2020: The rules document was updated a few days after this episode was published. The new document is here
- Buggle Bonus content continues
- Hello There! vs Jay
- The weapon doing what its supposed to
- The drive not doing what its supposed to
- Phil vs the venue
- L’boro Robot Riot
- Bugglebots 2019 - The Grand Final
- An XL episode
- New music
- Thunderchild vs Saw Loser
- Aw jeez
- Pinning - good or bad?
- Good control, bad aggression
- Ramming: good control and aggression
- Sam’s judging catch 22
- Communication of the rules, systems, and expectations
- Drivers’ briefings?
- Pre-event info packs?
- The Bugglebots pack was focussed on logistical info and tournament format, and very thorough
- Contentious decisions suck for all parties, and we want to see steps taken to minimise them as much as possible
- Splodeyboi vs K2
- Splodeyboi’s wheelectomy
- Enjoying the freedom to discuss K2’s dominance
- The other Wajoo fight- An older (not necessarily first) version of K2
- Daedalus vs Mini Spinny mk 2
- Arguing about whether Mini Spinny’s driving is excellent or upsetting
- Meta note: Ryan had recording issues and samples were dropped in some areas, fortunately we saw the issue coming and took a backup recording which has been used to patch things up.
- Smoll batteries
- Sam’s high-quality robot improving service
- Thunderchild vs Splodeyboi vs Mini Spinny mk 2
- Saw Loser vs K2
- An enticing matchup which lived up to expectations
- K2’s weapon as an aid to control
- Pit wheel eating
- That Wajoo/Suijin fight
- Thunderchild vs Daedalus
- Cosmin’s revised Thunderchild strategy
- A random draw
- Either way there was a potential rematch, just not a rematch from the heat
- Daedalus vs Saw Loser
- The pure beauty of Saw Loser’s internals
- Saw Loser on GitLab
- Super secret audience view video
- For maximum enjoyment, watch Joe and Shane’s reactions to the first hit
- How to kill Daedalus’ weapon
- Da Grand Final
- Staying away from the pit in a fight against Thunderchild
- A (comparatively) easy decision?
- The perils of being an international competitor
- Post-event comedowns
- The ridiculous amount of effort which goes into Bugglebots
- The near-future for Spinnerproof
- Exiting podcast mode
- Entering roboteer mode
- Building for UWE
- There will be photos. Probably.
- RTNCTI?
- Bugglebots specials will be covered, eventually
1 hr 24 min - 67: The REAL Fans
- Follow up
- Ryan missed a lot of things last time
- Buggle Bonus content
- Annie vs Claws 2 JD
- The Spinnerproof supercut
- Amazing artwork
- Probably Ryan’s favourite thing ever
- Frog merch
- Bourbon’s wedge
- How y’all listen
- Bugglebots 2019: The Last Chance
- Rumble the 1th
- A pitless rumble
- Excellent refereeing
- Also a judges’ decision happened
- The system there is vs the system we want
- Rumbles going to the death?
- Pitless rumbles? Less-pit rumbles?
- Rumble the 2st
- Podcast recommendation - Two Headed Girl
- “a new show about gender, mental illness, and all sorts of transitions made by a couple of married queers trying to figure themselves out.”
- Terminology can be a minefield and we’re doing our best
55 min - 66: A Hill To Die On
- Follow Up
- The Apprentice’s difficulties
- Claws 2’s ailing drive
- Front Matter
- Australia
- There are some misleading size comparison images online involving the size of Australia
- Australia is roughly 75% the size of the entire USA mainland
- Australia to New Zealand isn’t quite as far as Sam made out, but it’s still pretty far.
- Spinnerproof on YouTube
- How do you listen to Spinnerproof (or any other podcasts)?
- Spinnerproof on RoboCast
- Bugglebots 2019, Heat 5
- Ryan’s conspiracy theories
- Catalyst vs Miny Spinny mk 2
- Catalyst
- Those eyes
- A quietly well-designed, well-refined machine
- Mini Spinny mk 2
- Yet another style of undercutter
- Another dark horse
- Drizzle vs Wee Woo
- Sticking
- All kinds of ridiculous
- Drizzle
- It gone done self righted
- Self righting is really easy and making it do it probably took next to no effort
- Wee Woo
- The full fleet
- Finding the limits of the Wee Woo cluster philosophy
- Dave Weston’s addition as a driver
- Watching from the pits
- Drizzle’s Bugglebots debut
- Bourbon vs Jay
- Bourbon
- Super compact
- A very sturdy wedge
- Jay
- Strength in simplicity
- A classic beginners’ build
- Fairly compact
- A very sturdy wedge
- Jay’s wheelectomy
- Bourbon’s drive difficulties
- Jay vs Wee Woo vs Catalyst
- A fight between 3 robots
- Effusing over spinner Wee
- Managing the ceiling count
- Catalyst out-bricking the brick
- Strategic non-engagement
- Mini Spinny mk 2 vs Bourbon
- Return of the speeeeeeeed
- Casually wanting some more
- Drizzle vs Jay
- Watching with a restricted view
- Close to a double KO
- Does Drizzle win this as a wedge?
