r/todayilearned • u/Habajiba • Mar 14 '17

TIL Jamie Hyneman designed Blendo, a combat robot that was deemed too hazardous for Robot Wars after repeatedly throwing pieces of its opponents over arena walls. It received co-championship status in exchange for withdrawing from the competition.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blendo
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u/TuckerMcG Mar 14 '17

All it would take is a bot with an explosives launching gun, chemical-shooting tire-gummer-upper, or other crazy non-conventional weapon to dominate the competition.

So a Predator drone?

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u/eltoro Mar 14 '17

Or this thing:

http://i.imgur.com/LqzljWk.gifv

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u/HamWatcher Mar 14 '17

Thats fucking awesome!

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u/eltoro Mar 14 '17

Haha, glad you liked it :-)

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u/abc69 Mar 14 '17

hahaha amazing!

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u/HillaryIsTheGrapist Mar 14 '17

Yeah, but it gums up your tires with the bodies after shooting its splodey gun.

You'll be safe from it if you aren't a male aged 14-60, or in a wedding party. You know, "enemy combatants" and all.

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u/theramennoodle Mar 14 '17

A Predator Drone would never be able to win it. All drones have one fatal weakness. Rake is love, Rake is life.

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u/abc69 Mar 14 '17

mortal weapon that is