Rampaging Chariots guild

[typhoon_driver]

I thought I would promote the project that the typhoon team moved onto after robot wars. A website has been put together.

http://www.rampagingchariots.org.uk/http://www.rampagingchariots.org.uk/

There is also a lot of information about the typhoon bots. I would highly recommend anyone looking at building a spinner take a look at the theory pages.

[leorcc]

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It looks very good. How many teams compete in total?

[typhoon_driver]

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At last years competition around 40 robots were competing. This year the number could be closer to 200.

[leorcc]

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That is impressive. Divided over how many schools?

[typhoon_driver]

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Generally each school or Air Training Corps Squadron has one or two machines.

In previous years it has been Scottish based however there are now kits being sent throughout the UK

[dmac]

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Could this be the start of a new series of Team Games based events. Bit like Technogames.

[ewan]

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Expand the promotion to roboteers too (ala The UK Robotic Games) and I for one would be interested. Always helps to have a few big aerospace companies sponsoring events like this =]

[mightymouse]

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This is just the kind of initiative that should be encouraged.

PS can I play?

[teamshock]

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This looks great!

I have just emailed my teachers about this so we might be entering at least one robot.

[typhoon_driver]

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Currently the only bots that are allowed to enter the competitions are the ones made from the kits.

This is to stop someone (I have asked) turning up with a mag powerhouse with tracks etc.

The project is designed to get kids into engineering and give them a practical use for physics and maths and it has been felt in the past that allowing any and all enter would detract from this.

Feel free to get in contact with the guild though. I dont speak for them.

[john]

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i would ask my school

but the dt teachers hate me [banned]

looks like something a group of us roboteers could win though and doesnt cost that much

could we do it?

(Message edited by john on January 07, 200

(Message edited by kane on January 07, 200

[RogueTwoRobots]

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I remember first seeing that robot design used by the Air Cadets for their group of entries at the UK Robotic Games northern heat down in Wigan back in 2005 and thinking Wow, that is what you call a fleet of robots

There were only six of them there

To now hear that there are around 200 of them on the go is incredile - it just goes to show how versatile and highly effective those machines actually are.

[john]

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as my comment about my teachers was removed

what i mean is that i dont think i should help my school compete in this as they moan at me everyday for doing nothing wrong and if we won this it would be another thing the ofsted outstanding school would brag about

jeez that few days of ofsted was such a setup

[geeza]

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Its always the same John, dont feel picked on. In two years of GSCE chem we did 2 practicals, 1 for coursework and one when OFSTED came calling.

[teamshock]

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Well my teachers like the sound of it and have already sent off the email to apply.

We already have a team put together with some good ideas that i might borrow for whirlpool evo .

Will