To emphasize how good Gluten Free (Steven & Peter) was, they were literally a team of 2, while most teams had tens of members. They had a robot during the Skystone season, that quite literally had an almost perfect autonomous period, which was thought to be impossible. They are legends of the FTC robotics world.
As a judge for FIRST Robotics Competitions and a mentor to another team, I'm so happy to see this collaboration! Giving students access to a machine shop and networking with industry professionals helps cultivate future talent. Our own Maker Space, the Arch Reactor, sponsors several local high schools. We have two labs full of 3D printers, lathes, laser cutters, etc. but we're not as large as you guys. Can't wait to see you guys compete!
As a competitor on the show, I can confirm just how much time and effort goes into one of these 250 bots, that I feel often gets overlooked by a lot of people, so I appreciate you showing the whole trial and error process of building a battlebot. This video also really took me back as well, from receiving your first parts, to driving it for the first time, there just isn't a feeling like it. Best of luck on the competition, the bot looks fantastic!
Battlebots is great, but my favorite is the smallest class NHRL fights. It is unbelievable how much destructive power they can cram in such a tiny robot.
One of the best parts of those lower weight competitions is teams seem to be more experimental at times down there and try things out. It's no coincidence that some of the successful modern heavyweights have basically been developed from there, notably HUGE and Sawblaze used smaller scale testbeds (The smaller scale ones being Huge and Megatron respectively.)
I certainly do. I’ve been studying robotics off and on ever since I first read Asimov’s robot stories, and have been dissatisfied with Robot Wars showing us remote controlled machines with zero autonomy. Even achieving partial effective autonomy is astonishing. Eventually it will get to the point where robots are wheeled into the arena, turned on remotely, and fight with no input at all other than a remote kill switch. I get the feeling that that point is a lot closer than anyone thinks right now.
I'm just worried if it is allowed to have parts of the robot outside of the starting area. Which is practically what is happening here. Are the rules changed?
@theHacksmith I know you guys focused a lot on the hardware side which is awesome, but the software side of this project feels like the ground-breaking part, I hope we get to see more of that :)
I would love to see more autonomous bots, especially in the Meltybrain build style. To have a bot that could instantly retract its weapon to avoid flying through the ring, would be game changing. And run off lidar since it’s already spinning massively fast. Also all of the weight could be spent on drive motors (since they’re also technically weapon motors) and batteries to have a much better weight to weapon ratio. I forget the name of the white meltybrain bot in NHRL making waves but this style of bot will be a force to reckon with in the future.
It’s nice to see easily one of the biggest TH-camrs helping a new team. So Obritron for me anyway and a few others has been described as a modern day counter revolution, ( if you familiar enough with the show.) twin vertical discs cancel out the gyro effect and you can drive normally with both weapons at maximum speed. The only thing is if there’s another robot who has a very long, and heavy weapon it could spell trouble very quickly, in their case Team robogym with their new under/overcutter spinner and flamethrower, Roundhouse.
Also falcon. But that wasn't great either. This will be amassing to see. As soon as I saw it I knew it would be great. I have always wanted a good compact version of Counter Revolution and now it's hear. And Hacksmith getting involved is so crazy also. I am so happy lol. I can see some faults in the controlling on the bot. But ill see how that plays out.
That is an interesting concept and certainly an interesting development for the build! As a Battlebots fan it's certainly quite a cool robot, and the twin counter-rotating verts could do some serious damage, especially if the drives are independent. I am quite concerned about that armor: those wedges look quite a bit thinner than what you often see on bots, which is often enough slabs of titanium or AR500 thick enough to be all but bulletproof to small arms - and even armor that thick we've seen defeated by sufficiently energetic weapons. Best of luck in your fights, and don't pull a Fusion!
