What Changes Turned END GAME Into The #1 RANKED BATTLEBOT?

[@billybrant6818]

This is the kind of backstage stuff that Battlebots should actually film! Really fascinating seeing how the teams tackle various challenges and get better over time

[@hansballarta2738]

Yeah they should highlights the creation of the bots like in season 1

[@Mark-hb5zf]

As an engineer, it's always fascinating seeing how these are constructed.

[@jonassvideos6807]

This is so true

[@levicharles996]

It’s amazing the little details goes into making a champion robot such as grounding yourself before touching the electronics. Pretty interesting to see more behind the scenes of the pit area and how much work it takes to fix/prepare the bots. Love the insight Skorpios 👍

[@SkorpiosBattlebot]

Totally!

[@Warmagon]

Being organized and methodical is perhaps another way in which they're like Biteforce.

[@sag4186]

​@@SkorpiosBattlebot hey team skoprios I hope you're not sleeping because I need to ask you something......... When will BattleBots be back on dream because episode 11 of the new season is not even there

[@bami2]

11:59 "Professional team I swear!"

[@DavidR212]

the amount of work these guys put in to this bot, wow.

[@AliasGaming0]

It's messed up that battlebots doesn't have more of a character focused show going along side the fights. It would help build story and of course pretty much every battlebot creator is going to be fricking awesome one way or another. Thank you for highlighting End Game's team in this as well.

[@evernewb2073]

weirdly enough when they tried to make a show exactly like that both comedy central and the discovery channel pulled the plug HARD after everything had already been filmed edited gussied up and finished: they broke contract and locked the thing in a legal limbo making it so that if anyone wants to air the already finished series they'd need to win lawsuits against two different media companies. about the only thing they've done with it since is _both_ companies going after people who posted their own videos of stuff that took place during the event. ...not actually sure off the top of my head of thats actually different companies or "different" companies (no idea who owns comedy central and discovery).

[@dimitristripakis7364]

I remember building RC airplanes and thinking "perhaps it will crash, but I will build it anyway" and was proud for my bravery. Now these guys know for sure it will be hit hard, but still do all this quality work. Amazing.

[@jeffreyyoung4104]

As a retired avionics tech, it is amazing to me, that many people disregard static electricity.

[@LukeisKooL]

The cart appears more dangerous to the team than endgame itself😅

[@rtqii]

I got damage listening to that cart.

[@Outland9000]

Most interesting. They dont use the thickest aluminium for the chassis, or the most powerful motors. What I am seeing is superb packaging of components, zero wasted space and short cable runs. 3:20 Also, look on the table behind... The whole weapon assembly comes out in a single piece which could then be disassembled further. You can clearly see the orange rubber 'shock absorbers' there.

[@devinholland5892]

Getting these internals breakdowns are so exciting! I can't wait for their next fight.

[@The_Curious_Cat]

The rubber inside to absorb the energy of impacts is very smart.

[@Outland9000]

Also that they have chosen a specific compound as well. It's actually rather simple at a glance but everything about End Game is so specific. Would love to see a deep dive on their electronics.

[@grahamhall2662]

Thank you lads and one lass for showing us your masterpiece in some detail. Insane engineering.

[@cheythompson740]

So cool seeing end game from little country New Zealand, proud to be one and a supporter of end game

[@jonathanf2392]

Remember when we all rolled our eyes when Jack barker called out tombstone in s3? Crazy how successful they become. They (and tantrum) prove that any bot can evolve to become one big elite that dominates the field, I wish we can see more of that and looks like this year it's claw viper doing it. Strange how they lost to a frog and pizza tho

[@XogoWasTaken]

Pieces for their new anti-drum setup on the shelf at 4:20? Interesting.

[@jeditrainee]

This video is pure gold! Gold, I tell ya!

[@Convolutedtubules]

I would be surprised to see them go into a fight WITHOUT checking all systems are working.

[@Lilleh__]

So for anyone who was thinking of current EG as an advancement on what Bite Force was when it was competing, that's basically the case. Even the font on the shirts reminds me of BF.

[@olisk-jy9rz]

How did you come to that conclusion. This video proves the exact opposite, both externally and internally EndGame is completely different, even more so conceptually and design wise.

