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===Overview=== |
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Jot is a 3lb robot designed and built by [[Max Morningstar]], first competing at the January 2024 New Bots event at NHRL. Morningstar came up with the idea to build Jot while reflecting on the [[2023 Championships]], in which cam lifter [[Supreme Ruler]] and corral bot [[Full Court]] made deep runs into the 3lb and 12lb brackets respectively, with the latter taking home the Golden Brett in its weight class. Morningstar |
Jot is a 3lb robot designed and built by [[Max Morningstar]], first competing at the January 2024 New Bots event at NHRL. Morningstar came up with the idea to build Jot while reflecting on the [[2023 Championships]], in which cam lifter [[Supreme Ruler]] and corral bot [[Full Court]] made deep runs into the 3lb and 12lb brackets respectively, with the latter taking home the Golden Brett in its weight class. Morningstar wanted a design that could combat these styles of robots while still being competitive against vertical spinning robots. While in the shower, Morningstar was hit by a flash of inspiration, surmising that a bigwheel bot was the ideal counter to both types of designs, being able to bulldoze over corral bots while also being largely immune to cam lifters, which rely on the low ground clearance typical in meta 4WD vertical spinner designs. |
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In coming up with the Jot design, Morningstar looked to [[Starchild]] for initial inspiration. Having seen the Starchild variant [[Axis of Evil]] compete in the August 2023 event, Morningstar knew one of the biggest drawbacks to the design was the challenge of lining up hits with the robot's rear-mounted vertical spinner. To fix this, Morningstar combined the big wheels and elongated chassis of Starchild with a horizontal blade, envisioning a robot with a |
In coming up with the Jot design, Morningstar looked to [[Starchild]] for initial inspiration. Having seen the Starchild variant [[Axis of Evil]] compete in the August 2023 event, Morningstar knew one of the biggest drawbacks to the design was the challenge of lining up hits with the robot's rear-mounted vertical spinner. To fix this, Morningstar combined the big wheels and elongated chassis of Starchild with a horizontal blade, envisioning a robot with a thwacking attack pattern that would be easier to drive and land reliable hits with. Having seen the dominant performance of the thagomizer-style robot [[Maximizer]], Morningstar believed the design would be versatile enough to counter cam lifters and corral robots while still being competitively viable versus 4WD vertical spinners, which typically have less armor on the sides than the front. |
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Jot's name is an esoteric reference to a comedy [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q2Jdozazpk sketch] made by the podcasting network Headgum, in which two characters discuss ideas for viral t-shirt designs. Morningstar's robot [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/2870/resources/10655 Four Beet Salad], a 1lb plastic version of Jot, is named for another reference within the same video. |
Jot's name is an esoteric reference to a comedy [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q2Jdozazpk sketch] made by the podcasting network Headgum, in which two characters discuss ideas for viral t-shirt designs. Morningstar's robot [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/2870/resources/10655 Four Beet Salad], a 1lb plastic version of Jot, is named for another reference within the same video. |
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=== NHRL January 2024 === |
=== NHRL January 2024 === |
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====Jot vs [[Terminus]]==== |
====Jot vs [[Terminus]]==== |
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Jot's first qualifying fight of the January event, and indeed of its career, was slated to be against Terminus, a hammersaw built by the robotics team from the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. The fight would have been an interesting one and potentially a devastating loss for Jot, since due to weight |
Jot's first qualifying fight of the January event, and indeed of its career, was slated to be against Terminus, a hammersaw built by the robotics team from the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. The fight would have been an interesting one and potentially a devastating loss for Jot, since due to weight constraints Jot only had 1mm of TPU top and bottom armor on its main chassis. Unfortunately, Terminus had issues with belt tension on both its hammersaw arm and drivetrain, and was unable to pass safety in time to compete in the match. Under the new 2024 ruleset, Jot was awarded its first ever win, by forfeit. |
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====Jot vs [[Little Melty]]==== |
