Kickstart
Robot Facts
Kickstart is a beetleweight combat robot that has competed in various events in the Northeastern United States since September 2017. The design originally began as a 2WD vertical spinner with a custom wound hub motor from a copy machine. The weapon consisted of a machined AR500 disk clamped between two aluminum hubs, and the frame was machined out of a single piece of aluminum. An 1/8" thick titanium wedge guarded the front of the robot, along with 1/2" thick UHMW armor. The design featured a fearsome weapon, but had several vulnerabilities including erratic driving induced by gyroscopic precession, poor acceleration due to drivetrain belt slip, lack of a ground game, and the inability to drive inverted or self right. The robot competed with the intention of delivering a few big hits, but was never competitive. Near the end of its career, the original design experienced several failures related to the hub motor weapon. Some of the notable issues included bolt slip on large hits, bearing seizure, and magnet dislodgement.
| Builder/Driver | Cam Collins |
| Weight Class | 3lb |
| Body Material | TPU & Aluminum |
| Weapon | Vertical Spinner |
| Weapon Drive | eBay 2838 Inrunner |
| Drive | 4WD Rectified Robotics Brushless Drive Kit |
| Power | 4S Lipo |
After taking a few years break, Kickstart was redesigned as a 4WD vertical spinner to fully complete the meta transition. Kickstart competed at the January 2023 NHRL New Bots Event. The new Kickstart features a monocoque TPU chassis with custom molded Vytaflex wheels. An aluminum weapon module is designed to snap into the frame, and wedgelet can be modularly attached to the front of the robot. For the January event, and TPU wedge was used against horizontal spinners. For the May event, weight was reallocated to allow for a 1/16" titanium wedge to be implemented.
Kickstart received a weapon and chassis system update for the NHRL November Finals event. The result was a stronger weapon assembly and improved weight distribution. This was also the first introduction of the minibot, Sidekick.
Statistics
Info
- Rank: #16 in 3lb.
- Last 5 fights: LLWWL
- Current streak: L1 (1 KOs/KO'd)
- Longest winning streak: 6 (3 KOs)
- Longest losing streak: 2 (1 KO'd)
- Avg fight time (seconds): 134.9
Record
| Year | Events | Fights | W | L | % | KOs | KO'd |
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| 2023 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 0.737 | 7 | 4 |
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| All-Time | 4 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 0.737 | 7 | 4 |
Events
| Date | Fought as | Reached | Place | Fights | W | L | KOs | KO'd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 28, 2023 | Kickstart | Final | 2nd | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| May 6, 2023 | Kickstart | Quarterfinal | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| September 30, 2023 | Kickstart | Bracket Round 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| November 11, 2023 | Kickstart | Bracket Round 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Opponents
| Opponent | Fights | W | L | KOs | KO'd | Last Meeting |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Specture | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | September 30, 2023 |
| IDKWTFID | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | November 11, 2023 |
| MilkTankette | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | May 6, 2023 |
| Dumb Drum | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | May 6, 2023 |
| Chicken Bot Pie | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | January 28, 2023 |
| Abomination | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | January 28, 2023 |
| Wicked Twister | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | January 28, 2023 |
| Yippee | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | September 30, 2023 |
| Silent X | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | November 11, 2023 |
| Tomato Soup | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | May 6, 2023 |
| Ratfish | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | May 6, 2023 |
| The Floormidable Floorsome + Friend | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | January 28, 2023 |
| joe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | January 28, 2023 |
| Brute | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | January 28, 2023 |
| IMPAKT | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | September 30, 2023 |
| Booty Brigade | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | November 11, 2023 |
| Caldera | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | May 6, 2023 |
| Púca | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | January 28, 2023 |
| Supreme Ruler | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | November 11, 2023 |
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Full Fight History
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