Description

• Followup
  • Ryan’s Reasonably Comprehensive List of Pink Robots
    • Ellie’s Little Pink Bot - not actually anything to do with Bigger Brother.
  • Sophisticated statistical analysis of robot colour popularity
  • Sam is blown away by house robots which were around for 3 of the 9 original series
    • Yes, I am classing Extreme 1 & 2 as series. No, I don’t feel good about that.
• Robots
  • Rotator
    • The ol’ ‘having two spinners is silly’ rant
    • Sam applies his wealth of Lego-based wheel knowledge
    • Fights: vs Witch Doctor
  • Witch Doctor
    • ThatsACoolSpinnerDesign.WebP
    • The newer, slightly less cool spinner design
    • External vs internal symmetry
    • Dying in a cloud
    • Fight: vs Rotator, vs Red Devil
  • Wrecks
    • Ryan’s misplaced optimism is quickly and efficiently shot down
    • Thank you for ‘validating my effort’ by being here
    • Gyrobot
    • A Hebocon build is born
      • Ridiculous volume control interfaces
    • Fights: vs Red Devil
  • Red Devil
    • Dead Metal, but effective
    • #BashyBashy
    • Fights: vs Wrecks, vs Witch Doctor, vs Bombshell
  • Splatter
    • Whyyyyyyyyyyyyy?
    • Big Bang Theory robots
      • Damn it Sam…
    • Fights: vs Warrior Clan
  • Warrior Clan
    • Warrior Clan vs Nightmare
    • Ideal vertical spinner contact points (according to Ryan, who knows next to nothing)
      • If you can correct this then please, please do
    • Hypershock’s rake
    • Fights: vs Splatter, vs Hypershock (USA only)
  • Ultraviolent
    • …
    • Fights: vs Hypershock
  • Hypershock
    • Ridiculous drum concepts
    • Fights: vs Ultra Violent, vs Warrior Clan (USA only), vs Poison Arrow
  • Hellachopper
    • Bullseye may be the least international reference possible…
    • Test videos:
      • Extended cables
      • Final, fatal testing
      • Home testing
• Armchair Engineering: Alternative Forms of Locomotion
  • Cam shufflers
  • ‘Proper’ walkers
    • Degrees of freedom
  • Gyroscopic precession
    • If the whole ‘yaw is turned into forward movement’ bit is a bit confusing, imagine shuffling along on your backside - shifting your weight from one butt cheek to the other
  • Brushbots
    • Vibrant
  • Linear induction