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The History Of Beer Bash

Writing by Evan Ackerman on Friday, 2 of January , 2009 at 4:13 am

Building a combat robot is probably easier and more fun than you think; all you really need is the proper motivation. And what better motivation could there possibly be than having Lagunitas Beer sponsor you? Enter Beer Bash:

[ Edit- the Current.com video is f***ing up our WordPress, so you'll have to click here to see it. Sorry :( ]

We saw Beer Bash compete at RoboGames last year. Yeah, it wasn’t the most successful robot in the ring, but it was definitely a crowd favorite. It’s a little bit of a cliche, but it’s true: when you’re fighting with robots, it’s even fun to lose. I think what happens at 3:00 in the video pretty much sums it up… Trying to use a tiny little beer keg robot as a battering ram is not in the least bit effective, but it’s damn funny.

VIA [ Robots-Dreams ]

Comments (16)

Category: Competitive

16 Comments

Comment by alex

Made Friday, 23 of January , 2009 at 10:30 pm

действительно, довольно интересно…

Comment by toys

Made Saturday, 24 of January , 2009 at 7:50 pm

посмотрите на это с другой стороны..

Comment by optika

Made Sunday, 25 of January , 2009 at 2:07 pm

Очень интересная статья. Автору отдельный респект!

Comment by sumochka

Made Sunday, 25 of January , 2009 at 2:26 pm

спрашивающий не должен был задавать;:)

Comment by optikalmen

Made Monday, 26 of January , 2009 at 2:38 pm

Умные стремятся владеть информацией, мудрые – результатом ее обработки…

Comment by toy

Made Monday, 26 of January , 2009 at 3:10 pm

Легче нести ахинею, чем бревно.

Comment by marina

Made Monday, 26 of January , 2009 at 4:11 pm

Эх, взять бы автомат, да разрядить обстановку!!!!=)

Comment by alexi

Made Monday, 26 of January , 2009 at 4:11 pm

говорить:)

Comment by alexey

Made Monday, 26 of January , 2009 at 4:19 pm

Бумага все стерпит, а люди по морде дадут.

Comment by john doe

Made Monday, 26 of January , 2009 at 4:32 pm

goodwork!

Comment by lenka

Made Tuesday, 27 of January , 2009 at 6:20 am

Разговор начистоту обычно заканчивается взаимным обливанием грязью.

Comment by perfectzoom.ru

Made Tuesday, 27 of January , 2009 at 6:31 am

Последнее время читаю между строк. Стал меньше уставать.

Comment by toys777.ru

Made Tuesday, 27 of January , 2009 at 6:43 am

Если что-то понятно само собой, то кому оно нужно?

Comment by petya

Made Thursday, 28 of May , 2009 at 6:08 am

Прикольно! Спасибо за статью.

Comment by Аркадий

Made Saturday, 30 of May , 2009 at 10:36 am

Спасибо за ответы на все вопросы :) Действительно узнал много нового. Правда до конца так и не разобрался что и откуда.

Comment by Вениамин

Made Sunday, 21 of June , 2009 at 1:14 pm

Я вот подумал, а где Вы материал взяли для этой статьи? Неужели из Вашей головы? :)

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