27: The Best Thing You Can Do

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Pre-show waffle
- Tray with feet
  - Note to self: set up Amazon Affiliate link…
Autonomous cars
- Robot or Not?
- Uber crash - for those who have been living under a rock
- STUDIES!!
- How a driverless car sees the road (ft. a rogue duck)
- Correction: Google’s cars are currently maxxing out at Level 4 autonomy: Level 5 requires the ability to go anywhere whereas the current generation of car can only drive on pre-mapped roads.
Battlebots
- Essentially confirmed entrants
  - Chomp
    - Level 1 autonomy
    - Hammer test - now with ___% more wobble
  - Bronco
  - Lucky
  - SubZero
  - Minotaur
  - Bombshell
  - Tombstone
  - Gigabyte (ft. unsafe testing practices)
  - Red Devil
  - Hypershock
  - Yeti
  - Team Danby: Predator
    - More old Biteforce than Overhaul
  - Team Tauron/DRT: Monsoon
  - “Let’s move onto robots - I know what I’m talking about with those” (Ryan, 2018)
  - Team Nebula: Vanquish
  - Team PCP: Petunia
  - Multiple teams: Reality
  - “My robot knowledge is really letting me down today” (Also Ryan, 2018)
  - Oh Yes Robotics: End Game
    - Helpful infographic
  - HUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE
  - Not mentioend but highly noteworthy: Team Toad entering a new machine, Hypothermia
- Full list of confirmed entries on reddit or on Google docs
King of Bots 1.5 (This is Fighting Robots)
- Blue
- Megabyte
- Vulcan
- Great White
- An Ellis Ware heavyweight
- CJ
- Tanshe
- Weber
- Griffon
- Thunder & Lightning
- Unknown returning team
- Snake
- Grill Judge/Two BBQ
- Sabre
- Specrte
- 008
- Formula
- Tungsten
- Fango
- Breaker Box
- Bonesaw
- ~~SAT’arn~~ Saturn
- Dragon King
- Bonfire
- Full list of confirmed entries on reddit or on Google docs
Depression & anxiety
- Sam’s ‘year of health’
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Resources
- Gratuitous dog video