Episodes
Sunday Apr 11, 2021
RoboCast #95 — BattleBots: Bounty Hunters - Beta Ep Review [w. Nik Buchholz]
Sunday Apr 11, 2021
Sunday Apr 11, 2021
In this podcast, I am joined by Steve, the American Killjoy and World of Woodrow as we look at the fourth episode of the new BattleBots: Bounty Hunters show. For this podcast, we are joined by Team Bloodsport’s Nik Buchholz, one of the key minds behind the ferocious weapon.
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Let us know what your thoughts on the fourth episode of BattleBots: Bounty Hunters in the comments, including what you think of the format, and the eventual outcome of the episode!
Time Stamps:
00:00 – Introduction
00:19 – Bloodsport’s Season, and choices in design
08:37 – LockJaw vs Axe Backwards
12:36 – Aegis vs Bloodsport
17:07 – Rampage vs Fusion
22:12 – Hijinx vs SlamMow
28:25 – LockJaw vs Fusion
31:30 – Bloodsport vs Hijinx
37:56 – Bloodsport vs LockJaw
44:30 – Beta vs Lockjaw, and where did this season go for Beta
58:13 – Closing Thoughts & a look to Bloodsport’s future
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Monday Apr 05, 2021
Monday Apr 05, 2021
In this podcast, I am joined by Steve, the American Killjoy and World of Woodrow as we look at the third episode of the new BattleBots: Bounty Hunters show. For this podcast, we are joined by none other than the king of kinetic energy himself, Ray Billings.
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Let us know what your thoughts on the third episode of BattleBots: Bounty Hunters in the comments, including what you think of the format, and the eventual outcome of the episode!
Time Stamps:
00:00 – Introduction
00:40 – Let’s talk Tombstone
08:57 – Gruff vs Gemini
12:47 – Smeeeee vs Mammoth
18:14 – Deadlift vs Jackpot
21:16 – Kraken vs Claw Viper
27:16 – Deadlift vs Gruff
31:16 – Smeeeee vs Kraken
35:37 – Gruff vs Kraken
40:50 – Tombstone vs Gruff
47:32 – Tombstone’s 2020 Season
54:00 – What advice would Ray give to someone starting up & mentoring Tyler Nguyen
59:20 – Ray’s favourite BattleBots fights with Tombstone
1:01:40 – Closing Thoughts
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Sunday Mar 28, 2021
Sunday Mar 28, 2021
In this podcast, I am joined by Steve, the American Killjoy and World of Woodrow as we look at the second episode of the new BattleBots: Bounty Hunters show. For this podcast, we are joined by DavidofSmeg, the creator of YouTube’s Lego Wars and Team Nebula’s Jack Tweedy, the builder of Vanquish, which was infamously split in two by IceWave.
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Let us know what your thoughts on the second episode of BattleBots: Bounty Hunters in the comments, including what you think of the format, and the eventual outcome of the episode!
Time Stamps:
00:00 – Introduction
01:30 – Why is Tweedy here?
03:27 – P1 vs Tracer
11:21 – Deadlift vs Ghost Raptor
16:01 – Hypershock vs Sporkinok (kind of)
20:26 – Black Widow vs Skorpios
25:10 – Ghost Raptor vs Hypershock
28:41 – P1 vs Skorpios
41:21 – Hypershock vs Skorpios
29:08 – IceWave vs Skorpios
47:42 – Tweedy’s new robot Vanguard, and calling out IceWave
49:58 – Bot Bash and the legacy of Team Skorpios
51:46 – More Lego Wars coming very soon
52:52 – Closing Thoughts
Skorpios’ Team Bot Bash GoFundMe:
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Sunday Mar 21, 2021
Sunday Mar 21, 2021
In this podcast, I am joined by Steve, the American Killjoy and World of Woodrow as we look at the first episode of the new BattleBots: Bounty Hunters show. For this podcast, we are joined by Rotator’s Victor Soto, as he talks us through his path to become the bounty hunter.
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Let us know what your thoughts on the first episode of BattleBots: Bounty Hunters in the comments, including what you think of the format, and the eventual outcome of the episode!
