Michael Reeves & Safety Third build three fighting robots

Michael Reeves, William Osman, Kevin the Backyard Scientist had to build three robots in three days at Havoc All-Stars by NHRL.
Here's what they got up to...
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[@XsyCon]

It's hilarious that the NHRL actually accepted "psychological warfare" as an active weapon 😂

[@elsewhere7016]

its cuz they are more about the silly fun hahas than battlebots was

[@Mawson6492]

@@elsewhere7016 The Rule of Cool was in full effect

[@arostwocents]

​@@elsewhere7016NHRL is awesome, it's like Robot Wars series one. That series is well worth downloading. You guys never got the heats from original RW - you had rounds before the battles took place to test robots in a variety of ways so you had a favourite and backed them through the show then the battles took place and you was hyped for them and knew the bots by then

[@elsewhere7016]

@@Mawson6492 aw hail ye it was thats why i personlly prefer NHRL alhtough both them and BB have their places

[@gingin324]

Been in a room w a crying baby for 30 mins straight? Psychological warfare is a very legitimate and very bad weapon 😂

[@chaoticcar6231]

ah, this must be the one Michael video for the year

[@shawnalfaro6943]

facts

[@sommelierofstench]

he was in some pirate ship video kinda recently i think

[@shawnalfaro6943]

@@sommelierofstench yeah it was him and 3 other youtubers

[@orphidian11]

Sauce?

[@janong262]

​@@orphidian11 I think it's the Michelle khare vid

[@joem1309]

Intentionally trapping the opponents spinner on not one but two occasions was pretty insane.

[@natejackorjillkate4136]

Normally it's against the rules...

[@piratecheese13]

@@natejackorjillkate4136 i think because it was an unexpected byproduct of the airbag, they were allowed to have it in. but yeah if you bring a net for this reason it's a rule breaker.

[@Iain16]

@@natejackorjillkate4136 It depends on the **intent**. If you bring something that is specifically designed to entangle, it's banned. However, if it's unexpected entanglement, then it's not against the rules. Lil' Rip actually managed to break free of entanglement after the first instance, which was pretty amazing.

[@natejackorjillkate4136]

@@Iain16 They literally told the driver to entangle the opponents weapon with it. They knew it would foul the weapon and then intentionally fouled the weapon.

[@aland8269]

@@natejackorjillkate4136 I think its if the design was intended for entangling. its also not battlebots

[@Rockmaster867]

the airbag bot is actually pretty smart.

[@pupyasko1233]

I unfortunately think it would be counted as an entanglement device, and thus not be allowed in a "serious" bot

[@106640guy]

We need more bots that just have a one use super attack

[@emperorhadrian6011]

​@@106640guy Definitely.

[@sinteleon]

@@106640guy technically the flamethrower bots with their limited fuel supply sorta counts as such.

[@markjacobson4248]

Genius until you remember that airbags are impact sensitive.

[@iusetheforks]

Airbag bot totally won that fight, had control the whole time

[@batt3ryac1d]

Jamming up the pizza cutter with the airbag was accidentally genius.

[@dylanschenkelberg7399]

Illegal move to net your opponent’s spinner

[@batt3ryac1d]

@@dylanschenkelberg7399 I don't think it was in the league they were in. They were in a for fun show match kinda deal I think.

[@Patichu]

​​@@dylanschenkelberg7399but not illegal to cause psychological damage. the double standards of this league. SMH

[@CowsGoM3ow]

@@dylanschenkelberg7399 Sure if they aimed the airbag akin to a net launcher. But that was not its intended use.

[@Xiraken]

William totally wanted to build a 9/11 diorama on the robot 😂😂😂

[@Jimthemoth]

Who didn't want to is the real question.

[@nicksurfs1]

​@@Jimthemoth must have been Kevin because I know Michael would have. Unless Caretaker was there to save them from themselves

[@blackdog6969]

I'm surprised you let any of these unhinged legends into the arena, let alone together. Almost disappointed Michael didn't recommend strapping plutonium to a bot honestly

[@youtubeSuckssNow]

Well so far they are their best performing videos in a while so I can see it.

[@Deja117]

To be honest, if Micha put all his video ideas into one robot. We would be in deep trouble. From laser burning eyes, to a shredder for garbage opponent robot ideas. As well as all taser related mayhem in between.

