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Building Combat Arenas:
A Guide to Staying Safe
by James Baker
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BUILD REPORT:
Building Combat Arenas:
A Guide to Staying Safe
● by James Baker
Combat robots are
dangerous; we can all agree
about that. Anything designed to
smash titanium will surely make
short work of us mere humans.
Event organizers face a battle of
their own to contain our home-built terminators, and protect the
fans who love to watch the
carnage (but would not really like
to be a part of it). As the robots
get bigger, so do the challenges
they pose. For anyone who has
ever thought
about building
their own arena,
here is a general
guide. Just don’t
expect to find
technical plans on
this page, as
designing your
arena is
something you
should either do
yourself, or have a
suitably qualified
expert do for you.
Seeing Right
Through It
A universally accepted
solution to the common problem
of flying debris is the transparent
screen. Usually made of
polycarbonate, the screen must
be an effective barrier between
the public and the projectiles that
a good fight will generate.
Unfortunately, big plastic screens
An 8,000 lb all welded arena.
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