Undefeated Malice and MadCatter duke it out while Uppercut takes on SawBlaze in an explosive main event. January 14, 2021 () N/A: It's the mid-point of the qualifying round and impressing the selection committee is what it's all about. A flying crystaline mob. Rotator spun, the weapon hit the minibot, minibot goes flying. But it also had traction issues throughout and went 0-2 with losses to WAR? Keep reading to find out where BattleBots is all captured on camera…. During a match, two robots do their best to destroy or disable each other in any way, shape or form to do so. It wasn’t a true box rush because Shrederator was already out of there, but the shark came in looking to chomp Shrederator. Riding up the wedge Rotator got a hit on the arm and narrowly escaped being flipped. Though how do you armor up for a flipper? MadCatter came in again with another hit and send Atom #94 into the screws, then again to punt a still-mobile Atom #94 onto the rail. (Even if they didn’t work.) In the Main Event, Rotator and Death Roll compete in the BattleBox. They made some adjustments to the gearbox for this fight, so hopefully those gremlins have been solved. A: We approve every Commentist by hand, because we're looking to create a fun community here. Take off weight? No, seriously. Senor Weaselo plays the violin. He withdrew his 2021 application the other day, so we may not see it until 2022. And of course, extra top armor. Sharko with the slight false start but it would be minimal since the bot was still in the starting square. The New Jersey puncher’s got more power and the tractor wheels might give it a leg up to try and get above Chomp’s hoop skirt protecting the legs. Notice too, how they're so darned hard to hit! March 5, 2021. But Rotator kept at it and was rewarded for the effort as it had damaged the left wheel guard, now only attached at one side. HEXBUG BattleBots Rotator Rotator is ready to slice through the competition! Gassy Cat was able to get under Atom #94 just enough for MadCatter to come in and send a piece of side armor flying and flip Atom #94 over. Also worth nothing once again that no bot that made the quarterfinals competed in any of the bounties. But again, last fight of the year, probably okay to tear it up. The bad news is this is the one fight I can’t find to rewatch and analyze in full detail (and I still don’t have Discovery+). Axolotl was having traction issues, and as it came right to Rotator’s weapon, was going to be having weapon issues because it got hit right in the belt, and that got broken off. Competitors, often college robotics students, design and build destructive robots equipped with a variety of weapons. All parts ship worldwide, include stickers, and can be custom autographed. Contact Us: store@battlebots.com ☏ 1-866-484-BOTS (2687) M-F 10:00am-5:00pm (PT) Lol! Which had the weapon on MadCatter working again. See you next week! About Me & This Site; Just another WordPress.com site “BattleBots” 3/4. But some more pushing and Chomp was out of there. The drivers control their machines from outside the sealed arena. The current judges are former BattleBots contenders, Derek Young, Lisa Winter, and Jason Bardis. #BattleBots pic.twitter.com/WZZvwNZPZ7. Which takes us to the semifinals. The first bounty tournament (the one being covered now) was for the right to take on the most recent evolution of the forerunner of pneumatics, the current horse in the Inertia Labs stable, descended from champions, Bronco. 04/03/2021 . This is a nice site, a place for civil discourse and dick jokes. as seen here. I am going to predict your future. The way it works: There are six eight-bot tournaments. Commenting here is a privilege, not a right. EZ! If Rotator wins a Giant Nut in 2021 I wouldn’t be super-surprised, outside of the fact that it isn’t a wedged/wedgeleted/forked vert. Team Whyachi’s Hydra may be the current king of flippers, but when you think of throwing robots around over and over again, you think of Bronco and more notably Inertia Labs (formerly Team Rhino). Sure, there’s no seeds but this is probably chalk. Tel: (775) 386-6920 E-mail: store(at)battlebots(dot)com. They also had a heavyweight variant, The Matador, which became the design predecessor for