{"id":56361,"date":"2024-03-18T14:20:37","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T14:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/?p=56361"},"modified":"2024-03-18T14:20:39","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T14:20:39","slug":"sparks-fly-as-robots-square-off-in-sheffield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/03\/18\/sparks-fly-as-robots-square-off-in-sheffield\/","title":{"rendered":"Sparks fly as robots square off in Sheffield"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Roboteers from across the UK descended on Kommune in Sheffield on Saturday for a day of\u00a0<em>Robot Wars<\/em>-style combat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Competing robots were equipped with a variety of different weapons, such as flippers, hammers, and spinning blades, with the aim of either incapacitating the other robots or causing the opposing team to \u2018tap out\u2019, and concede the fight.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unlike the televised competition, in which the robots could weigh well over 100kg and be expensive and time-consuming to build, Saturday\u2019s event was restricted to a maximum weight of 1.5kg, making the competition more accessible to roboteers from all walks of life.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SCAR Sceetles 2: Qry About it vs BadFutherMucker\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c1sk4ZdToso?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roboteers from across the UK descended on Kommune in Sheffield on Saturday for a day of\u00a0Robot Wars-style combat. 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