Why you shouldn't drill into a battery...

The Power of Friendship robot drills into a lipo battery and causes huge smoke vs Misdirected Aggression at NHRL's January 2024 New Year New Bots event in Norwalk, CT.
#nhrl #engineering #robotfight #3dprinting #science #tech #powertools #drill

[@readyrex]

There's something funny about a robot drilling into another robot that has a weapon that can just decimate other robots.

[@GilliamVespa]

"dental plan... LISA NEEDS BRACES!!"

[@harleyshilling9456]

The bots were like" I'm going to kill you with friendship And this drill I found."

[@illuminamiYT]

It feel like a poisonous tiny spider killing a big mammal

[@crimsondragon2677]

I’m a mature adult. I’m a mature adult. I’m a mature adult.

[@turquoisephoenix6548]

It's like when you get a really goofy but op weapon and finally kill a boss that was torturing you before.

[@Dracoswizard]

We just saw a robot giving another robot a lobotomy

[@inygs2807]

A robotomy

[@ccggenius]

It's piercing the battery, not the cpu. I'd say it's more like a gut shot.

[@webstersanon4732]

@@ccggeniusI would nerd emoji you but that makes sense

[@piranhaplantX]

Yeah, more like the equivalent of hitting an artery and watching it bleed out.

[@lolpok5947]

Fire in the hole

[@theusher2893]

The googly eyes are a master touch 😂

[@sysbofh]

They are the absolute best! :D

[@0therun1t21]

I love how they psychotically vibrate.

[@TopsideCrisis346]

They're not just cosmetic. They really do enhance the robot's capabilities. 🦾🤖

[@Konrad_IV]

Absolutely 😅

[@vinnyganzano1930]

Bonus points for googly eyes.

[@atomicbomb1113]

The spin taunt at the end 🤣🤣💀💀💀

[@mlgproplayer2915]

Ikr! lol

[@NotDrDre]

Turns out the power of friendship are the drills we bought along the way

[@NotOneToFly]

*Gurren Lagann intensifies*

[@iancook9538]

​@@NotOneToFlybelieve In the me that believes in you

[@memeboy8207]

GIGA DRILL BREEEAaaK

[@xavierxin7235]

I see what you did there 😂😂😂😂😂

[@superitgel1]

Do the impossible. Fight the powa!

[@darrengladstone3159]

The googly eyes bouncing bouncing during drilling is the best.

[@Element0145]

It didn’t fully puncture . It would of burst into flames , once lithium touch’s oxygen you get fire

[@devingoss2863]

It will catch fire. Go ahead and puncture your drone LiPo and see what happens

[@psyilux]

Still funny 😂

[@bjkaye9918]

​@@psyilux he is DETERMINED!

[@psyilux]

@@bjkaye9918 those bird bots look dangerous😂👍

[@jjjj-ms1ln]

“geese can’t hurt you” the geese:

[@appa609]

Geese have drills?

[@BrokeWrench]

Seagulls. And they can hurt you, i had one steal a whole bag of chips once

[@demp11]

That hurts​@@BrokeWrench

[@jamesphillips2285]

Who has been telling you that geese can't hurt you? I have heard they can break bones when pissed off.

[@kingj7018]

Howard

[@jcMarcell]

*that's strategic as hell, win by destroying the power source, the equivalent of a vampire just ripping out your heart*

[@SolarMillUSA]

Do vampires rip out hearts?

[@toasterhavingabath6980]

*why is it bolded*

[@Mr.Boom_513]

​@@SolarMillUSA😂

[@Siberius-]

That's a peculiar example for multiple reasons

[@rajarsidastthfrknvth9688]

Bird bot: Your lithium privileges have been revoked 🤖

[@hugodecotignie3834]

ahh someone elce understands what hapended

[@lpg12338]

😁👍

[@DubiousFIN]

This is just like a bird stealing only the livers of the frogs leaving them bloated and dying

[@lpg12338]

@@DubiousFIN Killer Whales do the same thing to sharks, they like the liver.

[@DubiousFIN]

@@lpg12338 i guess its easier and safer food

[@marshmelows]

Holy fuck a goofy bot that works!

