• AndyMFK@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    6 hours ago

    This was Jamie Hyneman, and Adam Savage’s robot (of MythBusters fame). It was given the championship 2 seperate years in exchange for not competing anymore, as you said, because it was too dangerous and flinging robot parts over the arena walls.

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      2 hours ago

      Just here to specify that “over the arena walls” is quite literal since the first arena didn’t have a ceiling. The flung pieces were thrown into the public, luckily never injuring anybody.

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      4 hours ago

      Shouldn’t the entire arena be in plexiglass so parts can’t fly over walls?