MelbotWars

MelBotWars- virtual fighting robots using dynamic rigid body simulation- was designed and developed by Habib Zargarpour at Industrial Light & Magic

MelBotWars is a real-time virtual robot competition involving autonomous robots that fight each other using rigidBody dynamics in Maya. The contestants get to build their own robots and add intelligence to them using mel scripting. They need to learn many things in order to make sure their robot survives. You get to learn all about physics and the rigidBody dynamics in Maya and have a lot of fun doing it! SPECIAL SALE:

The DVD contains 2 hours of hands on training on Maya rigidBodies and Maya scene files of melBots, arenas, and tutorials in Maya 4.0 and above and Personal Learning Edition (PLE) versions. Anyone can download Maya PLE for free here and get the DVD above and run your own battles.

TV interview on MelBotWars: Part I Part II on TechTV's The Screen Savers. Text article

TV interview on new book "Maya: Secrets of the Pros" on TechTV. Text article