Anomaly - NHRL: New Year, New Bots 2024

Anomaly is a 3-lb combat robot built by the Rose-Hulman Combat Robotics team. Anomaly uses its large vertical spinner to cut into and throw around its opponents. This was its debut at NHRL's new bot event on 1/20/24.
(0:00) Anomaly vs. Raijin (Play-In Round 1)
(1:55) Anomaly vs. Scurryfest (Play-In Round 2)
(5:07) Anomaly vs. Syrnik (Play-In Round 3)
(8:11) Anomaly vs. Spinoff (Round 1)
(11:04) Anomaly vs. Catalyst (Round 2)

[@norfleet_]

Anomaly is such a cool bot, I had bet on it making finals in Jan. Cant wait to see its return~

[@darkfangnightcrow]

That second battle Scurryfest lost that one so quickly how on earth did the judges think they won?

[@rose-hulmancombatroboticsteam]

I'd have to write a whole essay on this to fully explain, but a big part of it was the way points were scored for multibots. Anything you do to a single part of the multibot basically counts half as much as it would if you were facing a single opponent. For example, to get full points for damage against Scurryfest, one would have to disable the weapons on BOTH bots, and damage the drive system of BOTH bots as well. We were a bit disappointed with the decision, but the the Scurryfest team were great opponents with well polished designs, so at least they deserved their eventual tournament win.

[@dandischinosvarietyhour1655]

Did you rip the weapon tooth off of Spinoff or is his spinner just shaped like that?

[@rose-hulmancombatroboticsteam]

Spinoff's weapon is cut from a single piece of AR500. Anomaly took a couple bites into into it, but it the weapon disk itself stayed in one piece.

[@dandischinosvarietyhour1655]

@@rose-hulmancombatroboticsteam interesting shape to it then. Also, great showing this event!