- Robonerd rumble
- Jay struggles to push Hello There! (which is only running 2WD)
- Drizzle happily scoops up Hello There! and pushes it
- Potential for a double KO?
- Unexpected mathematics
- Mini Spinny mk 2 vs Jay
- Perfect box-rush evasion
- Actual wedging
- Yet a swift demise
- The grand final lineup
- The overall success of less extreme spinner designs
- Homogeneity, with variety
- The rumbles
- Yes
1 hr 6 min - 65: Yeeted
- Follow Up
- Ryan’s corrections
- Claws 2 was not a grand finalist, despite being in the ‘Grand Final’ episode
- The Apprentice’s difficulties were electrical, not belt-based
- “Browning out”, whatever that means - doesn’t happen to servos
- Further apologies to Alex Mordue
- We tried to talk about 2018 Heat 3 but the recording failed
- It will happen. Eventually. Probably.
- Did we do the last heat justice?
- Front matter
- This episode is also on YouTube
- Don’t get used to it
- Why not do this for all of our Bugglebots episodes? This is the episode where we really have something unique to contribute to the conversation
- Podcast player recommendations
- Bugglebots 2019, Heat 4
- Daedalus vs Claws 2
- Handmade simplicity vs CNC complexity
- Daedalus’ weapon assembly
- Thunder Child vs Hello There!
- Thank you, post-production team, for making us look so good
- Thank you, competitors and viewers, for all your kind words
- “Zero turning circle”
- Pre-event roundup (ft. a lot of hair)
- Drawing one of the tournament favourites
- The forks.
- Getting stuck was our fault
- And we would do it again! (ft. another useless minibot)
- Nate is an awesome guy and also very handsome
- Pre-fight nerves
- AnnieRUOK vs 2 Berg 2 Furious
- Sam is confused by Berg memes
- 2 Berg’s pre-competition problems
- Australia is quite a long way away
- Another school of undercutter design
- Claws 2 vs 2 Berg 2 Furious vs Hello There!
- Picking the right configuration
- Backflips
- Exposed wheels
- The ceiling
- Losing the weapon axle
- Hello There! self rights beautifully
- Hitting the ceiling?
- Maybe?
- No…
- And definitely not twice
- Thunder Child vs Daedalus
- The ruthless efficiency of a superb wedge
- Pure noise
- The reddit poll had Daedalus, implying that most people would back Daedalus in a 1v1
- Claws 2 vs AnnieRUOK
- BenfromTeamPanic’s post-heat video
- Two robots well matched in terms of drive
- juj bad evry1 get angery
- Claws 2 vs Thunder Child
- So nearly a one-hit-wonder
- Final thoughts
- Thanks once again to everybody involved!
- And thanks to Garfie for this gem.
- Not in the podcast but worth adding here:
- Successful hits vs Thunder Child - 14
- Successful hits vs Claws 2 & 2 Berg - 16? Cutaways make it slightly tough to tell
- Damaging hits across the 2 fights - 0
- Successful hits in series 1:
- Heat 1: 0
- Heat 2: ~3
- Heat 3: 0
- Heat 4: 0
- Heat 5: ~15
1 hr 21 min - 64: Underhead Spinner
- Follow up
- Ryan said a lot of silly things about batteries
- Front matter
- We skipped Saw Loser’s heat last series and Alex Mordue was sad
- Bugglebots 2019, Heat 3
- Saw Loser vs W I D 3 B O I
- Weaponised width
- Not wide for the memes, wide for the function
- Cautious driving and tactics
- Unconscious 514 vs Leim Thart
- Crushers are hard
- Spring flippers are hard
- The Apprentice vs Rev 4
- How does Rev 4 stay balanced?
