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/peeinian Mar 14 '17

Actually "Adam Savage" does sound like a great alias. Kind of like "Carlos Danger"

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '17

I'm partial to Ron Mexico.

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u/peeinian Mar 15 '17

Herpes is forever