Behind the Bots

BattleBots S4E4 Recap (The Meaning of Life, With Hannah Rucker of Team 42 Robotics)

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.

This week’s combat robotics event calendar:

> July 5: BattleBots watch party with Shatter! In Brooklyn, NY
> July 6 and 7: Seattle Bot Battles 2019 in Seattle, WA
> July 6 and 7: Colorado Robot Battles in Colorado Springs, CO

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BattleBots S4E3 Recap (Bath Salts and BattleBots: Will Bales of HyperShock)

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.

This week’s combat robotics event calendar:
> July 29: Antweight World Series in Dunchurch, England
> July 29 and 30: Robot Havoc in Adelaide, Australia

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BattleBots S4E2 Recap (Plus Our Big Interview with HUGE!)

We recap S4E2 of BattleBots, which featured Son of Whyachi versus Huge, Texas Twister versus Black Dragon, Duck! versus Bombshell, Shatter! versus Witch Doctor, Axe Backwards versus Mammoth, WanHoo versus Captain Shrederator, and the main event, Minotaur versus Whiplash.

Later, our interview with HUGE captain Jonathan Schultz and his teammate, Peter Lombardo. They take a half-dozen listener questions, and talk about the improvements they made to their bot this year.

We’ll wrap up our show with this week’s combat robotics event calendar:

> Saturday, June 22: WAR at the Northwest Kids Fest in Monroe, Washington
> Saturday, June 22: Indi Robot Games in Ulft, Netherlands

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BattleBots S4E1 Recap (We're in Deep Six! An Interview with Dustin Esswein)

We recap S4E1 of BattleBots, which featured Blacksmith versus Quantum, HyperShock versus Valkyrie, Kraken versus Ribbot, End Game versus Death Roll, Cobalt versus SubZero, SawBlaze versus Rotator and the main event, Tombstone versus Lock-Jaw.

Later, we interview Deep Six team captain Dustin Esswein, a U.S. Navy diver who was inspired to build one of this year’s most ambitious combat robots, a 4-foot-tall vertical spinner with a 100-pound bar.

We’ll wrap up our show with this week’s combat robotics event calendar:

> Friday, June 14: S4E2 of BattleBots on the Discovery Channel
> Friday, June 14: BattleBots watch parties with Mammoth (Towson, Maryland), Gruff (New Port Richey, Florida), Shatter! (Brooklyn, New York), Axe Backwards (Jensen Beach, Florida) and BattleSaw (Wichita, Kansas)
> Saturday, June 15: Clash of the Bots in Gastonia, North Carolina and BotBrawl in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.
> Sunday, June 16: Bristol Bot Builders in Bristol, England

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BattleBots 2019 New Team Preview (Part 3)

We wrap up our preview of 7 first-time BattleBots teams competing this season: Rainbow, Ribbot, Shatter, Shellshock, Sidewinder, Uppercut and WanHoo. Later, we'll highlight this week's local combat robotics event calendar. BattleBots returns to Discovery Channel on Friday, June 7.

** This week's combat robotics event calendar **
> Thursday, June 6 at 8:45 p.m. Pacific: One-day exhibition match livestreamed at twitch.tv/battlebots
> Friday, June 7 at 8 p.m.: BattleBots episode 1 airs on the Discovery Channel
> Friday, June 7: BattleBots watch party with BattleSaw in Wichita, Kansas
> Friday, June 7: BattleBots watch party with Kraken in Melbourne, Florida 
> Friday, June 7: BattleBots watch party with WAR Hawk in Seattle, Washington
> Saturday, June 8: Bay Area Robotic Combat club in Richmond, California

BattleBots 2019 New Team Preview (Part 2)

We take a deeper look at 8 first-time BattleBots teams competing this season: Kingpin, MadCatter, Mammoth, Marvin, Nelly the Ellybot, Quantum, Ragnarok and RailGun Max. Later, we'll highlight this week's local combat robotics event calendar. BattleBots returns to Discovery Channel on Friday, June 7.

BattleBots 2019 New Team Preview (Part 1)

We take a deeper look at 10 first-time BattleBots teams competing this season: BattleSaw, Black Dragon, Bloodsport, Chronos, Daisy Cutter, Deep Six, Electric Ray, Extinguisher, Gruff and Jasper.

Later, we'll highlight this week's local combat robotics event calendar. BattleBots returns to Discovery Channel on Friday, June 7.

Introducing Behind the Bots

Coming soon: Behind the Bots, the podcast that brings you the stories of the builders, drivers and designers behind BattleBots.

In this episode, meet the show's hosts Chris, Lindsay and Luke.