RoboCast #155 — BBB Beetle Brawl 2024 - Event Review & Competitor Spotlight [w. Craig Croucher]

Welcome back everyone, ourselves included, to the RoboCast! Today, we visit Bristol to see what kinds of mayhem the beetleweights are cooking up in February's BBB Beetle Brawl hosted by Bristol Bot Builders. This episode may be a slightly different spin on our usual fight-by-fight review format; instead, we three chose nine robots and builders to discuss what we like about their machines and how the event went for each. Joining us today to cover this event is BBB crew member and captain of Two-Headed Death Flamingo, Craig Croucher, who we thank for blessing us with aggressive pink. 🦩 We hope you enjoy it! Oh and before I forget, here are links to the event recording. Livestream: https://youtu.be/Sw8PrSl26I8 Fights only: https://youtu.be/ncrPL-5Ki5Q Also, thanks to Jamie Waller-Jones / Bangers Down West for allowing us to use their lovely pit photos in our video. You can find them here: https://www.facebook.com/daniel.wj.18 https://www.facebook.com/bangers.down.west21 Chapters: 0:00 – Intro 8:14 – Fan Questions for Craig 21:15 – Abracagrabra 25:37 – Paradigm Spin 29:47 – EMP mk. 3 36:16 – The Mangler 45:13 – Disk-Combobulator 51:32 – Propane 59:11 – Attitude Adjuster 1:09:24 – Home Improvement 1:15:00 – Schism 1:25:58 – Reptile Dysfunction (Honorable Mention) 1:28:38 – Final Questions & Outro Follow us on Social Media: https://twitter.com/TheRobocast https://www.facebook.com/TheRoboCast Check out the audio-only version wherever you get your podcasts! https://therobocast.podbean.com/ Steve’s Pages: https://www.youtube.com/@AmericanKilljoy https://twitter.com/AKJofficial https://www.instagram.com/stevetheamericankilljoy/ Jevan’s Pages: https://www.facebook.com/WorldOfWoodrowYouTube https://www.youtube.com/@WorldofWoodrow https://twitter.com/RoboticWoodrow David’s Pages: https://www.youtube.com/@Davidofsmeg  https://www.instagram.com/davidofsmeg https://www.facebook.com/Johtorobotics Don't forget to check out Bristol Bot Builders here, too! https://bristolbotbuilders.com/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/bristolbotbuilders https://www.instagram.com/bristolbotbuilders/ https://twitter.com/bristolbotbuild