[@jarodjagges599]

There have been some WILD bots you wouldn't think of sometimes 😂

[@TKOfromJohn]

Still better than the bots that use a hammer or flamethrower

[@TVHEADtm]

Goofy aah bot 💀

[@tryscience]

watch the fucking language!

[@jaredhenderson6163]

​@@TKOfromJohncomplete control was awesome!

[@kingginger3335]

Whoever added the "mine" is a genius

[@Pemj2k]

Made this so much more hilarious.

[@ChadKakashi]

I found it supremely annoying. Almost ruins the joke for me.

[@AnthonyMcArdle-xc1eg]

It's mate, in an Ozzy accent isn't it? Off one of them cartoon film's

[@ivaldi13]

​@@AnthonyMcArdle-xc1egAussie, not Ozzy, and no, it's "Mine," recited ad nauseam by seagulls in *Finding Nemo*, a classic, hilarious, animated movie.

[@AnthonyMcArdle-xc1eg]

@@ivaldi13 I always thought it was mate 🥴

[@brokensysadmin]

I've never seen a battle bot win with such a calm precision attack

[@Carcajou45]

Razor

[@Dargon1o1]

I feel like this whole match is someone saying, “I’m going to win with the power of friendship and this gun I found!”

[@RoughNek72]

😆 🤣 😂

[@grug_g]

Why do you feel that

[@jaymevosburgh3660]

Friendship for the win?!

[@thegardenofeatin5965]

Is that a line from something because if yes I have to watch it.

[@source3nergy203]

Ha, that’s actually funny

[@Halloweddd]

accurate representation of how aggressive birds can be

[@joshuaszeto]

you mispelled "modern day dinosaurs"

[@Halloweddd]

@@joshuaszeto true and correct

[@teodoricusslack4524]

*are

[@Myticalcattnip]

That why dont provoking a bird, example : crow can remember who threat them and let their descendant know about it and made them enemy

[@BuhoPnu]

@@MyticalcattnipAustralian “Swooping Season”. It’s the nesting season for crows and ravens in Australia, and if you get near the nests the parents will swoop and peck at you. They remember you for years. That’s why helmets are a fashion statement for those few weeks.

[@kaylendunagan1695]

Bro saw his buddy get busted up and just immediately took him out. True friend right there

[@Moonstone-Redux]

Bro got that Supreme Overlord ability procced

[@michaelmoore2679]

Whoever added the googly eyes is an apex engineer.

[@motohddk]

These bots are amazing, why have I never thought of a Drill?!! OUR DRILL WILL PIERCE THE HEAVENS!

[@jessicafrost7579]

One of the Gurren Lagann movies is in theaters tonight and tomorrow just fyi!

[@BendsSpace]

Drills are banned in regular battle bots :(

[@Christoffski]

​@@BendsSpace Imagine if Complete Control also had a drill. 😅

[@joshuapreissler7479]

1 good hit to your weapon from a beast would truly rip it apart that's why lol

[@Deses]

HELL YEAH BROTHER!

[@m1nd_fl4y3r_m80]

Turns out the true power of friendship was the battery chemical fumes we inhaled along the way.

[@OldNavajoTricks]

Filtered through the finest diesel a siphon can get. Can you say, Smoooooooooooooooth.... 😂 fucking killer advert!

[@neurofiedyamato8763]

Yea those are some death smoke right there...

[@siriusbreak2212]

It's kind of the modern equivalent of breaking a CRT tube TV back in the 80s and 90s during music videos and such. So bad. So toxic. Yet, entertaining none the less 🤣.

[@freemoney3919]

the seagull sounds combined with the googly eye going MAD when the drilling starts

[@Ragnar676]

Uh, sir, yes, we're calling about your robots extended warranty.

[@adamseecbrown]

MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE!

[@syntax6788]

MINE?

[@metalsurgeon560]

No MINE MINE MINE

[@jaxt2578]

MIIIIINE

[@mfi6522]

​@@syntax6788*INTENSE EAGLE NOISES* 🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅

[@KosherLover]

Mine?

