Robowars Australia!

Last weekend I visited Maryong in Western Sydney to visit the backyard Sydney Robowars stadium! These are "featherweight" radio-controlled robots of under twelve kilograms that fight each other in a metal garage converted into a stadium, complete with bullet-proof plastic viewing wall and video cameras. The robots can be viewed at http://robowars.org/robots.html There were teams from Queensland, and Victoria as well as the locals. They were a very friendly, open and interesting bunch of enthusiasts, with many family teams. I'll post some photos up when the film comes back. They meet every six weeks, and have a lot of fun.