Student Wildcats of Robotic Design recently hosted its Fall Fights 2019, attracting 51 combat robots – fashioned from a variety of materials, both by students and the general public – for daylong competition in the Field House.
The top three finishers for each weight class and the names of their robots:
Antweight
First − Nate Franklin, “Slim Pickens”
Second − Eric Shao, “Overkill”
Third − Engineering design technology student Wesley S. McCray, “Jerry”
Beetleweight
First − Don Doerfler, “Circuit Breaker”
Second − Welding and fabrication engineering technology major Ryan J. Bohenek, “Scrappy”
Third − Joe Doerfler, “Disco”
The top three finishers for each weight class and the names of their robots:
Antweight
First − Nate Franklin, “Slim Pickens”
Second − Eric Shao, “Overkill”
Third − Engineering design technology student Wesley S. McCray, “Jerry”
Beetleweight
First − Don Doerfler, “Circuit Breaker”
Second − Welding and fabrication engineering technology major Ryan J. Bohenek, “Scrappy”
Third − Joe Doerfler, “Disco”
– Photos by Tim Wegman, student photographer;
others provided by SWORD
There's as much style as substance in this competition!
Sportsmanship reigns.
The bracket keeps track of the double-elimination lineup.
The club logo adorns a T-shirt.
Sparks fly as the competition ramps up.
Maintaining the field of play
Ringside fans revel in the tournament's unpredictability.
Attractive honors await the winners.
"Fragile," maybe ... but fearless, certainly
McCray accepts his third-place trophy from SWORD's Stanley L. Bohenek, also enrolled in the engineering design technology major,
Antweight winners (from left): Joe Doerfler, Ryan J. Bohenek and Don Doerfler
An overhead view of the action