[@Lilleh__]

@@olisk-jy9rz they're both 4wd vertical spinners, while EG has things in its design that BF didn't, making it an advancement on BF's design.

[@OOZiTen]

That test box is perfect. The battle box has debris and bent panels.. I always wondered why they dont at least sweep the damn thing with a hard brush or something. I've watched as glitch for example continuously fails to be able to move and you can literally see pieces of rubber and debris on the floor from previous fights.

[@Rygoat]

I'm not sure how good your relationship is with the EndGame peeps but if you ever want to mess with them you should slap a small Australian flag magnet/sticker on their bot and loudly declare that "End Game is now popular enough to be Australian" Edit:: that cart can have a New Zealand Sticker though lol

[@emp100k]

Preparation, being thorough, paying attention to the little details, these are the way championships are won.

[@Kallekringla3]

It really suprises me that not all teams rubber mount there internal stuff?!?!

[@samybendali854]

I'd love to see you guys visit team inertia labs and bronco next time. 😊

[@SkorpiosBattlebot]

I have been asking

[@Kallekringla3]

Wow. Super content!

[@SkorpiosBattlebot]

Thanks!

[@aarondavies8486]

I have been looking it to a way of using that space slime that when you hit it with a hammer it hardened but it still stretchy but it's finding away to keep it from running like a slime for body armour

[@evernewb2073]

...is it weird that that comment actually made sense to me? anyways, 1: check required velocities (most of the formulas are all about interacting with bullets, a spinner weapons hits _fast_ but they do have tipspeed limits well below even a 9-mil) 2: check strength to weight: that stuff is usually used because it's really good at filling in odd spaces which isn't nearly as much of a requirement here. other than that...yeah, you'd essentially need to put it in a bag that's tough enough to survive the weapon hit for it to be _any_ use on multiple impacts in which case you're basically always gonna be better off just using the bag material for armor so I don't see it working as anything other than packing material for the 'bot's guts. possibly even decent packing material depending on how it deals with absorption/dispersal of both heat and shock-impacts...and zappy-shocks too for that matter. anyways you're _still_ having issues with bagging vs repeated use required and there are probably plenty of other good fill materials available, likely even purpose-built for similar tasks.

[@Bob_Burton]

I am amazed that those motor connectors are not polarised to prevent connecting them the wrong way round. It seems to be such an obvious thing to do

[@54raceman]

Yeah I’m kinda surprised by that as well. They didn’t even bother to take a sharpie and mark it when it’s plugged in correctly (a sharpie is handy as hell when stuff can be plugged in backwards because once you mark both halves with it the correct direction you automatically know it’s backwards if both halves aren’t marked when you look at it when it’s plugged in )

[@olisk-jy9rz]

Is this interview from this year's event? Because the girl with the pink hairs in the background at 2:40 wasn't in the team this year

[@stonefish98]

The team list on the BB website for s6 and s7 is the same, except they added one name.

[@irradiatedanky1780]

Great video!

[@SkorpiosBattlebot]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@greenmoxy]

I would use a D30 hybrid for internal cushions. D30 is a material made by wizards and witches.

[@StarlancerAstro]

Very cool though you'd think they would mark the connectors so they don't hook things up backwards.

[@Only_outdoors]

11:46 its the screech of terror....lol

[@solowingpixy8297]

Return of the squeaky cart except this time it falls apart :)

[@Dubstepper]

Man end game had such a glow up!

[@NorrisVaughn]

All that preparation, and it's squeaky wheels on the cart that slips passed them? Lol 😂

[@aceshelander1281]

where do you buy the end game power switches??????????????????????

[@KasunTalwatta]

Super impressed with these guys. Always a fan. But being a kiwi I'm a little biased :D

[@sifterbox]

I wonder what the blue foam is. I always figured people would use Non Newtonian (foam at least in part) like D30 Product. It would act as foam and it would dissipate energy as it goes solid.

