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Battle Bots on a Budget: As an avid reader of Make Magazine for over 10 years, I've read dozens of stories about the Maker Faires that happen every year across the country. Finally, in 2014, I packed up the family and headed three hours South-East to one of the largest of t…
Not to be confused with the US heavyweight robot which competed at the Las Vegas 1999 event. Minotaur is a robot built by Team RioBotz from Brazil, which has fought in numerous BattleBots seasons since its debut in World Championship II. Based around the team's highly successful Touro Maximus, a robot which previously won the STEM Tech Olympiad in 2014 and placed 1st and 3rd in RoboGames 2015 and 2016, Minotaur features a highly destructive drum spinner, weighing between 60 and 70lbs depending o
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Hammertime was a superheavyweight robot that competed in Season 3.0, Season 4.0, and Season 5.0 of Comedy Central BattleBots. It was armed with a pneumatic hammer. Hammertime did decently in BattleBots, reaching the Season 5.0 quarter-finals and appearing on television at least once each season it competed. The team that built Hammertime would go on to build superheavyweight Bounty Hunter and middleweight (later a heavyweight) SubZero for later BattleBots competitions. Wins: 4 Losses: 3 "His onl
Mega Tento, also spelt Megatento, was a heavyweight robot built by Lisa Winter of Robot Action League which fought exclusively in BattleBots World Championship II. It was a scaled-up version of fan favorite Tentoumushi from Comedy Central BattleBots. Dubbed a "capturer" by the team, the robot featured a LDPE plastic shell measuring 5ft in diameter, made from a modified kids' sandbox. The aim was for it to lift over the top of opposition robots and obstruct their driver's view.Mega Tento also spo
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Thinking of throwing a robot-themed birthday party for your little one? Here's a great idea for your fruit & vegetable trays using dollar store items!
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Blacksmith is a heavyweight robot built by Team Half Fast Astronaut which has competed in four BattleBots World Championships as well as BattleBots: Champions I. Team captain Al Kindle previously entered Season 2.0 of Comedy Central BattleBots with Enforcer, a two-wheel drive lightweight sporting a lifter with an in-built circular saw. However, his involvement with the sport dates even further back, having fought with a more primitive version of the same bot as early as the 1996 US Robot Wars co
Bronco is a heavyweight robot built by Inertia Labs which competed in the first four BattleBots World Championships, as well as BattleBots: Bounty Hunters. It is currently semi-retired, appearing exclusively at BattleBots: Destruct-A-Thon live shows.As with most Inertia Labs robots, its weapon was a powerful pneumatic flipping arm which boasted almost three times the power of the team's Comedy Central BattleBots superheavyweight champion Toro.Bronco was a crowd favorite in the first season, thro
Battlebots robot creator passes judgement on the Hex Bug toy recreations of his battling machine.
For the ShowBot which competes at BattleBots: Destruct-A-Thon live events, see Witch Doctor (ShowBot). Witch Doctor is a heavyweight (formerly middleweight) robot which has competed in every BattleBots World Championship. It was originally built by Busted Nuts Robotics, now known simply as Team Witch Doctor, who entered the original middleweight into BattleBots IQ events. Co-captains Andrea and Mike Gellatly both found their feet in BattleBots during its untelevised events. Andrea Gellatly (then
Alph was a Middleweight robot that competed at BattleBots Rochester R3 in 2005. It was a Red, two wheeled robot with a dustpan wedge that it would use to trap its opponents while an articulated saw arm would come down on them, and cut into their armor, similar to S.O.B.. Despite managing to reach the quarter-finals of its only competition, Alph did not do well in BattleBots, only winning one match, but losing two. After receiving a bye in the first round, Alph's first match was against Falcon. T
Red Devil was a heavyweight robot built by Team Duct Tape, which competed in BattleBots World Championship II and III. In its final season, Red Devil was operated by All Black Robotics. It was a tracked robot armed with a grappling arm and an articulating 12" sawblade, which would come down and attempt to cut into an opponent's top armor. Its articulating arm, grabbers and saw were all chain-driven, and both drive pods were powered independently, resulting in "essentially three bots bolted toget
Bite Force is a heavyweight robot built by Aptyx Designs which competed in the first four BattleBots World Championships as well as the 2019 re:MARS all:STARS event. With a 26-1 career record and three Giant Nuts to its name, Bite Force remains the most successful competitor since the show's revival in 2015. Initially a tracked robot sporting a 6061 aluminum frame armed with a grabbing jaw to lift and even overturn opposing robots, it would later evolve into a vertical bar spinner using a more t
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How to Make a Mini Battlebot: Battle Bots are normally pretty cool, and I've always been wanting to make one and thought I'd have my go in making a mini one. This is not exactly a great bot, but will actually work and especially good for like a first time type thing. It's really…
Planning a robot party? These free printable Robot Birthday Invitations are a great way to start your party planning. Download with matching party printables.
Poison Arrow was a heavyweight robot built by Caustic Creations which competed exclusively in BattleBots World Championship II. It was a compact and nimble robot armed with a powerful spinning drum, which could allegedly hit 15000rpm. Manufactured from tool steel and weighing 70lbs, Poison Arrow's primary weapon made up almost a third of its total weight. The robot was black and lime green in color, mimicking that of a poison dart frog - one of the most feared amphibians in the wild. The officia
When my son decided he wanted a Robot Themed Birthday Party, I was a little excited! I went trawling through Pinterest to get some inspiration. I was …