Time Stamps:
00:00 – Introduction
02:44 – Mad Catter vs Atom #94
05:33 – Bale Spear vs Chomp
07:53 – Axolotl vs Rotator
10:22 – Captain Shrederator vs Sharkoprion
14:06 – Captain Shrederator vs Rotator
20:05 – Bale Spear vs Mad Catter
21:40 – Rotator vs Mad Catter
29:08 – Bronco vs Rotator
33:56 – The future of Rotator
38:26 – Closing thoughts and a quick summary of the rest of Rotator’s season.
Skorpios’ Team video about winning the Founders Award:
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Sunday Mar 14, 2021
Sunday Mar 14, 2021
In this podcast, I am joined by Steve, the American Killjoy and World of Woodrow as we look at the 14th and final episode of BattleBots’ 2020 Season. Also joining us this week to go over the last few rounds of the competition is this year’s runner up, and podcast regular at this point, Matt Vasquez from Whiplash.
Be sure to check us out on iTunes and Spotify too! Simply search “The RoboCast” on either of those platforms, and listen to us on the go!
Let us know what your thoughts on the final episode of BattleBots 2020 in the comments. Also let us know what you thought of our new champion! Any favourite fights too, as I think this season has had some absolute belters.
Time Stamps:
00:00 – Introduction
00:46 – A sense of déjà vu
03:11 – Black Dragon vs Ribbot
09:09 – End Game vs Shatter
15:39 – SawBlaze vs Tantrum
21:35 – Hydra vs Whiplash
31:57 – End Game vs Tantrum
37:19 – Black Dragon vs Whiplash
42:01 – The Awards
49:38 – End Game vs Whiplash – BattleBots 2020 Final
1:02:06 – Closing thoughts and a thank you to everyone
Skorpios’ Team video about winning the Founders Award:
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Sunday Mar 07, 2021
Sunday Mar 07, 2021
In this podcast, I am joined by Steve, the American Killjoy and World of Woodrow as we look at the 13th episode of BattleBots’ 2020 Season, and the penultimate episode of the tournament. Also joining us this week to go over the Round of 16, as well as their season to date and plans for the future is Aren Hill from Tantrum and Seems Reasonable Robotics.
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Let us know what your thoughts on the twelfth episode of BattleBots 2020 in the comments. Also let us know who you think will be lifting the Giant Nut on Thursday! Apologies if you hear a bit of background noise, I’ve tried to edit out what I could!
Time Stamps:
00:00 – Introduction
00:31 – An introduction to Tantrum
02:31 – Tantrum’s notable performances this season
08:12 – SawBlaze vs Witch Doctor
17:16 – Ribbot vs Uppercut
26:17 – Bloodsport vs Tantrum
36:41 – Gigabyte vs Hydra
43:20 – Black Dragon vs Tombstone
51:15 – Valkyrie vs Whiplash (Again!)
54:56 – Mammoth vs Shatter!
1:00:03 – End Game vs Rotator
1:04:02 – Closing thoughts and a look to Seems Reasonable Robotic’s future
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Monday Mar 01, 2021
Monday Mar 01, 2021
In this podcast, I am joined by Steve, the American Killjoy and World of Woodrow as we look at the 12th episode of BattleBots’ 2020 Season, and the second episode of the tournament. Also joining us this week to go over the other half of the Round of 32 is Skorpios teams’ first couple; Zachary Lytle and Diana Tarlson.
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Let us know what your thoughts on the twelfth episode of BattleBots 2020 in the comments.
Time Stamps:
00:00 – Pre-intro
00:20 – Introduction
00:45 – Skorpios’ start of the season
05:57 – THAT fight with Tombstone
09:47 – Skorpios in the bracket, but at what cost?
11:45 – LockJaw vs Shatter!
15:37 – Jackpot vs Rotator
21:33 – End Game vs Perfect Phoenix
25:06 – Copperhead vs Mammoth
34:01 – Kraken vs SawBlaze
42:37 – Bloodsport vs Gruff
45:56 – Fusion vs Tantrum
52:12 – Skorpios vs Witch Doctor
59:17 – Bounty Hunters and the future for Skorpios
1:03:16 – Outro
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Sunday Feb 21, 2021
Sunday Feb 21, 2021
In this podcast, I am joined by Steve, the American Killjoy and World of Woodrow as we look at the 11th episode of BattleBots’ 2020 Season, and the first episode of the tournament. Also joining us this week to go over the first half of the Round of 32 is Hijinx captain Jen Herchenroeder.