Welcome to the wonderful world of combat robotics you guys! Its absolutely great to see you guys in the space and wishing you all the best in the competition. If you guys want to try out some smaller weight classes (can be a challenge in and of themselves and cheaper), would love to see you guys down at some Kilobots competitions (3lb, 1lb, 150g) either in Alberta or Saskatchewan! Edit: Also recognized from the beginning and love your shot at trying to cancel out the gyroscopic procession, as even at the smaller weight classes it can be quite the problem, and its something I would love to see more of!
I feel like if they had another button to orbit the other direction that might help. Gyro forces on their opponent's blade would help them turn one way, but severely hinder them the other way
any plans to have a video somewhere detailing the programming aspect of the bot? i think it would be super interesting to see how the autonomous system works.
This is primetime Hacksmith content. We LOVE you guys & support this type of content & storytelling. I'm grateful to see this commitment to being high quality all these years later. Much love 🙏
Words cannot describe how loved you are. You and your team have brought so much joy and excitement to our lives. Like a light in the darkness you have helped many find their way to happiness and comfort. Probably not a good idea but you can talk to anyone in your fan base if you need an ear. We are all here for you guys and will do our best to help in any way we can.
1:30 this whole vid is great and interesting and definitely lives up to your wanting to help and encourage STEM. That being said I noticed in the corner that you held that pitch meeting in the Grant Thompson room...I love that you gave the King of Random a bit of remembrance /honor in the naming of one of your compounds rooms.
That's so cool with Bogdan and Ben. In the picture around 3:43, it shows what looks to be a FIRST Robotics event. I'm part of Team 1126 Sparx and this is my last year as a student and really enjoy doing it.
A project that where we can see the practical results of your work, like a BattleBot, is a great idea, and sponsoring a great team like this is a good compromise if you don't have the time to do it all yourself. And I can't wait to see how useful the AI component turns out to be. I often dream about next level BattleBots that fight autonomously. I also dream of a racing competition where all the race cars are autonomous. One day.
Shortly after seeing a preview of Orbitron on youtube, I met Steven and Peter at school in E7 after overhearing them discussing Orbitron. They seemed like really smart and nice guys, thank you for giving them the chance to make us proud!
You should try to connect both flywheels to make sure, that the gyroscopic precession is still canceled out after an attack, where you need to be really manouverable!
I talked to Steven about that, and the issue is there's no mechanical system that can transfer that much power that quickly. one thought was to use the other flywheel as a kinetic battery to quickly get the the one up to speed, but I think the motors or escs they're using aren't capable of regenerative braking
Seeing the battlebot hit the unbreakable box truly put into perspective the insane amount of power this thing can attack with. Amazing (and terrifying)
Great to see more tech tested in BattleBots! I cofounded the Glitch team and it is an insane challenge that I have to strongly applaud your efforts despite the time crunch. I also love seeing the giant billets of material, you should see what we had to start with! As always good luck and keep it up
I was under the impression it was a higher level of AI. Still so impressed with what they’ve done, but it shows how far we are from true autonomous AI!
I personally am unsure about a fully AI battlebot, to me the human element of control is what makes the sport interesting and it gives an extra layer of personality each bot.
This is exactly what I think would put a battlebot into an unbeatable category. Alot of bots really have issues with movement, (or the drivers controlling them) so having your battlebot mapped in a 3D space so that it can be consistently facing the opponent is phenomenal.
Imagine reaching out to your engineering heroes for a sponsorship and they not only say yes, but they hook you up with all their sponsors and serve as enthusiastic mentors. This channel is so cool.
For the tires. Look to the cycling industry. Tubular tires are glued to a slick rim. It's lighter and stays on better under massive lateral force. Look into it! 😊 Good luck.
