If most other robots have a face, it's one that says, "I'm angry and I will destroy you." Droopy has a face that says despairingly, "Must I destroy another life?"
The whole meta is turning into exclusively these kinds of bots because they get a maximum weight bonus since they dont have wheels or tracks. Its honestly pretty sad... Its like throwing 2 angle grinders in a box and shaking them until one of them stops running, its just boring.
Congratulations to Tommy for winning the contract with the DoD. Will be an honor to serve alongside a unit of fully autonomous Droopies on the Eastern front.
My favorite thing about that whole tournament was watching Droopy fight, and then looking at all the Brazilians' comments in the chat, and I just kept seeing the word "Capoeira." And... yeah. Exactly. Droopy is a capoeirista.
As impressive as something like Battlebots is, these smaller scale bots are so much more diverse in concept and design, it's really fun to just see what people come up with :D
I kind of want to see a bigger version of this design. I'm curious if the weight bonus non-wheeled's get would make it more viable, or if the amount of time a scaled up version took to spin up fast enough for mobility would defeat the point.
The fact that droopys weapon has exposed gears and those don't get damaged ever is surprising cause exposed weapon motors/gears are usually the most vunerable right?
Droopy needs a saw like structure under his feet (and opoosite side), which has increased resistence sliding in one direction. So it could walk quicker forwards, because the leg sticks in one direction only... much faster movement and more control, less timeouts
I think it has to do with how Droopy moves; unless I'm misunderstanding something, using a locomotion method other than regular wheels (and thus keeping things interesting) allows the builder a little extra weight. Depth Charge, for instance, falls into the same category. It uses bristle drive, using vibrations to move around the box (whenever it's not catapulting itself around with weapon-on-floor action). So because Droopy uses gyroscopic motion to move rather than wheels, he's allowed a little extra weight compared to wheeled bots.
It really isnt fair... They get to remove a lot of weight since they dont need a dedicated propulsion system, and then they get an extra added maximum weight bonus to slap onto the already oversized weapon system.
@@SirHorned19These weight bonuses are needed to help drive innovation. It keeps things from being boring. Look at booty brigade to see why nobody's making a 3 pound droopy.
@@Washingtonium I just think that whatever "innovation" is garnered from this is in the wrong direction. I dont think 2 barely controllable angle grinders shuffling around until they hit each other is very exciting. Some of the designs are pretty interesting like Project Liftoff, but even that is pretty boring to watch during a fight, The technical details are more exciting in my opinion.
@@SirHorned19 Droopy has the speed and maneuverability of a Parkinson's patient. As Tommy themselves point out, Droopy can ONLY win based on damage. Droopy has no hope of winning based on aggression and control. There are control bots, made largely of TPU, that could probably beat Droopy. Wedge-lifters could also beat Droopy in a Judges decision. The problem is lasting that 3 minutes. Droopy does well against bots that put their weight into offence rather than defense.
Guys. Carry a shirt mic. Clip it on everyone you interview. And for God's sake, stop overmixing the audio with loud music. Slow tf down a little bit and put just the tiniest bit more foresight and effort into your productions.
The whole meta is turning into exclusively these kinds of bots because they get a maximum weight bonus since they dont have wheels or tracks. Its honestly pretty sad... Its like throwing 2 angle grinders in a box and shaking them until one of them stops running, its just boring.
Pretty sure those are just the most highlighted by NHRL. If this style of bot was the meta then it wouldn't be fighting a more standard spinner bot in both times it was in the finals. It's just a style of bot that counters the usual meta for other competitions that don't allow them, i.e. more standard spinner bots that have decent movement. And then this style would again be countered by more defensive designs that score points in aggression and control while being tough enough to take hits. Note that in fights when weapons clash with Droopy this is considered as a 'good hit from (Droopy's opponent)' rather than Droopy unless the opponent was too damaged to move properly.
@@probablygeneric429 Its honestly just the weight bonus they get that seems excessive. They have already reconfigured all the "movement weight" in the bot into pure weapon mass, then they get an additional weight bonus on top of that.