[@blackdog6969]

@@Deja117 Don't forget it'd be racist and pissing beer too

[@ColinccoliGaming]

Im sure that suggestion just missed the final cut ;)

[@ender1570_]

@@blackdog6969and capable of surgery

[@kate_lauren]

No way they named the hospital bot, "Doctors with Borders"💀😭

[@20jp8]

These were truly 3 of the bots of all time

[@sunny_froyo]

All robots are bots of all time.perhaps you meant best of all time.

[@MrPinguinzz]

@@sunny_froyo Your coment truly was one of the coments of all time

[@jamestrigg8290]

It was certainly a comment

[@robotics6714]

Hi leader of free hands.

[@Befuddled_Ostrich]

@@sunny_froyo Good evening and welcome to The Joke. We have your reservation ready for you. If you could just follow me to your table, we'll have you taken care of shortly.

[@HailHydra27]

Peter is physically unable to stop building planes

[@FukaiKokoro]

The airbag unintentionally clogging the saw at the end was hilarious 😂

[@natesmith6413]

How do we convince them to spend a month making insane bots instead of an afternoon?

[@NHRL]

Answers on a postcard please

[@233Deadman]

Money probably

[@mayac69]

The house bot going up to the tiny bot after the orphanage massacre like "what is your problem? What did you do!?"

[@MeBerserk]

14:35 the face she makes while cutting the wire, precious

[@seraf8297]

It absolutely reads "what the fuck is under there, a bomb?"

[@iplayzthegames6968]

​@@seraf8297it was in fact a bomb

[@BrightGaming0]

I never realized how much i love watching stupid people make stupid robots and make the fight

[@Yuki_Ika7]

Correction: smart but silly people

[@samuelsternson8127]

They aren't stupid, they are beautiful geniuses

[@Northwest3dDesign]

They make act, "stupid". But they are all very smart. Yes, even Michael.

[@fartpimpson3843]

DimGaming over here

[@zetrocadartse646]

comes to prove the smart isn´t contrary to the stupid

[@marshroverv5632]

michael, parked outside an actual orphanage: "oh some dolls, right, yeah"

[@seandinfo]

I had the pleasure of being the guy who got to assemble and wire up the drive base. As ever just not enough space inside (thanks Aren) but it was great to see the havoc they were able to build on top of it.

[@gemhunter498]

That drive base is an absolute beast, great work man

[@davidwilson6577]

3 wins, from 2 joke robots and a 1-shot flipper, because of the drive. The driver gets credit as well, and the weight class seems... is it a fair fight? If yes then you killed it.

[@gemhunter498]

@@davidwilson6577 they were allowed a higher weight than normal due to having unusual [ineffective] weapons

[@davidwilson6577]

@@gemhunter498 yeah, but that has significant implications about the drive. It's probably the most important part of robot combat, so their bots winning isn't such a shock. They still took hits and kept going, they still performed really well.

[@celestialwaffle1491]

I'm glad at least SOME people are taking this competition seriously.

[@MindfulGP]

I haven’t seen reeves in so long😭😭 glad his ass still alive

[@NHRL]

His ass, his arms, his legs, his ears. Not sure about his ankles though.

[@nomore-rb6zq]

​@@NHRL Ayo who broke em?

[@chrisrice7844]

Unrioniclly, I know for a fact that William Osman has a REAL battle bot.

[@pillarofdawn]

He bought Red DEvil and was also a safety inspector for Battlebots

[@CRneu]

We haven't seen that thing in quite a while, at least a year. It hasn't shown up in the background of any videos, either. I'm not sure he still has it.

[@bonez565]

I'm pretty sure the base drive train of these 3 bots is from red devil

[@AceOfBlackjack]

@@bonez565Negative!

[@kyleyuen245]

​@@pillarofdawndid not know he was a safety inspector for battle bots, that's cool

[@HiiroRocker101]

Disabling the opponent's weapon by clogging it with an airbag is hilarious and genuinely a good tactic. It only really works with spinners probably, but still.

[@sbilldmilk]

I think NHRL has some rules against entanglement-based weapons, though with everything that happened in this video i'm not so sure how strict those rules are.

[@Iain16]

@@sbilldmilkthe airbag is a valid weapon. In regards to entanglement - designs that are clearly intended to entangle are not allowed (and the airbag doesn't count as intended to entangle). However, there can be situations where entanglement can occur that is outside of anyone's control and isn't the intent.

