Date   : Sat, 19 Sep 2009 21:52:32 +0200
From   : rick@... (Rick Murray)
Subject: Beeb, this was your grandma!

Jeremy Grayson wrote:

 > The robot he campaigned in series 2 and 3, Cassius,

I remember that. Innovative design.


> however, disenchanted that the alarmingly lax attitude to health 
> and safety practised by the show was not being remedied to his 
> satisfaction.

Oh, now... Petrol leaking from a 'tank' made of old drinks cans dripping 
onto a hot overworked engine while one of the house 'bots gets at it 
with a built-in angle-grinder while the other hits it with a blast of 
fire... didn't he realise we were only really interested in seeing The 
Walk Of Shame as some poor competitor carried off the smouldering 
remains of their pride and joy?

I gave it up about the same time Rex quit because, essentially, it was 
little more than freaky oversized radio controlled toys. I believe that 
any "robot" in Robots Wars deserving of the title should be placed in 
the area and allowed to run completely independent of outside control. 
In other words, its onboard logic and sensoring tell it how best to 
attack and/or evade, while avoiding the traps. If it can do that (or 
even make an attempt), it deserves to be judged as a robot. The stuff on 
Robot Wars? Human controlled. NOT robots.

Besides, there's only so much of Craig Charles I can take!


Hmmmm, I'm looking on Wiki and I came across:
--8<--------
# The Drop Zone ? a spot on the arena floor where heavy objects 
(television sets, ocean buoys, refrigerators, washing machines, etc.) 
fell from the top of the arena. It first appeared in series 6; although 
the spot where the object would fall, a black square with a yellow 'X' 
shape across it first appeared in Extreme, not serving any clear purpose 
at the time.
--8<--------
WTF?!? They obviously listened carefully to Rex's concerns of security 
and then did the COMPLETE opposite!



Best wishes,

Rick.

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