[@-Commit-arson-]

Gotta love the victory spin

[@BendsSpace]

How it just spins itself to the ground 😂

[@techh3x4]

yeah i wonder why nobody is talking about that hilarious spin

[@RaginCajinFMJ]

*WEEEEEEEEEEEEE--ow*

[@Cluck_Norris777]

@@BendsSpaceyeah that was a powerful spin 🤣

[@prohunter717]

My favourite part.

[@josephwilson4353]

Every now and then a human is born that embodies what we are as a species. Tough, stubborn, and driven. This hero was one of them. He earned the title of Unkillable.

[@Jazzforyoursoull]

tombstone left his kid at the park surrounded by geese

[@RCBashist]

lol I love how the second bird actually turns to watch their friend getting thrown into the wall!

[@JJLYKES]

Ikr, then he turns like, "mine?" Then goes beast mode to avenge his friend. That is killing me I swear

[@michaellavery4899]

That was demonic robotics.

[@huntercook6605]

So...I don't know anything about this...but I feel like the fact there are two of them is kind of the beginning and end of this story? What am I missing why is it 2 on 1?

[@RCBashist]

@@huntercook6605 I don't watch the show myself, but I'm pretty sure that the matches are balanced by weight. So you can have two robots fighting one robot so long as they each weigh half as much as the single robot they're fighting.

[@idehenebenezer802]

TO EVERYONE IN THIS CHAT: *THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD IS DRAWING NIGH.* REPENT TODAY AND GIVE YOUR LIFE TO JESUS TO ESCAPE ETERNAL DAMNATION

[@KuyaQuatro]

"all the magic smoke is leaking out" hah mans must've been an electrical engineer at some point

[@4kirb]

angry pixies, well maybe not with a lipo but mains power.

[@DavyDave1313]

And when it works it’s “some wizard shit”

[@nathanclark2424]

That’s what we like to call the “spicy pillow”

[@eightsprites]

Never let tech release the magic smoke!

[@samuelfaucett7861]

How is it different than regular smoke?

[@jamielikesbread]

did i just watch a robot get lobotomized by the power of friendship

[@mr_resource5099]

Instead of losing, the birds turned the arena into a fucking WW1 trench ☠️

[@wristofkings]

This is hilarious. First time I've seen a drill be that effective in robot combat, though it actually makes perfect sense. A good tungsten bit turning 2000 RPM should go right through a thin top plate like you'd find on most 3-pounders.

[@xXBisquitsXx]

Yeah but then you have to hit something important with that drill bit, which is only a few mm wide. more viable for the smaller bot's since they tend to be crammed full and don't have much depth so the drill can likely reach the bottom. Still i like to see more weapons other than spinners and flippers.

[@ode8416]

@@xXBisquitsXxyea these bots show why redundancy is important

[@Mistraker]

I would assume that most or all of these robots are built with mild steel. You wouldn't even need tungsten for that, though it would reduce the number of drill bits you went through, I guess.

[@johno1544]

​@@xXBisquitsXxbattery is the main target and what he hit here. In these small bots the battery is taking up alot of space

[@TheNameOfJesus]

I can't see any comments being made about the funny pun, "There it is, heavy pecking."

[@lordfordification]

The eagle screech before the charge was hilarious

[@TruFalco]

Hawk screech. Most eagles sound like seagulls, like the Bald Eagle.

[@JIMP1000]

You mean hawk screech... Or are you not aware that Hollywood movies aren't real life?

[@donnymcgahan1158]

That's a redtail

[@masterofdoots5965]

Not an eagle

[@MrMegamike2k]

Man you messed up there!!!! 😆

[@foxplayz3117]

Perfectly executed takedown. Props to a bot that actually uses skill and not just a dumb fly-wheel/spin-wheel

[@fansofwrestling9115]

He saw the opportunity and flew to it without hesitation

[@Basilo1146]

This drill... is the drill that will pierce the robots!

[@pies765]

That's the comment I was looking for, thanks

[@BlueTeam-John-Fred-Linda-Kelly]

Thanks king!

