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Minnesota team; Mechanical
Resonance, a horizontal midcutter
built in a week by veteran
competitor, Will Evans; and Revenge
of the Klukz, a sleek welded steel
tank fitted with a KitBots’
eggbeater.
The opening match of the
Beetleweight double-elimination
brackets featured Mechanical
Resonance winning a judge’s
decision over STEVE, whose weapon
was nonfunctional but managed to
survive thanks to its opponent’s 15
year old BattleBots™toy gearmotors
failing.
In the following matches, Flippy
and Wedgee won decisive push-out
victories over the horizontal spinner
ZOU Keeper and Revenge of the
Klukz, respectively.
Mechanical Resonance was pitted
against fellow midcutter Ghost in the
next round, but quickly tapped out
after one of its wheels rolled off just
one second into the match.
Wedgee beat teammate Flippy in
the following match, and then won an
easy push-out victory against Ghost in
the winner’s bracket finals.
With only one Team Wedgee
robot, the Beetle loser’s brackets were
more contested. ZOU Keeper fought
its way past both Revenge of the
Klukz and Mechanical Resonance
before meeting defeat by the
eggbeater of Flippy, who then went
on to defeat Ghost in the loser’s
bracket finals.
For the second time, builder Tom
Spaulding guest drove Flippy while
Team Wedgee’s usual driver, Ben
Hanson piloted Wedgee.
Ben handily won via push-out,
giving Wedgee another in its long line
of first place finishes, and further
validating the decade-old design.
Two action-packed rumbles
capped off the event, serving the final
round of damage that local builders
hoped to have repaired in time for
Robot Battles 62 at Chattacon in
January 2017. SV
Beetleweight rumble.
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