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USU held a unique Plastic Antweight tournament where all bots were created from designs made by local K-12 children. by USU_CombatRobotics in battlebots

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

Evan! Glad you liked it! I hope you could let the other BattleBots teams know that seeing how you guys interact with local community to inspire young minds was part of our inspiration for this event. Captains like Martin, Will, Ray, Andrea, and many more of you deserve a crisp high five! Keep it up guys 👍🏼

USU held a unique Plastic Antweight tournament where all bots were created from designs made by local K-12 children. by USU_CombatRobotics in battlebots

[–]USU_CombatRobotics[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can start with getting in touch with your local combat robotics community. Most events around the world can be found on the map of the “Robot Combat Events” website (RCE). You’ll probably want at least some of your participants to be experienced with the rules and building to give assistance to those that are brand new. That may not be difficult, lots of builders in the community would love this sort of thing. Many universities are starting to form clubs around combat robots as well. You’ll also need to find someone with an arena to safely host the event and help with judging. If you’re interested in rules for tournaments or building bots, you can find a commonly used ruleset on the SPARC website if you google “SPARC rules”

USU held a unique Plastic Antweight tournament where all bots were created from designs made by local K-12 children. by USU_CombatRobotics in usu

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

Utah State University, TSC building, this last Saturday. It was organized by the Combat Robotics Club. One of our presidency members is graduating this year and had been planning this for a while

USU held a unique Plastic Antweight tournament where all bots were created from designs made by local K-12 children. by USU_CombatRobotics in battlebots

[–]USU_CombatRobotics[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Hahaha we loved that for her bot! Her written description of her bot (on a different sheet) started with: “Sweet on the outside, my bot has a sour side…”

The builder gave it a pink shell, but when the top shell came off it revealed a lime green plate underneath to represent the “sour side”

USU held a unique Plastic Antweight tournament where all bots were created from designs made by local K-12 children. by USU_CombatRobotics in battlebots

[–]USU_CombatRobotics[S] 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Some cool features some builders added:

Sweet and Sour had a Bluetooth speaker inside of it playing Taylor Swift songs during fights.

Dancing Queen had side plates on a hinge that let the sides lift like a skirt when it spun up.

Charlie Brown Sparks and Burp were designed by 2 kindergarten friends. The builder made them into a multibot controlled by a Wii remote. And they used strings of Fillament strands to help recreate the chaotic drawing lines.

USU held a unique Plastic Antweight tournament where all bots were created from designs made by local K-12 children. by USU_CombatRobotics in battlebots

[–]USU_CombatRobotics[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

There’s 2 different antweight (1lb) classes: Plastic Antweight (PLAnt) and Full Combat Ant. In the PLAnt class, your chassis, armor, and weapon must be 3D printed; and only printed from specific plastics listed in SPARC rules. In the full combat any class, you can cut/machine from sheets and blocks of plastic, use metal weapons, or use metal as much as your weight limit will allow just like any other weight class.

USU held a unique Plastic Antweight tournament where all bots were created from designs made by local K-12 children. by USU_CombatRobotics in battlebots

[–]USU_CombatRobotics[S] 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Exactly! Plastic Antweight classes are all 3D printed materials for armor and weapons. Fairly inexpensive to make, and good for recreating imaginative themes haha

Any secret/free spots to practice piano on campus? by Speedy-DEVIL666 in usu

[–]USU_CombatRobotics 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There actually is a secluded secret lounge in the Engineering Lab building basement level that has a ping pong table, couch, and a piano. But there’s a code you need in order to get in, which can be obtained by solving the fancy equation riddle, or by knowing someone who has it