Its good to see your doing better james I have a slight challenge for you though: Given youve made the lightsaber and the power loader ive been designing a more hands on project here that should give quite a beautiful peice to anyones mancave The item is the infamous Wunderwaffe DG-2 and DG-3 JZ from the world famous Call of Duty World at War Utilizing vaccum tube technology and ridiculous amounts of voltage it makes it the ideal peice to anyone who doesnt mind something that could possibly give them a shock Ive been secretly working on this for a few months now (still working on gathering all the tubes needed as they are a bit on the $$$ side but patience makes the item better) however i have managed to grab enough metal components to make a full metal replica using a lost wax casting method (best form for casting without fear of plastic cleanup and ash sticking to the mold) If you would like to try this i have a list of components and a 3d model (minor tweaking on scale needed) for 3d printing the parts to make wax molds I think this would be a fun project for you and id love to see what the hacksmith team is able to do with it given you all have your own magical niche to these designs
As someone who has built multiple robots including 3d printers and cnc machines as well as developed software for them, this would be my dream job. I wish I could get paid to build and program robots like this. I have wondered for a while now when robot wars would start using AI and autonomous operations. Very cool.
If there is now an autonomous BattleBot, it would mark a significant development in the field of robotics and artificial intelligence. Autonomous robots in competitive environments require advanced sensors, decision-making algorithms, and precise control systems.
I love battlebots a lot, I’ve been watching it sense I was a kid. I’m very excited to see this bot compete, but unfortunately it has some flaws that other teams can take advantage of. Because it’s an AI, it will be a lot more confused than human drivers. It will get confused by parts of robots and even mini-bots. The teams know who they are facing next, so they can just toss in a mini-bot or some attachment that confuses the ai. But it does have a manual driving mode, so it won’t always be confused. This bot might go pretty far. The dual weapons remind me of my all time favorite bot Fusion.
@@hacksmith oh, from the video I thought it was completely AI, it seems like you can control it through normal means, but a lot of the video has it saying “first 100% ai bot”. So all I needed to know is if it was able to be controlled by people. Over all I could see this bot going pretty far. Reminds me of fusion.
Why'd you have to blow up a Domestik Drone though... all jokes aside, mad props for doing robotics at this level! Glad to see them taking the step up from FIRST as well! Anyways, best of luck to you all, from one former FIRST competitor to the rest of you! (P.S. I don't really consider myself in the same league as you all from a technical standpoint, but it does still amaze me how much carries over into Battlebots from something like FRC, at least judging by the video. It's definitely one of the better ways to prepare! You've got this!)
My high school only has vex because they refuse to give us a budget of anything but it still brings me joy to see people putting their skills and experiences to use to create awsome robots like this. Also, i feel that time crunch, it is always chaos in the workshop in the week before our first competition.
Awesome!! I know a few students who spent all-nighters working on their battlebot in the lab, crazy deadlines and talent! Way to go to you guys! As a prospective engineer, I am wondering why the team used Unity over Gazebo or NVIDIA Isaac Sim?
FRC 4336 Here, love to see FRC and FTC represented in Media. Our students took home our teams first blue banner this year at Magnolia Regional and got our second ever ticket to world champs. Deffinetly sharing this video with my students. glad they have such great people to look up to!
8:21 you need geared wheels with molded rubber on top. Just one ladder step under hard durometer rubber. If the rules allow, just before the run, coating the wheels with acetone will make them soft and sticky on the surface. The "gear" pattern inside will not allow the rubber to come off short of it breaking apart.
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To emphasize how good Gluten Free (Steven & Peter) was, they were literally a team of 2, while most teams had tens of members. They had a robot during the Skystone season, that quite literally had an almost perfect autonomous period, which was thought to be impossible. They are legends of the FTC robotics world.
they had some crazy robots, Im in FTC rn, and we are always looking at what gluten free did, absolutely amazing!