Bronco and competed in Seasons 4.0 and 5.0, but it was eliminated by M.O.E. Meet Team Rotator This newcomer is taking his experience of building surgical robots into the ring to carve out the competition. He created this horizontal disc spinner with Team Revolution that includes Carl Gayle, Radu Iorgulescu, Goran Kadribasic, Shawn Kroll, Kadija McAnuff, Roberto Montane, Gary Nguyen, Mark Palm, Tim Perez, Jordan Sangerman, and … Inertia Labs built a smaller two-wheeled version that fought in the middleweights named T-Minus, which also won a royal rumble but also won the Season 5.0 middleweight championship, especially notable because in the semifinals they toppled the previously undefeated three-time middleweight champion, Tony Buchignani’s Hazard. It got revenge in the re:MARS tournament (remember, as a live tournament it was filmed after Season 4) against Free Shipping, but lost to Witch Doctor in the final. All adults as of 4/15. have been built for everlasting battle so you can relive all their battle cage glory! have been built for everlasting battle so you can relive all their battle cage glory! It’s available on Discovery+ and is now showing at the normal BattleBots time (Thursdays, 8E/no idea other time zones). Which means they did get to spin up and send their weapon at Bale Spear. Regardless, it’s a tough one to call. Rotator kept going. The judges are all former BattleBots participants. Torneo Preparacion 2021 Fecha 1 San Martin V M R C vs Jockey V M; #TheTea #DM #DF CLASS OF 2O21. Atom #94 showed those gearbox improvements right away charging towards MadCatter but the box rush wasn’t enough as MadCatter got enough out of the way, pushing both bots towards the wall. Sorry, my strategy of “watch fight for general gist and scorecard and first reactions, then watch fight again when I can pause and scrutinize” didn’t quite work out! Relive the victories (and sole defeat) End Game captured en route to becoming the 2020 BattleBots World Champion. End Game is going with its wedges to try and tank whatever the hell Rotator’ll pull out. Legendary hammer-bot Beta returns to face off with Rotator, ... 2021 RuPaul's Drag Race, Season 13 (UNCENSORED) 2021 Deadliest Catch, Season 17 The shot to the side of Sharko, less so. Sparks fly around the BattleBox as several winless bots go head-to-head. You run the risk of helping the other robot if they’re just high-centered, but if it was a momentary glitch they can recover from, it may be best to keep hitting them to guarantee a win. MadCatter could get the pin, but the weapon couldn’t land any good hits on Rotator, so they let go. BattleBots 2020: Episode 13 in Review. If you are not referring to official BattleBots events, shows, or products, please do not use our name. Honestly, the wedge might be too skinny. #BattleBots pic.twitter.com/WZZvwNZPZ7. It didn’t compete this season, and with a redesign all but confirmed after last year (and especially after the loss and seemingly passing of the torch to Hydra) the bounty fight’ll be Bronco’s last ride. But knowing that Bronco was coming it wedge first Rotator charged with the forks, spun around and hit the flipper and then the wedge. Most of our listings end tomorrow, but we have a few new items up there, including a wheel guard from our Rotator vs Valkyrie fight! — All Hail King Homer (@ColonelFlanderz) February 26, 2021. At least like this. Meanwhile Captain Shrederator’s continued their string of bad luck, though admittedly it was a stronger, more robust showing from the full-body spinner. Sparks fly round the BattleBox as Valkyrie and Rotator square off in a deadly battle of horizontal spinners. Rotator then got some air itself, the undercutter hitting MadCatter’s wedge. Also I’d like to note the “Fin to Win” from the HyperShock squad as a take on Spin to Win. Battlebots is in its 5th season after being rebooted in 2015. The winners were: ROTATOR (UD), Witch Doctor (KO), WAR Hawk (UD), Warhead (UD), Sharkoprion, Tombstone (KO). Good news though, Edward Robinson is working on a future bot for BattleBots. Good news though, Edward Robinson is working on a future bot for BattleBots. My first foray into a generated mob instead of a modeled one. He withdrew his 2021 application the other