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welcome to comedy central's battle bots prelude to battle
it's the who what where when and why of professional robot fighting
inside the impregnable walls of fort mason in san francisco all hell is about to break loose
hello everyone and welcome to the preseason preview of comedy central's battle bots i'm
sean salsbury and i'm bill Dwyer tonight right here before your very eyes you're going to see
real live robots fight to the death there are over 200 robots from all over the world geared up to
get it on action speaks louder than words so check this out
you love that well that's just a small offering of what you can expect to see
on battle bots every week we are committed to restoring your faith in uncensored acts of extreme
violence battle bot builders from around the world have made a pilgrimage to the mecca of robot
fighting at san francisco california to compete in this year's tournament they wage war in the
battle box right here behind us designed by peter lambertson i can tell you from professional
experience playing football on artificial surfaces a picnic compared to what happens in there you'll
see what i mean after you watch this parking back to the draconian era of gallows and guillotines
battle bots found a man with an extreme new vision and punishment meet peter lambertson the
builder and operator of the vaunted battle box whose past is shrouded in mystery i'm a retired
person springing forth from his tortured mind was an enclosed version of hell where punishment
is doled out liberally an escape is nothing but a silly robot date we have 14 weapons that we
control from this panel the battle box weapons include ram rods kill saws and ramps known as
hell raisers seemingly there's little that peter lambertson can't like to keep pushing it and make
the hammer go up and down as quick as i want he seems as friendly as the good humor man but instead
of too diverting peter dishes out death he is one evil genius our team of battle bots correspondence
will give you the latest breaking news inside stories and analysis of every aspect of robot
fighting you want intricate details on the design and construction of killer robots have a little
taste of what renowned tv scientist bill nye brings to the table oh yes this is your bad boy
pneumatic actuator right here powered by a series wound dc motor using 18 gel cell batteries you
know that's always the problem you get a soft isolation system making for a very reliable drive
system then you're right back to a high transmissibility ratio h equals i cross omega is called kinetic
energy so if you try to turn left two counter rotating blades and twist in that axis especially
designed to rotate independently these are the same kind of thing we might use in our stealth
bomber is that right i think so whoo spooky also you know her from baywatch it's donna di erico
she'll be perking things up on the battle box floor she's in the pit with our competitors
yes you know i was noticing you had really good shaft control shaft control what's that accent
are you from england yeah i'm from oxford and dominic's from london awesome oh cool i nailed it
and our final two team members yes they're brothers that's randy and jason sclar we got
two sclars just in case one of them gets killed by a robot hi i'm jason sclar and i'm randy sclar
we're correspondents for comedy central's battle bots we are here on melrose avenue in hollywood
california with mechadon we've been around the sport for a while now we've talked to the competitors
we've done a lot of research i can honestly say without equivocation this robot is amazing
so why'd you build it i've always wanted to build something like this i mean it's this big cool
machine i want to build something that that kind of fit with what people would imagine when they
hear about something like battle bots what would the korean word be for this right robot
mechadon is the coolest thing you'll ever see fighting in an arena to the death
it's 484 pounds of steel and it's controlled by his joystick are you into machinery i have been
known to have some machinery in my life yeah favorite piece of machinery at home right now
yes would you rather see robots making love or fighting oh fighting could you tell the difference
probably not
everything on this mechadon is real and how do you guys feel about that
if you saw this coming at you what would you think intelligent life at last in la
can i fight it
hey sports fans we're out of here back to you guys in the studio you'll be seeing a lot more
of randy and jason sclar and mechadon in future competitions right here on battle bots next
backlash and disposable hero they rip it up in a preliminary bout when we come back
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welcome back the fight's gonna start in just a moment but first here's how it works
this is a single elimination tournament that means the winners advance to the next round and
guess what losers go home a fight lasts three minutes unless there's a knockout three box-side
judges award a point each for aggression strategy and damage inflicted the robots are separated into
four weight categories there's light weights middle weights heavy weights and the big boys
the super heavy weights bill i know you spent a lot of time with the robots checking out their
weaknesses and their strengths what have you been spying on me yes i have yeah i have and here are
some of the hot bots to watch first up in the lightweight class is mouser mecha catbot this hot
pink pop topper loves to play with its opponents before devouring them another lightweight hopeful
my personal favorite is backlash built like a deep dish pizza cutter this radio-controlled
renegade won't stop after just one slice jumping up to the middle weight spin orbiting forces speed
mobility and a saw blade that can attack from a galaxy of positions also in the middle weight
division is a unique walking robot pressure drop his titanium pickaxe leaves opponents
dead in their tracks among the heavyweight hopefuls is tas bot whose actuated lifting
arm will drag your ass to the kill saw sooner than you can say danger will robinson the odds
makers favor heavyweight vlad the impaler he's got a low center of gravity and a fork lift that
