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Robotic Combat Events
(short list)
| Event Name |
Primary Location |
Weight Classes |
Notes: |
| BattleBots |
San Francisco, CA |
LW - SHW |
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| Bot
Bash |
Tucson, AZ
(arena is highly mobile) |
HbW - LW |
* Site hosts a large quantity of videos
* 2-on-2 "sport" matches including "Kill
Ball" (soccer) and "Annihilation" (full combat) |
| Steel
Conflict |
Los Angeles, CA |
LW - SHW |
* Events have included RCX |
| Battle
Beach |
Florida |
Ant - SHW |
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| West
Coast Robotics |
Los Angeles, CA |
UK - LW |
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| SOZBOTS |
Los Angeles, CA |
Ant |
* Site is also a good source for small robot parts. |
| MECHWARS |
Minnesota |
LW-SHW + 390lb |
* Also holds their own larger 390lb class |
| Robot
Fighting League |
see notes |
see notes |
* Collection of various bot events in North America.
See site for larger list of events and dates. |
| Builders
DB |
see notes |
see notes |
* Many events use this site to handle event registration. |
Robotic Combat Parts:
- Robot
Market Place - large variety of products. Includes
a "classifieds" section
- Team Delta -
various products including 18V DeWalt parts, wheels, and RC
interfaces
- NPC Robotics
- popular source for gear head "wheelchair" motors and
large tires.
- IFI Robotics
- popular 24V ESCs and 900MHz controller
- Vantec - dual motor
ESCs and higher voltage ESCs
- Battle Packs -
high quality NiCd, NiMh, and Li-Poly packs (both small and
large)
- SOZBOTS - various
small robot parts
- McMaster-Carr -
various mechanical components
- SDP-SI - various
mechanical components
- Tower Hobbies
- various hobby RC models and RC equipment
- Servo City -
various servo related items
Sites with useful robotics info:
- Tentacle
Torque/AHr Calculator - Tool to determine theoretical
torque & speed as well as power required based on motors,
votlage, gearing, and wheel size. VERY USEFUL
- Metal
Weight Calculator
- Sheet
Metal Gauge Size Chart
- Various Delphi Forums
- BattleBots
Tech - general Robotic Combat technical forum
- Robot
Fighting League - general Robotic Combat technical forum (has
a list of some other related robot fighting forums)
- Antweights
- focuses on UK Ants (150g), US Ants (16oz), and Beetle
Weights (3lb)
- Sub-Light
Robotic Combat - focus on Feather Weight (30lb),
Hobby Weight (12lb), and some smaller classes
- Robot-One
- Bipedal robot competition. Big in Japan but primarily US
builders.
- TERRA -
"Tucson Experimenter's Radio and Robotics Association"
(Yahoo! group)
- RobotCombat.com
- Team Nightmare - site includes a "Robot Name
Database", info on other robot builders by region, links to
other team websites, and pictures from all of the BattleBot
events
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