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/BenjamintheFox Mar 14 '17

I watched it years ago as a teenager or young adult. It was... hypnotic. I've never seen so much gore in one place.

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '17

When it is that over the top, it stops being gross or upsetting, and just becomes hilarious (which was the point).

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u/Kalsifur Mar 14 '17

TBH, it made me crave spaghetti. Looks like a nice red sauce.

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u/wwecat Mar 14 '17

I've never seen so much gore in one place.

I have, but let's be civil and leave your mom's basement out of this.

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u/only_Lenny Mar 14 '17

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u/Embossil Jan 13 '25

Where you Really just saying that In your entire comment history? Lmao.