Time
10:00 - 20:00
Location
St Luke's Poulton
Breck Road Poulton Wallasey, CH44 3BD, United Kingdom
This will be our usual round robin Ant event with the following changes to the AWS rules:
• The 5% allowance on weight limits remain but non-rollers (For the purpose of clarity, a Non-Roller includes Walkers, Hovers & other forms of motion permitted by the BotFest crew. If you are unsure, talk to us.) are permitted to have double, so they are:
Antweight: 157.5g (Roller) / 315g (Non-Roller)
Fleaweight: 78.75g (Roller) / 157.5g (Non-Roller)
Nanoweight: 26.25g (Roller) / 52.5g (Non-Roller)
• All heat fights are 2 minutes. All other fights except the All Robot Gladiator are 3 minutes. The All Robot Gladiator is unlimited in time.
• All teams are permitted to enter up to 3 robots of any motion type into the main event. You can bring as many other robots as you like for reserve/whiteboard robot only but all will need to be tech checked. Whilst not a hard and fast rule, we do advise separate drivers for the 3 robots in the main event to ensure smooth running of the event.
Structure
BotFest is a round robin event with robots split into 8 heats (4 if numbers do not warrant 8 heats) and everyone fights each other in their heat and then quarters, semi and finals. The more robots who come, the more fights overall. If one of Team Kaizen’s robots (i.e. my robots) make either 1st or 2nd place in the heats, they will be disqualified and the 2nd and/or 3rd place robots will progress.
This is a quite laid back, community driven event, ideal for both newcomers to the sport and for experienced peeps looking to get their new designs tested before a major event like AWS. No objections to people coming to watch if so desired. Similarly, if you want to volunteer as a judge, please let me know.
Whilst this is a free to participate event (i.e. we don’t charge for the event), I highly encourage everyone to use the on-site cafe.
| Event | BotFest 8 - AW |
|---|---|
| Address | St. Lukes Church Poulton Wallasey CH44 3BD |
| Organiser | Lucy Bailey |
| Date | 20/09/2025 |
| Status | Accepting Signups |
| Weight Class | Antweight (150g) |
Please note the following important points below: