Railside Robotics, Purdue University's battlebots club is planning on hosting a public competition where FC antweght and beetleweights will fight in double-elimination style brackets until one antweight and one beetleweight are crowned champions.
Important Points of Emphasis:
- No age limit for spectators or competitors, and spectators are free!
- Our ruleset can be found here: Ruleset
- Our safety guidelines can be found here: Safety Guidelines
- Non-refundable entrance fees once registration is available will be as follows and can be paid using these instructions for those officially registered:
- $25 for antweights
- $30 for beetleweights
- Prizes will be given to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place and for the Most Destructive and Most Innovative robots in the FC antweight and beetleweight class.
- Prizes are $40/$20/$20 for 1st-3rd places in both classes sponsored by Repeat Robotics
- Prizes are $50 for Most Destructive and Most Innovative sponsored by ItGresa Robotics
- We will have plastic antweight exhibition matches throughout the competition which do not have entrance fees or prizes.
- Arena is 8' x 8' x 4' and is double-walled with a painted plywood floor