Tonight on Comedy Central's Battle Bots, it's non-stop devastation.
The stomp bot's pressure drop walks the walk with subject to change without reason.
Shut your mouth.
A shaft tries to stick it to the pig, mouse or make a cat bite.
And we'll shoot out the life of Gladion Paler and Tazbot Do the Bang Tango.
The quest for the giant nut begins here.
Two robots fight, one robot dies.
This is Comedy Central's Battle Bots.
Hello everyone and welcome to Comedy Central's Battle Bots.
We're here in San Francisco's Fort Mason Center.
I'm Sean Salisbury.
He's Bill Dwyer.
And I am.
And you know Sean, just because it's a fort, that doesn't explain all the guys in sailor
suits.
For the love of Pete Brady, bring on the fighting robots already.
Yeah, we'll do just that part.
Our first round action continues with three count'em awesome battles.
When it's all said and done, the winners advance to the next round and the losers advance
to the scrap yard till next year.
But first, why don't you explain this incredible new sport to the neophytes.
Hey, go easy buddy.
Alright, Battle Bots is a three minute blood sport.
Two robots rage in the cage and if there's not a knockout, the judges pick a winner based
on aggression, strategy and damage inflicted.
Kind of like getting your taxi medallion in New York.
Yeah, well our first fight of the night is a middleweight event with pressure drop versus
subject to change without reason.
Bill, you know anything about these two?
I know everything about these two.
First up is subject to change without reason.
For the flying wedge design, he was built by Randy Eubanks of Long Beach, California.
Then there's the freakish walking robot, pressure drop.
It's armed with a titanium rock chisel and built by Derek Young of Burnaby, British Columbia.
That my friend is in Canada.
Now, let's go to our tech specialist, Bill Nye, for an up close and mechanical look at
pressure drop.
Pressure drop is a complex six legged walking robot with a regulated 60 atmosphere liquid
CO2 tank.
It has a tripod gate so the three legs are on the ground at all times.
The turret rotates 270 degrees and houses pressure drops weapon, a titanium rock chisel.
Ladies and gentlemen, this is a battle box elimination process in the middleweight division.
All the talking is done and the battle box is primed and ready to go.
So let's throw it down to ring announcer, Mark Biro.
Here are the principles first in the red square to my left.
He fights like hell until the final bell weighing 173 pounds.
Give some love to pressure drop.
There you see pressure drop, 170 plus pounds.
He's backstouched.
In the blue square at 62 pounds.
Killing the enemy is always in season if you're subject to change without reason.
Ladies and gentlemen, without reason.
Classic wedge shape, Sean.
Yes, exactly.
Wheels on top and bottom in case it gets flipped over.
That's what's going to happen this fight.
Are you ready?
Giving away over a hundred pounds.
Red drivers are ready.
We've seen the battle box drop.
Red, blue are ready to go.
Referees are ready.
That box is locked.
Lights are on.
It's robot fighting time.
Pressure drop.
There you see that nice big pickaxe on top.
I don't know how quick he can move back and forth as we see on the offensive right now
without reason.
He's pounding him.
He's getting in the hits right now.
Oh, there comes a pickaxe.
That was missed though.
Hit the floor.
Look at this leverage now by subject to change without reason.
Give it away again a hundred pounds.
But when he can get into pressure drop body, that swing arm is way too long to even hit.
Yep, score.
Subject to change.
That's what he's got to do.
Once again, you see the attack being mounted.
Oh, if you read lips, he said, oh, shoot.
Did you see that?
Something's wrong with subject to change without reason here, Bill.
He didn't see anything happen.
He just went down.
He stopped moving.
Pressure drop is.
He's got 30 seconds to move right now.
This fight is over.
That is the rule.
If he doesn't get the three minutes, 30 seconds.
Here comes the big fella.
Coming in on tiny points, man.
Leg despite being dominated early on by subject to change, but he is.
Looks to be a capacity.
Pressure drop.
That was a late.
Oh, wait a second.
Oh, man.
That's about the only pop that pressure drop landed throughout the entire fight.
It was after the buzzer.
And the crowd.
There may be a little controversy here.
The fight is over.
Subject to change without reason dominating as we see here on the offensive, but something
happened with the remote control bill.
Getting underneath them.
Just rendering that huge pickax useless.
And we talked about speed being the advantage over size and being slow.
Subject to change dominated.
Something happened there in the wiring.
Ladies and gentlemen, the speed.
Got him in the hits.
One minute, 21 seconds.
The winner in the red square.
Pressure drop.
We know who won this one, Sean.
Dirty Derek Young.
Grab my hand and hold on.
The battle stats have subject to change without reason ahead in slams four to one as the damage
was even.
Pressure drop took the robo low blows one zip.
Subject to change had an electrical short pretty much end of the fight.
If he had sacked it up, he would have won.