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Let us know what your thoughts on the eleventh episode of BattleBots 2020 in the comments.
Time Stamps:
00:00 – Introduction
00:45 – From part of the Team, to leading lady with Hijinx
05:31 – Hijinx’s season to date
13:23 – Mad Catter vs Tombstone
18:06 – Hijinx vs Uppercut
28:31 – The Future for Hijinx
32:08 – Black Dragon vs SlamMow
39:34 – Beta vs Ribbot
45:46 – HUGE vs Whiplash
52:40 – SubZero vs Valkyrie
56:24 – Gigabyte vs Malice
1:00:46 – Hydra vs Hypershock
1:05:29 – Closing Thoughts
Also, a HUGE shoutout to the Seaborg, who designed my fantastic new channel icon and podcast logo! Check him out here, and be sure to approach him for any design work you may want or need, you won’t be disappointed:
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Don’t forget to check BattleBots themselves out online too!
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Wednesday Feb 17, 2021
Wednesday Feb 17, 2021
In this podcast, I am joined by Steve, the American Killjoy and World of Woodrow as we look at the entirety of BattleBots 2020’s Top 32. Also joining us this week to look at the bracket, his personal history with Robot Combat and on how to apply to BattleBots is The Bot Whisperer himself; Pete Abrahamson.
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Let us know what your thoughts on the bracket of BattleBots 2020 in the comments. And Pete! What a guy. Thankyou so much for your time and what a great conversation he gave up.
Time Stamps:
00:00 – Introduction
00:40 – From Fighting to Whispering
11:13 – Battlebots 2021 and how to apply smarter
21:36 – Why wasn’t *this* robot chosen?
25:13 – #32: Hypershock
26:10 - #01: Hydra
29:26 - #31: Gruff
32:22 – #02: Bloodsport
34:05 - #30: Mammoth
36:10 - #03: Coperhead
38:53 - #04: Uppercut
41:52 - #29: HiJinx
44:04 - #28: SlamMow
46:38 - #05: Black Dragon
52:03 - #27: Perfect Phoenix
56:34 - #06: End Game
59:47 - #26: Kraken
1:02:14 - #07: SawBlaze
1:06:36 - #25: HUGE
1:09:01 - #08: Whiplash
1:12:30 - #24: SubZero
1:15:38 - #09: Valkyrie
1:17:42 - #23: Witch Doctor
1:19:38 - #10: Skorpios
1:21:26 - #22: Rotator
1:23:46 - #11: Jackpot
1:26:52 - #12: Mad Catter
1:28:02 - #21: Tombstone
1:30:15 - #13: Beta
1:31:42 - #20: Ribbot
1:33:55 – #19: Shatter!
1:38:16 - #14: LockJaw
1:41:21 - #18: Tantrum
1:43:07 - #15: Fusion
1:44:33 - #17: Gigabyte
1:46:12 – #16: Malice
1:46:42 – Closing Thoughts
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Don’t forget to check BattleBots themselves out online too!
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Monday Feb 15, 2021
Monday Feb 15, 2021
Episode Title: Axecellent Timing.
In this podcast, I am joined by Steve, the American Killjoy and World of Woodrow as we look at the 10th episode of BattleBots 2020 and the last fight night episode. Also joining us this week to look at the episode as a whole and to review their season is Matt Vasquez of Whiplash.
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Let us know what your thoughts on the tenth episode of the 2020 season in the comments below, we’d love to hear your thoughts! Also let us know who you have winning your brackets as well!
Time Stamps:
00:00 – Introduction
00:34 – Whiplash’s Season to date
07:17 – Hydra vs Uppercut
12:43 – SawBlaze vs Rusty
17:51 – Gamma 9 vs Tantrum
23:36 – Hypershock vs End Game
30:23 – P1 vs SMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
39:50 – Beta vs Grabbot
44:52 – Valkyrie vs Whiplash
1:07:52 – Closing Thoughts, and Matt’s thoughts on his Ro32 Fight
Also, a HUGE shoutout to the Seaborg, who designed my fantastic new channel icon and podcast logo! Check him out here, and be sure to approach him for any design work you may want or need, you won’t be disappointed:
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Don’t forget to check BattleBots themselves out online too!
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