Builder/bot survey

Our builder/bot survey goes out before each competition, starting with the March 2022 competition. The goal of the survey is to collect accurate information directly from builders that we can use on the livestream and our wiki.

The survey is split into two parts: one asking questions about the builder, and one asking questions about each bot. Each builder will fill out the builder survey once, and the bot survey once for each bot they will bring.

Questions

Builder survey

1. What is your name?
2. If you think your name might be tricky for our announcers to pronounce, please let us know how to say it!
3. Where do you live? (City and state for people in the US, city and country for everyone else)
4. What do you do for a living?
5. What got you into combat robotics?
6. What are your interests outside combat robotics?
7. What best describes your combat robotics experience? (multiple choice)
   • I've fought at NHRL before.
   • I've fought at other competitions, but this is my first time at NHRL.
   • I've never fought at any combat robotics competitions before!
8. What brings you/keeps you coming back to NHRL?
9. Have you been to Battlebots? (multiple choice)
10. (If answer to previous question is "Yes, as a competitor") What years did you attend, with what bots, and what was your role each time?
11. Are you part of a team?
12. (If part of a team) What's the name of your team?
13. (If part of a team) What makes your team unique?
14. (If part of a team) For each person on the team, please tell us their name, their role, and what skills they bring to the team.
15. (If not part of a team) What makes you unique?
16. What's a fun fact about you?

Bot survey

1. Are you part of a team?
2. (If part of a team) What's the name of your team?
3. What's your name?
4. What's your bot's name?
5. What weight class does your bot fight in?
6. If your bot name could be tricky for our announcers to pronounce, how do we say it?
7. Does your bot have a tagline or a slogan? If so, write it here.
8. what's the story behind your bot's name?
9. Has your bot ever fought before? (multiple choice)
   • Yes, at NHRL.
   • Yes, at other tournaments, but this is its first time at NHRL.
   • No, this is its first time fighting anywhere!
10. (If bot has fought at NHRL) How has your bot changed since its last NHRL appearance?
11. (If bot has fought at other competitions, but not NHRL) How has your bot done at other events?
12. Tell us about your bot's drive system.
13. Tell us about your bot's weapon.
14. Tell us about the material you use for your bot's frame and armor.
15. What principles drove your bot's design?
16. Does your bot have any unique components?
17. How do you expect your bot to perform this tournament?
18. What are your goals for your bot this year?
19. What bot at NHRL do you most want to fight and why?
20. Do you have any build reports for this bot?
21. Do you have a picture of your bot? (If so, prompted to upload. Please upload a JPG or PNG with as neutral a background as possible. If your bot isn't built yet, a JPG or PNG of the render is okay.)

Secrecy

We do not plan on sharing the information you enter publicly, or with other competitors, until the day of the event, when we begin the livestream. However, we aren't yet in a position to guarantee that your information will be 100% confidential before the day of the event.

Therefore, we suggest that you don't share anything you wouldn't be comfortable sharing with an opponent before the start of the event. If you do want to share something that's top-secret, please email Gil about it (gil at nhrl dot io), and he will make sure it's not disclosed.