Bigly

**Bigly** is a Lightweight robot that competed at RoboGames 2017 and 2018. It is a red, four-wheeled, invertible, box-shaped robot armed with a powerful eggbeater weapon machined out of a solid 2 inch thick chunk of tool steel.

Bigly did decently in Robogames 2017, reaching the Round of 8 before having a severe run-in with 2015 Gold Medalist, UnMakerBot, and being finished off by masSACre Lite.

Bigly did amazingly in Robogames 2018, becoming the runner-up after 2 losses to Federal M.T.

*"That Eggbeater on Bigly has been machined from a 2 inch thick chunk of tool steel"* — Dave Calkins on the weaponry of Bigly.

The team that built Bigly would compete in Battlebots 2020 with Deadlift.

## Robot History

### RoboGames 2017

Bigly's first match was against **V for Victory**. This match started with Bigly box rushing V for Victory, however it missed, and V for Victory spun up to speed. V for Victory then delivered a massive hit to the side of V for Victory, sending both bots skidding across the arena floor.

Bigly then rammed V for Victory, but flipped itself in the process, and V for Victory spun back up, ltiple feet into the air, and landing upside-down. Bigly then ricocheted off of the arena wall with its weapon, and Aquilies hit it again, righting it.and delivered a hit to the rear of Bigly, flipping it on its wheels. This attack also ripped apart the rear, right colson, and knocked loose the already destroyed weapon belt on Bigly.

Bigly then rammed it again, this time stopping the weapon of V for Victory for the remainder of the match. Bigly shoved V for Victory around some more, before V for Victory started smoking. Bigly then slammed V for Victory into the wall, and V for Victory stopped moving, and was counted out.

This put Bigly into the next round where it faced **Aquilies**. This match started with both bots spinning up, Aquilies then delivered a hit that sent Bigly flying.

Bigly then delivered two hits to Aquilies, gyrodancing away from it after the second as Aquilies persued. Bigly then delivered a hit sending Aquilies gyrating through the air, and landing upright. However, Bigly then landed two more hits, with the first one launching Aquilies towards the wall, and ripping a chunk off its tire, and throwing it out the arena with the second.

This win put Bigly in the Round of 8 where it faced **UnMakerBot**. This match started with both bots spinning up. Bigly then went weapon to weapon with UnMakerBot, which sent Bigly flying, completely shattering its weapon bearings, and flipping it. However UnMakerBot then started smoking, and its weapon broke down too. The match then resorted to a pushing match, in which UnMakerBot easily shoved the inverted Bigly against the wall where it was counted out.

*"Oh you gotta love the irony here, the Trump bot getting stopped by the wall, as Dave said we're gonna build a wall, its gonna be 10 feet high, its gonna be the best wall anywhere believe me."* — Mark Elam on the Irony of the Donald Trump themed Bigly being immobilized by the arena wall.

This put Bigly in the loser's bracket where it faced masSACre Lite.

### RoboGames 2018

After receiving a bye, Bigly's first match of the tournament was against the massive vertical bar spinner of Deep 6. The match started off with an immediate hit from Bigly that sent Deep 6 tumbling over. Deep 6's weapon then made contact with the wall sending it careening into the lights and across the arena. A massive weapon to weapon hit then sent Deep 6 into the lights again, but also caused Bigly to flip onto its side leaving it momentarily stranded. It managed to use the gyroscopic forces of its weapon to get down, but ended up overturned. The two robots never touched each other after this, as both were upside down and Deep 6's blade was grinding against the floor of the arena. The strain of this was eventually too much and Deep 6 stopped moving. This meant Bigly won by KO and advanced to face the drum of Asterion.

The fight started off hesitantly as both robots drove circles around one another trying to get their weapons up to speed. Bigly landed the first hit, a glancing shot to the front armor of Asterion, but a follow-up hit flipped Asterion over. However, Asterion quickly turned itself back over using the gyro from its weapon. However this was short lived as almost immediately after, the two robots made weapon to weapon contact, tossing Asterion over once again and sending it into the wall. As it tried to gyro back onto its wheels, Bigly scored another hit which peeled up part of Asterion's top armor. The two robots then chased one another around the arena with Bigly landing a few glancing blows before Asterion wheeled around and delivered a heavy hit to Bigly. This caused Bigly's weapon to shut down, but it also knocked out the right side drive on Asterion. As Asterion crabwalked its way across the arena, Bigly hung back attempting to draw a count out. Eventually Asterion stopped moving and Bigly won by KO, advancing to face Federal M.T.

