InternetProtocol t1_isdv3l6 wrote on October 15, 2022 at 5:31 AM

Reply to comment by DoctorSalt in 250lb Battlebot is flipped and sticks the landing by jon-in-tha-hood

IIRC, the original walls were about half as high, then the blendo thing happened, so they doubled the height, then it happened again, so they doubled the height yet again and re-enforced them.

danielv123 t1_isetap0 wrote on October 15, 2022 at 12:56 PM

They now also have double spaced half inch plexiglass on the walls. There was a case in one of the lower weight classes when a spinner was launched at the wall and broke through the inner layer.

TheGazelle t1_isetdmz wrote on October 15, 2022 at 12:57 PM

Is there a reason they never just.. Put a roof on it?

Like just make them fight in a large cube so there's no way for shrapnel to get out?

Qwerty1418 t1_isfg7ph wrote on October 15, 2022 at 3:57 PM

They did that in the early 2000s, Blendo was around like 1997 or something. All of the modern fights have been in a heavy duty fully enclosed box.

Zathrus1 t1_isfsxni wrote on October 15, 2022 at 5:27 PM

Bots routinely (couple times a season) hit the ceiling, which is fully enclosed.

MrFluffyThing t1_isfugvb wrote on October 15, 2022 at 5:37 PM

Backlash started flinging stuff over the high walls so they added a roof at that point.