Behind the Bots

Pre-Premiere Week with BattleBots Showrunner Aaron Catling!

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This week on the podcast, we’re doing our last pre-premiere episode of the season with BattleBots showrunner Aaron Catling! Aaron sits on the Selection Committee, helps build the fight cards, and develops the season’s many storylines into a super compelling TV show. BattleBots returns to Discovery Thursday Jan. 6 at 8 p.m. local time.

 

This week’s combat robotics news:

  • BattleBots premieres Thursday on the Discovery Channel (set your DVR!)
  • BattleBots unveils refined judging matrix: facebook.com/battlebots/posts/10158240427986406 
  • Blacksmith captain Al Kindle wants to wish you a Happy New Year: facebook.com/Teamhfa/posts/406391854367535 
  • Orby Blade captain Cheog Gyu Hwang visited Las Vegas this week for CES: facebook.com/TeamORBY/posts/876433086357839 
  • Blip shows off its winding mechanism: facebook.com/tantrum.battlebot/posts/1606212116385924 
  • Blip and Tantrum’s merch shop: seemsreasonable.shop
  • HyperShock launches Hype Machine loyalty program: facebook.com/HyperShockTV/posts/3019791708238692 
  • JackPot teases new weapon: facebook.com/JackPotBattleBots/posts/414919056997791 
  • Kraken appearing at South Florida Fair: facebook.com/robotruckus/photos/a.366611840942348/970783643858495 
  • Malice unveils its S6 weapons: facebook.com/malicebattlebot/posts/474508650744676 
  • Pardon My French signs Ty Little to the roster: facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=439043467924121&id=100054554135468 
  • SawBlaze tests self-righting mechanism: facebook.com/SawBlazeBattlebots/posts/314259440707477 
  • Shatter selling new S6 team jerseys: facebook.com/BotsFC/posts/328942875901194 
  • Switchback launches full merch store: facebook.com/switchbackontv/posts/271023081761115 

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