This little guy would be eaten alive if it was a real BattleBot 😂. These cute little toy competitions are cute and all......but let me know when Droopy enters in the real ring with real robots :) :). Riptide would absolutely destroy Droopy 😂......as would any of the real BattleBots 😂
Literally like 10+ people in the video are on active Battlebots teams, they all know what real robots look like. Plus if Droopy was allowed to have it's weight bonus and didn't have a weapon blade weight limit it would absolutely murder a lot of Battlebots. It'd be like 2 Tritons but with no exposed wheels or backsides. Also Droopy literally beat Lynx in this video which is what Riptide is directly copied from.
If most other robots have a face, it's one that says, "I'm angry and I will destroy you." Droopy has a face that says despairingly, "Must I destroy another life?"
Imagine your defense being a damage aura, but this same damage aura also serves as your way of locomotion
Truly an amazing bot
The whole meta is turning into exclusively these kinds of bots because they get a maximum weight bonus since they dont have wheels or tracks. Its honestly pretty sad... Its like throwing 2 angle grinders in a box and shaking them until one of them stops running, its just boring.
@@SirHorned19Hard agree. Depth charge ruined the sport.
Congratulations to Tommy for winning the contract with the DoD. Will be an honor to serve alongside a unit of fully autonomous Droopies on the Eastern front.
My favorite thing about that whole tournament was watching Droopy fight, and then looking at all the Brazilians' comments in the chat, and I just kept seeing the word "Capoeira." And... yeah. Exactly. Droopy is a capoeirista.
Droopy really does have that spinning on the shoulder, tied hands and deadly flailing legs thing down pat, don't they?
As impressive as something like Battlebots is, these smaller scale bots are so much more diverse in concept and design, it's really fun to just see what people come up with :D
I would really love to see the true unrestrained chaos of a heavyweight Droopy
i both love and fear what could happen if Droopy gets a heavyweight version
If Droopy was scaled up, what would be be called? Because sometimes smaller barre bots have alter egos to their bigger counterparts
@@EngineerRiff Flaccid
@@ToastGhost Explain?
@@EngineerRiff it’s more funny if I don’t
The eyes make it look like HUGE's tiny son
Yes, that’s EXACTLY what it looks like! 😂
HUGE's tired small son.
"Must I fight father? Please father, I am tired"
As someone who in the future might fight droopy, I fear it
Droopy just mooning Synthesis
I want droopy on battlebots so bad, such a good design and character
They should change the rules just for it
Would be hard to speed up and slow down the motors enough without causing massive heat in a large scale bot…would be hella destructive though!!!
If they introduced a bantam weight division that could work.
@@jackpoole6120I wonder if there's some way to transfer force from one side to the other, maybe a variable gearbox or some sort of magnetic linkage?
"If droopy wore pants would it wear them like this or like this?"
Droopy merch would be a godsend.
8:16 Droopy has a mouth and must scream
At least it isn't yellow
Video hasn't yet started, will come back here after the premier. Should be fun tho 😜
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@@NHRL throughoutly 😁
I kind of want to see a bigger version of this design. I'm curious if the weight bonus non-wheeled's get would make it more viable, or if the amount of time a scaled up version took to spin up fast enough for mobility would defeat the point.
Sneaky dumbledore at 8:23
🎵 Don't act like you don't know me. These yams deserve a Sparky. 🎵
I want to see droopy fight in the battlebots league to see how well it fights agenst the big bots
DESTROYER OF WORLDS
I didn't know Droopy had a bum
The cutest little 🍑
Tbh I prefer most of the fight or the whole fight when we put the spotlight on a cool bot like this. Too much cut out for me
Droopy and huge should totally hang out
i think im awesome when i solder one wire then I see these guys xD
That's one tough bastard, lol.
The ways the house got destroyed in those fights were brutal
(For the knockouts)
I'm thinking about who would win if you fought against deapth charge
Those flashing colors in the transitions are really bad for epilepsy
Droopy is perfect because droopy has no wheels to eat.
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The fact that droopys weapon has exposed gears and those don't get damaged ever is surprising cause exposed weapon motors/gears are usually the most vunerable right?
Guarded by spinny blades. Its difficult to target, but yes, one good hit and its toast
@@chasler1741 and fighting much stronger robots in the future cause Droopy hasnt been beaten yet it could be a risk.. hes only had easy fights so far
*cough Kevlar fibers *cough
Droopy needs a saw like structure under his feet (and opoosite side), which has increased resistence sliding in one direction. So it could walk quicker forwards, because the leg sticks in one direction only... much faster movement and more control, less timeouts
Funny movement but aoe damage defense
Wait... so its heavier then other robots it fights?
