FIGURE 16. Beetleweight
bot Beetle.
I lost two straight
matches with my rebuilt
spinner the Mole. The
best I could do was to
stick myself on the arena
wall (Figure 19). The Box
beat Topsy-Turvey for the
Beetle gold. A complete
list of all the winners is
in Table 1.
Melees were held for
the Ants and Beetles,
with the arena pit
hazards coming out as
the big winner since it
was full of Ants Buzz,
Last year’s inaugural event had
great corporate sponsorship and
television coverage from two local
stations. This event continues to grow,
so register early and plan to attend
this great day of robotmania! You
can follow PennBots on their
website at www.pennbots.org or
on www.buildersdb.com. SV
FIGURE 17.
Beetleweight bot
Topsy-Turvey.
FIGURE 19. Beetleweight
bot the Mole with blade
stuck in the arena wall.
FIGURE 18. Beetleweight bot Beetle pushing
Topsy-Turvey into the arena pit hazard.
FIGURE 20. Antweight bots
Buzz, Slicer, and
Snaggletooth in
the arena pit
hazard.
FIGURE 21. Max (left), Evan (center),
and dad Bill Bechtel (right).
FIGURE 22. Max
(left) and Evan
(right) Bechtel in
the PennBots
arena.
38 SERVO 02.2012
