27: The Best Thing You Can Do

March 27, 2018

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The future of driving, the future of robot combat, and an examination of our experiences with depression.

• Pre-show waffle
  • Tray with feet
    • Note to self: set up Amazon Affiliate link...
• Autonomous cars
  • Robot or Not?
  • Uber crash - for those who have been living under a rock
  • STUDIES!!
  • How a driverless car sees the road (ft. a rogue duck)
  • Correction: Google's cars are currently maxxing out at Level 4 autonomy: Level 5 requires the ability to go anywhere whereas the current generation of car can only drive on pre-mapped roads.
• Battlebots
  • Essentially confirmed entrants
    • Chomp
      • Level 1 autonomy
      • Hammer test - now with ___% more wobble
    • Bronco
    • Lucky
    • SubZero
    • Minotaur
    • Bombshell
    • Tombstone
    • Gigabyte (ft. unsafe testing practices)
    • Red Devil
    • Hypershock
    • Yeti
    • Team Danby: Predator
      • More old Biteforce than Overhaul
    • Team Tauron/DRT: Monsoon
    • "Let's move onto robots - I know what I'm talking about with those" (Ryan, 2018)
    • Team Nebula: Vanquish
    • Team PCP: Petunia
    • Multiple teams: Reality
    • "My robot knowledge is really letting me down today" (Also Ryan, 2018)
    • Oh Yes Robotics: End Game
      • Helpful infographic
    • HUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE
    • Not mentioend but highly noteworthy: Team Toad entering a new machine, Hypothermia
  • Full list of confirmed entries on reddit or on Google docs
• King of Bots 1.5 (This is Fighting Robots)
  • Blue
  • Megabyte
  • Vulcan
  • Great White
  • An Ellis Ware heavyweight
  • CJ
  • Tanshe
  • Weber
  • Griffon
  • Thunder & Lightning
  • Unknown returning team
  • Snake
  • Grill Judge/Two BBQ
  • Sabre
  • Specrte
  • 008
  • Formula
  • Tungsten
  • Fango
  • Breaker Box
  • Bonesaw
  • SAT'arn Saturn
  • Dragon King
  • Bonfire
  • Full list of confirmed entries on reddit or on Google docs
• Depression & anxiety
  • Sam's 'year of health'
  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
  • Resources
    • Depression overview
      • Ryan's feature for Mental Health Awareness Week 2017
    • Helping yourself
      • Self-care guide
      • Coping with suicidal thoughts
    • Helping others
      • "What to say" from makeitok.org
      • Samaritans' guide to 'difficult conversations'
    • Index of Mental Health helplines (UK)
  • Gratuitous dog video