I don't get it. How is Blendo dangerous? Nothing even happened

I could beat it. Thermite & heat.

Co2 poisoning incoming

Too dangerous???

I appreciate the "two can play at this game" energy

Dalek vs. That Lame Robot from Owen Lars' Farm

Ok, well that was...a video.

I dont know how people hate BattleBots and love this. I mean, this is not bad but its as good as BattleBots.

He may only have 1 fight in battlebots, but he was the middleweight champ in its British brother. I'm so glad he was on one of the banners.

Fights like these make me realize why they added the hold/pin rules, it's crazy to think you could win back then by just pinning someone against a wall or grabbing and holding them. Side note, KMM is a really cool robot. Horizontal Grabbers are underrated.

Man, doing this in 1995 was something else. All the advancements in tech have made this stuff so much easier to pull off present day, but 30 years ago seeing these things was wild.

amazing bot

Man Rotavator is a beast. Those tiller blades look to be great at hooking bots.

Absurdly dangerous bowler hat with a drunken walk vs. dalek with dwarfism.

He’s just spinning there, menacingly

I was at Fan Expo yesterday and Adam Savage told a story about Blendo: First year: In their first match, they hit their opponent, take them out. In their second match, they hit their opponent, take them out but a metal piece flies off right into the lap of the insurance provider. Next thing they know some very stressed out people come over to them and hand them first place because they had to disqualify them for the tournament because their bot was too powerful despite passing the safety checks that said “yeah, this isn’t a death machine” The next year, they come back with Blendo, first match, they take out their opponent. Second match, they take out their opponent, but despite the heightened box and the ceiling, a piece flies out and hits a lawyer. No one was hurt, but once again the organizers gave them first place as compensation for disqualifying them. They stopped the sport after that, and because Adam’s been out of the loop for so long, he’s not returning to Battlebots/Robot Wars.

I remember the 1st series of Robot Wars over here in the UK. Been a fan ever since. It's incredible to see how much robots have evolved. To have a spinner this destructive, this early in the history of Robot Wars is incredible. Bare in mind Battery tech is a thousand times better, motor technology is a thousand time better, Certain construction techniques just wern't available to the guys building robots in the 90's. Micro-controllers and radio control equipment is so so much more reliable nowadays. You young whipper snappers don't realise how good you've got it! It might not look it, but Blendo was so far ahead of it time! Some of the robots in this era could barely haul their own weight around, let alone shove another robot around the arena at 30mph while the opponents wheels are spinning up and screeching in protest. Truly amazing how far they've progressed.

The slow inevitable march of blendo may not be fancy, but it is the most existentially terrifying robot to have ever graced the stage with its presence.

Man is genus

Useless robot

The background music is "Markus Schneider - Magnetic"

The background music is "Markus Schneider - Magnetic"

“You win this time, but I’ll be back, silent walrus!”

THE DOOMBA

It's hard to hear on small speakers, but there's a large thump sound when the bowling ball hits the balloon

That would make a great toy in case of a zombie apocalypse. Or as a home intruder protection 😂

I just watched a clip of Adam Savage taking about Blendo and the next day google gives me a 15 year old video of the actual bot. What a world.

funny to think this is just a spinning wok XD

Its so crazy last night i was watching the video of adam savages memory of the making of blendo

a whole bunch of nothing

The fact that Blendo was given two champion status tells you everything about how advanced Jamie's robot was

Imagine spending all this time building these elaborate frames and it all gets completely outclassed with a wok thats turned upside down

Is that a drill attachment because "gently poking with a stick" seems like poor tactics

WTF was that? robot wars? boring

Again, exceedingly underwhelming.

Exceedingly underwhelming.

Me, my brother, n all the homies used to meet up n watch battlebots when it was on. Most of them went on to extremely high paying jobs as various types of engineers at the big defense spending companies and the like. But me? I mow lawns with a remote control from the cab of my truck 4 days a week.

back when things were fun

We have a wok shell and a lawn mover, what we can do with this? Jamie Hyneman: YES

When universe is not ready for your invention. Whose idea was to build robot wars arena without bullet proof glass ceiling? Those barriers are clearly not high enough. Your robot too scary, here, take a prize and -please-, leave. They are afraid of Blendo until today, Blendo is the reason why robot's primary weapon must be powered down at the beginning of each battle. Combustion engine powered Blendo must be started by hand before battle begin.

The original plan was 30,000 rpm. This was in the several hundreds at most.

I've just watched both blendos fights..wtf is this? spasticbots 😂😂😂😂

It's just spinning there. MENACINGLY.

Blendo against the Daleks.

Vintage Beret!!

當年這場地防護太猛了 觀眾要簽生死狀嗎😂

朝聖😂

Whoever was holding the camera should never be allowed to operate a camera ever again

lawnmower roomba

I know the initial spark probably could've been anything in the end (they did special effects and prop work AFAIK,) as some people just seem like they could bubble to the top in any circumstances, but I like the idea that a salvaged lawnmower engine was a major stepping stone to seeing a cement truck explode or a ballistic gel goose going ballistic into a Fauxbio head a couple weeks back. And then like a huge chunk of the popular maker channels on this site. Knock-on effects be wild.