Spinnerproof

Spinnerproof

By Sam Hutchins and Ryan BratleyTechnology
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Spinnerproof episodes

  • 51: Blackjack and High Quality Graphics
    • Follow up
      • The follow ups are easily startled, but they’ll soon be back - and in greater numbers.
      • Bugglebots
        • Doing Bugglebots was amazing
        • We can’t talk about a huge amount
        • Our first experience of full combat
        • Bugglebots is an excellent live show
          • And a logistical miracle
          • Two 12hr+ days of work from the crew
          • We must now keep our secrets for months. Boo.
          • Battlebots
            • Bingo talk will be saved for the next Bingo episode
              • Go listen to the Bingo episode if you haven’t already.
              • Also, full cards and explanations of each prediction can be found here
              • And you can generate your own
              • 2 hour runtime
                • It’s not for everybody
                • Pacing currently seems good
                • Pits segments are meaningful
                  • A nice, long chat with Ray
                    • and GUNS!!!
                    • The graphics still suck
                    • Quantum entanglement
                      • Was it an entertaining fight?
                      • Was it a manufactured controversy?
                        • The rules you can read vs the rules you’re told
                        • That interview
                          • Conspiracy theories with Ryan
                          • What now?
                            • According to some sources, Cobalt’s body is 100% AR500. Could this be the case for some other robots?
                            • Main event
                              • Was it good? Does it need to be good?
                              • How much fight reordering does Battlebots do?
                                • Duck! vs Bombshell was the first fight of the event, and is in episode 2
                                  • This, incidentally, would have been a valid opening main event - we will have to see if the fight itself would have been worthy
                                  • Re:MARS livestream
                                    • Sam had a bad time
                                    • Live events are hard, and this was a pretty good effort from everyone involved
                                      • Except the sound guy. Screw the sound guy.
                                        • (Sorry sound guy, you were probably doing your best)
                                        • Re:MLARaS = Machine Learning, Automation, Robotics and Space
                                          • What even is AI?
                                            • the “AI Effect”
                                            • Chomp’s vacuum feet
                                            • Professor Hutchins explains exactly what AI is
                                            • Ryan is consistent, vol 472: “I don’t think it would ever be entertaining”…“I asked ‘is it’, not ‘will it be’…”
                                            • RTNCTI
                                              • RTNCTI lives on, in a universe where the 2019 season doesn’t exist
                                              • Where it all began: 5 episodes and 4 months ago
                                              • Carbide vs DisConstructor vs King B Remix
                                                • Series 10 Carbide, Series 8 DisConstructer, Robogames King B
                                                • Is it ever offensive to suggest that a Robot Wars competitor will probably lose to Carbide?
                                                • End Game vs Eruption vs Sawblaze
                                                  • Oh no…
                                                  • Most recent versions of all three
                                                  • End Game bringing the potential but not the results
                                                    • Good wins balanced out by bad losses
                                                    • Inability to self right reliably
                                                    • Eruption and Sawblaze are both exceptionally driven and extremely effective
                                                      • Who gets under who?
                                                      • Can Eruption adapt to the Battlebots arena?
                                                      • High-5 vs Reality vs Splatter
                                                        • Poor High-5…
                                                        • Reality with a reasonable record, Splatter coming in with only one fight but an otherwise proven concept
                                                          • Invoking time travel
                                                            • 1 hr 22 min
                                                          • 50: Battlebots Bingo
                                                            • Battlebots Bingo
                                                              • You thought there would be follow up, didn’t you?
                                                              • How it all works
                                                                • We have three teams, each representing an excellent podcast:
                                                                  • Spinnerproof
                                                                  • Robocast
                                                                  • Roasting Robots
                                                                  • Each team has submitted 16 predictions about the upcoming 2019 season.
                                                                  • Predictions range from really obvious things which will definitely happen, to incredibly specific things which almost certainly won’t.
                                                                  • All the predictions have been put together, shuffled, and we will now take turns drawing them at random for our own Bingo cards.
                                                                  • First to get a full line (horizontal, vertical, or diagonal) wins
                                                                    • If nobody gets a line the game comes down to points - one point per ticked box, plus bonusses/half ticks
                                                                    • [SPOILERS]
                                                                      • Battlebots Bingo Cards
                                                                      • Spreadsheet to make your own card
                                                                      • This is it.
