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Antweight (1lb.) and Beetleweight (3lbs.) combat robot tournament and RFL Nationals Qualifier.

Where: The home of Brett Dawson (contact conusa@comcast.net for directions)

Standard Double Elimination/Round Robin using the 6'x6' fully enclosed WAR arena, with Saw.

Entry Fee: $10 (Proceeds going to the winners, box rental, and WAR chest.)

Food: Pot luck. If interested in bringing something for the feast, let that be known along with your RSVP/Registration.

Registration: Entry Fees will be collected at the event. E-mail me conusa@comcast.net if you plan to attend, and the number and class of the robots you expect to have with you. Example: Me and my buddy are coming, we'll have two ants and a beetle. We'll be bringing a bean casserole.

3/12/07	Seattle Bot Battles Was a Success! It is over and it was another fantastic event! We would like to thank our sponsors: The Seattle Center for providing a place to place and Robot Power for providing prizes to our winners.
12/05/06	Seattle Bot Battles 5 UPDATE!!! Sportsman Class Added! Location: Seattle Center, Center House Date: March 10th, 2007 Event Time: 12pm - 5:00pm Safety Inspection: 10:30am-11:30am. If a lot of robots register, we may start safety and fights earlier. Weight Classes: 3lb Open, 12lb Open and NEW 12lb Sportsman. Registration is capped at 16 machines for each weight class. Format: Double Elimination or Round Robin (RFL Rules) Restriction:NO ICE or open flames. Entry Fee: $40 for first 12lb robot. $25 for First 3lb robot. Additional robots are half price. Entry fee discount for helping arena setup and take-down. Special entry fee considerations for builders who are under 18. Arena: 12'x12', no hazards,1 push-out likely. Push-out will have at least a 3/8" lip around it to make accidental driving into it difficult. Registration: The Builders Database Sponsored by
5/4/06	Dorkbot - Seattle Western Allied Robotics thanks Dorkbot for allowing us to present at their monthly meeting last night. Rich, who spearheaded the effort, has made his terrific presentation available on the Spambutcher website. Thanks, Rich! There was also a terrific presentation on the VEX robotics kit called VEX Good and Bad. I was impressed! If that wasn't enough, a couple of people from SMART showed off their amazing Lego Mindstorm Contraptions. Again, very impressive. Sadly, I missed the chance to really see the contraption in action. Next time for sure! Thank you Dorkbot -Seattle!
4/24/06	ROCKETBOOM Welcome everyone from Rocketboom! If you'd like attend or participate in a Western Allied Robotics event, sign up to the mailing list here. We're planning a mid-summer event and on September 30th we'll be at Robothon in Seattle Center with 3lb and 12lb combat robots. Rocketwhat? Here's the coverage.... http://www.rocketboom.com/vlog/archives/2006/04/rb_06_apr_24.html Their main page: http://www.rocketboom.com/vlog/ For additional pictures of Seattle Bot Battles 2006 check out: The Team Whoopass Website
1/20/04	WAR will be attending the Northwest Hobby Expo!!! Displays, Demos, and Rental Bots! February 4th, 5th , and 6th Show Hours: Friday 12:00pm - 6:00pm, February 4th Saturday 9:00am - 5:00pm, February 5th Sunday 9:00am - 3:00pm, February 6th Show Address: Western Washington Fair New Pavilion and Expo Halls (Gold Gate Entrance) 110 9th Ave S.W. Puyallup, Washington 98731 FREE PARKING in GOLD PARKING LOT www.nwhobbyexpo.com Volunteers and demo bots (static or active) wanted! Contact me
1/15/04	WAR 2005 Ant/Beetle Season Preliminary Plan March 24-27th - Robolympics, San Francisco CA April - Seattle Center House (tentative) July 15-17th - DaVinci Days, Corvallis OR August - BugBite 3, Ant BBQ October - Robothon, Seattle Center House
12/14/04	WAR 2004 Season Complete A huge thanks goes out to all our builders, organizers, volunteers and spectators.
11/8/04	Magic Smoke 2004 Antweight (1lb.) and Beetleweight (3lbs.) combat robot tournament and RFL Nationals Qualifier. When: Sunday, November 21st Where: The home of Brett Dawson (contact conusa@comcast.net for directions) Standard Double Elimination/Round Robin using the 6'x6' fully enclosed WAR arena, with Saw. Entry Fee: $10 (Proceeds going to the winners, box rental, and WAR chest.) Food: Pot luck. If interested in bringing something for the feast, let that be known along with your RSVP/Registration. Registration: Entry Fees will be collected at the event. E-mail me conusa@comcast.net if you plan to attend, and the number and class of the robots you expect to have with you. Example: Me and my buddy are coming, we'll have two ants and a beetle. We'll be bringing a bean casserole.
9/27/04	Robothon Winners!!! Ant Combat Tournament 1st Place, Rumble - E-Minus, Dylan Feral McWhirter 2nd Place - Mission Control, Adam Conus 3rd Place - Adam's Cowardly Doorstop, Rob Purdy Beetle Combat Tournament 1st Place, Rumble - Trilocity, Kevin Barker 2nd Place - Organ Grinder, Rob Farrow Antbotica Tournament 1st Place - Manic Marmoset , Rob Farrow Check out the Antbotica Photos!!!