How is that fair?
I think it has to do with how Droopy moves; unless I'm misunderstanding something, using a locomotion method other than regular wheels (and thus keeping things interesting) allows the builder a little extra weight. Depth Charge, for instance, falls into the same category. It uses bristle drive, using vibrations to move around the box (whenever it's not catapulting itself around with weapon-on-floor action).
So because Droopy uses gyroscopic motion to move rather than wheels, he's allowed a little extra weight compared to wheeled bots.
It really isnt fair... They get to remove a lot of weight since they dont need a dedicated propulsion system, and then they get an extra added maximum weight bonus to slap onto the already oversized weapon system.
@@SirHorned19These weight bonuses are needed to help drive innovation. It keeps things from being boring. Look at booty brigade to see why nobody's making a 3 pound droopy.
@@Washingtonium I just think that whatever "innovation" is garnered from this is in the wrong direction. I dont think 2 barely controllable angle grinders shuffling around until they hit each other is very exciting.
Some of the designs are pretty interesting like Project Liftoff, but even that is pretty boring to watch during a fight, The technical details are more exciting in my opinion.
@@SirHorned19 Droopy has the speed and maneuverability of a Parkinson's patient. As Tommy themselves point out, Droopy can ONLY win based on damage. Droopy has no hope of winning based on aggression and control. There are control bots, made largely of TPU, that could probably beat Droopy. Wedge-lifters could also beat Droopy in a Judges decision. The problem is lasting that 3 minutes. Droopy does well against bots that put their weight into offence rather than defense.
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Guys. Carry a shirt mic. Clip it on everyone you interview.
And for God's sake, stop overmixing the audio with loud music.
Slow tf down a little bit and put just the tiniest bit more foresight and effort into your productions.
No, droopy is not the best robot design. The fact that is lacks any genuine mode of mobility makes it a hack. Shouldn't be allowed.
Many bots are seen using gyro to move, also almost anything is allowed when it comes to movement
Cmon man it's a hackfest 😂
Take your strict rules back to battlebots, people down at nhrl are there to have fun first and competativity last.
@Such_Savagery the rules I was wanting they implemented so.. what you even saying bro
@@Neceros who are you? Why are you talking to me?
The whole meta is turning into exclusively these kinds of bots because they get a maximum weight bonus since they dont have wheels or tracks. Its honestly pretty sad... Its like throwing 2 angle grinders in a box and shaking them until one of them stops running, its just boring.
i think its very interesting
Pretty sure those are just the most highlighted by NHRL. If this style of bot was the meta then it wouldn't be fighting a more standard spinner bot in both times it was in the finals.
It's just a style of bot that counters the usual meta for other competitions that don't allow them, i.e. more standard spinner bots that have decent movement.
And then this style would again be countered by more defensive designs that score points in aggression and control while being tough enough to take hits. Note that in fights when weapons clash with Droopy this is considered as a 'good hit from (Droopy's opponent)' rather than Droopy unless the opponent was too damaged to move properly.
@@probablygeneric429 Its honestly just the weight bonus they get that seems excessive.
They have already reconfigured all the "movement weight" in the bot into pure weapon mass, then they get an additional weight bonus on top of that.
This little guy would be eaten alive if it was a real BattleBot 😂. These cute little toy competitions are cute and all......but let me know when Droopy enters in the real ring with real robots :) :).
Riptide would absolutely destroy Droopy 😂......as would any of the real BattleBots 😂
Literally like 10+ people in the video are on active Battlebots teams, they all know what real robots look like. Plus if Droopy was allowed to have it's weight bonus and didn't have a weapon blade weight limit it would absolutely murder a lot of Battlebots. It'd be like 2 Tritons but with no exposed wheels or backsides. Also Droopy literally beat Lynx in this video which is what Riptide is directly copied from.
Does the weight make the battle bot? Or is it the bastle?
Ew a riptide fan…
@@Stop_This_MadnessI like riptide too, i think a lil’ therapy’s good for him though