                                                                        • There are no more shownotes
                                                                          • It feels weird to me as well
                                                                            • Bugglebots was fun though
                                                                              • This series is going to be AMAZING. Seriously
                                                                                • The field is crazy, especially compared to series 1
                                                                                  • 1 hr 56 min
                                                                                • 49: InvMech
                                                                                  • Follow up
                                                                                    • Behemoth and the axe
                                                                                      • Probably lacked the power to make a difference
                                                                                      • We won’t need to remember this for future
                                                                                      • Heavy Metal’s wheels
                                                                                        • A potential do-over?
                                                                                        • Front matter
                                                                                          • Robot naming gripes
                                                                                            • SawBlaze
                                                                                            • Cobalt 2.0
                                                                                              • Correct robot name versioning - coming soon
                                                                                              • Bugglebots
                                                                                                • We’re in!
                                                                                                • The current state of Hello There!
                                                                                                  • This episode was recorded April 26th 2019, and since recording we’ve finished the drive and one front end too
                                                                                                  • Hammer or axe?
                                                                                                  • It now self rights. We are invincible.
                                                                                                  • Going dark?
                                                                                                  • Robot building > podcasting
                                                                                                    • It sucks to be making less regular episodes, but Bugglebots is TOTALLY worth it
                                                                                                    • Battlebots coverage?
                                                                                                    • RTNCTI
                                                                                                      • The full rules and competitors
                                                                                                        • Have we missed any robots? If so, please tell us now so we can add them.
                                                                                                        • The very simplified rules:
                                                                                                          • Every robot we have official footage of competing in a reboot series of Robot Wars and Battlebots
                                                                                                          • Qualifying: 32 1v1s and 32 3-way melees, feeding into a randomised 64 robot bracket
                                                                                                          • The result of every bout is decided by the roll of a D7 die.
                                                                                                          • This episode’s fixtures (no spoilers):
                                                                                                            • The Swarm vs Deathroll vs Gemini
                                                                                                            • Kill-E-Krank-E vs Gigabyte vs RAPID
                                                                                                            • Moebius vs Brutus vs Petunia
                                                                                                            • Gabriel vs Storm 2 vs Tough as Nails
                                                                                                            • Push to Exit vs Overdrive vs Hobgoblin
                                                                                                            • Gamma 9 vs WAR Hawk vs Nightmare
                                                                                                            • Bad Kitty vs Cherub vs Ultraviolent
                                                                                                            • Counter Revolution vs Sweeney Todd vs Cobalt
                                                                                                            • !!!!!!VERY MILD SPOILERS BELOW!!!!!!
                                                                                                              • The Swarm vs Deathroll vs Gemini
                                                                                                                • Which parts of The Swarm?
                                                                                                                  • It turns out there really were two Skyes
                                                                                                                    • Pull yourself together Ryan, they look nothing alike.
                                                                                                                    • Great White and Deathroll
                                                                                                                      • Invader is essentially Megabyte, not Moebius
                                                                                                                      • Kill-E-Krank-E vs Gigabyte vs RAPID
                                                                                                                        • RAPID didn’t fight Apex, Ryan clearly doesn’t remember how Series 10 worked
                                                                                                                        • Flipping a full-body spinner
                                                                                                                        • Moebius vs Brutus vs Petunia
                                                                                                                          • Original Brutus
                                                                                                                          • Petunia’s difficulties against vertical spinners
                                                                                                                          • Brutus’ top armour
                                                                                                                          • Gabriel (2) vs Storm 2 vs Tough as Nails
                                                                                                                            • Storm 2 running the 4-bar lifter
                                                                                                                            • Gabriel running the big ol’ sword
                                                                                                                            • How do hammers work?
                                                                                                                            • (mis-)remembering the Gabriel vs Carbide vs Big Nipper melee
                                                                                                                            • Push to Exit vs Overdrive vs Hobgoblin
                                                                                                                              • Most recent versions of Push to Exit and Hobgoblin
                                                                                                                              • 4WD lifter version of Overdrive
                                                                                                                                • Ryan’s notes are still terrible
                                                                                                                                • Ryan almost remembers how Series 10 worked
                                                                                                                                  • But that trailer was pretty much pure hype
                                                                                                                                  • Gamma 9 vs WAR Hawk vs Nightmare
                                                                                                                                    • Nightmare’s SRiMech InvMech
                                                                                                                                    • The true power of Nightmare?
                                                                                                                                    • Bad Kitty vs Cherub vs Ultraviolent
                                                                                                                                      • Bad Kitty’s bold aesthetic
                                                                                                                                      • How does a robot lose to Black Ice?
