Category: Event Reports
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NHRL Grand Finals 2025
After the October event Phenomenon was in good shape. The only repair to be made was to replace the ground wire on the switch. Its relative success in its fights (especially against Touro Feather) indicated a good setup for Finals. Because of this, efforts were turned to Vorion leading up…
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NHRL October 2025
The preparation for the October begins the moment that the fight with MegatRon in June ended. Though Phenomenon came away from the fight largely intact, there was distinct damage done that had to be addressed. MegatRon’s shot to the fork and lifter revealed their frailty. Not to downplay MegatRon’s power,…
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Summertime Beetime 2025: Hive Hysteria & Barnyard Brawl
It’s been peaceful since the June NHRL and they began their summer break. Other events had continued across the country and the world (which you can find on RCE, BuildersDB, or BristolBotBuilders) but since the bulk of the team efforts revolve around 30lb robots at NHRL it was a time…
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NHRL June 2025
Background June NHRL began immediately after Phenomenon lost in RCL. As I noted in that event report, after observing issues with the hubmotors the robot was shut down and didn’t fight again explicitly to preserve it for June. This event held high stakes since Phenomenon didn’t qualify due to losing…
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Robot Combat League Championship 2025
March NHRL Post-Mortem The last event Phenomenon competed at was March NHRL where it squared off against Emulsifier after a harrowing rush to get everything together. Though ultimately it lost due to the robot being turned off, I realized that the weapon system was ultimately still a big issue to…
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NHRL March 2025
At the end of the month-long, three-event stretch for the 30lbers is the March NHRL qualifier! This event was what the entire strategy was based around: all of the learnings from February NHRL and Motorama were geared toward two goals: qualifying both bots and defeating the historical top dog of…
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NERC Robot Conflict Motorama 2025
Though the NHRL February event came before Motorama this year, Motorama always holds a special place in the annual robot calendar. Long before NHRL, Motorama was the premium eastern U.S. robot event and for a time was the largest event in North America, potentially the world. It was where I…
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NHRL February 2025
The NHRL February event begins a very busy stretch and one that was more impulsive than planned. Due to Vorion not receiving much direct damage from the World Championships and instead suffering from mainly electronic issues, it was still largely together. The intention instead was to run Motorama and March…
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NHRL Grand Finals 2024
This is it, the grand finals. All the year-long strategy comes down to this event with all of the highest stakes. The prize pool is certainly one high stake as NHRL’s finals boast the largest prize pool of any event with a whopping $15,000 for the 30lb champion with $6,000…
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Robot Ruckus 2024
And now for a little trip! About two weeks after a run at NHRL it was time to turn around and take the 3lb robots south to Florida. Normally I have a rhythm of having bots done early and tested beforehand so the expectation is that when I arrive I…
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