This week on the podcast, we catch up with ourselves—sadly, no guest this week due to the holidays. However! We recap S5E4 of BattleBots, plus the launch of the new series BattleBots: Bounty Hunters on Discovery+

 

This week’s combat robotics news stories:

 

> BattleBots: Bounty Hunters launched on the new streaming service Discovery+: https://www.facebook.com/battlebots/posts/10157598030396406 

> Bloodsport’s new Thicc bar: https://youtu.be/hunc-eLEg3o 

> Chomp fanart: https://www.facebook.com/ChompTheBattleBot/posts/1587930658069375 

> Chomp’s lidar challenges: https://www.facebook.com/ChompTheBattleBot/posts/1586489444880163 

> Chomp’s 2020 feature set: https://www.facebook.com/ChompTheBattleBot/posts/1585641248298316 

> Deadlift’s surprise flamethrower: https://www.facebook.com/robogymrobotics/posts/3998809370171877 

> Gruff fanart: https://www.facebook.com/gruffrobot/posts/749198295694043 

> Hydra’s anti-Tombstone wedge: https://www.facebook.com/Whyachi/posts/3944086835604102 

> Hydra’s horizontal bar armor: https://www.facebook.com/Whyachi/posts/3942256725787113 

> Hydra’s ground-scraping wedgelets: https://www.facebook.com/Whyachi/posts/3931592496853536 

> Hydra fanart: https://www.facebook.com/Whyachi/posts/3929401437072642 

> JackPot fanart: https://www.facebook.com/JackPotBattleBots/posts/177319827424383 

> Malice cost $87,689 to build: https://www.facebook.com/malicebattlebot/photos/a.101854611343417/245149700347240/ 

> Shatter AMA: https://www.reddit.com/r/battlebots/comments/kp0w3r/battlebots_ama_shatter_bots_fc/ 

> Skorpios AMA: https://www.reddit.com/r/battlebots/comments/kppdtt/ama_with_team_skorpios_at_4pm_pst_ask_us_anything/ 

> Skorpios GoFundMe: https://gofund.me/6b6652ce 

> Slap Box AMA: https://www.reddit.com/r/battlebots/comments/kkklu8/team_already_broke_slap_box_ama_6pm_cst_saturday/ 

> Tale of the Tape S5E4: https://www.facebook.com/witchdrshaman/posts/3251498368288308 

 

S5E4 fight recaps:

> Tombstone vs. Slap Box fight recap: https://www.facebook.com/BattleBotsSlapBox/posts/190661369424473 (Slap Box)

> Skorpios vs. Perfect Phoenix fight recap: https://www.facebook.com/SkorpiosBattleBot/posts/2693568104287261 (Skorpios)

> Chomp vs. Gamma 9 fight recap: https://www.facebook.com/ChompTheBattleBot/posts/1584293705099737 (Chomp), https://www.facebook.com/ChompTheBattleBot/posts/1584798015049306 (Chomp)  and https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=2486766991633255 (Gamma 9) 

> Shatter vs. Malice fight recap: https://youtu.be/koQ2dhkHzgI (Shatter) 

> Bloodsport vs. End Game fight recap: https://www.facebook.com/bnsrobotics/posts/3838318062894331 (Bloodsport), https://www.facebook.com/bnsrobotics/posts/3835763236483147 (Bloodsport), https://www.facebook.com/oyesrobotics/photos/a.507889816075385/1509226285941728 (End Game) and https://www.facebook.com/oyesrobotics/posts/1509228122608211 (End Game)

 

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