Battle bots

Multi award-winning 3D printer provider Markforged has confrimed that four of its 3D printers are to be featured in American television series BattleBots, premiering today on the Discovery Channel. 29 on-site teams from the dynamic robot combat tournament have been supported by the Massachusetts-based company as they 3D printed over 160 parts within the two weeks of […]

Rookie and veteran bots collide in a battle royale to earn The Giant Nut when BATTLEBOTS returns for a new season Thursday, December 3 at 8pm ET on Discovery Channel.

Blame the wedges!

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Skorpios is a heavyweight robot which has competed in every BattleBots season since World Championship II. The robot was originally designed and built by Offbeat Robotics, led by Orion Beach and featuring Zach Lytle, before he and Diana Tarlson were sold the robot. Zach and Diana have since competed with Skorpios from World Championship V onward as co-captains of Bot Bash Party Crew. Skorpios is a two-wheel drive robot with a plow-like wedge at the front, paired with an articulating arm with…

SawBlaze is a heavyweight robot built by Jamison Go of Team SawBlaze, formerly LiMITless Robotics, which has competed in every BattleBots season since World Championship II. It is the reigning BattleBots champion. Team captain Jamison Go was previously part of Team JACD and Overhaul in World Championship I, but disbanded to spearhead his own team in future seasons of BattleBots. Like the Comedy Central era competitor S.O.B., SawBlaze was designed to slide underneath robots to trap them in…

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…

Bender was a heavyweight robot built by Eric Stoliker which competed in every season of the televised Comedy Central BattleBots run as well as the 2009 Pro Championship. Early Comedy Central incarnations of the robot featured two-wheel drive, a T-shaped chassis, and a large spinning disk which was continuously updated to become more damaging over time. For Season 3.0, the chassis was redesigned and a small lifting arm added to the rear, enabling Bender to adjust the attack angle of its own…