Hijinks Under Big Top Revealed

BattleBots Tear Up Island

4/25/09

By Angelo Paparazzi----If you have to ask what he charges...you can't afford him.

There was carnage on Mare Island today. Mechanical carnage. High School and College students as well as other enthusiasts from all over the country came to enter their robot creations in the “Battle of the Bots” LINK. The contest took place under a large white tent pitched on the island yesterday (Friday) and today.

The event, which was covered by CBS Sports, began as a competitive means of stimulating interest in robotics and engineering. Some mechanical creations compete at tasks as tame as picking up ping pong balls. Others, armed with saw blades and cutting bits battle to the death. CBS hopes to televise several of these events from Mare Island.

The event was not open to the public...but I, Angelo Paparazzi slipped in to give you a photographic preview. Enjoy ! (It was almost as much fun as the carnage that is Vallejo politics) Grazie.