[@14.huanle60]

Man of culture I see.

[@aj_shooter4097]

I wasn't able to gather that from the video so thanks for clarification

[@BlueTeam-John-Fred-Linda-Kelly]

@@aj_shooter4097 it's a reference to an anime by the name of gurran lagann.

[@DirtyMike124x]

The smoke is the soul leaving the robot's body.

[@ba780YT]

That smoke is the Lithium Polymer batteries in the robot going up in flames

[@MadTuning01]

@@ba780YTI was gonna ask if that was the battery I thought it was effects they threw in 😂

[@TheCatBilbo]

Man, that is SO satisfying 😊 Er, I mean: "every time a bell rings, an Angel gets its wings" 😢

[@lulu.visdev]

@@ba780YTno its their soul i work with robots its their soul

[@burnttoast111]

@@lulu.visdev Human beings fantasize about having souls. But robots really have them. Also, my mom's stereo had a soul, but I accidentally set it free.

[@tylerpoppele4558]

"I'll defeat you with the power of friendship......and this drill I found!"

[@AnotherVessel]

"I'm going tonkill you with the power of friendship, and this drill I found."

[@lorenbrown7100]

zapdos use drill peck

[@RiverWilliamson]

It's --- oh God, no!

[@brapbrapbrat]

One hit KO

[@Soinetwa]

that was not drill peck.. that was horn drill!

[@abrickfullafist]

You're thinking Articuno.

[@jordansenna752]

I was gonna say Porygon

[@TheDiamondMelon]

"That's the power of friendship!" *AGGRESSIVE DRILLING*

[@losnamerales3403]

Friends with benefits 😂

[@TheSlamburger]

Congratulations, you’ve successfully summarized Gurren Lagann in two sentences.

[@shawnpitman876]

Guess you know if you have real friends if you can aggressively drill together.

[@GenericProtagonist118]

_A Drill that can Pierce the Heavens!_

[@hyperphrog69]

Drilled straight through the battery, an agonizing death for a battle bot

[@Wasfixingthistomynamebutcant]

This really is the magic of friendship

[@idrinkfirewater]

Drill bots are brilliant for these weight classes, usually all their electronics are densely packed into the chassis. There's a high chance it could hit an esc, or two wires causing a short, or it could hit the jackpot with the lithium batteries, which oddly enough is atleast 30-50% the bots mass.

[@yuriysukhorukov391]

Nah, in my bot the batt is only 70g, so that's only 5 percent of the robot's total mass (1500g) Guys got extremely lucky here!

[@appa609]

Drills are fragile though. They only work if you can clamp the other guy down.

[@uncertaintytoworldpeace3650]

I’m glad every comment ignored the numbers advantage. Makes it really easy to identify when there are bots when they’re so fucking stupid.

[@Looney_Tombs]

And now everyone should understand, each weapon has a purpose, a strength, and a weakness.

[@vuvinh2032]

most importand is your skills

[@strider029]

Except flamethrowers, never worked, never will be.

[@lordpumpkinhead265]

​@@strider029Flamethrowers could work if you had a way to get the fire inside the robot. Otherwise, I agree. They're flashy and cool to look at, but they're never gonna win against non-Flamethrower robots.

[@sivalley]

Drill, saw, kinetic weapon. Drill beats kinetic weapon Kinetic weapon beats saw Saw beats drill

[@joker9322]

​@@strider029можно попробовать если попробовать сначала залить маслом, а потом поджечь

[@Toothpick744]

The googly eyes make it 10 times better

[@tom4od]

Would love to see a full size version of these

[@dracodraconias8096]

Every machine is a smoke machine if you operate it wrong enough.

[@drdca8263]

How do you operate a ramp that wrongly??

[@heather2503]

A nail???

[@dracodraconias8096]

@@drdca8263 well depends on what it's made of, skate ramp isn't a machine, bridge ramp engine to raise and lower yes it can let the smoke out.

[@dracodraconias8096]

@@heather2503 a nail, no. Nail gun, yes.

