Finalizer: the Microsoft… BattleBot?
By Barb Dybwad 
posted Jun 9th 2005 9:03AM
posted Jun 9th 2005 9:03AM
You know, kudos to Microsoft for breaking some new ground here and tapping in to the hot
BattleBot market (exploding any day now, surely), because
the Finalizer here bills itself as the first MS-powered deathbot of its ilk. It's controlled via WiFi by communication
with an on-board PDA running a pre-release version of .NET Compact Framework 2.0. We're sure you all realize this is
the most compelling reason yet for Apple to come out with a handheld (R.I.P., mighty
Newton) — BattleBot deathmatch!
[Via PocketPC Thoughts]
Another Microsoft attempt to destroy the competition.
... and this is the first post.
Is that the blue light of death?
Is that the blue light of death?
Oh yeah FP!
I thought Ballmer was the first MS powered Deathbot. "DEVELOPERS!"
It would be awesome if it had wi-fi... that way you wouldn't have to plug it in every other tuesday to get updates.
Mike, bugger off with the first post hype... are you really 12 years old (sorry, not trying to insult the decent 12 year old people out there).
I am so there!
I hope a little upstart company crushes them (in the ring, in the ring)
jc, lol
I was just doing the first post thing, cause I think it's hilarious how bad the flamewar got yesterday about it. People who get upset about it need to get over themselves and get a life. Who does it hurt, and what does it change. Chill and get that "bugger" out of your @$$.
Am I the only person that thinks that robot wouldn't be too hot in the BattleBox? I mean, those treads are toast with one good hit from a spinning weapon.
Well, this would be great competition to my idea for a Linux powered BattleBot. Although, the weapon on mine would grind right through this bot, abeit my design is for a much higher weight class. The big problem with my bot is it's unbuilt as I don't have the estimated $15,000 to build it. :)
Too bad Battlebots isn't on comedy Central anymore. They were just remote controlled machines and not really robots, but it was still fun.
jc, RTFSummary, it has WiFi ;) Windows update on the fly!
How long until armies of these things are rolling through the streets, cutting down MS software pirates and destroying peoples' iPods?
It's the future. It's coming.
if there were more then 5 developers for Apple we may see their version of this.
RUNNNN!!!!! BSOD BSOD!
This time it will cause read Death! LOL
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i love the intarweb. so many elite folx0rz.
why do people like jg even open their mouths?
"if there were more then 5 developers for Apple we may see their version of this."
Yah. I'm betting there is only 5 developers in this place....
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1+infinite+loop,+Cupertino,+ca&spn=0.004903,0.007510&t=k&hl=en
"if there were more then 5 developers for Apple we may see their version of this."
Yah. I'm betting there is only 5 developers in this place....
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1+infinite+loop,+Cupertino,+ca&spn=0.004903,0.007510&t=k&hl=en
"... and this is the first post."
No, it doesn't count when you cheat. I was first.
Apple's version will be white, round and girly looking, patented and ripe for imitation by chinese companies.
Apple's version will be white, round and girly looking, patented and ripe for imitation by chinese companies.
thanks Finished...
I have a great idea to make a R/C bot out of the shell of my airport extreme...
#15 - today's word of the day is sarcasm.
Mike, your dumb. The posts are numbered by when they are submitted, not when they are confirmed from the email. He posted first, but confirmed after you, making you look like a retard when you said you were first.
i thought battelbots was cancelled
:: "My ax retracts automatically after striking, for example. That would have to be done manually in a conventional bot. I also have fail safes, so if I lose communication, I’m smart enough to shut myself down."
A "conventional" bot could do those two things just as easily without the dot net hype, nor the insane price tag.
Every bot is already required to shut down after loosing contact. Also, I don't believe wi fi is an allowable frequency nowadays. I'm pretty sure you need to use PCM.
Also, he seems to think that the bots are using electro-mechanical control devices, which is false. All the modern robots use electronic speed controllers custom designed for figthing robots.
Battlebots is dead but fighting robots aren't,
http://www.botleague.com/
That bot would get torn to shreds in any competition. He may have a slightly advanced control system, but all his mechanical systems are total crap.
yeah, a battlebot that will hang in the middle of a fight, have to be rebooted, which will take about 2 minutes, only to be completly mauled by the competition. It will have illegal operations and refuse to do things you ask it to and it will be extremely wasteful.