Robothon 2004, September 25th & 26th Seattle Washington
8/2/04	Robothon, September 25th & 26th Registration still available On-Site for both the Saturday tournament and the Sunday Antbotica event! Saturday: Safety/Check-in starts at 10am with the tournament starting at 11am. Sunday: Antbotica begins at 10am (arrive early for safety and check-in.) Check out the Robothon Website Saturday, 9/25 Ant & Beetle Tournament - One and Three Pound Fighting Machines. Pre-Registration is Closed. Double Elimination or Round Robin (depending on number of entries) Questions on Ant & Beetle pre-registration can be sent to the Webmaster. I also welcome questions from new competitors. Sunday, 9/26 Antbotica - One Pound R/C robots push, race, and maneuver their way though a gauntlet of trials and obstacles. Power? Speed? Maneuverability? What combination will it take to be Antbotica Champion? Antbotica details, including rules can be found here. General Robothon Ant/Beetle details can be found here. Antbotica registration will be on-site.

7/26/04	Congratulations to the DaVinci Days winners!!! Antbotica - Co-champions Aaron Maxwell Joerger (Mini Max Bot) and Dylan Feral-McWhirter (Nutcracker) WAR Ants - Rich Olson (Another Bastard) WAR Beetles - Aaron Maxwell Joerger (Spatula) Good Job!

7/2/04	daVinci-Days WAR Events, July 17th and 18th!!! Saturday - Antbotica Additional Information!!! Hosted by Mark Joerger Date: Saturday, July 17th Time: 12-4pm Place: daVinci-Days Festival Robot Competition Multiple events designed to challenge the strength, power, speed, and maneuverability of your 1lb robot. Rules: http://www.open.org/joerger/antbotica.pdf Note: This is an 'open air' event so spinning or otherwise hazardous weapons will not be permitted. Event host has final say. In addition, there will be 'bot hockey' games starting at 10am Entry Fee: Registration fee will be small (~$5) to encourage participation, but the prize pool will be well supplemented. Be there or you'll regret it! Registration: On site Sunday - Ant & Beetle Tournament Hosted by Dylan Date: Sunday, July 18th Time: 10am to 4pm Place: daVinci-Days Festival Robot Fighting Format: Double Elim or Round Robot Ants and Beetles. Box: Standard WAR 6' ant/beetle box, so spinners welcome. Entry Fee: $22 per robot. Registration: Pre-Register using the Builder's Database
6/7/04	PICTURES from Seattle Bot Battles 2 (Sorry about the delay guys!)
6/1/04	BUG BITE Seattle Ant BBQ 2 Hosted by Ferg Organized (more or less) by Adam Date: Sunday, June 13th Time: 11am to 5pm-ish Place: Ferg's place Robot Fighting Format: Double Elim or Round Robot Ants and Beetles. Grudge Matches, Rumbles, whatever we feel like doing. I want just enough structure that we can say who won. No special robot games planned, other than combat.If you were at last years BBQ, like that! Box: Rob's ant/beetle box, so spinners welcome. Cost - Pot-luck food item, though box maintenance donations welcome. Prizes - None, unless donations appear (probably none) BBQ Details. Ferg will have a grill going, though if anyone can bring an extra one (even a small one) that may be useful. Bring your own main course (meat/veggies/whatever suits you) and drink. Pot-luck for the rest. Registration: E-Mail with the following information: Your name, team name, plus guests. Robots, if any. Include weight class. Pot-luck food item (potato salad, special chili, etc.) Volunteer Info (if you're willing to judge, ref, cook, etc.) Plus any info or suggestions you might have. In the unlikely event too many guests are registered, we may require you build extra robots for them. ;')
4/19/04	Seattle Bot Battles 2 RESULTS! 1st Place: Ripple, Rob Purdy 2nd Place: Chippy, Brett Dawson 3rd Place: Inkspot, Steve Judd Rumble Winner: Hexi Micro, Ferg Thanks to: Microbotparts , Team Juggerbot, and DaVinci-Days Factoria Mall, who was amazing to work with. Our volunteers and competitors. There would be no event without you folks. THANK YOU! Keep an eye on www.westernalliedrobotics.com for the event report!

