RoboCast #87 — BattleBots: World Championship V - Round of 32 Preview [w. Pete Abrahamson]

In this podcast, I am joined by Steve, the American Killjoy and World of Woodrow as we look at the entirety of BattleBots 2020’s Top 32. Also joining us this week to look at the bracket, his personal history with Robot Combat and on how to apply to BattleBots is The Bot Whisperer himself; Pete Abrahamson.

 

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Let us know what your thoughts on the bracket of BattleBots 2020 in the comments. And Pete! What a guy. Thankyou so much for your time and what a great conversation he gave up.

 

 

Time Stamps:

00:00 – Introduction

00:40 – From Fighting to Whispering

11:13 – Battlebots 2021 and how to apply smarter

21:36 – Why wasn’t *this* robot chosen?

25:13 – #32: Hypershock

26:10 - #01: Hydra

29:26 - #31: Gruff

32:22 – #02: Bloodsport

34:05 - #30: Mammoth

36:10 - #03: Coperhead

38:53 - #04: Uppercut

41:52 - #29: HiJinx

44:04 - #28: SlamMow

46:38 - #05: Black Dragon

52:03 - #27: Perfect Phoenix

56:34 - #06: End Game

59:47 - #26: Kraken

1:02:14 - #07: SawBlaze

1:06:36 - #25: HUGE

1:09:01 - #08: Whiplash

1:12:30 - #24: SubZero

1:15:38 - #09: Valkyrie

1:17:42 - #23: Witch Doctor

1:19:38 - #10: Skorpios

1:21:26 - #22: Rotator

1:23:46 - #11: Jackpot

1:26:52 - #12: Mad Catter

1:28:02 - #21: Tombstone

1:30:15 - #13: Beta

1:31:42 - #20: Ribbot

1:33:55 – #19: Shatter!

1:38:16 - #14: LockJaw

1:41:21 - #18: Tantrum

1:43:07 - #15: Fusion

1:44:33 - #17: Gigabyte

1:46:12 – #16: Malice

1:46:42 – Closing Thoughts

 

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