NHRL Facilities

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The staff here work hard to make the permanent home of NHRL, 165 Water Street, as well-equipped and inviting as possible for all competitors. Here is some information regarding our facilities.

Greenroom

The Greenroom is an area where competitors who are in the next 10 fights to wait until they are called to the cage. This area features comfy seating, large TVs to watch the fights on, and tables to place your bots and charge up spare batteries.

Day Of Schedule

We look to start early so we can end early. As a rule no NHRL will go past Midnight EST.

07:30 Doors Open for Competitors.
9:30 All teams must be present.
9:45 All competing robots must have been photographed, passed safety, and weighed in.
10:00 Stream begins and first fights occur.
18:00 We should be down to the final 8 robots in 3lb and 4 robots in 12 and 30lb. NHRL Prime will begin.
22:00 Last fight of the day + Winners ceremony.

Fighting Cages

More detailed information about the arenas and their design can be be found on the Cage Design page.

NHRL 3lb Arena with house bot Brett the Brick

Cages 1 & 2 - 3lb

  • 8'x 8' Double Walled Polycarbonate
  • Wooden arena floor painted with Dead Flat Paint
  • Wooden trim backed by steel and wooden roof
  • 2000 CFM Negative pressure system
  • Brett the Brick 60lb Steel Brick with HD Camera inside.

Cage 3 - 12lb & 30lb

  • 16'x 16' Double walled, shock mounted 1/2" Polycarbonate
  • Wooden arena floor painted with Dead Flat Paint
  • Wooden trim backed by steel and wooden roof
  • 12000 CFM Negative pressure system (Fire is okay and encouraged. Matches do not automatically stop if there is a lipo fire)
  • Fluffy Large house robot with HD cameras

Pits

Upon arrival, competitors can choose their pit table. Pits are where you can store your gear, test and assemble your robot, and charge your batteries. Each team gets:

  • 6ft Folding table
  • Two chaoi
  • 120V Power strip
  • Each robot will get a minimum of 20 minutes of pit time between matches. Robots not ready to fight after 20 minutes may have to forfeit their matches.

Competitors will also have access to full machine shop for last minute tweaks and fixes. We also have lots of spare parts on hand should you need them. Please be aware though that during event day NHRL Staff Will be very busy and may not have time to spend helping everyone.

Pits areas will have several communal test boxes for safely testing robot functionality.