Robot Renegades Kickoff 2025

Robot Renegades Summer Showdown (West Palm Beach, FL)

Kicking off 2025 with a fun single day event.  VSP Marketing Group has gratiously lent us their 10k sqft climate controlled facility to host an event on Saturday January 18th.

This is a single day event, class counts are capped accordingly.

Event Info:

• Classes: Total bot cap is 48 so if one class is light we will clear the wait list in others. 
  • Plastic Ant: 16 Bots
  • Ant: 16 Bots
  • Beetle: 16 Bots  
• Schedule
  • Safety/Weigh In: 8AM-9:30AM
  • Fights start at 10AM and run until we finish, hopefully somewhere between 6 and 8PM. Rumbles and grudges as time permits.

• Rules:
  • SPARC ruleset with the following points of emphasis:
    • Shuffler Weight Bonus has been lowered to 1.25 in the SPARC update.  Please plan accordingly.
    • NO FLAMETHROWERS.
    • Plastic Ant Specs:  Traditional SPARC Rules No nylons, No blends (CF, Glass etc), No TPU or metal etc.   Regular PLA, PLA Pro styles are allowed such as PolyMax PLA.
  • Pit:  We have a pseudo pit, more of an OOTA zone in the corner, there's a reasonable chance to escape.  If you go in the pit you have a 10 count to get out before KO is called.
  • Exposed batteries are automatic forfeits
  • One postponement
  • Unsticks at the referee's discretion. Generally speaking there are no unsticks unless the bots are stuck together.
  • Tapouts are allowed
  • Match length: 2 minutes
  • We're using the Swiss format similar to what we used at Ruckus.
  • Most Important Rule - **HAVE FUN**

VOLUNTEERS WELCOME:  We're happy to have any available volunteers help with the event.  If you have family/friends coming that aren't fond of sitting in the pits all day playing games on their phone we can always use help.  Pit Runners, Judges, Safety, and possibly announcers. Please reach out directly to events@palmbeachbots.com if interested.