4/16/04	Seattle Bot Battles 2 UPDATE!! Competitor Agreement - Save time during registration and have the release signed and ready. Safety Checklist - Don't be taken by surprise. Run down the checklist yourself before you get to the event. Note this is an Ant/Beetle checklist ONLY. (Microsoft Excel Document)
4/15/04	Seattle Bot Battles 2 UPDATE!! Volunteers please check out the schedule. If are not available for the times we'd need you, please let me know so I can have a backup arranged for that time. Schedule - Setup starts at 9:30am * Box set-up * Tables and Chairs (mostly handled by the mall, actually) * Power, including Box power. * P.A. system - If we have one. I don't. Check-in/Safety Checks start at 11am. * Entry Fee * Safety/Frequency Check-List * Robot Photo (pending my photographer showing up!) Pre-Tourney Meeting - 11:45 * Quick Safety Rules Review * Introduce/Clarify officials and their roles. * Announce first round pairings * Announce break schedule (probably 2:30 for 20minutes) Tournament Begins 12:00 Mall Closes at 5pm, we should be done by then. Last Minute Notes: I am still short on volunteers (and budget to make it worth your while) so go out there and rope your friends/family into helping out for a few hours!!! Don't forget to bring your power strip. We've got a fair number of outlets, but not enough for everyone. If you've got a spare extension cord, it wouldn't hurt to bring that too, though I don't have a specific need for more extension cords. It's entirely possible we'll see the Seattle Times and possibly a local TV crew. Last, but far from least, we have our own bathroom!
3/25/04	Need a robot for SBB2 but don't think you have the time or money? Check out this link for a quick solution to your antweight fighting needs! RobotDojo: How to Hack Battlebot Toys Can't find a Battlebot Toy? Contact the Webmaster
3/16/04	Seattle Bot Battles 2 is ON!!! Sunday, April 18th at Factoria Mall in Bellevue. Ants and Beetles! Don't miss WAR's first public event of 2004!!! Check the Calendar section for more information. Register at www.buildersdb.com
2/22/04	WARBots section added to About Us. A (nearly) complete list of every robot to compete in a WAR event, with photos.
2/17/04	About Us section updated, but still under construction.
2/15/04	Calendar Update - Check out the monthly calendars for February, March, April. If an event could be of interest to WAR members, it should be on the big calendar. If you know of an event, let me know and I'll add it.
2/15/04	Website redesign! Not much new info yet, but I'm working on that too. Snazzy graphics, updated links page. As always, if there's something you think should be on these pages that isn't (and that could be quite a lot!) e-mail the webmaster! I'm particularly interested in material that would be helpful to a new builder.
1/21/04	February 12lb Bot Event! Myq has offered to host a 12lb event up in BC February 21st, 9am to 5pm. Details can be found on the WAR forum.
1/21/04	Old news items moved to the archive
1/21/04	Added brackets to many of the past tournaments in the calendar section.
9/9/03	Added info about the Magic Smoke Tourny in Bellevue WA on 9/28/03.
7/27/03	Updated the calendar with info about the Dragonflight tournament. Registration is open.
4/17/03	Registration for daVinci Days is now open. Click here for more info.
4/30/03	Adam is hosting a builders meeting and BBQ at his place May 31st. For more information click here. If you have a bot and would like to come and play, get in touch with Adam as soon as possible because space is really limited.
4/30/03	You can now purchase merchandise with the WAR bird logo on it from here.
4/20/03	Added a description of the 12lb bot arena.
4/18/03	The Seattle Bot Battles Page has been updated to show the winners. If you have any pictures from the event that you need a place to host or want linked to, please send me an email.
4/4/03	Robot Combat Magazine is now providing prizes for Seattle Bot Battles. We would like to thanks all the sponsors again for helping make our event possible. I also added a link to the Pacific Science Center's website.
4/2/03	For more local bot related action, check on the Pacific NW FIRST Regional Competition, April 3rd,4th,5th at the UofW. For more info, click here. Stop by and cheer on your local team
4/2/03	We've added SOZBots to the list of companies providing prizes for Seattle Bot Battles. Also we would like to thank Coyote Steel and TEAM:JuggerBot(R) for sponsoring and building the 12lb Arena..
