That spider is really impressive, I love these robots because it makes me want to just go out an buy a starter pack, then just built it myself. That spider robot does seem rather expensive.
The spider/scorpion robot is OP for this type of activity. Those other robots can't tip that thing over. You'd need something like a dozer to flip it over.
They're somewhere in between, actually--I can't remember the name of it, but there's a company that basically does robot kits that are along the lines of Fischer-Technik, Lego NXT, or some of the higher-end Erector kits. Marginally toys kits, but *expensive* ones. :-)
Actually, it's less physics than it is *sensing*. A camera of sufficient resolution to be really useful for more than basic shape recognition is still too large for bots this scale (though I do wonder whether the camera from a cell phone could be made to fit...). That does make me wonder about 'battlebot' scale robots, though--I wonder if a Kinect could be useful on one of those, or does it not handle itself being moved that well?
Okay I give, Heading to google to learn how to make these maybe get inspired, go back to school, and make a success of my self..... or be the weirdo with the bunch of dancing/ fighting megazords, either way I'll still be more awesome.
that is not a robot, that is a remote control toy car, with legs that not for combat but to deceive peoples that it's qualify as a robot in a robot combat. actualluy anyone can crash down robots on the stage with a remote control car.