[@drdca8263]

@@dracodraconias8096 a ramp/wedge is one of the like, 4 “simple machines”, along with “a lever”, “a pulley”, and “a screw”?

[@sadaomao7425]

drill bots went on whole ass shonen anime protagonists arc right there.

[@shadowrodent1509]

Bruh that moment was like a main character watching his best friend get hurt by the main villain and then going absolute berserk on the main villain.

[@MungeParty]

The flamboyant announcers make this show unwatchable, which is honestly impressive.

[@matthewboylan9814]

Those birds just lobotomized that robot

[@Ze12365]

Man, they did 'em like the blue GoPro did to Benjamin.

[@JMPDev]

The fact that it actually worked so well is shocking to me

[@Skyfish93]

That dramatic pause after Blue witnessed Orange getting launched and then decimating the crap out of the battery will never not be funny to me. 😂😂😂

[@dragonseatcheese8727]

This feels like two dudes got drunk, saw a bird, and thought "I could put a drill on that."

[@calcaware]

I was NOT expecting that to work so well.

[@maruftim]

THIS IS THE DRILL THAT WILL PIERCE THE HEAVENS

[@Popat_Mom-ham-mad]

😂 i was literally having a vision of Kamina saying that to Simon 😂 then, the background music runs, Row Row Fight the power 😂

[@mokouf3]

If I build a fighting robot I'll add extra layer of armor to batteries.

[@plasticlawnchair7197]

Drill bots are actually a really good idea for lightweight battlebots like this with its penetration abilities

[@elmergloo3259]

I’m impressed the drill had enough downforce and cutting ability at that angle to drill through the steel that fast

[@BrotatoeGod]

Somthing so menecing about the souless googly eyes

[@higgsbonbon]

The face of an apex predator

[@KingBobbito]

When it's drilling and the eyes just flail around like crazy is so funny to me

[@jonc8074]

my grocery store put these on their big, sinister robots that roam the aisles. it doesn't help

[@KingBobbito]

@@jonc8074 idk, I've seen kids talking to the side with eyes

[@DaRkLoRdZoRc]

*There is no God here today.* *Only me.*

[@TheBestMCScavenger]

“The lack of power rangers” really hits the nail on the head! I think a lot of these people feel powerless in their lives and feel the need to take it out on random people

[@nicholasbaca8065]

"with the power of friendship" man, his buddy got wiped and then he killed the guy himself.

[@mozzy207]

Aw man, 'control robot with over head drill' has always been my answer to what kind of bot would you make. Awesome to see it working!

[@Shaun_Jones]

My idea was always overhead angle grinder, but basically the same concept.

[@RepellentJeff]

Using the seagulls from Finding Nemo was hysterical. I couldn’t stop laughing. 🤣

[@KingdaToro]

There needs to be a universal rule in combat robotics where googly eyes don't count towards the weight of your bot.

[@kukelhupf]

I can respect contenders who are willing to poison the entire arena with battery fumes just to win

[@karrotop]

Can we all just appreciate the name 'mis-directed aggression' for a horizontal spinner? Very fitting 😂

[@anubis20049999]

You know the players are treating this like a Pokémon battle

[@JuliusCaesar888]

The googley eyes are fucking hilarious and then spin taunting is jokes.

[@Dr.Mcstaby]

the seagulls in the backgrounds sold it for me XD

[@dandischinosvarietyhour1655]

We will win using the power of friendship! And this drill I found

[@zoesommer6710]

That’s so funny, but I’d be so pissed if I spent months building a bot just for it to get DRILLED INTO

[@FlyingDominion]

Honestly, it's only damage to one plate and a battery. That's a lot less than most bots take in a match.

[@zoesommer6710]

@@FlyingDominion I know, it just feels so disrespectful, like why do you have to lobotomize my bot like that 😭

[@Kuhneesseur]

​@@zoesommer6710Nah, he'd drill

[@fulomtheavali]

​@@zoesommer6710 Hey, at least you don't have to rebuild half of the bloody bot after the match.