Yeah, well, speaking of sacking up, let's go to the sidelines for the post-fight fallout
and some controversy with Donna DiErico.
That looks like a cheap shot to me there at the end.
I agree.
At least I know that it wasn't because of the combat that I had the failure.
It was running just fine.
Then suddenly I lost power and the smoke came out.
Big disappointment?
Yeah.
That single elimination, so I'm out of the competition.
I've got to be honest with you.
You got a little greedy out there, didn't you?
You started smoking and you got a little greedy.
You wanted that extra hit.
I think the audience wanted to see it.
You went for the audience.
Some people may call it grandstanding.
I say that's part of the game, right?
Yeah, the red light wasn't on either, so the match wasn't officially over.
Next time if you get that opportunity to slam it into your opponent even after the bell
is there, are you going to take it?
Oh, no, not after the bell.
Not after the bell.
This guy, look at him changing his story right now.
That was done after I was dead for at least like a minute.
The buzzer went off, but he claimed, oh, the red light wasn't on,
and they told me to keep hitting you.
Cool.
Testy.
Randy, you bank's a little upset, and you know, subject to change without reason.
I kind of convinced that even though the fight was over,
there's got to be some rule to prevent somebody from cheap shotting after the buzzer.
You and all your rules makes me sick.
I wish there wasn't even a bell.
So subject to change without reason goes home, pressure drops, is moving on.
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Welcome back, everybody.
The robotic rampage continues.
Well, the next match is a lightweight event
with Mouser Mecha Catbot going to get shaft.
Bill, tell us more about this one.
All right, Sean, this is Mouser Mecha Catbot,
a little Bay Area beauty with spinning saws on its hemisphere body.
The builder is Fawn Davis from right here in San Francisco.
And here's a bot close to my heart, Shaft.
The main weapon is that spike on its front,
and builder Rick Winter comes from Oakland, California.
Well, let's get down to the battle box and see what's happening.
In the red square to my left, weighing in at 55 pounds,
from creator Rick Winter from Oakland, California,
here is Shaft.
I love the lightweight, Bill.
Quick, stick, and move.
Yeah, it's all about driving, driving skills.
So important.
Weighing in at 58 pounds from creator Fawn Davis
from San Francisco, California, here is Mouser Mecha Catbot.
Bill, let's not be misled by the nice paint job
and that that robot is soft.
That's a wicked robot.
Red driver, are you ready?
Red driver is ready.
Both of these drivers and machines.
There's five.
Prepared, excited.
Blue and red drivers are ready.
Lightweight division.
The box is locked, the lights are on.
It's robot fighting time.
Mouser Mecha Catbot, there is Shaft in this lightweight spout.
The Winter's moving on.
Three minutes until incapacitation whatever comes first.
There you see a Hellraiser.
There we go.
Now we got them in tight.
They got to make it across the big box.
There's a nice job by Shaft.
There you saw those kill saws that these drivers will try to drive them into
and force them to be incapacitated before the three minutes.
The driving is so important in this spout, not just the robots.
Yeah, driving is so important for Shaft.
He's got the one weapon, and that is this cold rolled steel spike I told you about, Sean.
Mouser Mecha Catbot, dual blade, you can see him there,
and the lifting arm and door.
And that door really can work to Mouser's advantage.
There you see the kill saws deployed.
Nice job by Mouser Mecha to drive into the kill saws, drive Shaft into those kill saws.
And now there you see that opening that swallows them up.
That door, that lifting door, yeah.
You see, I'm right over the kill saws again.
That's going to cost them some hazard damage points.
Oh, look at that.
Now that makes me wonder there, was Mouser Mecha using that to his advantage
to get across the range to save energy?
No way. I think he just got tossed.
So you think it was a lucky draw?
I think it was an unlucky pop.
There you saw the ramrod.
There, look at Shaft on the attack again.
Shaft, really aggressive, coming at him.
Now you see, Mouser, it's all about time Shaft comes at him.
He pops the lifting arm and door, running his defense into an offense.
Can that steel shaft really make a big impact on Mouser with the,
with that metal outer core and really penetrate Mouser Mecha building?
You pound him enough, pound him enough, it could hurt him.
Plus, he's building up points.
Yeah, every time he makes that hit, these three judges are judging on the point system
and is building up points. There you see the shaft can.
There's our sledge can.
Like a maniacal judge, Judy.
Sure, sure.
I like what Shaft's doing here.
He's been aggressive this entire bout.
Driver Rick Winter trying to drive him in, but now look at this.
Not a whole lot of muscle on the back wheels once he's lifted up.
I say Mouser's got him right now.
He's got him dragging the door, moving him right over the kill saw.
I love that smell of metal.
Outstanding driving by Fawn Davis, the driver of Mouser Mecha Catbot,
who is still in control now as he's got great leverage on the lightweight Shaft
who's having a hard time getting back all four wheels on the ground.
