This week on the podcast, we invite back to the show (for his third time!) reigning BattleBots champion Paul Ventimiglia!
Bite Force remains the winningest heavyweight combat robot in modern BattleBots history, with three perfect seasons (2015, 2018 and 2019), and just one loss since the reboot—to the unconventional, AI-guided hammerbot Chomp.
Paul enters the 2020 season knowing that the field of bots will likely be the toughest the sport has ever seen. The COVID-19 pandemic gave builders months of extra time to work on their designs and build spare parts. Plus, 2020 will see the reintroduction of the super-heavyweight walker class—notably Chomp, which is expected to return with a 250-pound weight advantage over Bite Force, and a thirst to prove that their first victory wasn’t a fluke.
We check in with Paul to see where he’s at, what he’s thinking about, and ask him the question everyone wants to know: How the heck do you defeat this bot?
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Our Live Panel with BattleBots Designers Orion Beach, Leanne Cushing, Emmanuel Carrillo , Isaak Malers and Ellis Ware
Our Live Panel with Female BattleBots Captains Andrea Gellatly, Sarah Malyan, Jen Herchenroeder, Julia Chernushevich, and Lilith Specht. PLUS! A Bonus Appearance by Greg Munson!
Our Live Panel with BattleBots Top 4 Paul Ventimiglia (Bite Force), Andrea and Mike Gellatly (Witch Doctor), Ray Billings (Tombstone), Julie Pitts and Miles Blow (DeathRoll)
A New Player Has Entered The Game: Our Interview with Tracer builder Jason Woods
Quantum is Us, We are Quantum: Our Interview with Quantum Captains James Cooper and Grant Cooper!
Eating the Souls of Your Opponents: Our Interview with MadCatter Captain Martin Mason!
Solving Big Challenges with Team Chomp Captain Zoe Stephenson and Jascha Little!
Our Electric Green Episode with Team ORBY Captain Cheog-Gyu Hwang!
Our Abbreviated Fourth of July Episode!
A Family that Bots Together, Wins Together: Our Interview with the Vasquez Family, Makers of Whiplash!
BattleBots Past, Present, and Future with co-creator Trey Roski!
Our Chillest Episode with SubZero Captain Logan Davis!
Our Hal-arious Episode with Duck! Captain Hal Rucker!
Our Anniversary Episode with Deep Six Captain Dustin Esswein and Teammate Andrew Rossol!
Our Cinematic Interview with HyperShock Captain Will Bales and ‘Bots High’ Director Joey Daoud
Our Decisive Interview with BattleBots Head Referee John Remar!
Our High-Flying Interview with Valkyrie Captain Leanne Cushing and Designer Alex Crease!
Our Malicious Interview with Team Malice!
Our Wheel-y Delicious Interview with Nelly Teammate Reira Granger!
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