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Crashing Out at NHRL October 2026
Introduction Coming off of a big Pro Tour win in New York City, I was feeling good. Adding another piece of NHRL hardware to the collection was great, but I still lacked one of the most coveted trophies in robot combat, a Golden Dumpster, only won at an Open NHRL event. Earlier in the year,…
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NHRL Pro Tour NYC September 2026
Introduction NHRL’s new Pro Tour competition series was introduced earlier this year. The top 8 robots at open events would qualify for a chance to compete against the other top robots for a shot at bigger prizes than a conventional open event, and would get priority seeding for the World Championship at the end of…
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Hive Hysteria 2026
Introduction Hive Hysteria is a unique event as it is by far the closet event to compete in the 12lb weight class. I had grand plans to compete with a new 12lb robot as well as good old Pinevictus. Let’s see how it went. Shoutout to Zoe and Team Honey Cracked for putting on a…
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2025 NHRL World Championship
The day had come for the 2025 NHRL World Championship. The top 4 robots from each of the 6 qualifier events would be fighting for the ultimate trophy: the Golden Brett. I had qualified back in February with Pinevictus in the 3lb weight class, and was pretty excited for my first time at the event…
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SWORD 2025
Leading up to the world championship, I was looking to make some radical Pinevictus changes. As with all things, testing is critical. One thing that I love about combat robotics is that testing can be done by going to events. Fighting the robot ultimately makes it better, and the cycle repeats because it is a…
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Pinevictus v8 Design
Prior to the NHRL world championship, I knew that I was not fully satisfied with the state of Pinevictus. Notably, I started my big boy job and began how hard it was to find time to make robots when all of the responsibilities of adult life existed. I also competed in 2 beetleweight events over…