Do you think there's a way to build a bot that would crush opponents like what happened at the end of The Terminator (SPOILERS)?
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I don't know for sure, but I doubt that you'd be able to fit a strong enough press on a bot without exceeding the prescribed weight and size limitations.
We had bots in the past that were armed with hydraulic arms designed to penetrate their opponents and because they were claw-shaped they were able to maximize the pressure output. And even Razer who arguably had the strongest weapon, wasn't always able to pierce or even just do much more than a slight dent on some of his enemies.
razer was the king of that weapon type but they suffered when it came to pure weapon bots because of the exposed wheels plus the armor plating was thin, like they had to keep the weight down and with all that weight in the claw/mechanisms it's not surprising they won plenty of matches but the uk robot wars seemd to evade them because of better controlled bots, i remember one time they got flipped by firestorm i think, and they didn't have a self righting option, they fixed that and next time got knocked out down to damage on the wheels/armor plating jammed a wheel, another time they lost because the self righter was slow got broken and now their warhead bot just seems like a joke / crowd pleaser, it only won it's first match in bb 2 cos the other bot sucked ass and was merely an utterly useless concept bot for show... the t rex head is too thin, and they should get rid of the stupid arms and just rebuild razer .
That would exceed the weight limit but it would be cool.
share> Do you think there's a way to build a bot that would crush opponents
Not if both bots were built close to the 250 pound limit. The other bot would just have too much mass to be able to do much damage.
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If you watch How It's Made, there are frequently presses used that pucks of metal are placed in, then instantly they are cylinders because the press smashed them with enough force to push metal around the mold. Maybe a press large enough for a whole bot to fit into is out of reach in the size limit, but a smaller punch would put a whole in any bot for an instant KO.
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Even that small can press is a huge piece of machinery.
shareSomething like this has been asked before in various forums. Usually something like why don't they use the Jaws of Life as a weapon.
There are a number of reasons but mostly its how slow they operate. They trade power for speed. Also some use very high pressure large scuba type tanks that are probably banned or some sort of hydraulic pump that just wouldn't work.
Oh well. Back to the drawing board.
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