- When Rev 4 doesn’t stay balanced (top left)
- W I D 3 B O I vs Rev 4 vs Leim Thart
- Rev 4’s cut link
- W I D 3 B O I’s insane brushlessless drive
- Leim’s 4-bar lifter
- Saw Loser vs Unconscious 514
- Sportsmanship vs showmanship
- The Apprentice vs Leim Thart
- The Apprentice’s spinup issues
- Saw Loser vs Leim Thart
- A look ahead to heat 4
- OH HEY THAT’S US!
- Full assembly of Hello There! on YouTube
- Watch with subtitles or it will definitely suck
- With subtitles it could still suck
- The robots:
- Thunderchild
- Hello There!
- Daedalus
- Bonus Daedalus
- Claws 2
- AnnieRUOK
- 2 Berg 2 Furious
55 min - 63: A Battlebots Way of Thinking
- Followup
- Sam likes your tweets, Sam dislikes his poor experiment design
- Spinnerproof on YouTube
- In the process of fetching this link, Ryan realised that we have already ticked over to 50, so don’t bother subscribing
- We will take a detailed look at the new Battlebots rules in the near-ish future
- RTNCTI should also return post-Bugglebots
- Bugglebots 2019: heat 2
- Splodeyboi vs Phoenix
- Phoenix vs Tempus
- Other Phoenix fights in this video seem to show that they couldn’t self right from a standstill, but this might have been rectified between UWE and Bugglebots
- Snappy vs Gear Down For What?!
- Probably the best Bugglebots fight to date
- GDFW smacking the arena around
- The pit escape
- Judging the judges: pt. 1/?
- Defining control
- How well you control the fight vs how well you control your specific robot
- Live opinions
- Explaining the robots
- Who is the Bugglebot audience?
- Whilst making these shownotes, Ryan realises that he referred to direct drive last episode and didn’t clarify it
- Ryan is a hypocrite
- Wajoo vs Shark Setrakien
- Pronunciation minefield
- No matter how amazing you think Wajoo is, its amazinger
- Neutron stars aren’t actually very bright…
- Is it a good fight?
- Sam enjoys seeing Dave’s robot destroyed
- Dave enjoys seeing Dave’s robot destroyed
- Ryan is describing Hypnodisc’s fight against Robogeddon, but conflating it with the fight against Stealth
- The Robogeddon team took it pretty well, Stealth less so.
- Snappy vs Pheonix vs Shark Setrakien
- Two relative newbies lecture everybody on LiPo safety
- Bugglebots is in good hands with Tim and Shane on the case
- Ordering the final results of the tournament
- Gear Down For What?! vs Phoenix
- P H Y S I C S
- Link placement
- Tim spies with his little eye
- Wajoo vs Splodeyboi
- Splodeyboi sailing through a realistically quite unfavourable matchup
- Splodeyboi vs Pheonix
- Counting the ceiling strikes
56 min - 62: The Childproof Cap of Removable Links
- Bugglebots 2019
- What’s new?
- Format
- Ryan’s quick and dirty format diagram
- Interviews
- Test arena
- Episode 1
- Rust in Pieces vs Sir Lance-a-Frog
- Minibot wars
- Underestimating clusterbots
- Teamwork
- The Frog A E S T H E T I C
- Visit Team DSC Robotics for all of your robot-based picturebook needs
- Maybe commission some artwork while you’re there? Even if you don’t need it
- 2019 Euros Gladiator - in which Frog does rather well
- Hold my Beer vs Halo
- Big brains
- The world’s greatest removeable link
- The part number Sam got is for the housing: 926522-1.
- Hold my Beer is a lovely machine
- Jeroen built TaN confirmed
- Build photos
- Weapon mechanism origami
- K2 vs Maximum Ogredrive
- Maximum Ogredrive is scary and anybody who says it isnt is lying
- The incredible poise and ballance of K2
- The incredible durability of K2
- Hold my Beer vs Sir Lance-a-Frog vs Maximum Ogredrive
- Significant repairs for HmB
- Ogredrive’s demise
- The perils of invertibility
- Rust in Pieces vs Halo
- Perfect anti-spinner strategy
- Halo’s crazy drive
- Halo build diary
- Sir Lance-a-Frog vs K2
- The box-rush of dreams
- Sam’s perfect recall of series 1
- Unconstrained/less constrained 4-bar lifter setups?
- Post-Euros video
- The overall story of the heat
1 hr 5 min
About Spinnerproof
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Spinnerproof is a podcast about combat robotics