day, so we may not see it until 2022. But somehow, someway, Rotator kept itself right-side up, and the bots kept at it. ... End Game (6) vs Rotator (22) We started the night with one of the fights of the season, and we end with one too. Rotator is also a 250lbs fighting robot hailing from Doral, Florida that competed in the 2016, 2018, 2019, and 2020 seasons of Battlebots. He tucks it right under his chin. The robot fighting series has sparked interest in fans of all ages. In fairness, this is probably how we expected it to go, with the only upset possibly being Bale Spear over Chomp. Had Rotator flipped over, and the undercutter became an overcutter, it would have hit too high and Shrederator would have the advantage. For MadCatter, wedge returns. and Warhead respectively in the Round of 16. Would love your thoughts, please comment. It was filmed across the course of two weeks, with its original air date of May 2020 being pushed back to December 2020, due to the pandemic. 121: 13 "The Rematch" August 17, 2018 () 0.83: Minotaur continues its quest for the BattleBots title in an epic fight with Blacksmith, a rematch two years in the making. After graduating with a degree in Multimedia Journalism degree she became a radio newsreader and reporter, before moving into her current role as a reality TV writer. Spin to Win, maybe, but at least spin regularly. Lucky shot sure, but the flipper was out of commission. March 12, 2021 The builder is Victor Soto. And then the robot wasn’t moving much as Rotator could come in to do some damage. Rotator vs. AxolotlWell, we’d have a favorite in this matchup, given that we know Rotator, it made the round of 16, went to a split decision with End Game that ended up winning the whole thing. This is some serious precision here from Victor Soto and team rotator about 45 seconds to go in this fight. Celine is a journalist with over five years of experience in the media industry and the chief staff writer on Reality Titbit. But it won’t be this version of Bronco. Axolotl is, though! The Indian-Canadian squad looks to have a bot with a fairly powerful double vertical disk, but it was plagued with drive issues and went winless as a result. The shell spinner hit it in the mouth and it looked okay. Beta; L, JD 3-0 vs. Valkyrie; W, KO 2:45 vs. Big Dill; R32–W, KO 1:28 vs. JackPot) This is an interesting fight. The Beaties haven’t gone up yet, but yes, they won the Best Engineering Award. Watch BattleBots: It takes Witch Doctor only 10 seconds to works its voodoo. However, Bronco activated its flipper to get away, but then drove itself into the wall wher… His robot building partner passed away and I believe his RV or trailer died, and the robot community banded together to get him a new one. Well, just like against the Big Dill fight the wheel guards come off to prevent Bronco having extra surface area to flip, and I imagine that would lead to the heavier bar with the undercutter, and the forks in the back. Rotator was leading with the forks for the spin move, and it was working, but it went to the judges. (MadCatter is also sporting Gassy Cat, a flamethrowing minibot, for this fight.). Rotator used it forks and pinned Axolotl into the wall, and under the pulverizer, and did some more damage. Well, the robot is pink. Designed as real life replicas from the popular television series, BattleBots, Rotator and DUCK! Although it has the rear forks on for this fight. Captain Shrederator wins by KO in 48 seconds and closes the book on the fish tale. It could still fire and still walk, as seen by it doing just that momentarily. And that gave the world Toro, and combat robotics was never the same. Use these motorized weapons to break off your opponents pieces one by one and leave them defenseless! Shatter!W BY SD- Shatter! Oh rotator. Each match consists of two robots competing for three minutes, where the goal is to destroy or disable the opponent. The winner of said eight-bot tournament takes on the bounty bot. Rotator is a tank, while End Game has ended all of its fights super quick. Get parts while they last! BATTLEBOTS 2020 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BRACKET February 18 8pm ET on Discovery March 4 8pm ET on Discovery March 4 8pm ET on