[@zoesommer6710]

@@fulomtheavali not unless they mess up the wiring harness. I would cry

[@janputz4157]

I don't care how much you love sports this goes harder

[@Rizzbulla]

Top tier editing

[@cumunist2120]

It’s a risky strategy especially against a spinner but once they pull off the pin it’s all over I love these 2 and the eyes are just hilarious

[@DreStyle]

The way he turned around like.... TFCK??? 😂😂😂 *ANGRY EAGLE SOUNDS*

[@enigmaodell6806]

That was the power of friendship alright. One gets sucker punched and the other gets serious.

[@chimchim2_]

The seagulls "mine mine mine" from finding Nemo is so perfect for this short 😂

[@laxsjo.]

This made me realize the question of what do they do when there is a battery fire?

[@aguyunderabridge.8794]

"Lol. Lmao even."

[@geoffreyentwistle8176]

I would expect they have extinguishers they use once they're done gawking and laughing. 😂

[@kalahatze]

The arena must be air tight. If it wasn't then it'd poison the entire room. Either they go in with gas masks to clean it up, or they just wait for the smoke to dissipate.

[@BaneSIlvermoon]

They likely have class d extinguishers on hand.

[@TinySwanGrandAdventures]

​@@kalahatzeThose boxes have a lot of safety features built in to protect the audience. They actually have a video or two about all of the in place safety measures used in every one of those arena boxes.

[@realsetokaibaja5111]

The finding nemo seagull sound 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ElSandwich777]

“All of the magic smoke is leaking out of misdirected aggression” 🤣

[@spyresoblazx]

"Misdirected aggression" Yeah that's pretty much what happened, got one but the other got 'em

[@C-Ra]

The powertools of friendship.

[@rank1frombottom]

He went straight for the battery

[@johannlo1503]

The lithium smoke of the robot is equivalent to human bleeding out when getting stabbed.

[@michaelalvarez2303]

The way he turned to look at his pal get yeeted across the ring lol 😂😂😂😂😂

[@richpeltier9519]

I'd be lying if I said the idea of a drillbot like this hadn't been bouncing around in my head for decades. It's a solid weapon concept if applied right... like they did here.

[@petevenuti7355]

Is there any rule against a portable plasma torch?

[@Appletank8]

​@@petevenuti7355 Depends on the league, though i think there's very few that allow fire

[@petevenuti7355]

@@Appletank8 how about an EMP?

[@petevenuti7355]

@@Appletank8 if there isn't there will be!😜

[@Appletank8]

@@petevenuti7355 pretty sure most if not all prohibit ranged weapons. It's usually only kinetic melee weapons allowed

[@brandonp5846]

That's definitely fog machine smoke 😂😂

[@YuubiTimberwolf]

The Googly Eyes moving while drilling is insane XD

[@solarwind]

This drill arm is more practical than a saw blade arm. The saw blade arm can usually do it quite a bit of damage, but arms usually get taken out quite a bit and he says unlike a drill that only has to drill a small hole and hope it hit something important and even if it doesn't, it could basically do the thing several times before the arm breaks. The saw blade usually does a bit of damage before breaking the arm

[@panconkisu]

bro the spin at the end 😂

[@sekaihunter9378]

Drill Technique: Blue Reverse Drill Technique: Red Hollow Drill Technique: Purple

[@gfloflo]

Bird Bot 1: gets flung Bird Bot 2: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[@TheBiscuitFactory]

The way friend no. 2 turns its body as friend no. Blasts off into space sent me.

[@cmiguel1321]

From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh

[@xenogorwraithblade2538]

I love the googly eye *aggressively* vibrating

[@shockwave6213]

Next step: Use titanium plating to break the drill bit.

[@seanjohn3348]

He just lost his lithium rights 😂

[@tylermclellan9430]

Top comment plagiarizer

[@ForeverFree2Play]

This is like a mechanical vampire, or a robot mosquito

[@Life-tastic]

Or a techno bird.

[@Blobby90]

I love it when these guys use goofy robots. They aren't here to win, they just wanna have fun first and foremost

[@NOVAScOoT]

First time I've seen a bot hit a crit on another bot ngl

[@oreo4359]

ahah those birbs really can drill xD