[@PeterJDeer]

Okay I'm sold these guys are alright

[@evernewb2073]

the comparison is because of the similar fundamental design goals: biteforce was almost literally _ALL_ about reliable controlled movement in particular it was (and presumably still is) particularly concerned about having the fastest recovery times possible after delivering a hit, the damned thing would fairly consistently hit a bot up into the air and _while it is still on the way up_ already be back settled on it's wheels and making it's way over to catch the other bot on it's way down all because something like half of biteforce's frame is designed as a spring to absorb and disperse and direct the weapon impacts. other than that Paul made no secret of the fact that he cares a great deal about groundgame, reliability of function, and intelligent prepwork. sooo...yeah, Endgame making it's way across the box in a calm collected manner maneuvering forks the length of the bot across the cracks and treating it's vertical spinner weapon as the flipping tool that it is is *_very_* "Orange Biteforce" heck if this video is to be believed then even the teams are pretty similar in their approach to how they actually work on things.

[@mercedesjacevedosilva9146]

Last Season 2021 in the Main Event in Episode 11 with 2020 Champion End Game Vs 2-3 Skorpios

[@Mark-hb5zf]

First time I've seen someone wear a ESD wrist strap while working on a bot.

[@jerretringler1462]

My Mom’s favorite bot. She also has a crush on Nick Mabey.

[@calebrobotart]

It's a good job Battlebots isn't judged on who brings the best cart. 😂

[@theadskipper2928]

Ziggo will forever be the GOAT

[@guanningtan8652]

Great effort.. What I have learnt... 1) Rubber 2) Test n test 3) Grounding 4) Squeaky

[@SkorpiosBattlebot]

Excellent

[@LaveaFirmis]

I really do like Tombstone but watching this Endgame looks years apart. Tombstone seems to be an old fashioned tubular design which looks quite a heavy method having to bolt the armour to it and if a weld cracks the structural integrity of the chassis goes quite quickly. Ray has also said about the frame twisting quite easily which seems like quite a big issue. Having almost a unibody that is the armour as well seems like a much stronger way to have a chassis, not only that but having it surround the wheels makes a lot of sense looking at Carbide. All the components not only shock mounted but slightly away from the edge of bot makes a lot of sense, Tombstone took a smallish dent to the rear armour and it hit the batteries. These as well as so many other design decisions. Maybe I’m totally wrong just my opinion.

[@robertgoodale7204]

I think T.S. still has a few more years to go before becoming completely obsolete by I would agree, time for a frame upgrade.

[@LaveaFirmis]

@@robertgoodale7204 It certainly hits hard still but the amount of times the frame twists or the gearbox casing breaks on the wheels is not good. Even the 2023 Mortician seemed to have the twisting issue that jammed the bar. Unless I'm mistaken I dont think a single bots thats an 'old fashioned' tube design made it to the quarter finals of Battlebots in 2022.

[@kydelvetus642]

Tombstone was the king in the past but some other bots (including End Game) have evolved faster than Tombstone and have surpassed Tombstone

[@Paytrolah]

Amazing video I love End Game! Although little critique, I really would love if you guys would upload the footage you record in the original quality. When you move the camera around the footage gets super choppy and framey. Would be really good if you uploaded the original quality footage.

[@Turboy65]

Obviously Endgame's engineering is solid. I like the fact that it uses FOUR drive belts. I'd think that roller chains would be even better. They tend to handle shock loads better. Belts break under heavy shock loads. Roller chains can take much higher shock loads than comparably sized rubber belts.

[@colanitower]

The squeaky sound would be fun to build into Endgame and distract the opposition

[@jeffbrownstain]

KZbin unsubbed me from you then still recommended me this video. What tf. Glad my good taste saved my own prior choices from being invalidated by a digital god that I cannot percieve.

[@garynew9637]

Human next to this gives good scale.

[@Nagordola_BD]

Skorpios should change your hammer to spinner like bite force

[@lukefaulkingham5233]

Ok wait there's 3 pin connectors that are reversible like the one they swapped on the weapon motor??? That's such a good solution, never have to worrying about changing out the wires or swapping solder connections. Just flipping a connector and plugging it in

[@haratofu]

Well, except that you can plug it in backwards I guess! I was really surprised they don't use keyed connectors.

[@lukefaulkingham5233]

@@haratofu For a brushless motor like that it'll run no matter the order of the wires, swapping two just changes the direction of the motor so it's safe to do in this application.

