Robot combat

I had so much fun.

So I highly recommend the next time that the robot fight is in town.

the people go to it, this particular fight, there are some like robot fights that are kind of like anthropomorphized versions of robot.

Like it's like humans, but they're robots, but this is not that this is like, like basically R2D2 fighting, you know? Um, So, and it's called the National Havoc Robot League, the NHRL.

And so if it's coming to your city, I don't know if they're touring or not.

Not a total

coincidence there, probably.

But yeah, go see Robot Fight.

Did they enter on the county public library system this week? Today, Severn has kitchen table chemistry, Edgewater has ASCA anthropologists, Rivera Beach has science explorers focusing on astronomy, Odenton has paint night with watercolor, and Lundqvist has a Lego club.

On Saturday, Crofton has Ask a Master Gardener Plant Clinic, Brooklyn Park has Haunted Harvest with Pumpkin Decorating, and Odenton has Combat Robotics.

On Monday, Bush Annapolis has Makerspace Training with their VHS Converter, Deal has Cottagecore Crafts, and Crofton has a Crofton Houseplant Club.

On Tuesday, Glen Burnie has Little Engineers Constructive Play, Odenton has Hackathon 6, where you can advance through computer game levels to hone your hacking skills.

Tonight is a little different because instead of sitting down with one builder, we somehow decided one microphone panel was not crowded enough, so we brought in a whole super team.

We are joined by Team Spectral Robotics, a brand new group bringing together builders behind some of the most competitive and recognizable machines across NHRL in the wider combat robotics scene as a whole.

We're going to get into how a team like this actually comes together, why it's happening now, and what everyone brings to the table, how you share resources when members are spread around the country, and what happens when your teammates are also the people you may eventually have to beat.

We'll also look ahead to Pro Tour and the future where NHRL has already said formalized teams are going to become a bigger part of the professional side of the sport.

Then after our commercial break, we'll put Team Spectre through our five in focus and finish with a mailbag that, as usual, ranges from generally thoughtful questions about the future of team-based combat robotics to whether a crisp $5 bill is enough to buy a Pro Tour forfeit.

So this is going to be a big one.

And as you know, I cannot do this by myself.

Joining us next is Eric Randolph.