Alt-BEAM Archive

Message #00742



To: beam@corp.sgi.com
From: "Wyzyrd" wyzyrd@cais.net
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 16:06:50 -0800
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: BEAM Warbots


I might as well toss in my $0.06 (dang inflation)

The now-defunct Robot Wars rules were heavily-biased in favor of ROV-type
machines-
Big ol' radio-controlled crunchers and stompers

My idea of a BEAM scenario that could have whipped aalmost any of them
(highly-illegal as per Robot Wars rules, but it would kick butt) is as
follows:

A large "carrier" bot that releases a swarm of small
walkers/rollers/crawlers/fliers (these,
unfortunately would count as "untethered projectiles - illegal) , then
run away and avoid
being stomped by the opponent. - pretty simple avoidance behavior could
even be BEAM-
based. The attack swarm would get hold of the opponent and zap it with
60-100K Kvolt
"stungun" circuitry (also illegal), then die - a one-shot weapon like a
honeybee sting.

Very few machines could survive this type of attack.


Wyzyrd
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