Description

• Follow up
  • Judging
    • We have had a look at the Judges’ Guide
      • We can’t show you it
      • We won’t quote directly from it
      • We will give you the headlines
        • It’s a thorough document which accounts for pretty much every reasonable scenario
  • Mordecai14’s full RTNCTI run through
  • The weird, weird world of gyroscopic effect
    • DolphinWithRobotArms, Derekdudge, and gr_zero explain why we were Ryan was wrong
      • Demonstration involving counter-rotating masses
        • It was while writing these very shownotes that Ryan realised that the setup in this video is pretty much exactly what Falcon has.
        • Counter Revolution demonstrating sluggish, but seemingly unhindered, turning
    • ‘Mental models’ and learning: assimilation & accommodation
    • Cognitive disequilibrium
  • Battlebots Bingo - Update number 1
    • The Bingo hub
• Front Matter
  • Ben Eater building a graphics card
    • Probably not a cannibal
    • Definitely a clever dude
• Battlebots 2019, Episode 4
  • Duck! vs Cobalt
    • !Floor
      • Expectations vs reality
      • Impact on fights
      • Impact on designs
        • Design flaws, design risks, and design advantages
    • Good fights > bad fights
    • Duck! is amazing. Cobalt is amazing. This fight is amazing.
    • ‘Cheap’ wins
  • Bombshell vs RotatoR
    • RotatoR’s new configuration
      • RotatoR’s new, new configuartion
    • Bombshell mk 3 - design vs performance
      • Good robots, bad robots, and everything in between
        • Team history vs robot history
  • Nelly the Ellybot vs Rainbow
    • BIAS!!!!!
    • A fight which looked good on the card, and turned out to be a good battle
    • Chris & Kenny’s performances this season
    • Nelly’s working weapon
      • Its OK, because its only a joke robot /s
  • End Game vs Ribbot
    • End Game’s smart upgrades
      • End Game’s poor performances
    • Ribbot’s solid design choices
      • Ribbot’s solid performances
  • Tombstone vs SawBlaze
    • Who do they throw at Tombstone next?
    • The mirror-universe version of this fight where SawBlaze doesn’t trip over its own pulveriser
• Battlebots 2019, Episode 5
  • Gigabyte vs Minotaur
    • Another problematic redesign
      • Wheely-ing
      • Weapon spinup/reliability
    • D E S P E R A D O T O U R N A M E N T
  • Shatter! vs WanHoo
    • Yes.
    • HAmMeRs dON’t dO aNY DaMAge
      • Terrorhurtz “vs” Panic Attack
    • The most one-sided decision of all time?
    • Counting swings/hits
    • Aiming to entertain
  • SOW vs Whiplash
    • Build up
      • Podcasters discuss filmmaking…again…
    • How to beat SOW