This week on the podcast, we’re catching up again with one of our favorite builders of all time, Deep Six captain Dustin Esswein! Dustin’s design philosophy is simple — weapons first, everything else is secondary. You see that ethos on display with Deep Six (they made a rule change inspired by the bot!) and more recently, Depth Charge at Norwalk Havoc Robot League (it broke the box!) We break down Deep Six’s performance in this episode of BattleBots Champions, and ask him what’s next for his bot-building career.
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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 Nut-ty Episode with Bite Force Captain Paul Ventimiglia!
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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