Bigly's first match against Federal M.T was short lived, as immediately after first contact Bigly was flipped onto its side and stranded again. This meant Federal M.T was free to deliver another hit, the likes of which flipped Bigly onto its face and stranded it. Federal M.T backed off and Bigly was counted out. This meant Bigly then dropped into the Losers Bracket to face Tastes Like Burning.

The fight began with Tastes Like Burning immediately getting a clamp on Bigly, driving it into the wall weapon first. As Bigly got away, it appeared as if the slam against the wall had damaged Bigly's weapon, as it had trouble spinning up. Bigly ran away from Tastes Like Burning, eventually winding up in its jaws again but quickly reversing and escaping. Bigly then fired up its weapon and delivered a shot to Tastes Like Burning's right wheel. It then followed up with a flurry of blows, flipping Tastes Like Burning over several times and damaging the jaw. Tastes Like Burning then drove headfirst into Bigly, managing to get a clamp but Bigly soon escaped. Bigly then delivered a serious hit to the front of Tastes Like Burning, heavily damaging the jaw and flipping it over. Despite this, Tastes Like Burning still drove aggressively, although not managing to get underneath Bigly due to the sustained damage to the jaw. At this point, Bigly's weapon had been turned off and it became a pushing match. Tastes Like Burning tried adopting the tactics of a thwackbot by spinning in place to collide with Bigly. However Bigly then fired up its weapon again and delivered one last hit to Tastes Like Burning, flipping it back over. In the closing 5 second of the match, a wedging attack by Tastes Like Burning caused Bigly to be come stranded on its side yet again. However the match went the full three minutes and Bigly won the decision, and advanced to face the multi-bot of Hammer and Anvil.

The fight began with one half of Hammer and Anvil immediately rushing out of its square to meet Bigly before being swatted away. Bigly then advanced on the other mutli-bot and delivered a hit, tossing it over. The multi-bot then spun in place and died where it stood, leaving the rest of the match up to its other half. Almost directly after killing one half, Bigly tossed the other into the air and nearly out of the arena. The multi-bot tried to rush Bigly but its speed and low forks meant it caught a seam in the floor and flipped itself over. Bigly then attempted to chase the multi-bot across the arena, but it turned and rammed its forks into Bigly's weapon, causing Bigly to flip over. Bigly had difficulty driving inverted, and resorted to driving weapon first into the wall to flip over. Bigly then attacked again, landing a series of shots that damaged the wheels and bottom armor of the multi-bot, even damaging an entire side of its drive. Bigly delivered a final shot, flipping the remaining multi-bot over, with the damaged sustained to the wheels, many of them no longer touched the ground, leaving the multi-bot high centered on its own frame. Hammer and Anvil were fully counted out and Bigly won by KO, advancing to face Cáragor.

The two drums shot out of their squares as the match began and Cáragor scored the first hit, popping Bigly into the air. The second hit was a devastating blow from Cáragor, tossing Bigly through the air, into the wall and leaving it inverted. However this hit had a worse effect on Cáragor, completely killing the drive and leaving it dead in the water. Shortly after Bigly stopped moving as well. Cáragor was counted out first, leaving Bigly as the victor advancing to face Federal M.T yet again.

In the inverse of their first encounter, Bigly scored the first hit by clipping the corner of the wedge on Federal M.T, sending it spinning across the arena. However, Bigly's weapon then shut down and Federal M.T landed its first blow. Federal M.T then scored a second hit, flipping Bigly over and peeling away a portion of the side armor. A third hit threw Bigly into the wall and caused a wheel to fall out. Bigly was then subsequently counted out yet again, leaving Federal M.T the victor a second time.

### Wins/Losses

* Wins: 7
* Losses: 4

Aquilies
 Robogames 2018
Asterion
Tastes Like Burning
Hammer and Anvil
Cáragor