Behind the Bots

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/ 

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 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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This week on the podcast, we sit down with Monsoon captain Tom Brewster, a mechanical engineer, video game designer, and the captain of the UK’s hardest-hitting vertical spinner. Bonus Surprise: we've also got the rest of the crew with Sarah Asplin, Rory Mangles, and the Tim Rackers! We have a fun and rowdy conversation that you'll want to batten down the hatches for. 

This week’s combat robotics event calendar!

Saturday, March 14

Norwalk, CT

Norwalk Havoc

Beetleweights

Organized by 50 Day Street

https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/489

Saturday, March 14

Grand Prairie, TX

Robot Rebellion 4.1

Fairyweights, antweights and beetleweights

Organized by Texas Robot Combat

https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/518

Sunday, March 15

Wolverton, UK

Antweight World Series 61

Antweights

Organized by Team Siberian Warlords

http://antlog.garya.org.uk/event/25

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This week, we sit down with HiJinx captain Jen Herchenroeder, who applied to the 2020 season of BattleBots with a very mysterious entry. We talk about her experience as a maker, welder, artist, BattleBots competitor, electric go-kart racer, and more.

This week’s combat robotics event calendar!

Saturday, March 7

Tupelo, MS

Tupelo Con: Combat Exhibition

Antweights, plastic antweights and beetleweights

Organized by Angry Rooster Robotics 

https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/511

Saturday, March 7

Corvallis, OR

Oregon State Brawl

Antweights

Organized by Oregon State Combat Robotics

https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/482

Saturday, March 7

Longmont, CO

Rocky Mountain STEAMfest

Antweights, plastic antweights, and beetleweights

Organized by Colorado Combat Robotics

https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/487

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