[@54raceman]

@@haratofu I’m all for it not being keyed so if ends up being a motor and esc that we’re originally a pair so there’s always the chance of one set being soldered differently than another. But at the same time once it’s verified to be correct mark it with a sharpie so you can visually tell it’s backwards just by glancing at it

[@tmntleo]

I can answer that question easily, money XD

[@PyroBear1776]

Orange Biteforce.

[@Troglobitten]

it's great to see the inside of these bots. Those are some amazing design choices they've made. And I can't blame them for doing what they do in order to win. But End game is such a boring bot for me. Give me the smeeeeeeeeeeeee's and chomps over the hard meta bots any day of the week.

[@RennieAsh]

Toaster Chomp was funny lol

[@Embers-qu8vg]

Chomp AI system + Beta hitting power and wedge + Shatter style hammer = the perfect hammer bot. However, its a sport, not a story. Most people make bots to win, not to "challenge the meta". The only meta-breaking bot that did well is huge, imo

[@samuellondke9108]

Endgame is my all time favorite robot

[@ShahFahadAhmed]

I guess tombstone won bolt and nut as well?

[@Laylander]

Just solid engineering. Seeing how surprised Zachary is by END GAME's strategies really surprised me. They are simply doing normal lean and six sigma engineering. This is the first stuff drilled into college freshmen before they even start doing any static or dynamic calculations (Sorry, don't know how to properly express this in English). Rubber mounting everything to take off the edge, earthing yourself when you work on electronics, modifying existing designs to your specification, monolithic testing. You're telling me there are teams that don't do this? I always thought it was purely bot designs competing, but if these common sense practices aren't carried out by all teams I understand now why some designs with great potential just fail. It seems the time in-between fights is pretty hectic, so you NEED a good checklist and you need a common team "code" for a lack of a better word in my vocabulary. I don't mean to smack any teams, but it just surprises me greatly.

[@SkorpiosBattlebot]

Sometimes during interviews, I play dumb and ask a question that someone not in the sport, or in the fields would not know. This is done to try to make my contact more approachable and easier to understand.

[@Laylander]

@@SkorpiosBattlebot Ah, I'm an idiot haha. Thank you for clarifying!

[@DiaboloXXXVI]

Why Scorpion Outrunners!?!?? because of their ampereconsumption?

[@Darthdoodoo]

Someone should turn the giant Nut into a weapon and usevit to destroy the competition 😆😆

[@Nagordola_BD]

Number 1 bot bite force.

[@watsmyu989]

I just want the rivalry of End Game vs Bite Force, everyone wants it even if they don't say it, just GIVE IT TO US AAAJASJJDJDHFBFJRJFBFF

[@stonefish98]

They're doing Australia proud.

[@bytchslappa]

This is an example of typical Kiwi engineering :)

[@BotvacProductions469]

the main reason they are, is because they tossed tombstone out of the arena like a peice of bread into a toaster

[@loading4420]

is skorpios coming to robogames???

[@gregstickler3798]

Way to kiwi boys GDay from Aussie land

[@russellhltn1396]

Checklists - the mark of a professional. They're leaving nothing to chance. There's a reason aviation uses checklists.

[@retimixshotcrete5870]

Nz power

[@olisk-jy9rz]

I'll never understand the Biteforce comparisons. Witchdoctor and Hypershock and Sawblaze and Scorpios look more similar to each other than Edngame and Biteforce do.

[@54raceman]

The original versions of endgame were visually a orange biteforce without all the cool machine work that makes biteforce so cool looking

[@coodyschneider4349]

End gammmmmme

[@Hammer1978]

Fix your Audio!!!

[@timmchenry80]

wait for RIPTIDE

[@madpsycho6]

I'd like End Game more if it wasn't a wedgelet bot with a secondary spinner.

[@olisk-jy9rz]

Blame the game, not the player.

[@shyahhh]

Interview Riptide! They’ve been doing excellent for a “rookie” team!

[@jxxxxx44]

🙄

[@kaiserruhsam]

🤣

[@RennieAsh]

Too soon, but then again the comments will explode;p

[@buccy55]

They basically copied Bite Force... nothing very original to their robot.