[@HiiroRocker101]

Also as far as I can tell, they weren't really subject to any strict rule enforcement in these matches. They were invited to be essentially a comedy act.

[@gemhunter498]

@@HiiroRocker101plus they aren’t trying to win here, they actively want their bot to be destroyed

[@King_Minos64]

@@sbilldmilkThese Are Just exhibition matches, the rules are a lot looser for these kinds of matches. This all was essentially a comedy act, not serious matches.

[@virus2339]

The sight of those dolls flying out of the hospital is hilarious 😭😭

[@Abcde7213]

Peter sripol just building an airplane in the background is so on brand

[@seanwallace9269]

"Peter, you were building a battle bot. How did you end up with a plane." " It just happens. Yesterday I was making a sandwich and ended up with a working Spruce Goose RC."

[@DJBillyQ]

Please do more collaborations with these fine folks! All of these KZbin makers are great! All we need now is Angus from Maker's Muse lol

[@errantalgae]

3d printed robot that upon first contact turns into bits while making the lego death sound

[@iamsushi1056]

The fact that Safety Third gets paid to do this. These are technically professionals

[@gemhunter498]

Plus William Osman is a former safety inspector for BattleBots. He was part of the crew that said HellaChopper couldn’t fight.

[@brodudesdabomb]

Plus the lack of censorship on this video made it SOOOOOOOO MUCH BETTER!

[@LINCARD1000]

So many genuine IRL laughs. Brilliant. That kids hospital one was just the business :-D

[@AmelityshTV]

"They can't destroy a children's hostpital, right?" *_Technoblade laughs at this assumption_*

[@butwhatif2489]

f

[@shadowwolf6174]

F

[@elianas1121]

I get that this whole thing was a comedy bit and in no universe did they win the first two matches, but that third match was unironically a victory.

[@JangoAway]

Okay they unironically won that last fight

[@keab42]

I love it when Bot Builders embrace the chaos.

[@FishCakeIce]

Those bots were absolutely amazing Hilarious

[@Burmina86]

I discovered NHRL through the video of this fight that was originally posted. Its an absolute joy to see a glimpse into the minds that created this deranged, wonderful ... 'performance art' piece. 😂❤

[@brown56765]

Little do they know, by disguising a combat vehicle as a civilian structure they committed a war crime =D

[@grimmaulkin]

Since it has no actual weapons i dont think it counts as a combat vehicle

[@flmalegre]

Yessssssssss Michael reeves bonafide war criminalllll

[@nelly5954]

The airbag jamming was the most genius play I've ever seen in battlebots holy shit

[@chaninakosovske6567]

The fact they went 3-0 with all of these is crazy

[@B8008Yt]

no taser? expected more from mr reeves. loved the childrens hospital though. that was truly inspiring

[@GrumpleBots]

I was hoping this was filmed! It did not disappoint

[@eternaltreasure8333]

new michael crumbs, this is great

[@Mawson6492]

1:38 The mustard was, in fact, going somewhere.

[@BahamutDX]

These guys are absolutely hilarious! I love it! Please feature them again, I can't wait to see their next creation :D

[@cobralyoner]

michael, completely braindead: „we added a couple of hotdogs to the robot..“ 🤣🤣🤣

[@BootlegHuman]

opponent: works super hard and meticulous on design and engineering safety third crew: brain goo brrrr ooh shiny *wins*

[@aPink_Lemon]

I love seeing all the engineers together, and even seeing folks like Emily & John in the background, they're such a wholesome group :)

[@Tivallia9010]

I'm just glad Micheal, Will, and Kevin are having fun with giving their opponents Psychological torture and mental gymnastics

[@dodoarmy8515]

the airbag trap was fucking genious

[@MeBerserk]

Good to see Michael and William in the same vid again!

[@JerymeVoidal]

Please make more like this im dying 🤣

[@tinkerjae2300]

Genuinely the collab of all time, I'm hyped to see this

[@UnliRide]

This whole thing was so funny through and through. Thanks for having them!

[@walkiri]

Best clip from NHRL I watched 😂 crazy fast and interesting ideas that somehow worked and were hilarious 😀 thanks for letting them in 😉

[@firewolf11567]

I really thought I was watching a William Osman 2 video after a while, this is great!

