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Combat Robotics NI Tournament! Sign up as a competitor or spectate and see Combat Robot carnage!

 

Whether you're a seasoned builder or just curious about robotics and all things RC, this in-person event is the perfect opportunity to dive into the exciting world of battlebot creation with experts to help guide you!

 

Build Rules:

• Max Weight: 450g (including with battery and all equipment needed for a fight, in the event a bot would have more than 1 blade or different configurations allowed within the rules set out, the heaviest configuration will be considered)

• Visible power on LED

• Power Switch or removable link

• Weapon bar locking (spinners only)

• No Fire or articles that produce fire

• No Explosives

• Nothing that will intentionally damage the arena

• Nothing Illegal

• Receiver with fail safe (spinners only)

• Spinner blades need to not be powerful enough to penetrate through 3mm polycarbonate (if your spinner hits a wooden surface and sufficiently becomes embedded, this may be powerful)

Match Rules:

• Matches last for a maximum of 3 minutes, if there is no winner then our judge will determine the winner based on the fight and tactics used

• To win, you must either stop a bot moving for 10 seconds, or knock your opponent out of the arena (touching the outer wall of the polycarbonate arena within the knockout area does count)

• Each driver can have 1 unstick per match

• If a battery becomes exposed, the match will stop, this will count as the drivers unstick

• Bots can be repaired between matches using equipment on hand to you, however the overall bot must not change

• Simple changes can be made to your bot between fights, for example a change of the blade used on a spinner, however drastic changes may be asked to be un-done

• Cluster bots are allowed and 66% of the bots must be knocked out of the arena/immobilised for the other bot to win

• It is permissible to have multiple drivers

• Where possible we will space matches so that each driver and bot gets a break for repairs, in the event this can not be done, the driver will have a maximum of 7 minutes to repair their bot or to make modifications, this may be increased on the day based on the match layout

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Timetable for the day:

10 .00 -> 10.30 - Arrival, weigh in, and safety check

10.30 -> 13.00 - Fights!

13.00 -> 14.00 - Lunch and repairs

14.00 -> 16.20 - Fights!

16.20 -> 16.30 - Winner crowned!

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The safety check will involve checking compliance with the rules listed above and will include a receiver fail safe test in which we will spin up the weapon on the spinner and switch off the controller, a successful bot will have the spinner stop.​

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Event Details:

- Date: 21st March

- Time: 10am - 5pm

- Participant Price: £10 Per Team

- Spectator Price: £5 Per Person (Or however much you can afford)

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If you plan to compete with more than 2 bots, we will reach out in the event that we can not fit every bot in the time frame.

Got questions? Email us at info@combatroboticsni.com