EXCERCISE RESTRAINT

EXERCISE RESTRAINT is a beetleweight beater-bar spinner built by Team Jester. EXERCISE RESTRAINT follows the standard design for a beetleweight beater-bar spinner, with two rear-set wheels and a large, belt-driven weapon in the front. EXERCISE RESTRAINT had a strong weapon, but has suffered from drive problems at all of its events. The robot's name comes from an infamous voice line from the character Dr. Vahlen in the game *XCOM: Enemy Unknown*. The weapon it uses is the Fingertech Robotics Beater Bar.

While the first two versions of EXERCISE RESTRAINT utilized the Fingertech Beater Bar in the intended stock setup, the third version replaced the weapon speed controller with a HAKRC BLheli32 35A ESC and moved the weapon motor behind the drive motors. This necessitated changing the belt reduction to a 1:1, greatly increasing the potential top speed of the weapon but also its power draw. Version 3 had some success, finishing its career with a 2-4 record after three events (one of which it was forced to forfeit at).

Version 4 reverted the weapon motor to be forward of the drive motors, but kept the HAKRC ESC. The robot for the first time ran on FingerTech's Brushless Megaspark motors. The robot was joined by a sister robot, Team Butts\_Bots' Perfectly Cromulent, otherwise completely identical to EXERCISE RESTRAINT aside from different drive motor KV.

## Fight History

### Kilobots XL

#### EXCERCISE RESTRAINT vs Utopia

As the fight began both robots revved their weapons up to maximum speed, and Utopia approached quickly, but EXCERCISE RESTRAINT didn't move as its weapon was drawing too much current for the robot to be able to move. Utopia attacked and ripped a wheel off, and EXCERCISE RESTRAINT throttled down its weapon, trying to crabwalk and attack Utopia. After a few glancing blows from both robots, it was clear EXCERCISE RESTRAINT was done, and tapped out, giving the win to Utopia.

#### EXCERCISE RESTRAINT vs Maul (1)

Although Maul could drive properly, its weapon wasn't working from the start. Thankfully for Maul, EXERCISE RESTRAINT's weapon also failed within the first minute due to a loose screw on the weapon pulley digging into the robot's frame, and the fight devolved into a pushing match for the remainder of the time. In the end, the judges ruled in favor of EXERCISE RESTRAINT.

#### EXCERCISE RESTRAINT vs Limblifter

As the fight began EXCERCISE RESTRAINT revved up as Limblifter box-rushed, riding underneath EXCERCISE RESTRAINT's beater bar, throwing sparks. Limblifter backed off, and EXCERCISE RESTRAINT appeared to be having trouble driving. Limblifter took advantage and attacked again, using its spear to flip EXCERCISE RESTRAINT onto its back. EXCERCISE RESTRAINT then accidentally drove straight into the open pushout, eliminating it from the tournament.

#### EXCERCISE RESTRAINT vs Maul (2)

EXCERCISE RESTRAINT also had an unofficial rematch against Maul, which had replaced its vertical spinner with several large sheets of titanium. In the end, after a double-knockout, the judges ruled that Maul had moved last, and it was declared the winner.

#### Rumble

EXCERCISE RESTRAINT also returned for the rumble, but it quickly lost a wheel before going weapon-to-weapon with Dempsey Roll, which left it knocked out in the corner for the remainder of the rumble. In the end, Wilson would win the beetleweight rumble.

### Kilobots XLI

EXERCISE RESTRAINT returned for Kilobots XLI completely rebuilt. It did not have much success at this event, which used a round-robin format. EXERCISE RESTRAINT won only one fight in the round-robin, giving it the #7 seed for the eliminator bracket. This placed it against Reckoning, who won for a second time, eliminating EXERCISE RESTRAINT from the tournament once again.