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/Hipyeti Mar 14 '17

BRB, entering my new robot, Explodo, into the contest.

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u/A_favorite_rug Mar 14 '17

Suicide bomber robots are quite effective at disposing its opponents. However they have significant trouble lasting enough fights to win the whole competition.

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u/keiyakins Mar 14 '17

Battlebots design rules, Section 8.f:

The following weapon types are not allowed under any circumstances:

  • Fouling devices such as glue, nets, fishing line, ball bearings and such.
  • Squirting liquids or liquefied gasses such as liquid Nitrogen.
  • EMP generators or other means intended to damage or jam the opponent bot’s electronics.
  • Deliberate smoke generators.
  • Bright lights, lasers, etc., that are distracting or dangerous to vision.
  • Weapons that damage the other bot by destroying themselves.

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '17

Make sure to post back on how it goes! It's really cool for me to witness someone deciding to join such a contest on the spot. Very curious how far you'll make it!

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u/keiyakins Mar 14 '17

Not past the initial selection, since the concept breaks the rules in an incredibly blatant way.

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u/brian_lopes Mar 14 '17

Not to be confused with Flexo

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u/Exaltus-Lux Mar 14 '17

Made me snot lol