                                                                                                                                      • Counter Revolution vs Sweeney Todd vs Cobalt
                                                                                                                                        • Degrees of sillyness
                                                                                                                                        • Next episode:
                                                                                                                                          • Carbide vs DisConstructer vs King B Remix
                                                                                                                                          • End Game vs Eruption vs SawBlaze
                                                                                                                                          • High-5 vs Reality vs Splatter
                                                                                                                                          • Witch Doctor vs Lucky vs Shockwave
                                                                                                                                          • Vanquish vs Basilisk vs Black Ice
                                                                                                                                          • Tombstone vs Crackers ‘N’ Smash vs Warhead
                                                                                                                                          • Creepy Crawlies vs Magnetar vs Double Dutch
                                                                                                                                          • Big Nipper vs Parallax vs Crazy Coupe 88
                                                                                                                                          • The rest of the round
                                                                                                                                            • Overhaul vs Mega Tento vs Bucktooth Burl
                                                                                                                                            • Ms Nightshade vs Crank-E vs Son of Wyachi
                                                                                                                                            • Tauron vs TMHWK vs Dantomkia
                                                                                                                                            • The Four Horsemen vs Thor vs Rusty
                                                                                                                                            • Thermidor 2 vs Chompalot vs Sub Zero
                                                                                                                                            • Vulture vs Foxic vs Trolley Rage
                                                                                                                                            • Bale Spear vs Bucky the Robot vs Captain Shredderator
                                                                                                                                            • Wyrm vs Donald Thump vs Huge
                                                                                                                                              • 1 hr 20 min
                                                                                                                                            • 48: The Subtle Wedge
                                                                                                                                              • Front matter
                                                                                                                                                • We’re building for Bugglebots
                                                                                                                                                  • We should probably also apply at some point…
                                                                                                                                                  • It’s not Split Decision. We have plans for Split Decision. Awful, disgusting plans
                                                                                                                                                  • Building robots is hard
                                                                                                                                                    • HDPE is melty
                                                                                                                                                    • Hello There! The prequel-meme-themed bidirectional axebot that nobody asked for
                                                                                                                                                    • We’ve been guesting on Roasting Robots
                                                                                                                                                      • Maximum Uncanny Valley
                                                                                                                                                      • Holy Copyright Infringement, Batman!
                                                                                                                                                      • The Razer of Battlebots
                                                                                                                                                      • Battlebots Season 4 confirmed
                                                                                                                                                        • Spinnerproof: bringing you the big, breaking news since 2017
                                                                                                                                                        • RTNCTI
                                                                                                                                                          • Some follow-up
                                                                                                                                                            • Apollo vs Cobra kinda happened
                                                                                                                                                            • Cobra vs Behemoth vs Eruption…vs Hobgoblin
                                                                                                                                                            • Photon Storm is not, as far as we can tell at least, a former UK Heavyweight champion
                                                                                                                                                            • The full rules and competitors
                                                                                                                                                              • Have we missed any robots? If so, please tell us now so we can add them.
                                                                                                                                                              • The very simplified rules:
                                                                                                                                                                • Every robot we have official footage of competing in a reboot series of Robot Wars and Battlebots
                                                                                                                                                                • Qualifying: 32 1v1s and 32 3-way melees, feeding into a randomised 64 robot bracket
                                                                                                                                                                • The result of every bout is decided by the roll of a D7 die.
                                                                                                                                                                • This episode’s fixtures (no spoilers):
                                                                                                                                                                  • Heavy Metal vs Chimera vs Free Shipping
                                                                                                                                                                  • Hypothermia vs Apocalypse vs Hypershock
                                                                                                                                                                  • Axe Backwards vs Warrior Clan vs DUCK!
                                                                                                                                                                  • Red Devil vs Tantrum vs Battle Royale With Cheese
                                                                                                                                                                  • Iron-Awe 6 vs Bonk vs Infernal Contraption
                                                                                                                                                                  • Meggamouse vs Valkyrie vs Jellyfish
                                                                                                                                                                  • Skorpios vs Behemoth vs Biteforce
                                                                                                                                                                  • The General vs Radioactive vs Concussion
                                                                                                                                                                  • !!!!!!VERY MILD SPOILERS BELOW!!!!!!
