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- "25 teams from East Coast high schools and colleges competed in “The Rumble at the Rock,” a combat robot competition under the aegis of BotsIQ, a high school and college robotics education program based on the Comedy Central show “BattleBots.”"
- — A 2008 news article describes Rumble At The Rock[1]
Rumble at the Rock, colloquially abbreviated to R@TR and originally known as the BotsIQ Boston Regional, was an annual tournament for 15lb robots sanctioned by BattleBots and BotsIQ. As multiple events could happen in a calendar year, events were numbered to identify them.
Held in the BotsIQ off-season, a minimum of three events took place beginning in 2007. The events were held in Boston, Massachusetts and hosted by Plymouth North High School. They served as a regional competition for high school and college teams and fed into the national tournament later in the year.
The octagonal arena used for Rumble at the Rock events.
Events followed the same ruleset as national BattleBots IQ competitions, with three-minute bouts held. The competitions followed a double-elimination format, as was the case with BattleBots IQ events, and features a winner's and loser's bracket.
The traditionally square BotsIQ event was not used for these events, with a black, octagonal arena with red and blue starting squares designed and built by students of Plymouth North High School instead. Miami. Entergy Corp. helped to fund the arena's construction, and it was used throughout every Rumble at the Rock event.[2] The arena lacked any of the hazards seen in the BattleBox, including the screws, pulverizers and killsaws.
According to Team Titanium Knights, at least five Rumble at the Rock events were held, with their robot UKnight winning the fifth outright.[3]
Outside BattleBots[]
Rumble at the Rock was originally the name given to the first FRC offseason event, which was hosted by Plymouth North High School. It started as an unnoficial event hosted in the Plymouth North parking lot in 1996[4]. It grew over the following years to an official offseason event for the FRC robots. It would continue until the 1999 season, having run four events after Plymouth Norths FRC team left for other engineering competitions[5]
Rumble at the Rock 1[]
The inaugural Rumble at the Rock event took place on December 1, 2007, eight months after the 2007 BattleBots IQ event. It was organized by Plymouth North High School teacher Michael Bastoni, who had been involved in middleweight entries since BattleBots IQ 2002. R@TR - also known as the BotsIQ Boston Regional - saw a total of 25 robots compete.[6] Good Knight won this event, with second and third place unknown.
NOTE: The following list of competitors is not exhaustive and will be updated when new information is found.
| Competitor[7] | Builder/Team[7] | Home Town[7] |
|---|---|---|
| Anonymous | Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School | Sudbury, MA |
| Baked Muffin | Christopher Columbus High School | Miami, FL |
| Bermuda Triangle | Assabet Valley Tech High School | Marlborough, MA |
| Good Knight | Team Titanium Knights | Hackensack, NJ |
| Groundhawg | Team Ringmasters | Latrobe, PA |
| Hawk Bot | ? | ? |
| Knockturnal | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Worcester, MA |
| Land Shark | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Worcester, MA |
| Mini E | Bergen County Academies | Hackensack, NJ |
| Phoenix | ? | ? |
| Silverback | Winchester High School | Winchester, MA |
| Skillz | Christopher Columbus High School | Miami, FL |
| Son-of-a-Brick | Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School | Sudbury, MA |
| Soulja Bot | Hanover High School | Hanover, NH |
| The Blues Mobile2 | North Shore Tech | Middleton, MA |
| The Hook | Winchester High School | Winchester, MA |
| The Juggernaut | Plymouth North High School (Team Elite) | Plymouth, MA |
| The Real Pink Panther | Plymouth North High School | Plymouth, MA |
| Torrent | Bergen County Academies | Hackensack, NJ |
| VerteX | Team Excessive Force (Bloomsburg Area High School) |
Bloomsburg, PA |
| Wanker | North Shore Tech | Middleton, MA |
| Wedge Bot | Assabet Valley Tech High School | Marlborough, MA |
| Xyrus | Team Excessive Force (Bloomsburg Area High School) |
Bloomsburg, PA |
Rumble at the Rock 2[]
On March 8, 2008, a second event was held in Boston.
Mini Knightrous took first after defeating eXecutor in the final.[8] VerteX, also of Bloomsburg Area High School, picked up third place.[9]
| Competitor[10] | Builder/Team[10] | Home Town[10] |
|---|---|---|
| AirGrabber | Plymouth South High School | Plymouth, MA |
| eXecutor | Bloomsburg Area High School | Bloomsburg, PA |
| Good Knight | Team Titanium Knights | Hackensack, NJ |
| Highlander | Plymouth North High School | Plymouth, MA |
| Hurricane Glenda | Plymouth North High School | Plymouth, MA |
| Leche | Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart | Miami, FL |
| Looking Shanty | Plymouth South High School | Plymouth, MA |
| Mini Knightrous | Team Titanium Knights | Hackensack, NJ |
| Silverback | Winchester High School | Winchester, MA |
| SpongeBot ver 2.0 | Plymouth South High School | Plymouth, MA |
| The Hook | Winchester High School | Winchester, MA |
| Torrent | Bergen County Academies | Hackensack, NJ |
| UFO of Doom | North Shore Tech | Middleton, MA |
| Wanker | North Shore Tech | Middleton, MA |
| ? | Bloomsburg Area High School | Bloomsburg, PA |
From April 30 until May 4, the 2008 Nationals event was held in the Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami, Florida.
