Paper Cutz

Event Details

November 16th, 2024

Location TBD

What is it?

Paper Cutz is a battlebot competition with a twist. Competitors build robots designed to destroy, damage, or otherwise incapacitate their rivals, but no specialized building skills are required, since all bots must be made out of cardboard and masking tape.

Rules

Construction

1. Bots must be constructed exclusively from cardboard and masking tape.
2. Bots can have up to three electic motors plus control circuitry.
3. Bots may use non-cardboard wheels (experiments have proven this a good idea).
4. Construction teams can be of any size and include roboticists of any age, but drivers must be under 12 years old.

Competition

Competitions are composed of three different events:

• "If Looks Could Kill": This event consists of a vote for the coolest, most beautiful, or otherwise best looking robot in the field.
• "Twinkle Toes": This timed event will require bots to navigate an obstacle course filled with traps and hurdles. Fastest time wins!
• "Paper Shredder": The main event! Competitors are drafted into a single elimintation bracket where two bots enter and only one bot leaves! Winners are determined to be either the last bot standing, or, if both bots are still operating, the one voted to have done the most damage by a panel of judges.