                                                                                                                                                                    • Heavy Metal vs Chimera vs Free Shipping
                                                                                                                                                                      • Chimera 2: Elwedgetric Boogaloo
                                                                                                                                                                        • Thwackbots and active weapon rules
                                                                                                                                                                        • Physics corner: for thwackbots which sit flat when inactive, driving ’towards’ the weapon will cause a combination of wheel movement and weapon movement in which the centre of gravity moves upwards.
                                                                                                                                                                        • What does Heavy Metal’s weapon do?
                                                                                                                                                                        • Potential difficulties for Free Shipping in the RW arena?
                                                                                                                                                                        • Hypothermia vs Apocalypse vs Hypershock
                                                                                                                                                                          • Ryan completely disregards the existence of Season 1 Hypershock
                                                                                                                                                                            • Ryan wrote all of his notes on the train to/from a football match. It shows.
                                                                                                                                                                            • We forgot to decide which front end Hypothermia is running, but since we repeatedly allude to the wedge they’re running the wedge
                                                                                                                                                                            • Axe Backwards vs Warrior Clan vs DUCK!
                                                                                                                                                                              • Warrior ClanDragon
                                                                                                                                                                              • Axe Backwards.jpg
                                                                                                                                                                              • DUCK!’s strategy
                                                                                                                                                                              • Red Devil vs Tantrum vs Battle Royale With Cheese
                                                                                                                                                                                • Red Devil’s configuration
                                                                                                                                                                                • Do Tantrum and BRWC work?
                                                                                                                                                                                • Ryan.exe has stopped working
                                                                                                                                                                                • Kenny and Rose.img
                                                                                                                                                                                • You just listened to a full 50 seconds of Sam attempting to roll a die
                                                                                                                                                                                • Iron-Awe 6 vs Bonk vs Infernal Contraption
                                                                                                                                                                                  • Bonk and The General were hit at pretty much the same time by Carbide: The General lost a wheel but was still twitching, Bonk doesn’t seem to move thereafter
                                                                                                                                                                                  • Trying to explain Infernal Contraption
                                                                                                                                                                                  • Meggamouse vs Valkyrie vs Jellyfish
                                                                                                                                                                                    • Battle of the Biases
                                                                                                                                                                                    • Skorpios vs Behemoth vs Biteforce
                                                                                                                                                                                      • Struggling to judge Skorpios
                                                                                                                                                                                      • Which Behemoth scoop?
                                                                                                                                                                                      • Funding RTNCTI
                                                                                                                                                                                      • Ground clearances
                                                                                                                                                                                      • The General vs Radioactive vs Concussion
                                                                                                                                                                                        • Fun fact: The General faced Behemoth (and Carbide and Bonk) in its only RW battle
                                                                                                                                                                                        • Funner fact: Radioactive barely even beat the ‘ready’ button
                                                                                                                                                                                        • Next episode:
                                                                                                                                                                                          • The Swarm vs Deathroll vs Gemini
                                                                                                                                                                                          • Kill-E-Krank-E vs Gigabyte vs RAPID
                                                                                                                                                                                          • Moebius vs Brutus vs Petunia
                                                                                                                                                                                          • Gabriel vs Storm 2 vs Tough as Nails
                                                                                                                                                                                          • Push to Exit vs Overdrive vs Hobgoblin
                                                                                                                                                                                          • Gamma 9 vs WAR Hawk vs Nightmare
                                                                                                                                                                                          • Bad Kitty vs Cherub vs Ultraviolent
                                                                                                                                                                                          • Counter Revolution vs Sweeney Todd vs Cobalt
                                                                                                                                                                                          • The rest of the round
                                                                                                                                                                                            • Carbide vs DisConstructer vs King B Remix
                                                                                                                                                                                            • End Game vs Eruption vs SawBlaze
                                                                                                                                                                                            • High-5 vs Reality vs Splatter
                                                                                                                                                                                            • Witch Doctor vs Lucky vs Shockwave
                                                                                                                                                                                            • Vanquish vs Basilisk vs Black Ice
                                                                                                                                                                                            • Tombstone vs Crackers ‘N’ Smash vs Warhead
                                                                                                                                                                                            • Creepy Crawlies vs Magnetar vs Double Dutch
                                                                                                                                                                                            • Big Nipper vs Parallax vs Crazy Coupe 88
                                                                                                                                                                                            • Overhaul vs Mega Tento vs Bucktooth Burl
                                                                                                                                                                                            • Ms Nightshade vs Crank-E vs Son of Wyachi
                                                                                                                                                                                            • Tauron vs TMHWK vs Dantomkia
                                                                                                                                                                                            • The Four Horsemen vs Thor vs Rusty
                                                                                                                                                                                            • Thermidor 2 vs Chompalot vs Sub Zero
                                                                                                                                                                                            • Vulture vs Foxic vs Trolley Rage
                                                                                                                                                                                            • Bale Spear vs Bucky the Robot vs Captain Shredderator
                                                                                                                                                                                            • Wyrm vs Donald Thump vs Huge
                                                                                                                                                                                              • 1 hr 29 min
                                                                                                                                                                                            • 47: Raiser Razer
                                                                                                                                                                                              • Follow up
                                                                                                                                                                                                • Battlebots Season 4 slightly more confirmed!
