The Revenant crashes into camera

In this match both robots were having radio issues until the end, when The Revenant was able to spin up to full speed and deliver a devastating blow that ended the match immediately. The Revenant wins by knockout.

The Revenant can be seen in slow motion as it hits its opponent, the recoil sending it gliding about an inch off the arena floor and towards the wall. It penetrates the I-beam completely (the tip of the tooth stuck out the other side of the beam), then ricochets off the wall and up about 3 to 4 feet straight for the cameraman. The robot cuts through the first layer of lexan and bends the second layer far enough to hit the cameraman (you can see the lens falling off from the hit). The vibrations from the robot hitting the glass caused one of the roof panels with a set of lights to come crashing down as well. All this happened after The Revenant cut through the other robot's .25" steel wedge and through the steel frame underneath. The cameraman was not hurt during the filming and was nice enough to send me this video :)

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[sparkey989]

Holy S**T!!!!!

[Maeror2010]

I'm pretty sure that was at the New Orleans event a while back. I was there. They offered the tooth that broke off of Revenant if one could answer the question of what it was made of. I won. I might still have the tooth.

[trigger915]

lol!!

[Restricted77]

oh, ok

[alexburgers]

not realy the camera lens, that was just the polycarbonate 'glass' vibrating on impact.

[goneo89]

u would had been toated if it hit you

[jarstin07]

Spectacular!

[Restricted77]

BOOM!BAM! BONK! *camera lens falls off*

[Headbanger14]

Good God! LOL