Imagine being stamped to death by a cat robot

(Mildly) aggressive booping as a weapon.

2022’s Sparky award winning Rookie of the Year Tom Farkas came to January’s 2023 event with the cutest collection of cat mechanical creation: Pawsitively Hissterical.

All robots must have an active weapon to compete at NHRL, and it seems booping qualifies. #cat #nhrl #hoomans
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[Xildatin_ethan]

They're just giving the competitor a lovely pat on the back

[mikaoleander]

love that the mouse is made from a mouse

[f.palmero]

With how crazy this show can get, I expected the mouse to be an IED or something and just blow out half the stage.

[arceus]

Best bit of this was that the cat ‘won’ the fight lmfao

[ratheonhudson]

Setting a strong example for the future generations. Boop with extreme prejudice

[enkays_den]

I feel the people should know that the stamping paw is an ACTUAL INKED STAMP. It litters (Ugh) the arena and its opponents with lol paws everywhere

[ahorseofficial]

Dude maxed out it's defense stats at the cost of attack and maneuverability

[Steampuke]

Such hate, such violence ! Please think of the kids !

[DreStyle]

If you can't kill him with violence
Kill em with cuteness
- these guys

[marc]

this was hilarious to see at the event, I couldn't stop laughing the whole time the bot kept booping the other.

[punking]

I like how his opponents aren't even really trying to be aggressive, just pushing him around.

[melody]

This is the cutest fighting bot i have ever seen

[Knightly_Artworks]

The meowing is literally a fever dream

[WatName]

I need Pawsitively Hissterical and Cereal Killer on the same arena 😂

[dippyfresh]

Is the mouse minibot made out of an actual computer mouse?

[OtakuUnitedStudio]

The sheer inventiveness, originality, and absurdity of NHRL robots is what sets it apart from anything else.

[__aceofspades]

Cute and fun. While this would never be allowed, I would've loved to see the mousebot open it's shell to reveal a grenade.

[neenajoshi]

This could actually work if the paws had a bit more torque and a tiny blade attached to it

[fastsrt]

I lost it when I first started hearing the background music lol

[evs]

NHRL, please build a #short of all of this "Mouse Driver" doing superchats!