As an FTC participant rn, seeing the gluten free guys with Hacksmith is just incredible
Wait they were in FTC? I’m in FTC and my team (5-6 people) made it to worlds (we won Ohio championship)
@@peytonharrell9935Yup, rover ruckus, skystone, and relic recovery they were crazy good
@@SuprSBG Steven and Peter created the FTC team Gluten Free, which is famous for their robot designs and autonomus
As a judge for FIRST Robotics Competitions and a mentor to another team, I'm so happy to see this collaboration! Giving students access to a machine shop and networking with industry professionals helps cultivate future talent. Our own Maker Space, the Arch Reactor, sponsors several local high schools. We have two labs full of 3D printers, lathes, laser cutters, etc. but we're not as large as you guys. Can't wait to see you guys compete!
"You know I could replace you with a tripod, right?"
Absolutely brutal lol
I was looking for this comment
As a competitor on the show, I can confirm just how much time and effort goes into one of these 250 bots, that I feel often gets overlooked by a lot of people, so I appreciate you showing the whole trial and error process of building a battlebot. This video also really took me back as well, from receiving your first parts, to driving it for the first time, there just isn't a feeling like it. Best of luck on the competition, the bot looks fantastic!
Robot Wars > Battle Snots
@@GaijinGamerGirl Sorry man, but HyperShock is too swag
Not a man @@Jvzzxd
@@GaijinGamerGirl ah, mb lol
Which robot team are you a part of?
Battlebots is great, but my favorite is the smallest class NHRL fights. It is unbelievable how much destructive power they can cram in such a tiny robot.
One of the best parts of those lower weight competitions is teams seem to be more experimental at times down there and try things out.
It's no coincidence that some of the successful modern heavyweights have basically been developed from there, notably HUGE and Sawblaze used smaller scale testbeds (The smaller scale ones being Huge and Megatron respectively.)
yeah I really like that yellow and black one with the waggle stick on the side
@@happyfaic72pulling out the shameless self promotion for ramplan lol
The logic applied is diferent as well, for example fire is a real threat, or weapons being means of movement.
NHRL is great. Battlebots is so over-produced. Though I find that with a lot of American TV.
FYI both Chomp and Switchback use AI in their bots, but only for aiming. This would be the first fully autonomous Battlebot though.
I beleive the latest 500 lb walker version of Chomp uses basically full autonomy, it simply can be overridden to walk it where they want.
I thought it was just LIDAR for firing the hammer when the opponent is in range?
Even this isn't fully automous. They still choose when to make it attack or avoid
@@tomiwaaina5499 in that case the only fully autonomous combat robot would be DeepMelt i think.
Switchback also has (had?) a TH-camr on their team - Scotty from Strange Parts!
I loved watching you and battle bots when I was younger, and I swear if I see an episode featuring Hacksmith!? I’d finally get to die in peace 😌
@@Deadpool2566. they are on discovery and I think MAX now
Ikr I'm still waiting for new shit on Netflix for battle bots uwu
Same
BattleBots has come back. They have several seasons on discovery plus
they have
I feel like it’s impossible to build a battle bot without blowing up at least a few ESCs and that goes for all teams
not sure people here are realizing just how insanely impressive this is
Earned my subscription.
@@TamNguyen-yk9mnThey had it ready without any help almost, they just helped them bring it to fruition. The software was there already
I certainly do. I’ve been studying robotics off and on ever since I first read Asimov’s robot stories, and have been dissatisfied with Robot Wars showing us remote controlled machines with zero autonomy. Even achieving partial effective autonomy is astonishing. Eventually it will get to the point where robots are wheeled into the arena, turned on remotely, and fight with no input at all other than a remote kill switch. I get the feeling that that point is a lot closer than anyone thinks right now.
I'm just worried if it is allowed to have parts of the robot outside of the starting area. Which is practically what is happening here. Are the rules changed?
@@nicholas1460 same
Awesome!!!! As much as I LOVE BattleBots, I teared up when I noticed the meeting room name. That's even better! Thanks for holding his memory James.
i was wondering if anyone would notice
What are the key technical challenges one faces when designing and building the first autonomous BattleBot?
