BattleBots S6 New Bot Preview: Switchback!

This week on the podcast, we’re catching up with new captain Greg Needel to learn more about his drum(ish) hammer, Switchback! Greg is no stranger to robotics or BattleBots—he competed at the untelevised BattleBots R3 event with a three-headed pneumatic flipper called Tetracide, and for the last 7 years has been running Rev Robotics, which supplies parts to hundreds of FIRST Robotics teams.

 

This week’s combat robotics news:

• Captain Shrederator is in the crate: https://www.facebook.com/spinwinning/posts/4098208073611401 
• Deadlift is in the crate: https://www.facebook.com/robogymrobotics/posts/4671054529614021 
• Double Jeopardy is going brushless: https://www.facebook.com/teamdoubletroubledoublejeopardy/posts/853507898606712 
• Ghost Raptor’s enamel pins: https://www.facebook.com/realghostraptor/posts/3079414145624190 
• Gigabyte’s new self-righter: https://www.facebook.com/RoboticDeathCompany/posts/1857352667988096 
• HiJinx’s enamel pins: https://www.facebook.com/HiJinx.BattleBot/posts/412215230330188 
• Icewave is packing two bodies: https://www.facebook.com/TeamIcewave/posts/2943634602571938
• Icewave preview with Skorpios: https://youtu.be/JaUJiZnZzH0 
• Jager is back, with three bots: https://www.facebook.com/jagerrobot/posts/691228465605453 
• Malice is sponsoring Deep Six, JackPot and The Big Dill: https://www.facebook.com/malicebattlebot/posts/387473096114899 
• Monsoon’s 2021 team roster: https://www.facebook.com/MonsoonRobot/posts/1446198505759443 
• P1 on display: https://www.facebook.com/AberrantRobotics/posts/1023812255117795 
• Pain Train’s crate is made of old NHRL floor panels: https://www.facebook.com/PAINTRAINBB/posts/332711405250782 
• Ribbot is in the crate: https://www.facebook.com/teamribbot/posts/858580908408015 
• Rotator is in the crate: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=229850965812134&id=100063616960932 
• Sabertooth has a new dricsc: https://www.facebook.com/RoboticDeathCompany/posts/1858469537876409 
• SawBlaze coins ‘SmolBlaze’: https://www.facebook.com/SawBlazeBattlebots/posts/217841580349264 
• Shatter’s anodized omni wheels: https://www.facebook.com/BotsFC/posts/228375862624563 
• Sporkinok’s appearance at MegaCon: https://www.facebook.com/SporkinokBB/posts/365973318229732 
• Tombstone gets MaxAmps batteries for 2021: https://www.facebook.com/TombstoneBot/posts/226371652827708 
• Valkyrie and Hawaiian shirts? https://www.facebook.com/valkyriebattlebot/posts/482501892999515 
• War? EZ! father-son team wins first place at Houston Heatwave: https://www.instagram.com/p/CSkoWN1ro0d/ 
• Whiplash and Defender are in the crate: https://www.facebook.com/FastElectricRobots/posts/224718109660339 
• Witch Doctor’s appearance at MegaCon: https://www.facebook.com/witchdrshaman/posts/3859478250823647 
• Witch Doctor’s cross-country ambulance trip: https://www.facebook.com/witchdrshaman/posts/3857091054395700 

 

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