2011 Robo Challenge UK Championships. April 15-17, NEC

[james...venom]

Re: 2011 Robo Challenge UK Championships. April 15-17, NEC

Yes that fine thank you for your entry. Not long to go now, hope all your machines are ready for what I believe will be the hardest fought UK Champs ever

[james...venom]

Re: 2011 Robo Challenge UK Championships. April 15-17, NEC

Hi Guys

I shall be posting a current entry list hopefully tonight. This will also include the day which you will be qualifying on. If there are any problems with the draw just let me know and we will do our best to accommodate you.

Not long to go now!

[Mouldy]

Re: 2011 Robo Challenge UK Championships. April 15-17, NEC

Hi James, can you confirm if I'm signed up or not before you do the draw? Grant said he'd sign me up.

[craig_colliass]

Re: 2011 Robo Challenge UK Championships. April 15-17, NEC

Going to be doing some work on Tron (Metatorn) This is the year for the old prophet.

[blazerbotics]

Re: 2011 Robo Challenge UK Championships. April 15-17, NEC

Signed up, see if Alpha has another event left in it :P Do you want me to bring my dragsters for display?

[PJ-27]

Re: 2011 Robo Challenge UK Championships. April 15-17, NEC

The LG Arena are doing their bit to promote the event.............

http://www.lgarena.co.uk/results.htm?k=gadget+show

[RogueTwoRobots]

Re: 2011 Robo Challenge UK Championships. April 15-17, NEC

Booked into The Birmingham Hotel (http://www.thebirminghamhotel.com/index.htm)
£45 per night for a twin room (breakfast optional extra) but when booking for three nights you get 10% off the price, according to LateRooms.com.

Reviews are mixed but depends on your expectations; however it's relatively near to the NEC and they should still have rooms available for now if anyone is still looking for something.

[Anttazz]

Re: 2011 Robo Challenge UK Championships. April 15-17, NEC

Another place we're staying that got good enough reviews is here:

http://www.centralguesthouse.com/index.html

Between 30 and 45 quid a night with breakfast included. Jamies post reminded me people were still looking for places or I would have posted this sooner

[razerdave]

Re: 2011 Robo Challenge UK Championships. April 15-17, NEC

I've signed up, but I have a K*bot event on the friday, so just wondering how late will qualifiers for friday still be going on ? If they stop before 4, can you put my qualifiers on Saturday please James/Grant

[grant_ploughbot]

Re: 2011 Robo Challenge UK Championships. April 15-17, NEC

Hi Guy's,
Just a quick update to let you all know that I have sent out e-mails to everyone signed up so far with regards to which day they will be qualifying on (Friday/Saturday).
If you have signed up but have not yet recieved an e-mail please contact me asap and I will get a confirmation of qualifying dates to send out to you.
Please keep your days confidential untill sign-ups are officially closed.

We don't have many spaces left for the event now, so if you would like to enter please sign-up as soon as possible to avoid dissapointment.

James and I are currently working very hard behind the scenes to ensure everything runs smoothly. Due to the nature of this event and the extreamly large crowds that surrounded our stand last year, we need to all take safety a step further for this competition.

We are seeing a large increase in the number of robots using Lithium Polymer batteries recently, and we would like to remind everyone who will be using these batteries to ensure that they purchase (and most importantly use) a LiPo Sack for charging purposes.
We will be running stricter Tech Checks with regards to robots wiring on any robots using Lithium Polymer batteries.
There are a number of key reasons behind the layout and the number of teams competing each day - the main reason being for safety of public audiences.
There have already been approximatly 100,000 tickets sold for the Gadget Show Live, so expect it to be busy!

More details to follow shortly.

[teamshock]

Re: 2011 Robo Challenge UK Championships. April 15-17, NEC

Grant, We haven't recieved an email yet.

[mattsdragons]

Re: 2011 Robo Challenge UK Championships. April 15-17, NEC

shame i would make this one but my bot was just so crap and had to be re-built, mabey if you ever do a show like this again i could do that one

[craig_colliass]

Re: 2011 Robo Challenge UK Championships. April 15-17, NEC

don't think I have received an email yet.

[psychostorm]

Re: 2011 Robo Challenge UK Championships. April 15-17, NEC

So... who has had their email?

[Anttazz]

Re: 2011 Robo Challenge UK Championships. April 15-17, NEC

Me