====Jot vs [[Little Melty]]==== |
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Jot's second fight was against another Rose-Hulman bot, Little Melty. Little Melty, as its name suggests, was a meltybrain design where the entire robot spins up to high RPMs, turning its own chassis into a primary weapon. Jot once again had a lucky break when the driver of Little Melty accidentally put the robot into the cage upside down, obscuring the directional LEDs that would have allowed them to see what direction the robot thought it was facing. Without these LEDs, the team was unable to effectively control their robot, piloting it into the walls by their starting corner, where the robot remained until the match ended. This was good news for Jot, as unbeknownst to the Little Melty team the hub holding Jot's wheel onto its drive axle was loose, and the wheel had begun to creep towards the edge of the axle as Jot approached its opponent's position. Had Jot maneuvered more aggressively, or taken a direct hit from Little Melty, Jot likely would have been quickly disabled. Luckily, Jot driver [[Max Morningstar]] noticed the wheel start to shift and wisely kept Jot's movement to a minimum until Little Melty tapped out, granting Jot its second win and a berth in the January 2024 3lb bracket. |
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Jot's second fight was against another Rose-Hulman bot, Little Melty. Little Melty, as its name suggests, was a meltybrain design where the entire robot would spin up to high RPMs, turning its own chassis into its primary weapon. |
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While anticlimactic, this was a critical fight for Jot because it exposed glaring issues in the robot's design. First, Jot's drive was incredibly sensitive. Its wheels were directly driven by Repeat Drive Max motors, which are designed for significantly smaller wheels than those boasted by Jot. Even with settings turned way down on Morningstar's controller, Jot accelerated quickly at even small inputs, making the robot very difficult to drive. Jot's weapon, a horizontal spinner that rested at roughly a 45 degree angle, exacerbated the problem by adding weird gyroscopic forces that made Jot want to variably not drive straight or attempt to roll over when turned. The combination of these factors would greatly inhibit Jot's ability to effectively damage opponents throughout the January 2024 event. |
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This was a lucky break for Jot, as unbeknownst to the Little Melty team the hub holding Jot's wheel onto its drive axle was loose, and the wheel had begun to creep towards the edge of the axle. Had it fallen off, Jot may have disabled itself without ever coming into hard contact with Little Melty. Luckily, Jot driver [[Max Morningstar]] noticed the wheel start to shift and wisely kept Jot's movement to a minimum while Little Melty was counte |
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====Jot vs [[TriJinx]]==== |
====Jot vs [[TriJinx]]==== |
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Jot's first fight in the tournament bracket was against TriJinx, a robot modeled after the heavyweight robot [https://battlebots.com/robot/hijinx-wcvii/ HiJinx]. Driven by a powerful hub motor, TriJinx wielded a large horizontal primary weapon, which traditionally perform well against bigwheel robots. However, Jot's lucky streak continued, and upon reaching the cage TriJinx realized that its weapon was nonfunctional (later revealed to be a result of a faulty weapon ESC). This would prove pivotal during the fight. Jot's weapon was largely ineffective, and was intermittently spinner over the course of the match due to excess friction on the weapon shaft causing the weapon to temporarily seize up. Despite it's lack of a working weapon, TriJinx proved an adept control bot, successfully attempting multiple pins on Jot. However, the spring steel cleats on Jot's wheels proved to be highly effective, allowing Jot to drive up over TriJinx and escape its pins as fast as the robot could attempt them. TriJinx's nonfunctional weapon, and Jot's ability to work its way out of pins, ultimately led to a split judge's decision in favor of Jot, who advanced in the bracket. |
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====Jot vs [[Sir Spinny]]==== |
====Jot vs [[Sir Spinny]]==== |
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Jot's next opponent was a multibot consisting of a FingerTech vertical spinner and a lifting minibot. In theory, this was a matchup that Jot was designed to dominate. However, given the drive sensitivity and overpowering gyroscopic weapon force, Jot was mostly at the mercy of Sir Spinny, which did its best to dismantle Jot over the three-minute match. Sir Spinny successfully removed most of the spring steel cleats on Jot's wheels, took off both self-righting spikes, and sheared off Jot's weapon shaft, causing Jot's spinner to be ejected from the robot. While Jot was able to cling to life for the full match, the resulting unanimous judge's decision in favor of Sir Spinny was no surprise. By taking this win, Sir Spinny delivered Jot the first loss of its career and eliminated it from the 3lb tournament bracket. |