Rumble at the Rock 3[]
A third event was hosted on March 21, 2009. It was a clean sweep for Team Titanium Knights, who dominated first, second and third with UKnight, Mini Knightrous and Good Knight respectively.
| Competitor | Builder/Team | Home Town |
|---|---|---|
| UKnight | Team Titanium Knights | Hackensack, NJ |
| Mini Knightrous | Team Titanium Knights | Hackensack, NJ |
| Good Knight | Team Titanium Knights | Hackensack, NJ |
| The Bull | Hanover High School | Hanover, NH |
| eXecutor | Bloomsburg Area High School | Bloomsburg, PA |
| eXterminator | Bloomsburg Area High School | Bloomsburg, PA |
| Sitting Duck | Plymouth South High School | Plymouth, MA |
| MA-HA | ? | ? |
| Neil's Surprise | ? | ? |
Rumble at the Rock 4[]
After the 2009 national event was held across April 21-26, 2009, a fourth Rumble at the Rock event took place on December 5, 2009, as confirmed by YouTube videos from the event uploaded by MHSScience who entered RAM 1 into the competition.[11] While first and second place are not known, UKnight won third this time around.
An end-of-competition, nine robot rumble featuring RAM 1 also occurred, with the winner unknown. Awards were also presented, with The Bull getting the People's Choice Award, UKnight winning the Team Safety Award, the Sportsmanship Award going to Assabet Valley Tech High School's team, Engineering Excellence being won by eXterminator, Lucky Strike winning the Judges' Award and the Best Team Effort Award going to the Bay Path High School team, whose entry is not specified.[12]
The judging panel consisted of Plymouth North robotics team alumni.
NOTE: The following list of competitors is not exhaustive and will be updated when new information is found.
| Competitor | Builder/Team | Home Town |
|---|---|---|
| UKnight | Team Titanium Knights | Hackensack, NJ |
| eXterminator | Bloomsburg Area High School | Bloomsburg, PA |
| Sitting Duck | Plymouth South High School | Plymouth, MA |
| eXecutor | Bloomsburg Area High School | Bloomsburg, PA |
| Rumble Aviator | Assabet Valley Tech High School | Marlborough, MA |
| Lucky Strike | The Gladiators | Miami, FL |
| Son-of-a-Brick | Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School | Sudbury, MA |
| ? | Bay Path High School | Charlton, MA |
| RAM 1 | ? | ? |
| Rotorizer | ? | ? |
| MA-HA | ? | ? |
| Scraps | ? | ? |
Rumble at the Rock 5[]
The fifth and last documented Rumble at the Rock event took place in 2010. First place was again taken by Team Titanium Knights with their renamed ReUKnight. They also debuted an undercutter known as Uber Cutter, which placed third and won the Best Engineered Award.[3] However, news of other competitors is limited.
| Competitor | Builder/Team | Home Town |
|---|---|---|
| ReUKnight | Team Titanium Knights | Hackensack, NJ |
| Uber Cutter | Team Titanium Knights | Hackensack, NJ |
See Also[]
References[]
- ↑ https://www.reliableplant.com/view/9817/young-engineers-develop-battling-robots
- ↑ https://eu.patriotledger.com/story/news/2007/12/03/a-robotic-fight-to-finish/40114656007/
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20130125000229/http://sites.bergen.org/BattleBots/15pound.html
- ↑ https://www.chiefdelphi.com/t/who-invented-the-off-season/464011/15
- ↑ https://www.chiefdelphi.com/t/thank-you-mr-b-and-the-grt-boys/32789
- ↑ https://eu.enterprisenews.com/story/news/2007/12/03/robotic-fight-to-finish-in/40190157007/
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 https://www.buildersdb.com/events/186/robots
- ↑ Rumble at the Rock 3-8-2008
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20090421104351/http://mirobotics.com/
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 https://www.buildersdb.com/events/201/robots
- ↑ Rumble at the Rock Dec. 2009: RAM 1 vs. Rotorizer
- ↑ https://eu.wickedlocal.com/story/old-colony-memorial/2009/03/25/plymouth-north-high-rumble-at/40987393007/