Whatever happens to that giant robots challenge between US and Japan?
Hopefully they don't allow designs that are only about tipping the competitor over. That's where its failed in the past. I want to see them cut/tear/crush their opponents, not flip them over.
Hopefully they don't allow designs that are only about tipping the competitor over. That's where its failed in the past. I want to see them cut/tear/crush their opponents, not flip them over.
Hopefully they don't allow designs that are only about tipping the competitor over. That's where its failed in the past. I want to see them cut/tear/crush their opponents, not flip them over.
Wait, I thought I saw new episodes last year (and then promptly forgot about the show)?
I was excited when they said it was coming back (ABC, right?) but hardly watch any live TV these days.
The best design is the one that wins -- if you have a really cool cutting/tearing/crushing design that's immobile because it's on it roof then you lose.
The cutting/tearing/crushing designs look and act cool but there's a problem with those strategies as they need to get close and stay close and do so for an extended period of time in order to inflict the damage, but the tipping designs need not hang around very long and can use momentum to assist with the flipping.
No, the real reason these 'bots' have a short shelf life is because they're not actually bots at all -- they're RC vehicles with appendages.
So, I predict there will be another round of highish ratings for the first few shows followed by declining ratings followed by cancellation after one or at most two seasons.
Now, if they were permitted to use military grade technology and were able to roam around outdoors with, say, drone video cameras to record the activities we might having something, but given that they are not going to be able to use: guns, explosives, chemical attacks (acid, water, paint) we are going to get a repeat of what we got 20 years ago -- RC vehicles using leverage and momentum!
Brian
I think the fire ones are the biggest waste of time, they have pretty much zero chance of winning.
IDK, that T-rex last battle was pretty damn impressive!
IDK, that T-rex last battle was pretty damn impressive!
Hopefully they don't allow designs that are only about tipping the competitor over. That's where its failed in the past. I want to see them cut/tear/crush their opponents, not flip them over.
The best design is the one that wins -- if you have a really cool cutting/tearing/crushing design that's immobile because it's on it roof then you lose.
The cutting/tearing/crushing designs look and act cool but there's a problem with those strategies as they need to get close and stay close and do so for an extended period of time in order to inflict the damage, but the tipping designs need not hang around very long and can use momentum to assist with the flipping.
No, the real reason these 'bots' have a short shelf life is because they're not actually bots at all -- they're RC vehicles with appendages.
So, I predict there will be another round of highish ratings for the first few shows followed by declining ratings followed by cancellation after one or at most two seasons.
Now, if they were permitted to use military grade technology and were able to roam around outdoors with, say, drone video cameras to record the activities we might having something, but given that they are not going to be able to use: guns, explosives, chemical attacks (acid, water, paint) we are going to get a repeat of what we got 20 years ago -- RC vehicles using leverage and momentum!
Brian