Category: Silent Spring
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Silent Spring 9 (NHRL Sept. 2024 & Boxellmania)
*Note: this post is a backlog and spans the events in 2024 prior to finals* NHRL instituted a rule change for the 2024 season, decreasing the weight bonus for non-traditional locomotion (NTL) robots from 2 lbs to 1.5 lbs (total 4.5 lbs) in the 3lb nominal weight class. This included…
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Robots 2024 – In Review
2024 had some big shoes to fill after the path laid in 2023. That resulted in an ambitious year of which only some of the work paid off as planned in the end. Since there was no BattleBots activities, all the effort went into small bots; they all had full…
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Event Report: NHRL, April 2024
Friday evening Aaron and I drove down toe Norwalk, CT to meet teammate Liz for the NHRL competition held on April 20th. Much to my own surprise, I had three entries for this event: Silent X, Saiko!, and MegatRON. I was working on them up until the week of the…
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Prepped and ready? Three Bots for April NHRL!
Literally in the lobby of the Hilton after the event, I registered for April 2024. I registered three robots, some part fueled by disappointment in Silent X’s early departure and another part fueled by uncertainty for NHRL’s new lottery system. Much to my surprise, all three were accepted. Now I…
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Undefeated (sorta) at NHRL! Silent X @ March 2nd
4am I departed for the early morning drive to Norwalk, CT for the National Havoc Robot League (NHRL) March event. This event I was traveling relatively light; only myself and one beetleweight (3lb) robot, Silent X (SX). You can read about the changes to SX in my previous blog post!…
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Silent X: The Experiment Continues (March 2, NHRL)
This weekend, I’ll be taking Silent X to NHRL for their March event. You might be wondering, why just Silent X? Well, the registration system was overhauled for the 2024 season which transformed it from a first-come, first-serve system to a lottery system. While my main intention was the use…
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Robots – 2023 In Review
First real post of the new website! Feels a bit strange that it is a annual summary, especially since there haven’t been any even reports yet. But don’t worry, I’ll get those in in good time. Look forward to at minimum a report on the NHRL championship and NHRL all-stars…
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