[@Sckloste]

The comedy from this was a nice reprieve from just the destruction. I hope they make more robots in the next season

[@PikaPetey]

Surprised to see Aren Hill. I went to high-school with him. Kid was building weird stuff back then.

[@nivlacgaming9211]

This is awesome! Thanks for the upload, good laugh ^^

[@lavilish]

This was so incredibly fun, great work guys!

[@Kinekitsu]

10/10 content I am being FED rn

[@parker73724]

This somehow went from harmless robots to an extremely dangerous robot in a second

[@KyleBeesley]

Criminally underated video.

[@jblen]

I was so sure they'd waste the airbag on the last one but that was actually amazing. Truly a well deserved victory

[@darrenfalconer3267]

I love how other videos appear over parts of video before its finished and you cant read the screen. Thanks youtube

[@lman6920]

This is the video I never knew I needed I love it

[@Tuna989]

that last one is genuinely the funniest actual weapon in the history of the sport

[@luisdejesus9818]

I’m a simple man, I see Michael Reeves and I click.

[@seraf8297]

IDK if you saw the one collab where he's crewing a 17th century ship, but it's fantastic

[@Captain1nsaneo]

This brings me back to the early days of robot wars out on the west coast.

[@BlackjackHG21]

3-0 with absolute chaos, you love to see it.

[@packmanias3389]

the driving on the last fight was actually amazing like wow

[@northwall9243]

That was way better than expected

[@reddcube]

Holy shit the airbag was actually effective.

[@yeti4269]

We need more crazy people participating in this activity. This is so much more enjoyable than the battlebots from when I was a kid.

[@LukeVader77]

Dude, the airbag was freaking sick!

[@9t_Nyne]

this is pure gold. 😂

[@davidwilson6577]

The funny thing is, if you know fightin' robot rules, the wins are legitimate. Solid aggression!

[@nerffan007]

9:14 DONT YOU DARE! DONT YOU DARE HIT THAT ROBOT!

[@MyDreamLife]

You guys should make one robot to seriously win the competition.

[@DrTomFox]

12:03 textbook nervous laughter

[@cobralyoner]

the last fight was actually quite impressive didn’t expect it to work out this well lol

[@TheOmegaDMM]

This is pure love!

[@junatah5903]

I was literally thinking if someone made a robot with foam walls with tough string or fabric atuffed behind them, could cause some damage to spinners but then later in the video shows how well that airbag fabric worked for such a thing.

[@sbilldmilk]

this is the crossover episode I've been waiting for

[@Gunbudder]

woo i've been waiting for this video to come out forever lol

[@kitsune.u4ea]

he looks like a mix of hank green and call me carson

[@Aylyen]

good to see Michael alive

[@TheLilypad210]

This is so exciting

[@KaranvirT]

I have been feening for more michael reeves content and I am glad my addiction has been calmed today

[@jay-tbl]

The airbag accidentally being the perfect opponnet to the pizza bot was insane

[@owenlastname.3500]

using the airbag to jam their robot was actually smart

[@DJlegionuk]

That's the first time I have see a Pantheon 3d printer in the wild. very impressive workshop.

[@DanteNava]

The kids falling out was epic!

[@ohmyitscook]

Dang, William and Kevin demoted to just 'Safety Third' in titles - gonna have a glizzy to celebrate

[@KaneOnTheInternet]

so crazy how sus won with the detached airbag😭

[@mirrankei]

Truly a thing of beauty. Three things of beauty.

[@dcolb121]

The robots? Or the operators?

[@Raadicality]

Let them COOK 🔥🔥🔥

[@matt-oo6fu]

im SHOCKED they allowed the last one!!! usually things like nets or other "traps" that tangle up the opponent are banned!

[@P.Subaeruginosa]

Nhrl is very different, battlebots takes it very seriously which is cringe imo

[@marshallmayfield1923]

Michale was friedddddd in the first interview

[@DoubleTrouble-li5wi]

I love the obvious hesitation you could see from the opponents against the second robot LMAO

[@UnofficialCyane]

The sus bot was actually the worst possible match up for the pizza robot. Really well played

[@KennyCnotG]

I thought explosives weren't allowed, which is how airbags typically are powered, definitelt a creative bot

[@lastnamefirstname8655]

nice! very fun! safety third and michael reeves! nice!

[@joelisvysniauskas4653]

I love how the airbag bot wa like the gladiator that used a trident and a net ( i dont remember the class name from the top of my head) very well used