tosses opponents around like dirty laundry and finally in the extra husky department also known
as the super heavyweights beware of do-all and it's custom-built pneumatic ramrod getting poked
and prodded to death is not a pleasant way to go those are the robots i'm betting on sean
where's your money going okay partner so you got a couple of strong robots but i got some dark
horses that i guarantee you're going to make an impression well the sturdy super heavyweight
grendel is definitely underrated it has a powerful spike that can pierce both metal and bulletproof
lexan beat that heavyweight mauler is literally a giant can of extra chunky whoop ass stay away at
all cost my favorite middleweight ankle biter is a powerful wedge robot whose nasty saw blade will
chew you up and spit you out and then there's that lightweight ziggo who has spinning blades
that reach devastatingly high rpms get close and say good night forever there's no shortage of
robots that claim to be the best but that's exactly why we fight the fight yeah we're going to see
what kind of fight your lightweight favorite has in it right now it's backlash against disposable
hero what can you tell us well backlash has a vertical spinning wheel for a weapon it's built
by jim smetkowski who incidentally works for george lucas and lives in nearby novato california
his opponent is disposable hero armed with a forklift designed for spearing and flipping
it was built by phil putman and he's based out of houston texas it's a flipper against a spinner
let's get down to our ring announcer mott bierow with the formal introduction
contest introducing the principals first in the red square to my left weighing in at 58 pounds
and from the creative mind of jim smetkowski under the assistance of team nightmare
o'cox doug evans chris herd and carl swenson they hail from novato california introducing
the backlash
we got a lot of people this morning
sure does
and from the creative mind of phil putman he is assisted by team member heather putman and hails from houston texas introducing disposable hero
red driver are you ready
red driver is ready
blue driver are you ready
blue driver is ready
the lights are on remember it's three minutes
for a knockout four
before the robots becomes incapacitated
that'll finalize this you see those are called hell raisers ramps
they can be deployed at any time along with ram rods and kill saws in the ring
and our master right there in the battle box will pull them out at any time
they've got to elude those and you see right now backlash
the spinning wheel on the aggressive
the spinning wheel of death
did i call it or what
not wasting any time that's why you don't put band-aids on to hold the machine together
backlash dominates on the offensive
oh he just got him in the rear end
oh he tore off the forklift on him john
we're going to see a little bit of recycling there
this one looks older i'm seeing wires on the floor i think i'm going to be sick
oh unlike the nfl
that's a victory there
finally for excessive celebration
fast furious and quick
backlash is going to move on
there it is buzzer signaling the end of the fights
that buzzer does signal the end the crowd already entertained
let's take a look at these replays
and see exactly how backlash dominated this bout
yeah backlash look he gets him
he got him once right there right
ripping off that forklift like a chicken wing
then he takes his antenna and speed controller off
and then his remote control right there
useless there's nothing disposable hero can do
except be disposable
ladies and gentlemen
well we know the outcome but let's make it formal
get down to the battle box
in the red square by knockout
backlash
an extremely impressive quick win for backlash
but he'll face more convincing opponents in the future bill
tell me about the battle stats
backlash won the slams for zip and jabs won nothing
and then backlash took disposable hero to the hazards
that's the kill saws and the ramrods twice
good warm up for backlash
let's get down to Donna Dierko and she's with the loser
are you regretting now naming it the disposable hero?
I think I was correct
because it was a good choice
well maybe you didn't need this part anyway
you're right it's the appendix of robots
well here you go better luck next time
okay
I'm with the winner Jim and backlash
you really kicked some butt out there
I did about what I thought I would do
as long as it was running good I figured it was going to throw some pieces
now what about the victory dance?
you just got to show off to the crowd to make sure everybody knows that this is the one to cheer for
there's some showmanship I'm here with Jim thank you very much great job Matt congratulations
well there's our first awesome fight in the books
we've got another great exhibition fight
it's tentamushi versus salad right after this break
remember Wednesday August 30th is the official kickoff of the battle box season
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welcome back to BattleBots if you're just joining us you have a lot of catching up to do
you know the robots get all the glory and attention
but obviously they would be nothing without the people who build them
these guys come from all walks of life
Mechadon's Marks Attracking is a movie monster maker
SLAMS builder Steve and Lowell Nelson actually used to be tractor pole champions
Corey Klein with Ramstein is really a rocket scientist
and then there's Mahler's Tilford family
they scare me
well it sounds like BattleBots is just a boys club
but it's not
a builder in our next fight, get this, is a 14 year old girl
we spent some time with her in her hometown of Monona, Wisconsin
Ah, the suburbs
a peaceful respite from the turmoil of urban life
this is Mike Winter's house
he lives here with his wife and their daughter Lisa
Mike likes to put her around in his basement
Mike's daughter Lisa is learning Japanese and plays the violin
when they have the chance they all like to play together
like on this typical Sunday
Sunday, Sunday, exciting robot action, see Tentenese killer ladybug
versus the deadly vortex known as the spin orbiting pole
I work on my robot downstairs in the basement with my dad
you go down there, turn on a bunch of lice, drink a bunch of cokes
and eat a bunch of fudge and M&Ms and then work on the robot all night