                                                                                                                                                                                                • Bugglebots Series 2 very confirmed!
                                                                                                                                                                                                • Front matter
                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Spinnerproof live event coverage
                                                                                                                                                                                                    • There won’t be any
                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Sam doesn’t enjoy watching them
                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Ryan isn’t sure he enjoys talking about them in a structured, podcastable format
                                                                                                                                                                                                      • RTNCTI
                                                                                                                                                                                                        • The full rules and competitors
                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Have we missed any robots? If so, please tell us now so we can add them.
                                                                                                                                                                                                          • The very simplified rules:
                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Every robot we have official footage of competing in a reboot series of Robot Wars and Battlebots
                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Qualifying: 32 1v1s and 32 3-way melees, feeding into a randomised 64 robot bracket
                                                                                                                                                                                                            • The result of every bout is decided by the roll of a die. Currently a D6, changing to a D7 next episode
                                                                                                                                                                                                            • This episode’s fixtures (no spoilers):
                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Nuts vs ICEwave
                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Supernova vs Razer
                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Crushtacean vs Sweet Revenge
                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Kraken vs Draven
                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Mohawk vs Sharkoprion
                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Whiplash vs Obwalden Overlord
                                                                                                                                                                                                              • The Disk O’ Inferno vs Rotator
                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Poison Arrow vs Photon Storm
                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Coyote vs Beta
                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Ghost Raptor vs TR2
                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Frostbite vs Razorback
                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Cobra vs Apollo
                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Aftershock vs Ironside 3
                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Or Te vs Kan-Opener
                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Sabretooth vs Wrecks
                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Plan X vs M.R. Speed Squared
                                                                                                                                                                                                              • !!!!!!SPOILERS BELOW!!!!!!
                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Nuts vs ICEwave
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Series 10 Nuts (2), 2019 ICEwave
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Entanglement effect of Nuts 2
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • FOG. OF. WARRRRRRRR
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Rhino’s use of Halon to smother engines
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Minibots
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Nuts 2 wins, as well it should
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Supernova vs Razer
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Series 9 Supernova, Series 8 Razer
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Razer’s anti-horizontal setup
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Supernova wins, Sam mourns
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Crushtacean vs Sweet Revenge
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Nope.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • A reasonably competent original run/live scene machine vs the most forgettable robot in reboot history
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Crushtacean wins
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Kraken vs Draven
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Series 9 Draven
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Kraken wins
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Upcoming Kraken upgrades
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Mohawk vs Sharkoprion
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Empathising with producers and actively encouraging you not to listen to this
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • 2018 Mohawk
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • How effective is the Sharko disc?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Ryan messes with the system and regrets it immensely
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Sharkoprion goes through
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Whiplash wHiplash vs Obwalden Overlord
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Another close battle
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • GAMBLER’S FALLACY
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • wHiplash wins
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • The Disk O’ Inferno vs Rotator
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • 2018 Rotator
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Disk O’ is cool
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • and would benefit from the modern judging criteria
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Rotator wins
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Poison Arrow vs Photon Storm
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Live event Photon Storm
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Ryan’s utterly unnecessary and factually incorrect defence of Photon Storm
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Photon Storm competed as Tiberius prior to 2016
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Neither Photon Storm or Tiberius are a former UK champion
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Tiberius is widely referred to as ‘feared’, but details of its results over the years are hard to find
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Photon Storm wins
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Expect follow-up…
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Coyote vs Beta
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Series 10 Coyote
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Beta’s wedge is surprisingly low
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Beta wins
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Ghost Raptor vs TR2
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Ghost Raptor destroys our rules
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Season 1 Ghost Raptor, as a swiss-army bot: spinner, Lifter, Keep-away bar
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Lifter for this fight
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • TR2 is an ACTUAL UK Champion
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • WITH THE BUM AXE!
