Coming up with some tactics/strategies before the competition.
Many bots available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj2Bs70qUio
- 2 wheel drive, thick vertical disk by David Weston
- hidden wheels
- David's a good driver, going to be tricky to out drive him
- entirely possible to flip it backwards and beach it
- aim to keep out of the disk's way and attack the sides
- 2 wheel brushless drive, large vertical disk by Tom Brewster
- exposed wheels
- large disk means it gyro's
- aim for the sides
- ideally drum is better mounted so less likely to brake
- entirely possible it'll bounce out
- 2 wheel drive, front hinged flipper
- hidden wheels
- HDPE armour ought to allow bourbon to grab and throw them
- ideally forklettes should get under the wedge
- 4 wheel drive, egg beater
- hidden wheels
- similar to RW Hobgoblin
- Looks like a very nice design
- HDPE armour but vertical so hard to get bite
- aim for sides/rear
- 2 wheel drive, large seagull disk
- exposed wheels
- prone to bouncing
- aim for sides, wheels, cheek armour
- 4 wheel drive, 4bar lifter
- hidden wheels
- has self-righting mechanism
- HDPE armour but vertical so hard to get bite
- Has wide forklettes, might be worth attacking head on
- 4 wheel drive, grab'n'lift with greedy snake mechanism
- hidden wheels
- has some nice looking forklettes
- Aim for the sides
- worried about getting grabbed then lifted
- lifter mech looks weak, tactical face to face might destroy it
- 4 wheel drive, overhead brushless hub motor saw
- exposed wheels
- Saw is terrifying & robot is fast
- try to avoid and hope Bourbon can sideswipe while off balance
- gyro from saw makes it hard to steer
- 2 wheel drive, FingerTech beater bar
- hidden wheels
- very powerful combination
- HDPE armour but vertical so hard to get bite
- slow to manouver, aim to ram into walls
- 2 wheel drive, thick vertical disk by Shane Lale
- hidden wheels
- disk is quite high up the wedge so ought to outwedge him
- HDPE armour but vertical so hard to get bite
- no ears so will bounce unpredictably when upside down
- 2 wheel drive, ring binger
- hidden wheels
- No weapons but large cardboard means I'll need to keep on it to dismantle it
- 2 wheel drive, Hypershock-like by Gus
- exposed wheels
- Bounces a lot, try and force into walls
- can have a lance, avoid it!
- plenty of gyro
- 2 wheel drive, horizontal spinner
- hidden wheels
- try and get the horizontal to hit sides/rear of Bourbon
- aim for sides/rear
- 4 wheel drive, horizontal spinner
- exposed wheels
- try and get the horizontal to hit sides/rear of Bourbon
- aim for sides/rear & remove some wheels
- 2 wheel drive, flat spinner
- exposed wheels
- not expected to be particularly damaging
- aim at the wheels?
- 2 wheel drive, multibot wedges
- hidden wheels
- Look narrower than Bourbon's drum, avoid head to head
- Look 3D printed, may disintegrate quickly
- 2 wheel drive wedge with knife & fork!
- hidden wheels
- HDPE armour but vertical so hard to get bite
- Should be able to outwedge with forklettes
- aim to stack or get upsidedown
- 2 wheel drive, thick vertical disk by Sam Price
- hidden wheels
- thick HDPE armour but vertical so hard to get bite
- aim for sides/rear
- Avoid getting hit on the sides/rear
- 2 wheel drive, custom beater by Ari Callister
- hidden wheels
- completely new untested design
- TPU frame may be too flexible, beater's bearings might be too small
- aim for sides/rear, try to ram into walls
- 2 wheel drive, drumette
- hidden wheels
- HDPE unibody construction
- aim for sides/rear, try to ram into walls
- 2 wheel drive, electric clamp wedge
- exposed wheels
- aim for sides/rear & remove some wheels
- 4 wheel drive, wedge
- hidden wheels
- Should be bullet proof
- Have to stack or pit
- aim for sides/rear
- 2 wheel drive, electric lifter wedge
- hidden wheels
- HDPE armour but vertical so hard to get bite
- aim for sides/rear