This week on the podcast, we’re catching up with new captain Greg Needel to learn more about his drum(ish) hammer, Switchback! Greg is no stranger to robotics or BattleBots—he competed at the untelevised BattleBots R3 event with a three-headed pneumatic flipper called Tetracide, and for the last 7 years has been running Rev Robotics, which supplies parts to hundreds of FIRST Robotics teams.

 

This week’s combat robotics news:

Captain Shrederator is in the crate: https://www.facebook.com/spinwinning/posts/4098208073611401 

Deadlift is in the crate: https://www.facebook.com/robogymrobotics/posts/4671054529614021 

Double Jeopardy is going brushless: https://www.facebook.com/teamdoubletroubledoublejeopardy/posts/853507898606712 

Ghost Raptor’s enamel pins: https://www.facebook.com/realghostraptor/posts/3079414145624190 

Gigabyte’s new self-righter: https://www.facebook.com/RoboticDeathCompany/posts/1857352667988096 

HiJinx’s enamel pins: https://www.facebook.com/HiJinx.BattleBot/posts/412215230330188 

Icewave is packing two bodies: https://www.facebook.com/TeamIcewave/posts/2943634602571938

Icewave preview with Skorpios: https://youtu.be/JaUJiZnZzH0 

Jager is back, with three bots: https://www.facebook.com/jagerrobot/posts/691228465605453 

Malice is sponsoring Deep Six, JackPot and The Big Dill: https://www.facebook.com/malicebattlebot/posts/387473096114899 

Monsoon’s 2021 team roster: https://www.facebook.com/MonsoonRobot/posts/1446198505759443 

P1 on display: https://www.facebook.com/AberrantRobotics/posts/1023812255117795 

Pain Train’s crate is made of old NHRL floor panels: https://www.facebook.com/PAINTRAINBB/posts/332711405250782 

Ribbot is in the crate: https://www.facebook.com/teamribbot/posts/858580908408015 

Rotator is in the crate: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=229850965812134&id=100063616960932 

Sabertooth has a new dricsc: https://www.facebook.com/RoboticDeathCompany/posts/1858469537876409 

SawBlaze coins ‘SmolBlaze’: https://www.facebook.com/SawBlazeBattlebots/posts/217841580349264 

Shatter’s anodized omni wheels: https://www.facebook.com/BotsFC/posts/228375862624563 

Sporkinok’s appearance at MegaCon: https://www.facebook.com/SporkinokBB/posts/365973318229732 

Tombstone gets MaxAmps batteries for 2021: https://www.facebook.com/TombstoneBot/posts/226371652827708 

Valkyrie and Hawaiian shirts? https://www.facebook.com/valkyriebattlebot/posts/482501892999515 

War? EZ! father-son team wins first place at Houston Heatwave: https://www.instagram.com/p/CSkoWN1ro0d/ 

Whiplash and Defender are in the crate: https://www.facebook.com/FastElectricRobots/posts/224718109660339 

Witch Doctor’s appearance at MegaCon: https://www.facebook.com/witchdrshaman/posts/3859478250823647 

Witch Doctor’s cross-country ambulance trip: https://www.facebook.com/witchdrshaman/posts/3857091054395700 

 

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