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • TR2 wins
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • No time was wasted in the making of this battle
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Frostbite vs Razorback
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Underestimating Frostbite?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Season 2 Razorback running the drum
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Teams probably don’t select a weapon based on what would happen if it broke
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Razorback wins
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Cobra vs Apollo
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • This fight LITERALLY HAPPENED
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Although it was tag-team and the World Series is essentially non-canon
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Series 10 Apollo and Series 10 (World Series) Cobra
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Ryan completely forgets that Hobgoblin exists.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Apollo sneaks through
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Aftershock vs Ironside 3
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Series 10 Aftershock, Series 9 Ironside 3
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • A horribly tough one to call
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Ironside 3 wins
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Orte vs Kan-Opener
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Both in their short-lived Series 8 forms
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Sweeney Todd should have been counted out, but regardless the hit which killed Kan Opener arguably came after the one which finished Sweeney Todd.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • The Orte flipper does indeed work and could be reasonably described as about average
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Orte survives to be beaten in the next round
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Sabretooth vs Wrecks
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Series 9 Sabretooth, Season 2 Wrecks
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Sabretooth walks the fight.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Plan X vs M.R. Speed Squared
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Series 9 MR Speed Squared
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • An auspicious ending
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • A robot which Wrecks took to the judges vs a robot which Foxic took to the judges
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Plan X somehow takes the advantage
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • and wins
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Next episode:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Heavy Metal vs Chimera vs Free Shipping
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Hypothermia vs Apocalypse vs Hypershock
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Axe Backwards vs Warrior Clan vs DUCK!
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Red Devil vs Tantrum vs Battle Royale With Cheese
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Iron-Awe 6 vs Bonk vs Infernal Contraption
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Meggamouse vs Valkyrie vs Jellyfish
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Skorpios vs Behemoth vs Biteforce
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • The General vs Radioactive vs Concussion
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • The Swarm vs Deathroll vs Gemini
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Kill-E-Krank-E vs Gigabyte vs RAPID
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Moebius vs Brutus vs Petunia
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Gabriel vs Storm 2 vs Tough as Nails
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Push to Exit vs Overdrive vs Hobgoblin
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Gamma 9 vs WAR Hawk vs Nightmare
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Bad Kitty vs Cherub vs Ultraviolent
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Counter Revolution vs Sweeney Todd vs Cobalt
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • 3-ways are decided by first eliminating the ‘weakest’ robot outright and then producing odds for the remaining two, still taking into account the presence of the third and their impact on the fight
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • The rest of the round (episode 4)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Carbide vs DisConstructer vs King B Remix
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • End Game vs Eruption vs SawBlaze
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • High-5 vs Reality vs Splatter
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Witch Doctor vs Lucky vs Shockwave
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Vanquish vs Basilisk vs Black Ice
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Tombstone vs Crackers ‘N’ Smash vs Warhead
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Creepy Crawlies vs Magnetar vs Double Dutch
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Big Nipper vs Parallax vs Crazy Coupe 88
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Overhaul vs Mega Tento vs Bucktooth Burl
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Ms Nightshade vs Crank-E vs Son of Wyachi
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Tauron vs TMHWK vs Dantomkia
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • The Four Horsemen vs Thor vs Rusty
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Thermidor 2 vs Chompalot vs Sub Zero
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Vulture vs Foxic vs Trolley Rage
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Bale Spear vs Bucky the Robot vs Captain Shredderator
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Wyrm vs Donald Thump vs Huge
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • 1 hr 23 min
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • 46: Fluid Ducts
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Follow up
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Sam has been reading about meltybrains
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • There was code, it was a special kind of code, Ryan should not be writing this note.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Links vs Switches: Redux. Switches bad, links good.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Switches don’t always fail dangerous, but they’re roughly as likely to fail dangerous as safe.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Front matter
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Battlebots season 4?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Probably. Very probably. But not definitely. Yet.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Bugglebots continues!
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • UK vs ROTW: 11th February 2019. AFTER the release of this episode!
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • RTNCTI
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • The full rules and competitors
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Have we missed any robots? If so, please tell us now so we can add them.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • The very simplified rules:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Every robot we have official footage of competing in a reboot series of Robot Wars and Battlebots
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Qualifying: 32 1v1s and 32 3-way melees, feeding into a 64 robot bracket
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • The result of every bout is decided by the roll of a die
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • !!SPOILERS BELOW!!
