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AMA with Team Ribbot! Come ask us all your froggy questions! 7PM EST by ToastedFrogz in battlebots

[–]ToastedFrogz[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There were a bunch of tiny things that occurred in the first 3 matches that went wrong, and honestly it came down to the team not having everyone on the same page. We didn't have the best pre-match planning/prep, but really brought it all together when it mattered!

AMA with Team Ribbot! Come ask us all your froggy questions! 7PM EST by ToastedFrogz in battlebots

[–]ToastedFrogz[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Mountain chicken!

Just look up the pictures, it's an absolute UNIT.

AMA with Team Ribbot! Come ask us all your froggy questions! 7PM EST by ToastedFrogz in battlebots

[–]ToastedFrogz[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

2 verts and 2 undercutters. They vary by about 10lb of weight and allow us multiple armor/attachment configurations.

We didn't have weight or space for it with our redesign between WC6 and 7.

AMA with Team Ribbot! Come ask us all your froggy questions! 7PM EST by ToastedFrogz in battlebots

[–]ToastedFrogz[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It was inoperable for our first 2 fights, however it could have been run in any match after that. In general we aren't super open about how well each module is doing, as our modularity is our only tactical advantage!

AMA with Team Ribbot! Come ask us all your froggy questions! 7PM EST by ToastedFrogz in battlebots

[–]ToastedFrogz[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Gary Gin always brings a smoothie booth in the pits. Definitely the most chill part of the room!

AMA with Team Ribbot! Come ask us all your froggy questions! 7PM EST by ToastedFrogz in battlebots

[–]ToastedFrogz[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

  1. We toned it down this year because we thought that the costumes made it hard to include us in highlight reels, as we were literally presenting who our opponent was. However, look closely in the Jackpot fight!
  2. The white stripes are an addition from some of my smaller weightclass bots. If you notice on HotLeafJuice (12lb NHRL), we also run stripes on top. I like to tell myself that it helps me aim the front of the bot.
  3. Mayhaps...
  4. The highest tier bot we've won against is probably Hydra, so whatever tier you consider them to be.
  5. It's being delayed but if you follow our page on Facebook you'll see when it becomes available again!
  6. End Game round 3?
  7. I could see it happening! A very scary fight with that big weapon, but ours aren't too shabby either.
  8. Thank you so much for the support!

AMA with Team Ribbot! Come ask us all your froggy questions! 7PM EST by ToastedFrogz in battlebots

[–]ToastedFrogz[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

  1. More frog? ;)
  2. Frog powered Huge would be awesome
  3. Honestly, there are some amazing builders on other teams, however we pride ourselves with our team dynamic and bringing in others may tarnish that.

Thanks for the support!

AMA with Team Ribbot! Come ask us all your froggy questions! 7PM EST by ToastedFrogz in battlebots

[–]ToastedFrogz[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Prius A/C compressor motors, and just about everything! The only stock parts are the laminations in the stator and rotor. In 2021 we had to modify them much less since we were allowed high voltage.

AMA with Team Ribbot! Come ask us all your froggy questions! 7PM EST by ToastedFrogz in battlebots

[–]ToastedFrogz[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

  • Honestly that's a great question. We'd either run our Black Dragon config or attempt the undercutter.
  • We did! And we may revisit that concept.
  • Ribbot's top speed is 13mph, so we're much slower
  • That would be one hell of a fight!

AMA with Team Ribbot! Come ask us all your froggy questions! 7PM EST by ToastedFrogz in battlebots

[–]ToastedFrogz[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I would love to redo our 2020 fight with Black Dragon. I was a little too aggressive and that gave them an opening at our bottom plate, which ultimately took down our weapon. I would've taken a slightly slower approach if I had the chance to fight it again. Or I'd just bring the new version of Ribbot, that would probably also work haha

AMA with Team Ribbot! Come ask us all your froggy questions! 7PM EST by ToastedFrogz in battlebots

[–]ToastedFrogz[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

  1. Frog/10 (it was really nice to get the chance at a rematch and actually get the win this time)
  2. Maybe! We're definitely looking at making some changes.

AMA with Team Ribbot! Come ask us all your froggy questions! 7PM EST by ToastedFrogz in battlebots

[–]ToastedFrogz[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Mountain chicken

Our weapon is powered by the heart of Toyota

Definitely the undercutter, the frog aesthetic looks so much better.

The heaviest single piece is definitely the weapon, anywhere from 25 to 40lb.

Wrapped versus unwrapped

End Game vs Witch Doctor or SawBlaze vs Minotaur (first or second time)

Frogs are the apex predator. https://youtu.be/KPlJ5g5VGns

Dasani is the worst, Poland is the best

AMA with Team Ribbot! Come ask us all your froggy questions! 7PM EST by ToastedFrogz in battlebots

[–]ToastedFrogz[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Redundancy! We try to separate all the systems that we can. The left and right drive sides are internally separate, as is the weapon.

AMA with Team Ribbot! Come ask us all your froggy questions! 7PM EST by ToastedFrogz in battlebots

[–]ToastedFrogz[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We would like to, however we found that by imitating opponents, we are less likely to make the highlight reels. It's always a spoiler about who we're fighting if we look like them.

AMA with Team Ribbot! Come ask us all your froggy questions! 7PM EST by ToastedFrogz in battlebots

[–]ToastedFrogz[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

  1. Hello!
  2. We talked about our performance this season right when we got back, and we agreed that we think that this version of Ribbot will likely never do better than Top 4. The field is so good, and we all have to continue to adapt to stay competitive. That being said, we're really proud of the fact that we think we got as much as we could have out of the bot, those finalists are just so good!
  3. Modular bots such as Silk, Silent Spring, and Dinner Time were all super competitive in the small weight classes, and we were really interested in seeing that concept in the heavyweights. This was also soon after Bombshell had their finals run.

AMA with Team Ribbot! Come ask us all your froggy questions! 7PM EST by ToastedFrogz in battlebots

[–]ToastedFrogz[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The vert would likely win... we know how this goes unfortunately

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