3/27/03	This just in, Battlepack, Bot Parts, and Botcast are providing prizes for Seattle Bot Battles. Please support the companies that support our sport.
3/20/03	Registration for the Seattle Bot Battles is open. Please click here for more information or to register.
2/26/03	The new www.westernalliedrobotics.com website is online! It is still under construction, so please be patient. The new rules are also available, please review them if you plan on competing in the April event.
1/06/03	I've updated the Events page again to reflect the prizes being supplied by Antbotics, Battlepacks, Botparts, and Sozbots . These are some of finest suppliers of bot parts out there and they do an excellent job of supporting our sport.
12/16/02	I've updated the Events page with info about the upcoming AW event at Rustycon. Also updated the Rules with the new rules which will be used for this event. Please take a look. If you have any questions, Email pteryxATmindspring.com (change AT to @).
11/16/02	Just a few quick updates. WAR is planning on holding an Antweight competition at RustyCon on 01/11/03 in Seattle. In addition to AWs, there will be big bots there on display and doing demos. Stay turned for more details. I also added some links to the Links page, more great sites to get parts from, take a look.
09/23/02	WAR is planning on holding an Antweight "Exhibition" at RoboMaxx on October 13th in southern Oregon. Please see our Events page for more info.
06/11/02	Updated the Event Info page to reflect the new slightly higher registration fee which includes admission into the da Vinci Days festival.
06/03/02	Website update to reflect our next AW event. It will be July 21st in Corvallis OR. Please see the Events section for more details. Also note that I updated the rules for this event with regards to non-wheeled bots, see the rules for more info.
04/20/02	Our first event is over and it was pretty much a success! All of the volunteers did a great job and I think I can say that both the audience and the competitors had a good time. There were a few areas for improvements, but those can be addressed for the next competition.
04/10/02	Updated the Event Info page with a link to directions to get to Gasworks Park and with a schedule for the event.
03/18/02	NOTICE: Rule change. I changed the rule in the list of banned weapons that said "Any kind of flammable liquid" to read "Any kind of liquid". We will not allow any kind of weapon that attacks using liquid, such as a squirt gun. Sorry if this effected anyone's design. Let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
03/13/02	We have a confirmed location and date. Whoohoo! The event will be at Gasworks Park in Seattle on April the 14th. I will be posting a map and more info shortly.
03/04/02	Some much needed updates. First construction of the arena is progressing nicely, go to the Arena section to see updated and more detailed info about the box. Unfortunately progress on finding a location to hold the event isn't going as smooth. It is surprisingly difficult to find a place that meets our requirements (Covered, ample electricity, room for 50+ people, the arena, pit tables, etc). We are looking at a few places but it could be a couple of more weeks before we find out. Please be patient, we are a long way from exhausting all options and I am confident we will find a place. Last bit of information, I am leaving town on vacation for a week so I won't be responding to emails for awhile. Feel free to email me and I will respond to them when I get back. I will still have my phone and will continue to work on finding a location.
02/13/02	I added a link to a list of judging guidelines courtesy of Andrew Lindsey to the combat section of the rules. These will be the guidelines we will use for the event.
02/11/02	After some talk about having an Antweight combat competition here in the NW, we decided to get organized about it. Brett Dawson (builder of UGV Scorpion, Battlebots LW at TI2) is building the Arena and I am handling the logistics of holding the event. I am currently scouting for locations ( most likely somewhere between Seattle and Olympia WA). We are shooting for a Sunday competition in early April. It may seem odd to announce an event before we have an arena or location set in stone, but we wanted to give people plenty of time to get their robots ready. We want to get between 10 and 50 robots.