SO many things. Mostly answered by Ben and Bogdan in the video though ;)
@@hacksmith I thought most of them are rc
@theHacksmith I know you guys focused a lot on the hardware side which is awesome, but the software side of this project feels like the ground-breaking part, I hope we get to see more of that :)
Having competed against both Steven and Peter in their robotics competition, it is amazing to see what they are doing now. :)
Now put a light saber in it
I think one of the rules are no fueled Flamethrower type weapons can be installed in the bot.
@@crowsenpai5625 Flamethrowers are permitted but not using the substance the lightsabers use as fuel
@@phantominway so no kyber crystal power cells?!?!
@@ChristianIssac-gq5zu Sadly not :(
"You know I can replace you with a tripod" LMAO🤣🤣
Always dreamed of seeing Hacksmith take part in BattleBots, now the dream has come true, thank you for making my dream.
I would love to see more autonomous bots, especially in the Meltybrain build style. To have a bot that could instantly retract its weapon to avoid flying through the ring, would be game changing. And run off lidar since it’s already spinning massively fast. Also all of the weight could be spent on drive motors (since they’re also technically weapon motors) and batteries to have a much better weight to weapon ratio. I forget the name of the white meltybrain bot in NHRL making waves but this style of bot will be a force to reckon with in the future.
It’s nice to see easily one of the biggest TH-camrs helping a new team.
So Obritron for me anyway and a few others has been described as a modern day counter revolution, ( if you familiar enough with the show.) twin vertical discs cancel out the gyro effect and you can drive normally with both weapons at maximum speed. The only thing is if there’s another robot who has a very long, and heavy weapon it could spell trouble very quickly, in their case Team robogym with their new under/overcutter spinner and flamethrower, Roundhouse.
I don't think that is a good thing counter revaluation was on of the worst boys ever that wasn't an art bot
Also falcon. But that wasn't great either. This will be amassing to see. As soon as I saw it I knew it would be great. I have always wanted a good compact version of Counter Revolution and now it's hear. And Hacksmith getting involved is so crazy also. I am so happy lol. I can see some faults in the controlling on the bot. But ill see how that plays out.
@@minecraftone4770 Counter Revolution did decently well in Robogames. It just had the misfortune of being a mid tier bot facing Tombstone
That is an interesting concept and certainly an interesting development for the build! As a Battlebots fan it's certainly quite a cool robot, and the twin counter-rotating verts could do some serious damage, especially if the drives are independent. I am quite concerned about that armor: those wedges look quite a bit thinner than what you often see on bots, which is often enough slabs of titanium or AR500 thick enough to be all but bulletproof to small arms - and even armor that thick we've seen defeated by sufficiently energetic weapons. Best of luck in your fights, and don't pull a Fusion!
Welcome to the wonderful world of combat robotics you guys! Its absolutely great to see you guys in the space and wishing you all the best in the competition. If you guys want to try out some smaller weight classes (can be a challenge in and of themselves and cheaper), would love to see you guys down at some Kilobots competitions (3lb, 1lb, 150g) either in Alberta or Saskatchewan!
Edit: Also recognized from the beginning and love your shot at trying to cancel out the gyroscopic procession, as even at the smaller weight classes it can be quite the problem, and its something I would love to see more of!
I feel like if they had another button to orbit the other direction that might help. Gyro forces on their opponent's blade would help them turn one way, but severely hinder them the other way
very smart idea
Just finished the video, another hack smith masterpiece
Impossible, it just posted and its over 10 minutes long!!!
@@hacksmith got him
Damn the Hacksmith really just called you out lmao
@@hacksmith uh erm
any plans to have a video somewhere detailing the programming aspect of the bot? i think it would be super interesting to see how the autonomous system works.
Great to see how much work and resources goes into creating one of these machines, looking forward to seeing it fight!
