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The podcast that brings you the stories of the builders behind BattleBots.
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Wednesday Jan 25, 2023
Wednesday Jan 25, 2023
This week on the podcast, we’re diving into Season 7, Episode 3 of BattleBots, with special guest Tim Bouwens, the captain of Ominous! Ominous is a gorgeous, three-wheeled omnidrive robot from the Netherlands, and we learn more about its history, combat robotics in the Netherlands, and what’s next for the team.
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Wednesday Jan 18, 2023
Wednesday Jan 18, 2023
This week on the podcast, we’re diving into Season 7, Episode 2 of BattleBots. We break down the episode with Switchback captain Greg Needel, whose bot has gone through the ultimate glow-up for its sophomore season.
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Wednesday Jan 11, 2023
Wednesday Jan 11, 2023
This week on the podcast, we’re diving into Season 7, Episode 1 of BattleBots, which aired Jan. 5, 2023 on the Discovery Channel. We break down the episode with the one and only Pete Abrahamson, aka The Bot Whisperer!
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Thursday Dec 29, 2022
Thursday Dec 29, 2022
This week on the podcast, we’re wrapping up our coverage of the BattleBots 7 rookies with the gorgeous, ambitious, very purple dual horizontal Horizon. Team captain Joshua Kong first tested the design at NHRL and other local leagues before applying to BattleBots. Their team roster is incredible, and includes the one and only Hotkoin!
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Wednesday Dec 14, 2022
Wednesday Dec 14, 2022
This week on the podcast, we’re continuing our coverage of the BattleBots 7 rookies with the murderous little vacuum cleaner that could — Doomba! We talk BattleBots, the metagame behind BattleBots, and the role of decidedly un-serious robots in the sport.
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Wednesday Dec 07, 2022
Wednesday Dec 07, 2022
This week on the podcast, we’re continuing our coverage of the BattleBots 7 rookies with the Italian side of the Team Omega family — Ripperoni! This pizza-themed robot features a neat little innovation: A counter-rotating flywheel, designed to reduce the amount of gyro the bot experiences when it turns. We catch up with NHRL regulars Anna Zolnikov and Fred Moore, who got valuable experience with the 30-pound version of Ripperoni ahead of BattleBots.
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Wednesday Nov 30, 2022
Wednesday Nov 30, 2022
This week on the podcast, we’re continuing our coverage of the BattleBots 7 rookies with the Alien-inspired big-wheeled thwack-vert of our dreams, Starchild! Team captain Brandon Zalinsky spent over a year refining the bot’s design at NHRL, with his 3-pounder Starchild and his 30-pounder Starfather. This season, he scaled up the design to 250 pounds and brought on Tony D’Ambrosio to help him construct an intergalactic backstory for the bot, and Amanda Fowler for fabrication and art design.
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Wednesday Nov 23, 2022
Wednesday Nov 23, 2022
This week on the podcast, we’re continuing our coverage of the BattleBots 7 rookies with Ben Burton, captain of the Triceratops-inspired TerrorTops! We talk dinosaurs, robots, and robot dinosaurs.
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Wednesday Nov 16, 2022
Wednesday Nov 16, 2022
This week on the podcast, we’re continuing our coverage of the BattleBots 7 rookies with the quirky, kilt-wearing captain David Small and his brand-new heavyweight flipper bot Banshee. David built robots with his dad, and more recently picked up the sport again with his bots Kelpie and Son of Kram. We talk about combat robot history, combat robot design, and kelpie tattoos!
Special outro music thanks to Evil Henchman Sam Hanson!
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Wednesday Nov 09, 2022
Wednesday Nov 09, 2022
This week on the podcast, we’re continuing our coverage of the BattleBots 7 rookies with one of the most-anticipated robots of the season — Emulsifier. This robot, from the builders at Bots FC, began life as a brutal little 30-pounder that won the Most Destructive award at Motorama 2020. It’s competed several times at NHRL, and will again appear this weekend, where it hopes to earn a spot in the 2022 NHRL World Championships.
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