We chat with Zoe Lambert, captain of Honey Cracked, mentor of growingSTEMs, builder of Minun and Plusle, and member of Team Mammoth! Zoe and growingSTEMs have been one of the first groups to host the NHRL XP events with robots winning in the classes receiving full invitation to compete at NHRL’s Open league! Between the event running, multibot building, team managing, and parts selling Zoe and her team have become household names in the NHRL community.

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We chat with the builder of reigning 30lb world champion and June golden dumpster winner Joshua Rhinehart! Josh's robots Kazaa Lite and Kazaa Eins have literally set ablaze the 30lb division with their ultra-resilient chassis, unmatched ground game, and ultra-power flame thrower. They've defeated top 30lb machines including Synthesis 30, Lil Lash, Emulsifier, and Megatron all while reshaping what flame dominance can mean in small-scale robot combat.

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This week we chat with the man, the myth, the legend, the King of Kinetic Energy: Ray Billings! Ray has one of the most incredible careers in all of combat robots having competed in Battlebots since the Comedy Central days all the way to the reboot! Tombstone holds the distinction as one of the few winners of the Giant Bolt and the Giant Nut! He’s also competed at some of the most prestigious events in the western hemisphere such as Robogames, NHRL, Robocore, Motorama, and numerous robot events coast to coast. Besides highlights from Ray’s incredible career we’ll also touch on (non-spoiler) recaps of the Battlebots Pro League and NHRL’s May Pro Tour events!

This week we will recap the April NHRL event with WPI's own Ezequiel and Jaaron! Both of these builders have been competing with their 3lb robots Blink and Red Panda respectively alongside supporting larger machines like 30lb Waddles! This time they're back with 12lb Supernova where they made an impressive run to the Semifinals where they ultimately lost to Maximizer. We'll talk about their stories of robot building, fighting, and repairing!

Let us know what questions you have for Ezequiel, Jaaron, and Jake about the event! 

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This week we will recap the Robot Rampage World Cup event from February with our very own Team USA! Henchmans Sam & Colin, Johnny Tsoumpas, and Corey Nason are joined by special member Aki to recap how America’s own Jump Rope, Spartan 30, Riposaw, and Synthesis 30 joined Bad Blood to compete in four days against top machines from New Zealand, Australia, and Brazil in a unique nation-vs-nation 5-a-side team match! 

Let us know what questions you have for Team USA! Also check out the Robot Rampage Youtube channel to rewatch each night of the four-night spectacle and follow Team USA’s road to silver medal!

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This week we will recap the NHRL February event with members of University of Illinois's iRobotics team! We'll talk about their experience with 30lb entries quack., FSH, and Killswitch and other famous entries from the team like Undertaker and Goose! 

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Alex has been steadily honing Pinevictus all year. Though Pinevictus has been around since November 2021 during his days at UMD as a Leatherback,  2025 is the year where the robot has been on a meteoric rise. It started the year strong by reaching the Semifinals at February NHRL with a Judges Decision loss to Silent Spring followed by solid runs at Motorama and Hive Hysteria. After designing and debuting a new version only two weeks out from Finals, it was a gamble that paid off to win the distinguished Golden Brett at the NHRL World Finals!

Let us know what questions you have for Alex!

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Liam has been on a tear this year with Buzzzz-kill recently capturing the 12lb crown at November NHRL! Now the overall 2nd seed behind only Slam Plan, Liam looks poised for a deep run at Finals. Outside of 12lbs, Liam and the rest of Leatherbacks have been racking up wins in the insectweights at events like Water's Edge, MACRO and had a close fight with top bots like Mako at November NHRL with his 3lb Zenith. 

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Dima has launched onto the scene over the past year with her brother Julian as one of the most dynamic siblings at NHRL! First piloting the very kindly Turbofriend before helming the lethal TurboFIEND to a golden dumpster in October 2024, Dima has proven a very capable robot driver whose quick reactions and skills remain on display throughout the northeast robot scene. With a pedigree of professional gaming and now as a robot combat commentator Dima’s dynamism only grows! 

Jack has been known for years as the driver and co-captain of End Game, winner of Battlebots World Championship V and the Golden Bolt! End Game not only brought the top trophy of robot combat with them to New Zealand, but the whole sport with them in the form of Robot Rumble! Give it a listen!