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Expulsion vs Pulsar
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Versions: Series 10 Expulsion, Series 9 Pulsar
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • S10 Expulsion did win some fights, but largely by default.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Expulsion wins
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Androne 4000 vs Bombshell
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Season 2 Bombshell with the horizontal bar
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • In the Robot Wars arena
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Bombshell wins
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Complete Control vs Overdozer
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Season 2 Complete Control
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Complete Control wins
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Lockjaw vs Tracktion
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Season 3 Lockjaw, running the spinner
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Tracktion with Vulture’s wedge
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Lockjaw wins
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Predator vs Beast
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • What is Predator?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Beast wins, despite a spirited Predator performance
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Yeti vs Double Jeopardy
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Double Jeopardy wins
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Minotaur vs Blacksmith
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Season 3 Blacksmith, with the forks
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Minotaur wins
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • PP3D vs Chromefly
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • PP3D wins
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Apex vs Invader
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Invader wins
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • The Kegs vs Terror Turtle
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Cloned drivers
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Technically the team joined with the Bigger Brother team for The Grubs at KoB and the Four Horsemen at Battlebots, not The Swarm
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • The Kegs win
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Stinger (TKB) vs Escape Velocity
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Stinger with the wedge, Escape Velocity with the minibot
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Escape Velocity wins
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • The Ringmaster vs Terrorhurtz
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • The Ringmaster wins
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Lycan vs Mecha Rampage
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Lycan wins
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Devilled Egg vs Bronco
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Bronco running whatever armour they like because this is still a 1-5
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Bronco wins
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Monsoon vs Ultimo Destructo
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Season 3 Ultimo Destructo, running the horizontal spinner
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Monsoon wins
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Chomp vs Glitterbomb
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Chomp wins
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Next episode:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Nuts vs ICEwave
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Supernova vs Razer
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Crushtacean vs Sweet Revenge
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Kraken vs Draven
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Mohawk vs Sharkoprion
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Whiplash vs Obwalden Overlord
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • The Disk O’ Inferno vs Rotator
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Poison Arrow vs Photon Storm
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Coyote vs Beta
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Ghost Raptor vs TR2
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Frostbite vs Razorback
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Cobra vs Apollo
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Aftershock vs Ironside 3
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Or Te vs Kan-Opener
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Sabretooth vs Wrecks
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Plan X vs M.R. Speed Squared
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • The rest of the round (episodes 3 and 4)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Heavy Metal vs Chimera vs Free Shipping
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Hypothermia vs Apocalypse vs Hypershock
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Axe Backwards vs Warrior Clan vs DUCK!
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Red Devil vs Tantrum vs Battle Royale With Cheese
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Iron-Awe 6 vs Bonk vs Infernal Contraption
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Meggamouse vs Valkyrie vs Jellyfish
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Skorpios vs Behemoth vs Biteforce
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • The General vs Radioactive vs Concussion
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • The Swarm vs Deathroll vs Gemini
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Kill-E-Krank-E vs Gigabyte vs RAPID
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Moebius vs Brutus vs Petunia
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Gabriel vs Storm 2 vs Tough as Nails
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Push to Exit vs Overdrive vs Hobgoblin
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Gamma 9 vs WAR Hawk vs Nightmare
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Bad Kitty vs Cherub vs Ultraviolent
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Counter Revolution vs Sweeney Todd vs Cobalt
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Carbide vs DisConstructer vs King B Remix
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • End Game vs Eruption vs SawBlaze
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • High-5 vs Reality vs Splatter
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Witch Doctor vs Lucky vs Shockwave
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Vanquish vs Basilisk vs Black Ice
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Tombstone vs Crackers ‘N’ Smash vs Warhead
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Creepy Crawlies vs Magnetar vs Double Dutch
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Big Nipper vs Parallax vs Crazy Coupe 88
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Overhaul vs Mega Tento vs Bucktooth Burl
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Ms Nightshade vs Crank-E vs Son of Wyachi
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Tauron vs TMHWK vs Dantomkia
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • The Four Horsemen vs Thor vs Rusty
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Thermidor 2 vs Chompalot vs Sub Zero
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Vulture vs Foxic vs Trolley Rage
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Bale Spear vs Bucky the Robot vs Captain Shredderator
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Wyrm vs Donald Thump vs Huge
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • 1 hr 10 min
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • 45: Triangle Zone
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Follow up
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • SpaceX
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Impact of Government shutdown less severe than we assumed
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Plus that’s over…for now…
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Texas has a coastline.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Why Stainless for the Starship?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Bugglebots
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Meltybrain build diary
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Robot safety
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Removable links, external switches, and internal switches all have their pros and cons
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Kits: more than just the D2
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Kinetic
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Weta
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Safety concerns re: kits with spinners
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Viper (US Antweight)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Reddit comments: 1 & 2
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • The meta at various weight classes
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Bugglebots: The Grand Final
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • RumbleBee
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Maximum Ogredrive da real MVP
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • =5th: SCD
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • An almost perfect performance
