This week on the podcast, it’s 2011, and a high school-aged Will Bales is racing to finish his robot in time for BattleBots IQ. He’s competing with his friends (and cross-town rivals) Elizabeth and Danielle, who are building their own robots at the all-girls Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart. Their story is captured by documentary filmmaker Joey Daoud, whose film “Bots High” premiered on YouTube earlier this month: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aE7Gg7lvo8o 

We catch up with Will and Joey to talk bots, documentaries, Prom 2011, HyperShock 2020 and more.

Nola Garcia and Billy Garcia’s GoFundMe campaign: https://www.gofundme.com/f/nola-amp-billy-support-fund 

Furrion mech suit field trials: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBNWM_0waD4 

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This week on the podcast, we sit down with BattleBots head referee (and executive vice president!) John Remar to talk about the earliest days of BattleBots, his lifelong friendship with BattleBots co-creator Trey Roski, how the show has evolved, memorable moments, how sponsorships work, and where John would like to see the show go in the future.

Link to the Bots High documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aE7Gg7lvo8o 

Plus! Our next installment of Robots Around the World. Stay safe, everyone.

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This week on the podcast, we sit down with Valkyrie captain Leanne Cushing and Valkyrie designer Alex Crease to talk undercutters, organic designs, punk rock, robot startups, Doctor Who, Reddit fame and Leanne’s many accents.

Nola and Billy Garcia’s GoFundMe page: https://www.gofundme.com/f/nola-amp-billy-support-fund

Plus! Our next installment of Robots Around the World. Stay safe, everyone.

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This week on the podcast, we sit down with Team Malice! Captain Bunny Sauriol and her team: the three Davids (David Liaw, David Rush and David Small), Isaak Malers and Jeff Waters. Bunny is a longtime roboteer, having appeared on the reboot of the show with Shatter! and Wrecks.

Plus! Our next installment of Robots Around the World. Stay safe, everyone.

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This week on the podcast, we sit down with Nelly the Ellybot teammate and certified wheel-eater Reira Granger. We learn more about the insectweight scene in the UK, why she’s joining the Nelly team this year, and what type of wheel is most delicious. Plus: we talk shop about Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: The Gathering.

MIT’s E-Vent project: https://e-vent.mit.edu/ 

Stuart Barnwell’s medical face shield’s GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/face-shields-for-nhs-key-workers 

Plus! Our next installment of Robots Around the World. Stay safe, everyone.

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This week on the podcast, we sit down with Overhaul captain Charles Guan. Outside of combat robotics, he builds all sorts of electric vehicles, and has deep interest—among many, many interests—in 1980s-era Japanese box vans.

Link to Bronco’s GoFundMe for medical supplies: www.gofundme.com/f/fund-emergency-medical-supplies 

Link to Valkyrie’s COVID-19 effort through Artisan’s Asylum: https://artisansasylum.com/donation/ 

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This week on the podcast, we sit down with married roboteers Zach Lytle and Diana Tarlson of Team BotBash Party Crew, and their bot, Skorpios. Outside of BattleBots, Zach and Diana run Bot Bash (https://botbashparty.com), the super cool, San Francisco Bay Area-based combat robotics party rental service. Their stories about their best (and worst) parties are so, so good.

Plus! Our next installment of Robots Around the World. Stay safe, everyone.

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This week on the podcast, we sit down with Tantrum builder (and former VEX Robotics engineer) Aren Hill to talk about his design philosophy, what it was like designing robot toys and why Tantrum is so dang small.

Plus! Our second installment of Robots Around the World. Stay safe, everyone.

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This week on the podcast, we sit down with longtime combat robotics builder (and now, BattleBots judge) Lisa Winter! We talk about her childhood as a competitor on Robot Wars and BattleBots, her design ethos and her perspective on the show as a judge.

Out of an abundance of caution, we’re temporarily pausing the combat robotics event calendar during coronavirus.

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This week on the podcast, we sit down with the captain of this year’s weirdest (possibly) and longest (definitely) BattleBot, SMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! New Yorker Joe Fabiani has competed in China with his big-wheeled bot Button Lee, and across the Northeast on the insectweight circuit with his beetleweight version of SMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.

Plus, all things coronavirus.

This week’s combat robotics event calendar!

Saturday, March 21

Las Vegas, NV

Robot Domination: Fight Night

Antweights

Organized by Vegas Combat Robotics

https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/520

Sunday, March 22

Sherburn in Elmet, UK

RoboDojo Feathers Full Combat + Sportsman

Featherweights

Organized by RoboDojo

https://www.facebook.com/events/444590862872307/

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