Sept. 19-26, 2020 This week was a total blur. Saturday: David Small from Team Malice came out to help with the build and get sweet test footage. We did our first driving/weapon test… which kind of failed. But that was ok! We packed her back up, ironed some things out, and were back to testing…
Sept. 13-18, 2020 This week, things got serious. Everything came together–the team and the bot. Chris drove down from Colorado to do some heavy lifting with Jeff and Robert, hefting JackPot together. It was all worth it when we got to testing!
Sept. 6-12, 2020 This might have been the most exciting week for us. Sunday through Tuesday, we focused on setting up Robert’s 2-car garage. We broke down the insectweight arena, re-arranged the tables and made dedicated welding/CNC/drill press stations. We expected the metal to arrive on Friday afternoon, but it came in WEDNESDAY! We couldn’t…
Aug. 29-Sept.4, 2020 We really hit our stride, this week! We didn’t have time to second-guess ourselves, so we nailed down the design and ordered the metal from SendCutSend. It was really great that we had SendCutSend there for us. We love them for our small builds and have ordered quite a few last-minute parts…
August 22-29, 2020 (This series was written live while building, but being posted now as we approach the airing of our first fight.) Hard to believe it’s only been seven days since we started work on the bot we now know as JackPot! We have experience in smaller weight classes, but this is our largest…
Here at VCR, we’re all about helping new combat robot builders get started. We have some advice articles in the works, but what questions do you think belong in a Combat Robotics FAQ? Got any tips you wish you knew when you started building? Comment below, and stay tuned for our first installment of the…
