Behind the Bots

We recap S4E11 of BattleBots, which featured Duck/Quantum, Blacksmith/Captain Shrederator, Bombshell/Lock-Jaw, Tombstone/Gruff, End Game/Cobalt, SawBlaze/Ribbot, and the main event: Rotator versus Death Roll.

After the recap, we interview Bob Girardi, captain of the elusive bot Daisy Cutter. He tells us about his life in drag racing, his quest to knock out a competitor in 3/10ths of a second, and shares incredible behind the scenes stories about his bot. He's a fascinating character!

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August 30: Team Kraken Watch Party at Buffalo Wild Wings in Melbourne, FL

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We recap S4E10 of BattleBots, which featured Hydra/Petunia, Yeti/Rainbow, Skorpios/Tantrum, Free Shipping/Bronco, Valkyrie/Monsoon, Chronos/Copperhead, and the main event: Bite Force vs. Hypershock.

After the recap, we interview Chronos teammate Bradley Hanstad, who tells us about what it's like building robots for TV shows, the experience of competing in China's King of Bots as an American, and shares a whole bunch of fun stories and anecdotes from BattleBots.

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August 24: 2019 Rocky Mountain Gear Jam in Denver, Colorado

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We recap S4E9 of BattleBots, which featured HUGE/Gigabyte, Breaker Box/Uppercut, Wan Hoo/Mammoth, Son of Whyachi/Texas Twister, SubZero/P1, Nelly the Ellybot/Deep Six, and the main event: Whiplash versus Witch Doctor.

We interview the manager of Railgun Max, Elaine Wu, who tells us about the unique experience of being a manager for a BattleBots team, what it's like competing America, and why she would choose Bruce Lee as Railgun Max's crime-fighting partner.

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On this special, Shark Week episode of Behind the Bots, Chris talks about his fear of sharks and tells some terrible shark jokes.

We interview Sharkoprion captain Ed Robinson, who tells us about the design thinking behind Sharkoprion, his newest bot, Excelsior, his history with large robots (Robotica! RoboGames! RoboJoust!), sword-swallowing, his early career as a clown, touring with Renaissance faires and armor-making.

We recap S4E8 of BattleBots, which featured the Desperado Tournament, where eight bots fought in seven sudden death matches to automatically secure one spot in the Top 16. Competing in the Desperado this year: Minotaur, Lucky, End Game, Gruff, Black Dragon, Captain Shrederator, WAR Hawk and Ragnarok, plus the bonus fight! Deep Six versus Axe Backwards.

We interview Black Dragon captain (and Desperado Tournament champion!) João Marcos Giacometti Cavalheiro, who tells us about his early experience with combat robotics, his team's other famous bots, and exactly how they won their lucky mascot.

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We recap S4E7 of BattleBots, which featured Death Roll/Quantum, Bombshell/Cobalt, Gemini/Tantrum, Lock-Jaw/Duck, SawBlaze/Blacksmith, Railgun MAX/Shellshock, Ribbot/Falcon and the main event: Tombstone versus Rotator.

We interview future BattleBots captain Jackson Cutrone, age 11, who tells us about starting his school's first robotics club, why his dream matchup is Blacksmith versus Minotaur, and the advice he shared with SawBlaze captain Jamison Go.

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We recap S4E6 of BattleBots, which featured Hydra/WAR Hawk, Sidewinder/Skorpios, Valkyrie/Ragnarok, Free Shipping/Yeti, Gruff/Copperhead, HyperShock/Monsoon, and the main event: Bronco versus Bite Force.

Later, our interview with Bite Force captain Paul Ventimiglia, who tells us about his first bot, and why he wanted to originally name Bite Force “Chompy.”

This week’s combat robotics event calendar:

• July 20: Deadline to enter the 2019 Canadian National Championship in Saskatoon, Canada

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We recap S4E5 of BattleBots, which featured Black Dragon/Bloodsport, Captain Shrederator/Witch Doctor, Jasper/HUGE, Gigabyte/Minotaur, Mammoth/Uppercut, Wan Hoo/Shatter and the main event: Son of Whyachi versus Whiplash.

Later, our interview with Witch Doctor captain Andrea Gellatly, who tells us how she got into the sport, why Miami is such an epicenter for combat robotics, and why she wears a little piece of Witch Doctor every day.

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We recap S4E4 of BattleBots, which featured Duck versus Cobalt, Rotator versus Bombshell, Nelly the Ellybot versus Rainbow, Quantum versus Lock-Jaw, Kraken versus Blacksmith, End Game versus Ribbot, Death Roll versus Foxtrot and the main event, Tombstone versus SawBlaze.

Later, our interview with Team 42 Robotics captain Hannah Rucker, her teammate Julia Chernushevich (former captain of the team behind Bucktooth Burl), plus a surprise pop-in from Hannah's dad Hal. Hannah tells us about falling in love with the sport at 5, competing regionally at 6, and appearing three times on BattleBots--all before her 15th birthday.

> July 5: BattleBots watch party with Shatter! In Brooklyn, NY

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We recap S4E3 of BattleBots, which featured Skorpios versus Copperhead, Bloodsport versus Lucky, Hydra versus Free Shipping, Monsoon versus Ragnarok, Railgun MAX versus MadCatter, Breaker Box versus Falcon, WAR Hawk versus Petunia and the main event: Bite Force versus Yeti.

Later, we sit down with HyperShock captain Will Bales, to talk about changes he made to the bot for the 2019 season, how much it costs, and why so many great BattleBots teams come from Florida.

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