my robot is cute but then deadly so it captures the robot but then grinds it up
I want to build robots my whole life
I think actually pulling her out of school and having her make robots full time
could be a very good experiment
get the ball
sometimes I wonder why people sort of avoid me at the grocery store
I love building robots, it's really fun
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I'm so excited for the winter, reminding us that the family that slays together stays together
I am pumped because this next fight is going to be a good one
it's Tentemushi going against Salad Bill, tell me about the match
well we all know about Tentemushi now
let's see how this lethal ladybug matches up against her opponent
Salad has a hidden actuated lifting arm to drag opponents to the hazards or right itself if it gets flipped
it was built by Dallas Gekker and comes from Concord, California
it's about to start, let's go to my funeral
introducing first in the red square to my left
weighing in at 98 pounds
created by Dallas Gekker
and assisted by Mandy Gekker from Concord, California
here is Salad
sleek and low to the ground Billy
yeah like any good salad
and in the blue square making a debut in the tournament
weighing in at 58 pounds
and under the creative genius of Lisa Winter
assisted by Becky Winter from Madison, Wisconsin
here is Tentemushi
I kind of like the ladybug look
don't be fooled, cosmetic
that's a lethal ladybug
those big eyes
watch out Salad, the crowd is ready
locked and loaded
let's set the rules again before we get going
remember three minutes
or a knockdown which ever comes first
and if the robot is incapacitated
the fight is over
that's our 14 year old
the lights are on, it's robot fighting time
it should always be robot fighting time
it's Tentemushi who looks like a ladybug against Salad
he's gonna eat that salad
he is, look at that
he's tossed it, take a look at that now
Ladybug rams himself into the wall
remember Tentemushi operated by a 14 year old girl from Wisconsin
and the word on her is she is a great driver
waiter, there's a ladybug on my salad
I couldn't resist
take a look at this though
that's a coverage, look at that
what is that on call Bill?
that's an actuated lifting arm Sean
and you're allowed to only really lift somebody
or keep them disposed for 30 seconds
and then you have to let go and go
can't clutch longer than 30 seconds
you see the Killsaws
Tentemushi wants to cover up Salad
and then shove him over into one of the Killsaws
or any of the other hazards
and we have our master of the battle box
who deploys those Killsaws, those ram rods
the reason we've got Plexiglas surrounding the battle box
is that parts go flying
we cannot injure or endanger our battle bot audience
both of these battle bots are lightweight
so slamming them around is probably not going to do much
there you see the Killsaw go
nice
Salad was tossed about three feet
exactly, see what was I telling you?
keeping our audience safe and killing robots
the crowd is going crazy
remember three minutes or to leave capacitation
and it looks like this one is going to go the distance
the crowd waits in anticipation
there you see Salad's operator
the battle bot
nice Killsaw
nice ram by the lady bug which is Tentemushi
and there's the end of the battle
that's it
this fight is over
take a look at the replay
Tentemushi tries to smother Salad
this is an intricate fight and then he gets away
this is more of a driving fight Sean
but Tentemushi a lot of smothering
ladies and gentlemen
the judges at ArenaSide
has scored a 7-2 decision
for the blue square
Tentemushi
let's check the battle stats
no slams from either robot
more of a finesse fight Sean
Tentemushi got in more jabs, 7-4
there were Todd and Hazard damage
Bug wins
Bug wins, let's get down to the battle box floor
I'm here with Dallas
you fought a valiant fight
you lost to a girl, that's okay
we don't care
we're proud of you for showing up
tell me what was going on out there
she's a good driver
she has a big robot
and it can squeeze right over top of you
I had a little more power
I could move her around
but it still looked like she had control
it's tough going up against a crowd favorite right?
she beat me last year too
we've got a parting gift for you
it's some pickled okra
because the bittersweet taste of victory and competing
you're a great competitor
you're a good sport
nice to meet you, Dallas
good luck to you
okay, thank you
what was your strategy?
I just wanted to capture him
and see if I could get him over the spinning blades
or grind him with my own grinder
did it make you mad when
I think it was your antennas got knocked off?
no, they're just for decoration
so it was just cosmetic?
yeah, not a big deal
I'm so happy for you, congratulations
Lisa Winter and Tentemushi are moving on
and we'll be right back with important details
about the official start
of the Battle Bot Tournament
The Battle Bot Tournament
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when it comes to designing robots, most builders follow the adage, kiss
keep it simple, stupid
well that's what that means
professional robot builders Dan Danick and Tony Bucciani told us how simple it really is
first, figure out what you want to do to your opponent
flip them, cut them, smash them, slice them, whatever
then, find the metals you need
figure out the mechanics you need to put it together
mathematics, motors, linear actuators, build your control system
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after taking in the preliminary fights
and getting just a glimpse of some of the behind the scenes action
you may be wondering why these people do what they do
sure, there's a thrill of victory and the undeniable pride in thoroughly kicking someone else's ass
not to mention the prize money
yeah, but there's something even more valuable
that nut is the motivating force that compels every Battle Bot builder to spend countless hours in the garage
forsaking their family and friends to pursue a dream of domination in the world of robotic combat
well, we'll be back with the official start of the Battle Bot tournament
first round action begins with Zigo versus Missing Link
Baller versus Nightmare
Overkill versus Frenzy
well, until next time, I'm Sean Salisbury
and I'm Bill Dwyer, good night