Me? I didn't have that luxury (plus it was dangerous) but I always enjoyed the various designs that came about and do remember building lego (and later cardboard) variations of them in various sizes during that time; most of the time I did it alone by myself but in Primary 7 (a LONG time ago) I did sometimes spar with some other boys in my class, unfortunately the ones I competed against the most spent more time cheating than fighting fair - boo!
That said, it sort of made me evolve my designs into something that did beat them, convincingly - and the result was a lot of sour grapes from the opposition! This build below is a replica of my then most effective design - 'Scavenger' - and it's weapons were two lifting spikes that made a mockery of the oppositions' high ground clearance. It did not lose a single 'battle'.
Today, eleven years on if I were to compete in the real events today, what sort of robot would I have built? My uncle previously favoured full body spinners but I always found them a bit samey. On the other hand, below is a prototype is probably what I would go for; I call it 'Undercutter'. It is basically built to my favourite specs - low, flat, sturdy and with plenty of power behind it (it is six wheel drive!).
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Undercutter is armed with a lifting arm that can ram and flip over it's opponents. The only drawback I think with this design is that it can't self right if it gets tipped over, so maybe if I want to seriously get into real lightweight Robot Combat events (not very likely!) then I would probably have to make some modifications - if the weight limit would allow it!
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