ROBOT PR FILE
TOP RANKED ROBOT THIS MONTH
Top Ranked Combat Bots
History Score
Weight
Bot
Class
150 rams 26/7
1 pound 44/5
1 k 27/10
3 pounds 48/21
6 pounds 17/2
12 pounds 42/12
15 pounds 29/2
30 pounds 31/6
Ranking
Win/Loss Weight Class Bot
Win/Loss
VD
Dark Pounder
Roadbug
3pd
G.I.R.
Solaris
Humdinger 2
Helios
150 rams The Joke 4/0
1 pound Black Death 6/0
1 k Roadbug 7/4
3 pounds Yeti 8/0
6 pounds G.I.R. 8/0
12 pounds Tourinho 11/0
15 pounds Humdinger 2 29/2
30 pounds Touro Feather 8/2
30 (sport) Upheaval 8/4
30 (sport) Bounty Hunter 9/1
60 pounds 43/5
60 pounds K2 6/0
Wedge of
Doom
120 pounds Devil's Plunger 53/15
220 pounds BioHazard 35/5
340 pounds SHOVELHEAD 39/15
390 pounds MidEvil 28/9
History Score is calculated by Current Ranking is calculated by
perfomance at all events known performance at all known events, using
to BotRank data from the last 18 months
Data as of February 10, 2009
120 pounds Touro 18/3
220 pounds Original Sin 10/2
340 pounds Ziggy 5/2
● by Kevin Berry
Upheaval – Currently Ranked #1
Class:
30 pound Sportsman Hobbyweight
Team: Mad Scientist
Builder(s): Alan Young
Location: Freehold, NJ
BotRank Data Total Fights
Lifetime History 16
Current Record 12
Events 5
Wins
10
8
Losses
6
4
Upheaval has competed in:
Franklin Institute Robot
Weekend, Motorama 2008, Franklin
Institute Robot Conflict, Motorama
2007, and House of NERC 2006.
By press time, Upheaval will also
have fought at Motorama 2009.
Details are:
● Configuration: Pneumatic flipper.
● Frame: Welded 6061 aluminum
and garolite.
● Drive: 2WD Banebots 36 mm
planetary gearmotors.
● Wheels:
3” Colsons.
● Drive ESC: Victor 883.
● Drive batteries: Thunderpower
four cell 2,300 mAh LiPo.
● Weapon type: Pneumatic
launcher.
● Weapon power: 200 psi CO .
2
● Armor: UHMW plastic and
duct tape.
● Radio system: Spektrum DX6.
● Future plans: Currently on the
third rebuild ... I think I’ll stick
with this version for awhile.
● Design philosophy: Pack in as
much flipping power as possible,
while retaining reliability.
● Builders bragging opportunity:
Record for most opponent flips in
NERC event history. SV
Photo is courtesy of Eric Scott and information is
courtesy of Alan Young. All fight statistics are
courtesy of BotRank (
www.botrank.com) as of
February 10, 2009. Event attendance data is
courtesy of BotRank and The Builder’s Database
(
www.buildersdb.com).
SERVO 04.2009
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