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\u201cI was a small part of a Battle Bots team behind the robot Complete Control that was on Battle Bots recently on ABC. This $20 propane torch was on a robot. It was heralded as \u2014 I\u2019m gonna sort of humble brag here \u2014 it was heralded as the most effective flame thrower in Battle Bots history because it recorded the first robot kill ever, which was really exciting for us. There\u2019s a Youtube video of it. A minute and a half into the match, we get the robot in the gripper. We grab under the robot, lift them up, and then turn on the flame thrower. It\u2019s a 3,000 degree torch, it\u2019s coming from just a regular propane tank. The brilliance of this Harbor Freight tool is someone engineered it and figured out how to have it properly aspirated \u2026 It turns out just with a few little tweaks, including this spark gap generator, it became a robot killer. That was pretty awesome to see.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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