r/c boxing robots offer up a technical knock out
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October 23rd, 2008 post a comment (1) stumble it! digg it! by: technabob
These little toy robot kits from Japan do one thing and one thing only. They beat the crap out of each other.
Tamiya’s Robocraft boxing robots come in a kit that’s easy enough to assemble if you know your way around a screwdriver.
Each robotic boxer operates on a wired remote, which lets you control each of two gearboxes which drive the robot’s punches and movements. The same gears drive the punching action and forward/backward movement, making them a bit wobbly and unpredictable - both excellent traits for a boxer. Just as Mickey Rourke.
A simple adjustment lets you switch between two punch types: upper-cut and straight jab.
Pow, right in the kisser!
They’re sorta like a modern-day version of Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots, no?
Tamiya USA sells individual blue boxing ‘bots (along with a little punching bag) for $37 USD, and pairs (in colorful pink and yellow so you can tell ‘em apart) for $67 USD.
October 23rd, 2008 post a comment (1) stumble it! digg it! by: technabob
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Not quite the modern version of rock-em, sock-em robots, but close. The two motor system allows independent movement of arms and feet, but the constant punches seems a little bit like cheating - kind of like constantly spinning the rods if you’re playing foosball.