This is primetime Hacksmith content. We LOVE you guys & support this type of content & storytelling. I'm grateful to see this commitment to being high quality all these years later. Much love 🙏
BattleBots is like the real life version of real steel and I’m totally down for it. You guys did an amazing job
"You know I could replace you with a tripod, right?" is such a good comeback from Bogdan at 10:15
Great to see you support this sport! Imagine BattleBots is getting bigger and you have Boston dynamics vs Hacksmith finals !
That would have to be an air only competition doe.
Words cannot describe how loved you are.
You and your team have brought so much joy and excitement to our lives.
Like a light in the darkness you have helped many find their way to happiness and comfort.
Probably not a good idea but you can talk to anyone in your fan base if you need an ear.
We are all here for you guys and will do our best to help in any way we can.
1:30 this whole vid is great and interesting and definitely lives up to your wanting to help and encourage STEM. That being said I noticed in the corner that you held that pitch meeting in the Grant Thompson room...I love that you gave the King of Random a bit of remembrance /honor in the naming of one of your compounds rooms.
Glad you noticed 😊
This is AWESOME. Great collab and community engagement, lucky to have you awesome folks in Ontario
This is really cool to see a full intelligent ai controlled robot. I know the NHRL fights have had an autonomous robot fighting
That's so cool with Bogdan and Ben. In the picture around 3:43, it shows what looks to be a FIRST Robotics event. I'm part of Team 1126 Sparx and this is my last year as a student and really enjoy doing it.
I’m part of first team 4116 Volta Robotics. And yeah it’s pretty cool to see! Good luck this season
Though I’m on an ftc team not frc
Wow! I’ve always wanted to see how one of these were made, so thank you!❤❤
There's a channel called Maker's Muse that has some battlebot content as well, if you are interested in how normal bots are made.
A project that where we can see the practical results of your work, like a BattleBot, is a great idea, and sponsoring a great team like this is a good compromise if you don't have the time to do it all yourself.
And I can't wait to see how useful the AI component turns out to be. I often dream about next level BattleBots that fight autonomously. I also dream of a racing competition where all the race cars are autonomous. One day.
Shortly after seeing a preview of Orbitron on youtube, I met Steven and Peter at school in E7 after overhearing them discussing Orbitron. They seemed like really smart and nice guys, thank you for giving them the chance to make us proud!
id love to see something like this become a series. either robotics, or just straight up sponsoring people to do stuff like this,
when i was young i thought that battle bots were autonomous (granted i didn’t know what “autonomous” was) so this is awesome to see
This is what i imagined when you guys build the "Campus". Bringing in talent and supporting creative brains.
You should try to connect both flywheels to make sure, that the gyroscopic precession is still canceled out after an attack, where you need to be really manouverable!
I don’t agree with that because then the other flywheel is not as max power and that makes the bot more vulnerable to attack
@@FlatDrifting265 good point! didnt think of that.
I talked to Steven about that, and the issue is there's no mechanical system that can transfer that much power that quickly. one thought was to use the other flywheel as a kinetic battery to quickly get the the one up to speed, but I think the motors or escs they're using aren't capable of regenerative braking
@@waxt0n sounds reasonable. I do have the feeling a timing belt could be strong enough. I obviuously didnt do the math, tho haha
It’s awesome how you are also reaching out and helping teach and help other people in their projects
As a huge robot combat fan and small weight class roboteer, this was awesome to see, and looking forward to seeing more of this machine
Seeing the battlebot hit the unbreakable box truly put into perspective the insane amount of power this thing can attack with. Amazing (and terrifying)
Great to see more tech tested in BattleBots! I cofounded the Glitch team and it is an insane challenge that I have to strongly applaud your efforts despite the time crunch. I also love seeing the giant billets of material, you should see what we had to start with! As always good luck and keep it up
Canadian content?! Amazing! So glad the algorithm graced me with this video.
I was under the impression it was a higher level of AI. Still so impressed with what they’ve done, but it shows how far we are from true autonomous AI!
