Category: Event Reports
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NHRL October 2024
Background The October NHRL was an off-rotation event. Most people recognize that whenever Phenomenon or Vorion attend an event I’m generally doing better than when they’re not there and that is accurate. Those two machines are where the vast majority of my focus and efforts are put into (besides future…
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Battle in the Burg 2024
Background Phenomena This competition began as a direct response to Phenomenon’s recent success. Because the 30lbers have recently shown good promise, I don’t want to drain funds too fast by fighting them again, but I do need to figure out ways to avoid the few consistent blind spots on the…
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NHRL June Qualifier 2024
Phenomenon rides again to do some testing! This primarily focuses on the event, but more detail will be added to the Phenomenon page under 2024 later on for an even deeper dive into the methodology. Watch the fight compilation video here! After the June Teams event, it was clear Vorion…
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GSCRL June Jumble 2024
Alongside the NHRL Teams event on Saturday, June 1 it turns out GSCRL was hosting a 2-day event where all beetleweight robots would compete on Sunday, June 2! Since 1) the NHRL Teams event was a one-day event and 2) New Jersey is on the way home from Connecticut to…
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NHRL June TEAMS 2024
It’s all about Family Pre-Teams Prep Post-Emulsifier Cleanup After Vorion’s dance with Emulsifier back in March, the robot was largely left untouched as work shifted to Mind Flayer. More in-depth descriptions of the restoration for this will be shared in the Vorion page in the coming 2024 section, but these…
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NHRL April 2024
The April event is the 2nd NHRL event of the year which puts it historically in a very difficult position. Over the past two years, a pattern has emerged where the March event of the year is met with a 2nd place finish by the flagship machine (Phenomenon in 2023,…
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NHRL March 2024
The first NHRL event of 2024 begins with a solo run by Vorion. For this competition, the overall pace was far slower due to the change in registration for this year’s NHRL events. For this year, there was a ballot system instituted so the “initial rush” phenomenon that occurs at…
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NERC Robot Conflict Motorama 2024
The 2024 robot season begins with the Vorion (running under Phenomenon’s name), Fracas, and the debut of Mind Flayer. After arriving at Motorama on Friday, the tables were organized and the robots were unloaded. The only fear going into the competition was not being formally registered online with Mind Flayer…
Bone Dead Robotics 