Discovery March 11 8pm ET on February 25 8pm ET on Discovery FOLLOW @Discovery @DiscoveryPlus @BattleBots #BATTLEBOTS … So where is it filmed? BOUNTY CLAIMED, Rotator by unanimous decision. It’s a bit of a boat at this point, especially against more compact but hard-hitting spinners. Valkyrie and Rotator square off in a deadly battle of horizontal spinners. ... All rights belong to TheyCallMeDanger 2012-2021 OreSpawn and all programming created by: TheyCallMeDanger For Rotator, only two forks. So, let’s get to the bounty tournament. Sparks fly as Rotator & Jackpot meet in the arena! Each match between the robots takes three minutes. MadCatter vs. Bale SpearWell, this is a bit of a step up this year for Bale Spear, considering Chomp was their first win and MadCatter was a top 32 bot. Scorecard:Damage: 3-2 Rotator. The competition, which involves machines that are designed to be operated by remote-controls, go robot-to-robot fight in an arena tournament. I’m hoping it’s just rookie blues for the team in pink. Originally designed by Pete Lampertson, it has a steel floor and steel-framed walls and roof panelled with bulletproof polycarbonate plastic. Rhino itself was fairly successful, taking 3rd at the initial Long Beach tournament and being eliminated in the semis at the Las Vegas tourney before its Super Rhino variant got kicked upstairs to the super heavyweights for Season 1.0 (with less success). BattleBots Inc. Tel: (707) 336-BOTS (2687) E-mail: hello(at)battlebots(dot)com. Posted on March 9, 2021 by Arran Hicks. A diagonal run with Bale Spear on top and then one more punt to have the farm bot do a roll (and start to smoke) ended it officially. On BattleBots, a Discovery Channel television series, individuals and teams build robots to combat in an arena elimination tournament. Zander Rose and Reason Bradley pretty much invented the pneumatic flipper when they decided to retire their first robot, spike-bot Rhino, after competing in Season 1.0 of BattleBots. Our trademark is registered in the United States and worldwide. Next week’s (so tonight’s) bounty: the muscle car of BattleBots, Icewave. On the other hand, MadCatter had a strong follow-up season, being one of the bots to go 3-0 in the qualifiers, crowned by a win over Ribbot (which made the quarters). You can watch every episode of BATTLEBOTS and stream the series with discovery+ . Q: I signed up for your dumb site, why can't I comment? We may even see Bronco again. Rookie vs. vet and all. It doesn’t always work practically, as Chomp went 1-2 on the year, but it’s really cool. Rotator. That gave MadCatter time to actually spin up and get some sparks and shards on Rotator, which responded by sending Gassy Cat even farther out with its weapon and I think over the Lexan, so you won’t see him no more as the two main bots circled each other. Though flipped over. Tombstone won and advanced to the next round, where it faced Who needs a wedge anyway, since Bale Spear ramped right up MadCatter and then right back down. The BattleBox is a 48′ x 48′ square arena designed to protect the drivers, officials, and audience from flying debris and charging bots. Q: I jumped through your sign-up hoops and you approved me - why isn't my comment there? And more of Martin Mason pulling off his best promo cut. Cracking got the early jump on huge sinking its teeth into the giant and adding a little fire for good measure. Contact Us: store@battlebots.com ☏ 1-866-484-BOTS (2687) M-F 10:00am-5:00pm (PT) Filming takes place at an arena called BattleBox, on Industry Avenue, which is thought to have grown in popularity over the last few years. For Season 2.0 they took the pneumatic spike on Rhino and decided to re-orient it to see what happened if they tried to flip robots rather than punch through the armor. It was nice to let them off (albeit weapon first), but Atom #94 had stuff hanging out of it, this one was over. Pretty darn cool. Sharkoprion vs. Captain ShrederatorEdward Robinson’s had a tough year. Even for the first 2:15, but those last 45 seconds made the difference.Aggression: 2-1 Rotator. The very first "bounty" is wanted: Bronco, the legendary flipper bot. Bronco pushed again and Rotator kicked off next to the pulverizer, then driving under