17:19 Bruce Lee once said “boards don’t hit back”
I personally am unsure about a fully AI battlebot, to me the human element of control is what makes the sport interesting and it gives an extra layer of personality each bot.
I mean to me the focus is the bot and the weapon. Would be interesting to see two AI bots go at it.
This is exactly what I think would put a battlebot into an unbeatable category. Alot of bots really have issues with movement, (or the drivers controlling them) so having your battlebot mapped in a 3D space so that it can be consistently facing the opponent is phenomenal.
This is a really impressive machine! Well done to everyone on you Battlebot team on such a great project, I'm excited to see how it plays out! 🧡
Imagine reaching out to your engineering heroes for a sponsorship and they not only say yes, but they hook you up with all their sponsors and serve as enthusiastic mentors. This channel is so cool.
This was a great video, great idea, great execution, very interesting and seeing everyone get behind this idea was cool
Oh man, this is legit the perfect project for y'all, hope to see this as a series. Much love to y'all!
MAKE. MANTIS. BLADES. PLEASE.
For the tires. Look to the cycling industry. Tubular tires are glued to a slick rim. It's lighter and stays on better under massive lateral force. Look into it! 😊 Good luck.
Man, I've watched a lot of Battlebots, but seeing one during assembly is really something else. Mindblowing how thick all those pieces of metal are.
3:44 Go Lightning Robotics, FIRST team 862!
Woah, Battlebots! I've been asking Hacksmith to build one for like 3 years!
I love to see companies helping out students. Nice work.
surprised yall didnt do this earlier
Its good to see your doing better james
I have a slight challenge for you though:
Given youve made the lightsaber and the power loader ive been designing a more hands on project here that should give quite a beautiful peice to anyones mancave
The item is the infamous Wunderwaffe DG-2 and DG-3 JZ from the world famous Call of Duty World at War
Utilizing vaccum tube technology and ridiculous amounts of voltage it makes it the ideal peice to anyone who doesnt mind something that could possibly give them a shock
Ive been secretly working on this for a few months now (still working on gathering all the tubes needed as they are a bit on the $$$ side but patience makes the item better) however i have managed to grab enough metal components to make a full metal replica using a lost wax casting method (best form for casting without fear of plastic cleanup and ash sticking to the mold)
If you would like to try this i have a list of components and a 3d model (minor tweaking on scale needed) for 3d printing the parts to make wax molds
I think this would be a fun project for you and id love to see what the hacksmith team is able to do with it given you all have your own magical niche to these designs
As someone who has built multiple robots including 3d printers and cnc machines as well as developed software for them, this would be my dream job. I wish I could get paid to build and program robots like this. I have wondered for a while now when robot wars would start using AI and autonomous operations. Very cool.
1:21 I love the war frame background
Hacksmith Industries is like a Dream place to work for passionate engineers ...
I'm sure Orbitron has incredible potential to become one of the GOATs in BattleBots
If there is now an autonomous BattleBot, it would mark a significant development in the field of robotics and artificial intelligence. Autonomous robots in competitive environments require advanced sensors, decision-making algorithms, and precise control systems.
Love this video. So great to see all the different builders come together.
I love how this video feels so natural, it reminds me of some of the older videos
I love battlebots a lot, I’ve been watching it sense I was a kid. I’m very excited to see this bot compete, but unfortunately it has some flaws that other teams can take advantage of. Because it’s an AI, it will be a lot more confused than human drivers. It will get confused by parts of robots and even mini-bots. The teams know who they are facing next, so they can just toss in a mini-bot or some attachment that confuses the ai. But it does have a manual driving mode, so it won’t always be confused. This bot might go pretty far. The dual weapons remind me of my all time favorite bot Fusion.
its AI assistance, the driver is still in control
@@hacksmith oh, from the video I thought it was completely AI, it seems like you can control it through normal means, but a lot of the video has it saying “first 100% ai bot”. So all I needed to know is if it was able to be controlled by people. Over all I could see this bot going pretty far. Reminds me of fusion.
