BATTLEBOTS

[White_Comanche]

Curious if there's any Robot Combat fans on Comanche Club?? 

 

Recently I discovered Battlebots last year, and have really got into watching this sport! BB really has never been on my radar because I always thought it as being a 'kids show'. I was totally wrong. The sport has evolved so much since the old days on Comedy Central. Bots get totally WRECKED after many fights.

 

Teams often pour 10s of thousands of dollars designing, engineering, and developing their robots. Did you know that a 250lb heavy weight bot can easily have $50,000 invested in it?   True.

 

Pretty fascinating stuff when you start learning that most builders/teams even have their very own machine shop.

 

For anyone on CC that likes to work with their hands (like everyone) check the TV show out sometime! 

 

 

 

 

 

[eaglescout526]

Ok my wife put this on about a year or so ago when she was sick and she became addicted to it and so every now and then we watch it. Tombstone and duck! are favorites in the house. 
 

I know I’m not old enough but I remember when it was robotwars. 
 

But the time and effort that goes into building all these bots is damn crazy. Course think about what we dump into our Jeeps and projects that would otherwise make others think it’s damn crazy as well. Haha. 

[White_Comanche]

Hell yeah! Much like your wife, I came across the show and started watching it. After a while BB grew on me. Before I knew it, I became addicted to getting my fix every night.

 

I have several favorite bot/teams. But my #1 is definitely Minotaur. That Brazilian team engineered a very effective and compact robot.

After watching all the available World Championships, I got on YouTube and discovered team Skorpios has a channel. This was when my fascination of the sport really took hold. It offers behind-the-scenes of many competitors. Their 'Secrets Of' videos are them visiting people such as... Ray Billings of Tombstone, Whyachi family in Wisconsin, Paul Ventimiglia behind BiteForce, the California dad of Yeti, and many more.

 

Here's their Tombstone video. They also have one all about Duck.

 

 

[75sv1]

12 hours ago, eaglescout526 said:

Ok my wife put this on about a year or so ago when she was sick and she became addicted to it and so every now and then we watch it. Tombstone and duck! are favorites in the house. 
 

I know I’m not old enough but I remember when it was robotwars. 
 

But the time and effort that goes into building all these bots is damn crazy. Course think about what we dump into our Jeeps and projects that would otherwise make others think it’s damn crazy as well. Haha. 

Rock'em Sockem Robots? 

[eaglescout526]

5 minutes ago, 75sv1 said:

Rock'em Sockem Robots? 

Lol not that game. I really remember there a show being called robotwars in the early 2000’s. 

[eaglescout526]

53 minutes ago, White_Comanche said:

Hell yeah! Much like your wife, I came across the show and started watching it. After a while BB grew on me. Before I knew it, I became addicted to getting my fix every night.

Lol got a lot to catch up on. I think we’re coming in close to the latest season. It definitely is an addicting show. Like more addicting than I thought. That and faruq’s intros are pretty fun to listen to. 

[White_Comanche]

11 hours ago, eaglescout526 said:

Faruq’s intros are pretty fun to listen to. 

Yes, and to get all of his cultural references, ya gotta be just a little old... and probably schooled during the 90s. Chris Rose & Kenny really make the show too!

 

A new season was just announced. Filming for 2026 will begin in April.

 

Episodes will air in mid Summer.  20 teams will be competing

[eaglescout526]

16 minutes ago, White_Comanche said:

Yes, and to get all of his cultural references, ya gotta be just a little old...

Usually do haha. 
 

Can’t wait. Which means wife and I will need to get caught up. 

[Pete M]

don't have time to watch much tv these days, but I absolutely watched the hell out of battlebots' first run on Comedy Central 25 years ago.