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Note: YouTube  2012 K*bot World Championship video now showing at  http://www.youtube.com/user/KbotWorldOfficial      All 137 great Division 1, 2, 3, & M matches or now showing on KbotWorldOfficial at YouTube for your viewing pleasure.           

At the 2012 K*bot World Championships we experienced some very exciting robotic events. We were treated to, broken records, new champions, and the complete rehabilitation of a once troubled Division 3. In Division M we saw Brendan Mulcahy become a six time World Champion, as he overcame all odds after losing his hammer in the quarter finals. However, he continued to use a battering ram like design with great intensity to even the playing field and even dominate the stiff competition in the finals against Adrian Lee representing China. Brendan claiming a World Championship in his 4th Division, became the first ever to win a World  Championship in each K*bot Division. Ilana Rahaman who was on a roll all week which continued on Thursday went further than any female ever in Division M and had Brendan Mulcahy on edge with her new found mastery of  flipping K*bots completely out of the K*bot arena. With all that occurred the day before, tensions were high going into Friday.

We started off Friday with Division 2, and it did not disappoint. Several creative new designs were showcased, such as Jarod Klingsmith’s design, that had the wheels on the inside of the K*bot, and Connor Green’s design, that had the weight focused entirely on the axes. These two creative new designs challenged the low center of gravity, high density footprint that has been so popular in the past years. There were many grueling matches however, these two new styles both made it to the finals to face off in spectacular fashion. The match was very close, however, Jarod Klingonsmith would take home the World Championship in Division 2 for the second year in a row with his revolutionary new Division 2 K*bot design. This year’s competition in Division 2 heralds some definite competition for the old style, Dave Weston UK design, or the American hybrid with the larger foot print, and Harrison Stanton’s revolutionary World Championship design used since his championship.

In Division 1 we were met with some very exciting match-ups, including quite a few amazing upsets. One of the favorites, Chase Norberg, was taken out by Gunnar Herbermehl who, refused to be pushed back by the impressive arching design on Chase’s K*bot. Our 2011 World Champion in Division 1 from last year, Brendan Mulcahy was taken out by Alex Ballin. However, Alex’s trials would not be over there as he would have to face his very own brother in the finals. Alex would prove that his victory against our past six time World Champion was no fluke as he defeated his brother Benjamin Ballin who finally had perfected the great arching mechanism that Toby Wheeler helped him with last year. This was a very close match as only a final measurement would determine the winner as Alex become our Division 1 World Champion in only his third year of competition.

Click here to see several Division 3 action photos. Division 3 quite simply, stole the Showtime show in Vegas this year. The Division 3 matches this year showcased the action that they are now capable of, not one weapon motor malfunction during the most intense action ever and we as a K*bot community look forward to seeing more of it next year. Everyone here at kbotworld.com was delightfully surprised by how smoothly all the new rules played out. (If you are not familiar with the changes they can be found here in red  http://www.kbotworld.com/kbotworld%20Guidebook%20Page%202.htm ). The new weight limit proved to be exactly tailored to the strength of the motors, as we saw some of the best Division 3 matches on Friday, of all time. We saw two new weapon designs in Division 3 as well, Gregory Gottlieb’s innovative extendable hammer, and Giovanni Fortezzo’s hammer that was mounted on a spinning disc with great precision. Gregory’s design allowed for the incredibly fast removal of both lattices on one side, with its extendable length, while Giovanni’s design showcased one of the fastest hammer’s seen in Division 3. Both of these designs met in the quarter-finals, in one of the most intense Division 3 matches in history. In the match, both K*bot’s had taken off most of the other K*bots 4 lattices within the first 30 seconds! As if that was not enough, Giovanni, after lifting up Gregory’s K*bot with his hammer, was able to use the spinning disk part of his hammer to completely flip Gregory out of the arena. As the smoke cleared for the finals we had  Jarod Klingonsmith, our reigning Division 2 World Champion, and Drew Trenholm, a rookie. Drew in his first year of competition put up a valiant fight however, Jarod skillfully outmaneuvered his opponent and won by a considerable margin of points.

After the great success Jarod and Connor had in Division 2 we are likely to see a paradigm shift in Division 2. In Division 1 it is notable to say that with the exception of Benjamin and Alex Ballin, that arching type fronts did not perform to their usual standards against some of the new designs. With this we may see some more K*bots veterans reverting their K*bots to solid design fronts. *********************************************************

The Pro-Challenge had two time World Championship Dominic taking on four time World Champion Harrison. Dominic makes it three in a row as he lets Toby Wheeler and Dave Weston from England know he is back.           

Wikipedia (click link below for encyclopedia article on the K*bot World Championships)  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K*bot_World_Championships

 Las Vegas Sun Newspaper July 29, 2011 - Students square off in Las Vegas for robot battles - Friday, July ... 

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2012 K*bot World Championship Division 1 Final Rankings

2012 Top 10 K*bot World Championship Division 1 photos  - Now Showing -

#1  Alex Ballin with Party Monster 12  Las Vegas, Nevada US  (2012 Div 1 K*bot World Champion)

#2  Benjamin Ballin with K*bot Crusher  Las Vegas, Nevada US 

#3  Gunnar Herbemehl  with Bobby  Las Vegas, Nevada US 

#4  Benjamin Edelman with Unknown Henderson, Nevada USA

#5  Brendan Mulcahy with Trophy Magnet Las Vegas, Nevada USA

#6  Chase Norberg with SBD  Henderson, Nevada USA

#7  Joey Y Lopez  with Unknown Las Vegas, Nevada USA

#8  Alexis Karasik with Unknown Las Vegas, Nevada USA 

#9  Riley Mulcahy with Black N' Yellow Las Vegas, Nevada USA 

#10  Alec Hargrove with Saturn Las Vegas, Nevada USA 

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2012 Top 10 K*bot World Championship Division  2 photos  - Now Showing -

#1  Jarod Klingonsmith with Static 3.0 Las Vegas, Nevada USA

       (2011 - 2012 Division 2 K*bot  World Champion)          

#2  Connor Green with Red Tiger Las Vegas, Nevada USA          

#3  Jimmie O'Connell with Yellow Revenge  Oxford, England, UK           

#4  Cole Reese with Unknown Las Vegas, Nevada USA

#5  Brendan Mulcahy  with King Me! Las Vegas, Nevada USA          

#6  Riley Mulcahy  with The Harrison Las Vegas, Nevada USA         

#7  Ilanna Rahaman  with Number Four Las Vegas, Nevada USA          

#8  Zachary Wallusek  with Nemisis Las Vegas, Nevada USA          

#9  Raymond Dang  with Unknown Las Vegas, Nevada USA         

#10 Keaton McAdams  with Unknown Las Vegas, Nevada USA       

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