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====Show Match: Jot and [[Rewind]] vs [[Chainsaw Kitty]]==== |
====Show Match: Jot and [[Rewind]] vs [[Chainsaw Kitty]]==== |
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Revision as of 06:45, 10 March 2024
| Builder | Max Morningstar |
| Driver | Max Morningstar |
| Team | TRC |
| Weight Class | 3lb |
| Body Material | TPU Chassis |
| Weapon | Horizontal Thwacking Spinner (AR500) |
| Weapon Drive | EMAX ECOII 2306 2400Kv |
| Drive | Repeat Drive Max from Repeat Robotics |
| Power | 4S Lipo |
| Lifetime record | 3-1 |
Overview
Jot is a 3lb robot designed and built by Max Morningstar, first competing at the January 2024 New Bots event at NHRL. Morningstar came up with the idea to build Jot while reflecting on the 2023 Championships, in which cam lifter Supreme Ruler and corral bot Full Court made deep runs into the 3lb and 12lb brackets respectively, with the latter taking home the Golden Brett in its weight class. Morningstar wanted a design that could combat these styles of robots while still being competitive against vertical spinning robots. While in the shower, Morningstar was hit by a flash of inspiration, surmising that a bigwheel bot was the ideal counter to both types of designs, being able to bulldoze over corral bots while also being largely immune to cam lifters, which rely on the low ground clearance typical in meta 4WD vertical spinner designs.
In coming up with the Jot design, Morningstar looked to Starchild for initial inspiration. Having seen the Starchild variant Axis of Evil compete in the August 2023 event, Morningstar knew one of the biggest drawbacks to the design was the challenge of lining up hits with the robot's rear-mounted vertical spinner. To fix this, Morningstar combined the big wheels and elongated chassis of Starchild with a horizontal blade, envisioning a robot with a thwacking attack pattern that would be easier to drive and land reliable hits with. Having seen the dominant performance of the thagomizer-style robot Maximizer, Morningstar believed the design would be versatile enough to counter cam lifters and corral robots while still being competitively viable versus 4WD vertical spinners, which typically have less armor on the sides than the front.
Jot's name is an esoteric reference to a comedy sketch made by the podcasting network Headgum, in which two characters discuss ideas for viral t-shirt designs. Morningstar's robot Four Beet Salad, a 1lb plastic version of Jot, is named for another reference within the same video.
Before settling on the name Jot, the robot was originally going to be called Starmizer as an homage to Starchild and Maximizer, the two robots most impactful on the Jot design.
Fight History
NHRL January 2024
Jot vs Terminus
Jot's first qualifying fight of the January event, and indeed of its career, was slated to be against Terminus, a hammersaw built by the robotics team from the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. The fight would have been an interesting one and potentially a devastating loss for Jot, since due to weight constraints Jot only had 1mm of TPU top and bottom armor on its main chassis. Unfortunately, Terminus had issues with belt tension on both its hammersaw arm and drivetrain, and was unable to pass safety in time to compete in the match. Under the new 2024 ruleset, Jot was awarded its first ever win, by forfeit.
Jot vs Little Melty
Jot's second fight was against another Rose-Hulman bot, Little Melty. Little Melty, as its name suggests, was a meltybrain design where the entire robot spins up to high RPMs, turning its own chassis into a primary weapon. Jot once again had a lucky break when the driver of Little Melty accidentally put the robot into the cage upside down, obscuring the directional LEDs that would have allowed them to see what direction the robot thought it was facing. Without these LEDs, the team was unable to effectively control their robot, piloting it into the walls by their starting corner, where the robot remained until the match ended. This was good news for Jot, as unbeknownst to the Little Melty team the hub holding Jot's wheel onto its drive axle was loose, and the wheel had begun to creep towards the edge of the axle as Jot approached its opponent's position. Had Jot maneuvered more aggressively, or taken a direct hit from Little Melty, Jot likely would have been quickly disabled. Luckily, Jot driver Max Morningstar noticed the wheel start to shift and wisely kept Jot's movement to a minimum until Little Melty tapped out, granting Jot its second win and a berth in the January 2024 3lb bracket.
