Servo - December 2009

EVENT REPORT:

Fighting Rob ts Invade

Classic RC Raceways

● by Chris Olin

The Ohio Robotics Club (ORC) — a member of the Robot Fighting League

(RFL) — held its tenth event, “House of Robotic Destruction Fall 2009”

(HORD) at Classic RC

Raceways in Akron, OH on September 19th 2009.

Classic RC Raceways is a year-round RC racing facility featuring indoor and outdoor race tracks.

The event was held in the indoor facility while monster trucks raced and jumped over the outdoor track. This year’s HORD featured 13 robots fighting it out in ORC’s 4 x 8 insect arena which features two trap doors that open midway through the match.

The fleaweight class (150 kg) featured two robots fighting a best two out of three. Lefty, a servo powered lifter driven by ORC cofounder Chris Olin, prevailed in the first match. However, his opponent, Defence-Defence-Defence Flea — a two wheel wedge bot driven by PennBot veteran Richard Kelley — came back from behind, winning the next two matches and taking home the prize.

The antweight class (1 lb) featured four robots fighting a round robin tournament which ended with two robots tied for first place. This forced a tie breaker match between two past HORD champions: The Froogin, a two wheeled pushy bot driven by ORC cofounder Ron Barron; and

First Place Antweight

“The Froogin.”

First Place Fleaweight “Defence-Defence-Defence Flea.”

Lab Assistant, a four wheeled robot with a lift powered by an ultra high torque robot servo, driven by Chris Olin. Midway through the match, Lab Assistant’s battery began to fade, giving The Froogin an easy victory and the first place trophy.

Meanwhile in the beetleweight

class ( 3 lb), eight robots fought through a full seven rounds of a round robin tournament. Past HORD Champion Up Tech — a two wheeled wedge driven by Ron Barron — pushed his way to an impressive five wins out of seven.