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Competition

Post Robot Competition Updates

May 7, 2010

Well the BotsIQ competition came and went in a blazing two days. While that wrapped up most of the filming for the documentary (with a few post-competition interviews left) there’s still a long road ahead in first sorting all the footage, and then editing it all. As I go through stuff I’ll be posting more [...]

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The Calm Before the Battle

April 13, 2010

Just finished lighting the arena. I’ve been helping build it since Saturday. It’s a beast. I’ve also found myself living on the roof of the arena for the past few days too. I think I might have been a cat in another life, hoping from beam to beam. Early registration starts tomorrow. Then more registration. [...]

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Help Fund Bots High – The Robotics Documentary

March 17, 2010

Bots High – Robotics Documentary – Teaser Trailer from Joey Daoud on Vimeo. We’re about 4 weeks away from the grand finale – the National High School BattleBots Championship. So far I’ve mostly been filming everything myself, but this time I’m bringing in more crew, more cameras, more epicness – to do things right and [...]

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Bots High Teaser Trailer

December 2, 2009
Elizabeth Masson in Bots High

Bots High Teaser Trailer from Joey Daoud on Vimeo. It’s probably not the best to call this a trailer, since I really have no idea how the film will shape up (though I’m 90% sure Flamin’ Fluffy will be in it), but this played in the trailer section of the Borscht Film Festival, so I’m [...]

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Flamin’ Fluffy at Mayhem in Miami

November 16, 2009
Flamin Fluffy

The Explosive End of Fluffy from Joey Daoud on Vimeo. The first Miami BattleBots competition went off this past weekend. As you can see in the video, I don’t think you could have asked for a more spectacular ending. Stay tuned for some more videos from the competition.

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Miami Science Museum Competition

October 13, 2009
Balloon Popping

This past Sunday was a task competition at the Miami Science Museum. A ring is filled with 10 red and 10 blue balloons, and the task is to design a robot to pop an assigned color, plus a white balloon on the back of your opponent, while preventing yours from being popped. While this isn’t [...]

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