While anticlimactic, this was a critical fight for Jot because it exposed glaring issues in the robot's design. First, Jot's drive was incredibly sensitive. Its wheels were directly driven by Repeat Drive Max motors, which are designed for significantly smaller wheels than those boasted by Jot. Even with settings turned way down on Morningstar's controller, Jot accelerated quickly at even small inputs, making the robot very difficult to drive. Jot's weapon, a horizontal spinner that rested at roughly a 45 degree angle, exacerbated the problem by adding weird gyroscopic forces that made Jot want to variably not drive straight or attempt to roll over when turned. The combination of these factors would greatly inhibit Jot's ability to effectively damage opponents throughout the January 2024 event.
Jot vs TriJinx
Jot's first fight in the tournament bracket was against TriJinx, a robot modeled after the heavyweight robot HiJinx. Driven by a powerful hub motor, TriJinx wielded a large horizontal primary weapon, which traditionally perform well against bigwheel robots. However, Jot's lucky streak continued, and upon reaching the cage TriJinx realized that its weapon was nonfunctional (later revealed to be a result of a faulty weapon ESC). This would prove pivotal during the fight. Jot's weapon was largely ineffective, and was intermittently spinner over the course of the match due to excess friction on the weapon shaft causing the weapon to temporarily seize up. Despite it's lack of a working weapon, TriJinx proved an adept control bot, successfully attempting multiple pins on Jot. However, the spring steel cleats on Jot's wheels proved to be highly effective, allowing Jot to drive up over TriJinx and escape its pins as fast as the robot could attempt them. TriJinx's nonfunctional weapon, and Jot's ability to work its way out of pins, ultimately led to a split judge's decision in favor of Jot, who advanced in the bracket.
Jot vs Sir Spinny
Jot's next opponent was a multibot consisting of a FingerTech vertical spinner and a lifting minibot. In theory, this was a matchup that Jot was designed to dominate. However, given the drive sensitivity and overpowering gyroscopic weapon force, Jot was mostly at the mercy of Sir Spinny, which did its best to dismantle Jot over the three-minute match. Sir Spinny successfully removed most of the spring steel cleats on Jot's wheels, took off both self-righting spikes, and sheared off Jot's weapon shaft, causing Jot's spinner to be ejected from the robot. While Jot was able to cling to life for the full match, the resulting unanimous judge's decision in favor of Sir Spinny was no surprise. By taking this win, Sir Spinny delivered Jot the first loss of its career and eliminated it from the 3lb tournament bracket.
Chaos Rumble
Description Coming Soon!
Show Match: Jot and Rewind vs Chainsaw Kitty
Description Coming Soon!
Statistics
Info
- Rank: #175 in 3lb.
- Last 5 fights: LWLWL
- Current streak: L1 (0 KOs/KO'd)
- Longest winning streak: 3 (1 KOs)
- Longest losing streak: 3 (1 KO'd)
- Avg fight time (seconds): 125.0
Record
| Year | Events | Fights | W | L | % | KOs | KO'd |
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| 2024 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0.500 | 1 | 2 |
| All-Time | 3 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0.500 | 1 | 0 |
Events
| Date | Fought as | Reached | Place | Fights | W | L | KOs | KO'd |
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| January 20, 2024 | Jot | Bracket Rd. 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| June 22, 2024 | Jot | Qualifiers Rd. 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| October 26, 2024 | Jot | Opening Round | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Opponents
| Opponent | Fights | W | L | KOs | KO'd | Last Meeting |
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| Ceratops | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | October 26, 2024 |
| El tibio | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | October 26, 2024 |
| Terminus | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | January 20, 2024 |
| Little Melty | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | January 20, 2024 |
| TriJinx | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | January 20, 2024 |
| Kamino | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | October 26, 2024 |
| Singularity | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | June 22, 2024 |
| Buffalo Wings | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | October 26, 2024 |
| Not Sure | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | June 22, 2024 |
| Sir Spinny | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | January 20, 2024 |
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Full Fight History
* Forfeits before the 2024 season are not counted in a bot's W-L record. Forfeits from 2024 and on are counted in a bot's W-L record.
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