Rolling Blackout as it appeared for ROBOLympics 2004.
Rolling Blackout was a Lightweight robot built by Overload Robotics that competed in ROBOLympics 2004. It was a gray, and black, four-wheeled, box wedge shaped robot armed with a lifting arm. Blackout was a rather imposing machine on paper, with two custom four HP brushless DC motors powering the drive system and one custom 2 HP brushless motor operating the lifting arm. With a closed loop servo system borrowed from a missile development program and 2 hand built 48 Volt NiCad battery packs, making it one of the fastest robots to compete at RoboGames.
Unfortunatly, despite all this power Rolling Blackout suffered from reliability issues, and lost both of its matches, and was retired afterwards.
Robot History[]
ROBOLympics 2004[]
Rolling Blackout's first match was against Speed Bump. It lost this fight, and was sent to the loser's bracket where it faced Son of Wacky Compass. It lost this match as well, and was eliminated from the competition.
Wins/Losses[]
- Wins: 0
- Losses: 2
| Competition | Wins | Losses |
|---|---|---|
| ROBOLympics 2004 | None | Speed Bump |
Outside of RoboGames/ComBots[]
Rolling Blackout also competed in the final two seasons of BattleBots, where it performed decently, reaching the round of 64 in Season 4.0. After BattleBots ended Rolling Blackout competed in the first Robot Combat Club and Grille event, where it went 1-2.