Ray T

My old Infernal contraption robot that we used in robotwars, those were the days.

Video is a bit low quality how cameras have moved on these days.

http://youtu.be/V1HPzQIOLmk

gpssti4

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Quality. I used to love that program.

RobsyUK

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I thought the programme was lame.. The house robots could completly distroy anything and they were never allowed to.... So disapointing..

Ray T

We actually immobilised Sgt bash in one of our outings and ripped the front armour off kiliolot.

Midlife......

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Can't see the video on my PC.......what was your robot called ??

As Craig says

"Freddie Kreuger may have his flaws
But even he's a fan of Robot Wars"

LOL

Shaun

Ray T

Was called Infernal contraption , IC first letter of words came from Imperial College where we built it.

SirFozzalot

Nice one, I used to watch that programme quite a bit.

Were the entry rules limiting? I take it there were maximum sizes and weights to work to. Was there a restriction on power of weapons etc?

mart360

Wasnt it Razor who killed Matilda


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_e4cHWS2758


That was one robot who really gave the house robots some grief


Mart

wayne9t9

IIRC Infernal contraption was in the later series. I was in series 2 and 3 with Disruptor and Excalibur. Disriptor got through to the heat final by pure luck, then got knocked out by Panic Attack which went on to win that series. Excalibur got knocked out in the first battle, starter motors driving the rear wheels drained the battery in about five minutes. There was a great atmosphere in the pits, everybody happy to help out with any problems. Philipa Forester was ok too. I think the only restriction was 80kg, we got away with being a little over. Great fun, wish we were in on the first series and met Clarkson..

millsy3

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thats quality i always watched it too always wanted to build one but i bet they take a fare bit of planning and making.

kingofturds

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I always fancied dressing up in a tin foil suit and running around with a sledgehammer pretending to be the ultimate robot.

Boro

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Loved that programme. Anyone remember Road Block!

LSherratt

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Used to love this. Remember watching it on Fridays back in the day starting at 6:45pm wasn't it?

Razor, Chaos2, Hypno-disc and Pussycat were my favourites

Midlife......

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................and the Welsh one that always caught fire

Shaun

Bubba po

Quality programme.

LSherratt

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That red one which was covered in carpet or felt?

Ray T

Thought the red one was some guys from Northern Ireland.
The weight limit in later series was 100KG ours was 97kg but their scales were a bit wayward, we originally had 2 24V motors driving the spinning weapon drum but had to remove one because their scales did'nt read the same as the calibrated one we used at imperial!
The house robots varied in weight from 90 to 600 kg so there had to be some "rules". to put it in context cost wise hardware on the Infernal Contraption was about £3K but factor in the crew build time and your looking at £30k all in, we were lucky as it was a supported "student" project.

and here it is attacking a filing cabinet!

http://youtu.be/86mjKgmTGeQ

Ray t

belliott69

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Used to love robot wars, brilliant to see some videos.

L3YMS

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agree quality programme... apart from the dodgy husband & wife teams who wore fetish gear and a lot of super nerds who probably haven't been outside the house since the show was axed! The buzz at school the day after hypnodisc first appeared & smashed the ****e out of the competition was memorable!

Simon C

Loved that programme, I think the 2 most sucessfull were Panic Attach and Behemoth. I certainly remember Panic Attack being around for a very long time.

Ray T

Found this on youtube , this is where we took some extensive damage from 259 the disc on this was powered by a 6hp motor, but our first strike took out one of its drive belts and vee pullys so it got knocked out in the next round.If only we had got both belts!

http://youtu.be/4uDAUgLc9L8

belliott69

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I think chaos 2 was always the daddy though, i hardly ever saw it lose.

jonc

I couldn't tell whether the driver of Chaos 2 was male of female, looks male but with the voice of Ann Widdecombe.

wayne9t9

Here`s the two we made, Disruptor from season 2



Lost the heat final against Panic Attack ....... Here`s Excalibur from season 3



Not too memorable as it lost its first battle against Centurion

The budget was pretty low on both robots as most of the parts were begged or borrowed. I fabbed the shells in work from sheet steel. The chassis for Disruptor was Dexion with a wiper motor on each wheel. The most expensive part was the battery which had to be a sealed gel type, understandably they didnt want acid spilling everywhere during a battle.

J4CKO

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I never really watched it but nicked the scoring thing, "Style, Control, Damage and Agression"


























For when I go for a Poo

Ray T

And a last piccy, this was the robot in transport mode in the boot of the scooby.
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/phot...eat=directlink

vindaloo

Irish - Diotior or some such and red fur ISTR...

wayne9t9

Yea, apparently they had a hard time getting it from Ireland on the ferry. Security made them take it to bits because they thought it might be a bomb.