This week on the podcast, we catch up with the captain of everyone’s favorite nautical monster-themed BattleBot, Kraken captain Matt Spurk! We talk toughness and reliability, judging, and what’s ahead for the bot and the team.

 

PLUS! Behind the Bots listeners get 5% off the Kraken merch store using code "behindthebots".....for real!

 

This week’s combat robotics news:

 

BattleBots Basement Fight: HiJinx vs. Tracer

BuildersDB is down for the foreseeable future

Axolotl plushies are shipping: https://www.facebook.com/axolotlbattlebot/posts/194634832429758 

How to Build a Duck: https://www.facebook.com/BlackandBlueRobotics/posts/124111263062477 

Meet the Giant Nut (in New Zealand): https://www.facebook.com/oyesrobotics/posts/1571115769752779 

Extinguisher on the front page of their local paper: https://www.facebook.com/ExtinguisherBattlebot/posts/841622459752937 

Gamma 9 internals: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=2540178406292113&id=1802165200093441 

BattleBots referee John Remar as James Bond: https://www.facebook.com/realghostraptor/posts/2969397193292553 

HiJinx’s shop space: https://www.facebook.com/HiJinx.BattleBot/posts/319244546293924 

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