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Here I am with my robot "Mifune" early on in the LEGO robogladiator competition.
Photo courtesy Tim Gnatek.
Photos courtesy Jessica Lehrbaum.
Christian, my good friend and greatest LEGO adversary, and I prepare for combat. Christian had built an amazing controller similar to a RC pistol grip radio.
Christian's robot Dreadnought pushing Mifune around. He had built a much higher gear reduction than me,was running on 18 volts instead of 9, so therefore had more power and torque to shove me around the arena.
Christian, who was in 2nd place in the rankings, and I fought a semi final battle that was called a draw. The judges asked if we would like to team up and go against the undefeated evil Borg like cube, BattleBot, "hell ya!" With only a few minutes to change batteries and repair our bots we dove head first into our LEGOs. The clock rang and I barely made it to the arena with my battery cases closed. Christian still needing a few more seconds said he would join in after the battle had started. Christian's robot was suffering from the fact he was running on 18 volts, the fuses in the battery boxes kept popping. I was being slaughtered by the 30lb LEGO monster, I thought Dreadnaught had torque, but BattleBot slammed me into the wall of the arena like a Mac truck to a Honda Accord. But luck was on my side that day, Battlebot started suffering from the same problems of running on 18 volts, his fuses kept popping, shutting him down. The judges declared me the winner. Christian and I still need to battle it out again, and we will, soon, you can count on it.
Me again after winning, modifications, and a lack sleep. Notice the many batteries we went thru.
Photo courtesy Dan Danknick.
Detail photos of Mifune here.
For blow by blow coverage of the Lego RoboGladiators event check out Dan's awsome Team Delta site.
Media coverage I've received because of Mindstorms.
LEGO Mindstorms RoboGladiator E3 Event
Robots powered by Dave Baum's NQC. Thanks Dave for writing Mindstorms software for those of us who use Macintosh.