the pulverizer, which pinned Rotator momentarily. We’ll see Inertia Labs again. But it comes at a cost. Its speed and devastating spinning discs are no match in the cage! Sharko went for its thwack-bot tail slap. Watch BattleBots THURSDAYS 9|8c on ABC. BattleBots is the robotic championship show that features on the Discovery Channel every Thursday. Which is always worth it. The current season of BattleBots was filmed in October 2020. Though it worked Rotator spun off and scraped the sides and probably a wheel. As a veteran fighter, Rotator is prepared for a fight no matter where the attack is coming from. Bale Spear unleashes Farmaggedon and wins by KO in 58 seconds. So with that: Atom #94 had a tough rookie season. $1.99. THE NEED TO MOVE ON. And it’s a good thing because as Bale Spear came forward Chomp dropped the hammer and definitely landed a hit on Bale Spear, but the wheeled bot was undaunted, backing away after a miss and driving Chomp into the corner and the pulverizer. ... Nope, we need new BattleBots, and we need it now. It was tanking the blows well, but we’ve seen bots relegated to pushing, they have to come in over and over to break the weapon. Bronco's first ever match was against Witch Doctor. For Bronco it’s the big rear wedge, but with bigger, wider wheel guards to prevent them from getting bent into the wheels. Atom #94 vs. MadCatterKnowing that these were filmed concurrently with the tournament, we can have our ideas of where bots may slot, and I’ll give how they did. It may legally be used only to identify official BattleBots events, shows, or products. Chomp vs. Bale SpearWhat haven’t we mentioned about Chomp? It didn’t work against Tombstone, but it may work here against Yash Deshmukh and co., who asked Ray Billings for advice. Rotator wins by KO in 2:05 and has the honor of being Bronco’s bounty hunter. This was problematic as seen by losing a section of tail, then some sort of mesh. It was death. WATCH BATTLEBOTS ON DISCOVERY EVERY THURSDAY AT 8 PM, AND GET FREAKY WITH US ON INSTAGRAM AND FACEBOOK. Axolotl got away, got space, and went for a death or glory charge to try and break Rotator’s weapon. Employees inspire a new generation of robotics engineers through Discovery Channel’s BattleBots. 2 Less than a minute. ... Rotator (2019) 5 2 3 2 0 SawBlaze (2019) 6 4 2 0 2 Sharkoprion (2019) 0 0 0 0 0 Shatter! As for Bale Spear we didn’t see them much (just the loss to Tracer), but they were there on the year, going 0-2 with an unaired loss to Deadlift. Bronco used its wedge well, but Rotator veered off to the side. Bronco needed to be balls to the wall and they weren’t quite that. Filming takes place at an arena called BattleBox, on Industry Avenue, which is thought to have grown in popularity over the last few years. We're gonna finish the job big deal hanging out for deer life hoping they can make it to the closing bell. In the match, Bronco got off to a quick start scoring a flip on Witch Doctor, but it quickly righted itself. (No idea how it’s split between the nine bots.). Rob Manfred Wishes He Were a National Disgrace. STFU He Got In, He Got In, Stop Your Whining. The name of the Washington Football Team is a grating slur that pisses us off every time we see it.  So now, they are the Washington [*Redacteds] in the comments. MadCatter hit a spike port which showed the side, and Rotator got a hit in on it. Then Shrederator’s weapon stopped, to (again, all on memory) some smoke. ROTATOR_BattleBots 37 points 38 points 39 points 23 days ago There’s an unwritten rule that as long as they’re moving, you can hit them, and experienced builders understand this. My card:Damage: 5-0 Rotator. Have something to tell us about this article? Well, it worked more in the dustpan way as it started by scooping Rotator’s forks. But that’s how Rotator came up with the configurations. Now a walker, the six-legged bot weighs 500 lbs., the hammer is on a turret, there’s fire… Zoe Stephenson and The Machine Corps have just gone mad with technology. When he isn't doing that, he enjoys watching his teams (Yankees, Jets, Knicks, and Rangers), trying to ingest enough capsaicin to make himself breathe fire (it hasn't happened yet), and scheming to acquire the Bryant Park zamboni.