Robot Wars
[spoiler]Speed squared and and the robot with the pincers were, in part, victims of the weight limit. The pincers seemed to be far too big a percentage of the robot and therefore left no capacity for a weapon. House robot Shunt is not hampered in the same way and comes with the circular saw as well. Likewise Speed squared had the disc on the outside which in theory would make it more dangerous, but a it is effectively a large flywheel and therefore requires it to be of a certain weight. This meant that they could only put one cover on the robot and left the underside exposed, which is not a good tactic for a robot that is designed to work both ways up. Also they only used small bearings to support the wheel, and these were being shattered very easily by the vibration and the eventual buckling of the wheel. [/spoiler]
[spoiler]Speed squared and and the robot with the pincers were, in part, victims of the weight limit. The pincers seemed to be far too big a percentage of the robot and therefore left no capacity for a weapon. House robot Shunt is not hampered in the same way and comes with the circular saw as well. Likewise Speed squared had the disc on the outside which in theory would make it more dangerous, but a it is effectively a large flywheel and therefore requires it to be of a certain weight. This meant that they could only put one cover on the robot and left the underside exposed, which is not a good tactic for a robot that is designed to work both ways up. Also they only used small bearings to support the wheel, and these were being shattered very easily by the vibration and the eventual buckling of the wheel. [/spoiler]
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