- "The Rochester Tooling and Machining Association (RTMA) has joined forces with the wildly popular TV show BattleBots® to create an event that is destined to leave a lasting impression: The Rochester Robot Rampage (R3). R3 is the perfect mix of business and extreme engineering entertainment with a trade show promoting manufacturing and engineering as well as hosting a Championship Tournament of the newest extreme sport of the 21st-century: BattleBots®."
- — Official Rochester Robot Rampage promotional blurb[2]
R3: Rochester Robot Rampage (also simply referred to as R3, the Rochester Robot Rampage, or Rochester R3) was a BattleBots-sanctioned live event held on 23-24 September, 2005 at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center in Rochester, New York. It was organized in collaboration with the National Tooling and Machining Association and the National Robot Fighting League, as one of the major exhibits of that year's North East Technology trade show.[3]
Weight Divisions[]
The R3 event featured competitions for the main BattleBots Middleweight (120lb), Heavyweight (220lb) and Super Heavyweight (340lb) divisions, alongside a single BotsIQ 15lb 'Mini Class' event for regional Middle School and High School teams.[4][5][6] All followed the 2005 iterations of the BattleBots and BotsIQ rulesets, which stipulated a 30% and 33.3% weight bonus respectively for walking (StompBot) designs.[7][8]
| Event Class | Minimum Weight (Non-walker) | Maximum Weight (Non-walker) | Minimum Weight (Walker/StompBot) | Maximum Weight (Walker/StompBot) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BotsIQ Mini Class | 10lbs | 15lbs | 10lbs | 20lbs |
| BattleBots Middleweight | 60lbs | 120lbs | 78.0lbs | 156.0lbs |
| BattleBots Heavyweight | 120lbs | 220lbs | 156.0lbs | 286.0lbs |
| BattleBots Super Heavyweight | 220lbs | 340lbs | 286.0lbs | 442.0lbs |
Due to timing constraints, a maximum limit of 25 robots was set for each main weight division, totalling to a roster of 75 robots across the Middleweight, Heavyweight and Super Heavyweight competitions. According to the archived R3 website, 33 in total had been accepted,[9] with BattleBots themselves listing a further 41 which were pending entry in the lead-up to the event. Of these divisions, the Middleweight category appeared to be the most popular with 19 known entries, including eventual runner-up Falcon which remained absent from both official listings. For BotsIQ, a maximum limit of 60 robots was imposed, though very limited information is available on the exact number which ultimately competed in the 15lb division.[4][6]
Registration fees were unified across all BattleBots and BotsIQ classes, varying from $150 to $200 depending on when entries were submitted.[4][6]
According to an Onedia Daily Dispatch article, the BotsIQ division also issued awards to competing teams including 'Coolest Robot' and the 'Judges Engineering Award'. Both of these particular awards would be received by Oneida High School Technology Club entry Dark Blade.[5]
Competitors[]
Super Heavyweight[]
Sources: Official BattleBots and R3 websites (both archived).[9][4]
Heavyweight[]
Sources: Official BattleBots and R3 websites (both archived).[9][4]
NOTE: The official BattleBots list of accepted heavyweights included duplicate listings for Big Betty under the 'Axonn' and 'Team Axonn' entries, which are omitted from the R3 and Wiki listings.
*Referred to on BotRank.com listings as Shrederator.[1]
Middleweight[]
Sources: Official BattleBots and R3 websites (both archived).[9][4]
NOTE: The official BattleBots list of accepted middleweights included duplicate listings for Bouncing Betty under the 'Axonn' and 'Team Axonn' entries, which are omitted from the R3 and Wiki listings.
- Alph
- Bouncing Betty
- Chaos Toaster
- Chopper
- Falcon*
- Funnel Cloud
- God's Wrath
- Green Wave
- Iron Soldier
- Metallic Mayhem
- MoZaR
- Mr. Chuckalot
- Paminator
- Royd Rage
- Secret Weapon
- Skip or Die
- StopBot
- SubZero
- Whirlee
*Not listed on the R3 or BattleBots sites, but competed in the main bracket.
BotsIQ 15lb[]
Dark Blade and Mauve Storm were both entries from Onedia High School, Onedia, New York. In addition to the above four robots, the archived R3 website also includes mentions of unspecified 15lb entries from the following teams:
- Bloomsburg High School, Bloomsberg, Pennsylvania[12]
- Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart, Miami, Florida[12]
- Greece Arcadia High School, Rochester, New York[12]
- Palmyra-Macedon High School, Palmyra, New York[12]
- Plymouth South High School, Plymouth, Massachusetts[12]
- Rush Henrietta High School, Rochester, New York[12]
- Spencerport High School, Rochester, New York[12]
- Sweet Home High School, Buffalo, New York[12]
- Wayne Central BOCES, Ontario Center, New York[12]
- Webster High School, Rochester, New York[12]
See Also[]
- Official R3: Rochester Robot Rampage website (archived)
- Official BattleBots R3: Rochester page (archived)
- Official BattleBots IQ (BotsIQ) R3: Rochester page (archived)
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 'MMER (MRL) R3' (Rochester Robot Rampage rankings), BotRank.com
- ↑ 'R3 - The Rochester Robot Rampage', archived September 9, 2006
- ↑ 'BattleBots cooming [sic] to technology show here', Rochester Business Journal, September 23, 2005
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 'BattleBots Presents - R3: Rochester Robot Rampage', Battlebots.com (archived August 24, 2006)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 'Students compete in Rochester Robot Rampage', Oneida Daily Dispatch, Penny Stickney, September 29, 2005
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 'BattleBots IQ : Orlando 2005', Battlebotsiq.com (archived August 24, 2006)
- ↑ 'BattleBots Technical Regulations, Version 3.2', BattleBots, 2004
- ↑ 'Battlebots IQ Mini Class Technical Regulations, Revision 2005.0', BattleBots IQ, 2004
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Official R3 BattleBots tournament page, archived February 10, 2006
- ↑ Team Whyachi Rumble - Episode 7
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20130125000229/http://sites.bergen.org/BattleBots/15pound.html
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 12.7 12.8 12.9 Official R3 BattleBots IQ page, archived February 21, 2006