RoboCast #87 — BattleBots: World Championship V - Round of 32 Preview [w. Pete Abrahamson]

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.   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 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   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: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ4Ls2iEv_ecyGS7YB_o_qg   Get your Two-Headed Death Flamingo tees here: https://shop.bristolbotbuilders.com/product/mingo/   My Pages: https://twitter.com/SamElliott64 https://therobocast.podbean.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/SamElliott64 https://twitter.com/2HDFlamingo https://www.facebook.com/2HDFlamingo/ https://www.instagram.com/2hdflamingo/   Steve’s Pages: https://twitter.com/AKJofficial https://www.youtube.com/user/AmericanKilljoy   Jevan’s Pages: https://www.facebook.com/WorldOfWoodrowYouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/WorldofWoodrow   Pete’s Pages: https://www.facebook.com/thebotwhisperer https://twitter.com/thebotwhisperer https://www.instagram.com/thebotwhisperer/     Don’t forget to check BattleBots themselves out online too! https://battlebots.com/ https://twitter.com/BattleBots https://www.facebook.com/battlebots https://www.youtube.com/battlebots https://www.instagram.com/battlebots