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'''Tha Thumperizer''' was a Heavyweight robot created by [[Radio F Software]] in 2003. While the robot itself is rather unworthy of any merits, technical or appearance-wise, it started the [[AceUplink]] forum-wide catchphrase "THUMPERIZED", a play on the robot's name. When something was "THUMPERIZED" it was destroyed (in regards to posts, threads, etc); this lexicon was perpetuated while Radio F Software was active briefly on AceUplink's staff. | '''Tha Thumperizer''' was a Heavyweight robot created by [[Radio F Software]] in 2003. While the robot itself is rather unworthy of any merits, technical or appearance-wise, it started the [[AceUplink]] forum-wide catchphrase "THUMPERIZED", a play on the robot's name. When something was "THUMPERIZED" it was destroyed (in regards to posts, threads, etc); this lexicon was perpetuated while Radio F Software was active briefly on AceUplink's staff. | ||
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==Tha Thumperizer IRL== | ==Tha Thumperizer IRL== | ||
Revision as of 18:35, 17 February 2014
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| Builder: | Radio F Software |
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| Weight class: | Heavyweight |
| Weapon: | 2x vertical tri-tip extenders with spikes (nicknamed "Thumperizers"). |
| Weapon power: | HP Z-Tek |
Tha Thumperizer was a Heavyweight robot created by Radio F Software in 2003. While the robot itself is rather unworthy of any merits, technical or appearance-wise, it started the AceUplink forum-wide catchphrase "THUMPERIZED", a play on the robot's name. When something was "THUMPERIZED" it was destroyed (in regards to posts, threads, etc); this lexicon was perpetuated while Radio F Software was active briefly on AceUplink's staff.
Tha Thumperizer was featured in the V1.5 edition of the RFS AI Pack and was also included in SovereignII's AI upgrade. Tha Thumperizer was also the champion in an all-AI tournament held on YouTube by user "battlebotsboy".
Tha Thumperizer IRL
The original Thumperizer was constructed in 2001 by Twilight Foundry Robotics (then a team of three builders) using Lego Mindstorms parts. The robot was entered in a local school-sanctioned "robolympics" where other Mindstorms teams constructed robots to accomplish certain tasks such as line-following and checker collecting. Tha THumperizer was programmed to perform wheelies and to use its dual spinning masses to aid in gyroscopic turns and flips. The RCX brick was programmed to play a rough hip hop beat (using the beeps and buzzes available), which is where the robot lent its name from. Tha Thumperizer was entered as a "show bot" into the Open Class category and took first place.
It was later rebuilt for a second event that same year although the robot's new design was radically different from its predecessor. The remake, titled "Things That Go Thump In The Night", featured a large spinning arrangement of claws instead of two separate spinners. Tha Thumperizer "II" was built as a test bot for the "combat" category, a one-time tryout where it was pitted against a clamping robot with tank tracks built by a former member of the Twilight Foundry Robotics team. The former show bot was meticulously disassembled in a matter of seconds after only doing minimal damage to its opponent.
After being dismantled for good Tha Thumperizer then went on to be reconstructed in Robot Arena 2 in 2003, and in 2004 plans were drawn up for an Antweight combat robot titled "Tha Thumperizer STRIKES BACK". Parts were allocated for the creation but the robot was never fully assembled.
Using the remains of the popular Twilight Foundry Robotics (Newfac Robotics at the time) Beetleweight "Kill Switch" building commenced for a 2006 model of Tha Thumperizer keeping its original name and design. The planned Beetleweight would have its front end propped up off the ground by a rod and protruding from the front nose of the robot would be two grinding wheels (as opposed to the original weighted bars the Lego version had), while the back end of the robot rested on the ground and was powered by two rear wheels. The memorable purple paintjob and hip-hop inspired art from the Robot Arena 2 version of Tha Thumperizer was intended to be carried over onto the new creation. However, the events that Twilight Foundry Robotics creations were taken to closed, and the remake of Tha Thumperizer was never completed.