Team Carbon's November Necrosis Event report
November Event Report A few months ago, Titan and Hyperion, my two antweight combat robots, had their first combat robotics event. Though both robots did well, with Titan winning the antweight rumble, there's some room for improvement. Only right before Titan's first fight, it finally clicked that there was an issue in the weapon system. As I was loading the bot into the arena, I was already thinking ahead to the necessary repairs and how to go about with them in the most efficient manner. The opposing robot was called Chopper, built by Andy Hedge, a returning competitor known for untraditional yet effective designs. Chopper has two light vertical spinners driven by a single motor along with an aluminum scoop down the center. This scoop ended up being super effective, and Titan's less-flush wedge (Without the "beak" shown in the picture) was no match for it. The light vertical spinners only caused cosmetic damage, but they acted as flippers which ...