Gadget vs Dynamizer in robot grudgematch

by Ryan Block, posted May 8th 2006 at 4:42PM

In celebration of Children's Day (which is also the day we celebrate Cinco de Mayo), our pals running the Robo-One competition announced a prizefight for what they've apparently dubbed Robo-One GP 2006 (Season 1) to take place in Bucheon Robo Park. The fighters: Japan's infamous Dynamizer on this side; Korea's Gadget on the other. Unfortunately we didn't get a chance to see the fight (seems like they neglected to set up a Pay-Per-View feed), but surprisingly even despite the Dynamizer was hooked into a rig that mimicked its master's movements during the bout, the hand-controlled Gadget remained victorious. A severe blow was surely never dealt to Japan's national sense of pride. We understand the 13 year old boy controlling the Dynamizer was heard shouting "I'll get you next time, Gadget -- in space."

Filed under: Robots

Tags: dyanmizer, fight, gadget, robo-one

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Simon P @ May 8th 2006 4:56PM

Time to employ a proofreader perchance?

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Crazylink @ May 8th 2006 5:15PM

Inspector Gadget?

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Dan (thoughtfix) @ May 8th 2006 5:18PM

Damn. And I was impressed by robot I put together with the VEX kit that was on woot.com last month. I made a little video of it and put it in my "site's URL" thing above.

I can see I have a LOT left to learn. Like how to counterweight and balance, for one ;)

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Maikeru @ May 8th 2006 5:39PM

"We understand the 13 year old boy controlling the Dynamizer was heard shouting "I'll get you next time, Gadget"

What? Not "I mustn't run away, I mustn't run away"?

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DarkSol @ May 8th 2006 5:53PM

DOCTOR CLAW!

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lolersticks @ May 8th 2006 6:12PM

Nice reference, Maikeru!

Time to watch the "brain splatter" part of EoE again.

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body hair removal @ May 8th 2006 6:49PM

What will they come up with next!

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bliss @ May 8th 2006 6:57PM

oh the never ending battles between Japan and Korea... fun stuff.

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tempusmaster @ May 8th 2006 8:46PM

Although Dynamizer (Sugiura Family) does use a master/slave control, it's implemented as a part of the remote control - not via a body harness device. One of the other participating Robo-One robots from Japan - the Great Majingaa - uses the body harness master slave design, and was controlled by the '13 year old boy'.

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