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Eventorizon-GB
Joined: 15 Nov 2013
Posts: 111
Location: Ripon, United Kingdom
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So far as I know, the UK has the following groups involved in Combat Robots:
Fighting Robots Association
Robots Live
Robochallenge LTD
Robot Wars - Formerly Roaming Robots
To my knowledge, the event was entirely set up and run by Robot Wars and EB. If the event was run by any rules it was not too the FRA rulebook which supports and governs all combat robot groups in the UK.
Robot Wars must have chosen to run their own rules and ignore the basic safety guidelines used around the world ie: Polycarbonate walls, Steel inner wall, substantial roof to capture shrapnel, and go with an arena
"designed directly from specifications supplied by the Robot Wars team."
EB EXPO personnel, the venue, and safety officers would have had no experience and would not have been in a position to make an informed decision about the required safety standards.
IMO, the Robot Wars team ignored the required safety measures to save money, and they mislead the EB EXPO venue. They were very lucky that nothing went wrong.
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