Chomp I think is actually the first battlebot featuring automation. This would be the first FULLY autonomous battlebot.
Autonomous battle bot!? I just had a nerdgasm
Battle bots were my favorite as a child. This is content I can get behind.
I loved watching you and battle bots when I was younger, and I swear if I see an episode featuring Hacksmith!? I’d finally get to die in peace
Seeing the Counter Revolution's future descendant is unique and amazing. Orbitron will DEFINITELY revolutionize BATTLEBOTS.
Why'd you have to blow up a Domestik Drone though... all jokes aside, mad props for doing robotics at this level! Glad to see them taking the step up from FIRST as well! Anyways, best of luck to you all, from one former FIRST competitor to the rest of you! (P.S. I don't really consider myself in the same league as you all from a technical standpoint, but it does still amaze me how much carries over into Battlebots from something like FRC, at least judging by the video. It's definitely one of the better ways to prepare! You've got this!)
This brings me back to my FRC and FTC days
Gotta work on the wedge thickness.
You have the power to make awesome things and share them with the public, and that's amazing
Lol "i just unplugged it". Ive uttered those words too many times in my life
So awesome to see you guys involved in this, I love watching Battlebots with my kids
"You know i could replace you with a tripod right?" - bogdan 🤣
THIS THIS IS WHAT I WANTED. THIS CHANNEL IS PERFECT FOR THIS PROJECT
Peter and Steven are the absolute coolest. We went to high school together. Two of the smartest guys I know
I love battle bots and hacks it’s so this works out perfectly.
That thing would be great for home defense. Destroy the intruders ankles
It must feel amazing to be able to support a student team like this, so cool! Can't wait for the next video.
Just throwing it out there: Robots, pool of water, Battle Boats.
I would LOVE to see your creation in the new season of Battlebots.
Man, I had that idea 20 years ago, but couldn't afford to build death-urchin, which would mostly drive itself.
Really excited to see this robot in the battle soon! Wish you guys have the best to win the competition!!!
I immediately seach youtube for the fight. Unfortunately, orbitron suffered a devasting defeat against roundhouse.
when they stopped airing battle bots I was so sad because I loved watching it as a kid, but when it came back I watched every episode I could
Steven and Peter retired from ftc a couple years ago, it so cool to see that they are doing battlebots now.
With so many amazing builders on TH-cam I would love to see them all make robots for a big battle.
"You know I can replace you with a tri-pod, right?" Was the most savage thing I think I've ever heard Bogdan say
My high school only has vex because they refuse to give us a budget of anything but it still brings me joy to see people putting their skills and experiences to use to create awsome robots like this. Also, i feel that time crunch, it is always chaos in the workshop in the week before our first competition.
I am starting my journey on electronics tomorrow at uni and this gave me enough motivation for the semester
Awesome!! I know a few students who spent all-nighters working on their battlebot in the lab, crazy deadlines and talent! Way to go to you guys!
As a prospective engineer, I am wondering why the team used Unity over Gazebo or NVIDIA Isaac Sim?
3:43 Did I see some FIRST Robotics footage when displaying the team's experience?
Yeah, pretty sure I said they were FIRST championship winners too 😅
FRC 4336 Here, love to see FRC and FTC represented in Media. Our students took home our teams first blue banner this year at Magnolia Regional and got our second ever ticket to world champs. Deffinetly sharing this video with my students. glad they have such great people to look up to!
Aside from the battle bots I’m super excited over the fact that you do FRC and FTC
8:21 you need geared wheels with molded rubber on top. Just one ladder step under hard durometer rubber. If the rules allow, just before the run, coating the wheels with acetone will make them soft and sticky on the surface. The "gear" pattern inside will not allow the rubber to come off short of it breaking apart.