66: A Hill To Die On
January 11, 2020Shownotes
Sam and Ryan fight for worst host.
- Follow Up
- The Apprentice’s difficulties
- Claws 2’s ailing drive
- Front Matter
- Australia
- There are some misleading size comparison images online involving the size of Australia
- Australia is roughly 75% the size of the entire USA mainland
- Australia to New Zealand isn’t quite as far as Sam made out, but it’s still pretty far.
- There are some misleading size comparison images online involving the size of Australia
- Spinnerproof on YouTube
- How do you listen to Spinnerproof (or any other podcasts)?
- Spinnerproof on RoboCast
- Australia
- Bugglebots 2019, Heat 5
- Ryan’s conspiracy theories
- Catalyst vs Miny Spinny mk 2
- Catalyst
- Those eyes
- A quietly well-designed, well-refined machine
- Mini Spinny mk 2
- Yet another style of undercutter
- Another dark horse
- Catalyst
- Drizzle vs Wee Woo
- Sticking
- All kinds of ridiculous
- Drizzle
- It gone done self righted
- Self righting is really easy and making it do it probably took next to no effort
- It gone done self righted
- Wee Woo
- The full fleet
- Finding the limits of the Wee Woo cluster philosophy
- Dave Weston’s addition as a driver
- The full fleet
- Watching from the pits
- Drizzle’s Bugglebots debut
- Bourbon vs Jay
- Bourbon
- Super compact
- A very sturdy wedge
- Jay
- Strength in simplicity
- A classic beginners’ build
- Fairly compact
- A very sturdy wedge
- Jay’s wheelectomy
- Bourbon’s drive difficulties
- Bourbon
- Jay vs Wee Woo vs Catalyst
- A fight between 3 robots
- Effusing over spinner Wee
- Managing the ceiling count
- Catalyst out-bricking the brick
- Strategic non-engagement
- Mini Spinny mk 2 vs Bourbon
- Return of the speeeeeeeed
- Casually wanting some more
- Drizzle vs Jay
- Watching with a restricted view
- Close to a double KO
- Does Drizzle win this as a wedge?
- Robonerd rumble
- Jay struggles to push Hello There! (which is only running 2WD)
- Drizzle happily scoops up Hello There! and pushes it
- Robonerd rumble
- Potential for a double KO?
- Unexpected mathematics
- Mini Spinny mk 2 vs Jay
- Perfect box-rush evasion
- Actual wedging
- Yet a swift demise
- The grand final lineup
- The overall success of less extreme spinner designs
- Homogeneity, with variety
- The overall success of less extreme spinner designs
- The rumbles
- Yes