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • =5th: Rev 2
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • POWAAAAAAAAH
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • 4th: Snappy
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Competetive uncompetetiveness
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • 3rd: Captain Doom
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Top tier driving = podium places
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • 2nd: Limpet
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • The wedgiest wedge
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • 1st: K2
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Triple threat: solid weapon, solid drivetrain, solid strategy.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Bugglebots series review
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Bugglebots was really good, somehow living up to the hype
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Production
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Superb camerawork and editing, particularly in fights
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Excellent graphics
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Minor greenscreen issues
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Reasonably simple improvements to audio
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Ryan keeps saying ‘condenser mic’ because he apparently forgot how to say the word ‘handheld’
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • “Audio is really important” - Two Podcasters, 2019
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Possible tweaks to pacing
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Fewer interviews?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Battlebots style overlay?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • More BTS?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Judges’ segments
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • No set runtime
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • High-quality commentary
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Competition format
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Really effective heat format
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Possibly needed explaining early on?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Robots
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Variety of designs of robot
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Variety of experience levels of teams
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Possible seeding for Series 2?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • 1 hr 20 min
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • 44: Captain Phasma's Dildo
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Battlebots Basement Battles
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • All now on the Battlebots YouTube channel
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Highlights:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Valkyrie vs Overhaul
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Duck vs Gigabyte
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Bugglebots
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Heat 5 has aired since recording
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Heats just getting better and better
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Robots of interest
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Bourbon
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Hexagonal drum hype
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Mini Spinny
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • PP3D, but small
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Wee Woo
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Viability of multibots
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Maximum Ogredrive
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Sawblaze, but small
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Saws are cool and everybody knows it
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • No, Dragon King does not count as a modern heavyweight which used a saw
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Flick
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Design/build video
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • SLS explained in 2 minutes
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • SLS explained in 15 minutes
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • TL:DW The uncured powder, confined within the bed and relatively compacted, provides stable support for new layers. This loose material falls away once the finished part is removed.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • SCD
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Sam has been converted
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Accelerometer noise and drift
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Hard Knox
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Dr Thwackenstein
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Apex BW
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Removable links
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • A silly way to lose
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Necessary at the weight class?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Possible alternatives?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Kit-built robots
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Competitiveness of certain kits which will remain nameless
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Possible difficulties with identical robots entering competitions
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • For competitors
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • For spectators
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Who is the target market?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • D2 kits are not as plug and play as this discussion makes them sound - internals still need to be bought and fitted separately
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Sam’s Stupendous SpaceX Sit-Rep
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Block 5 has been working well
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Landing abort/failure
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • ‘Intelligent’ landing systems
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Human rating
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Uncrewed Crew Dragon test flight…soon?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Texas does have a coastline. 300 miles of it.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • In-flight abort test…slightly less soon?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Blue Origin in-flight abort test
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Manned demo flight: 2/3 crew chosen chosen and announced
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Crew access walkway
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Sperm!
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • BFR
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Now called ‘Superheavy’ and ‘Starship’
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Starship Hopper
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • 1 hr 25 min
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • 43: Nut From Outside
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Bugglebots
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Heat 1
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Heat 2 trailer
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Production value
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Presenting
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Presenting and interviewing is harder than it looks
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Ryan makes it look particularly difficult
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Weak-ish fights in heat 1
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Accessible roboteering
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Silly Beetlewight thwackbots?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Split Decision Mk2 - AKA Split DecIIsion
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Split Decision Mk1
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Robonerd episode
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Robonerd ‘vlog’
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Hooray for GoPro audio
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • The build
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Constraints
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • A small gallery showcasing the best and worst of the design
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Humble beginnings
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Mk 2 design and build
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • 2D design
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Orthographic projection
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Layered construction
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • 3D design
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Its a work in progress…
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Making intentionally bad choices
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • 38 min

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                About Spinnerproof

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Spinnerproof is a podcast about combat robotics