Yeah, yeah, he's not all his wheels are on the ground.
We're inside about 20 seconds left in this bout.
This dirt is so tight, buddy. What are you going to do?
Do you attack and go on the brakes and go for the knockout,
or is it so close you say, let me play it safe and stay away from the kill saw?
Nobody plays it safe in Fatal Pots.
Obviously, as you saw Shaft go after it again.
And there it is.
There's the buzzer.
What a great fight in this lightweight division.
Let's take a look at the replays.
It went back and forth.
You can see Shaft building up some aggression points here.
This cost him his aggression, sent him right over the kill saws and flying.
See all that debris. And you're right, he might have been over aggressive.
Now we see Mouser returning the favor and going right back over the kill saws himself
and about two thirds of the way across the ring.
Two thirds of the way. I'm a numbers guy, Sean.
You are a numbers.
We'll get a load of these numbers as we go down for the decision.
Both sides have turned in a 6-3 decision for the Blue Square.
Mouser, Mecha, Hellfire.
Even though Mouser won, it's obvious that both these BattleBots put up one hell of a show for the fans.
It doesn't get any closer.
You are good at stating the obvious, my friend.
Both of them brought their A-games tonight, but that battle stat showed a different fight.
All right, they were even in slams, which is fair, but Shaft had more jabs, 12 to 7,
and administered more hazard damage, 4 to 2.
You have to wonder which fight the judges were watching.
There you see up next, Tazbot is getting ready.
Remember that name.
That is not an industrial floor polisher. That's Tazbot.
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Vlad the Impaler, you see here, getting a lower GI before his big fight.
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We've seen two great fights tonight on BattleBots, both with a little bit of controversy.
That's right, Sean.
First fight, I had a really cool cheap shot.
Second fight, possibly had some questions about the judges' scoring.
Just goes to show you how human robots really are.
Well, you love cheap shots.
Is this fight going to have even near the drama we've had in the first two?
Sean, I know these two robots.
This is Vlad the Impaler, and he's got a hard body with a razor sharp forklift.
His builder is Gage Couchois of Oakland, California.
And this is Taz Bott.
He's got an articulated lifting arm and builder Donald Hudson hails from San Diego.
It's amazing that a lot of people already are saying that Vlad the Impaler is the best ever heavyweight in the division.
Yeah, it's true.
And there's been some speculation that he might move up to the super heavyweight class.
But he's got to get through this tournament first.
He does, but Vlad the Impaler, he's driven by a two-man team, which is somewhat unusual.
We spent some time with Gage Couchois to find out how that's working out for him.
When I decided to build Vlad the Impaler, I told my partner Greg Walker, I've got some money, I want to build another robot.
Do you want to help? And he said yes.
Originally I wanted the forklifts to be electric, and he came up with the idea of doing it with CO2, which actually worked out to be great.
He pretty much taught me everything about CO2.
It's been a long time since we first built it, and I'm not sure he's as interested in it now as he was then.
I think he's more interested in it since I started winning.
Now that's settled, this is about fight time. Let's go down to the battle box.
Here are the principals. Introducing in the red square to my left, weighing in at a hefty 205 pounds, and sporting twin titanium tusks of tyranny, here is Vlad the Impaler.
He just looks right at you.
Look at that, he's showing up there, popping the forklift. 2,000 hours to build. Put a cost on that one. You don't think he's taking it serious?
That'll hit you with a flurry and a hurry. At 207 pounds, please welcome Tazbot.
Oh yeah.
Interesting design there.
That's about 360 degrees of offense and defense.
Vlad the Impaler. There's drivers.
It's about the same weight, 207, 205 pounds for each.
The box is locked, the lights are on.
At that time, it's robot fight time.
Vlad the Impaler to the right of your screen.
Tazbot to the left of your screen.
Tazbot coming right out. Yeah, he's got that spiked tail too. Vlad getting him up a little bit.
Now getting on top of Tazbot.
Now what can the kill saws do to Vlad the Impaler here?
Go with that soft underbelly if that is soft.
Oh look at that, he's got the lifted arm.
He's got Vlad up and Vlad is a beast at 205 pounds.
That may be the only way you can attack Vlad the Impaler.
One of his favorites here in the heavyweight division.
Try to drive him into the kill saws. Maybe there is a soft underbelly there.
Oh yeah, this is all Tazbot. He's working on that rear end.
This would be a major upset if Tazbot is able to take on Vlad.
But early in this fight, it's all Tazbot.
Oh, that's it. Oh man, worked against him.
The kill saws bringing him right up Tazbot's arm.
Exactly, now Vlad the Impaler. Let's see if this irritation sets in now.
This Tazbot is right now leading his bout.
And he's on the aggressive all the way through. Maybe that's why you have to attack Vlad.
It's the bots against the bots.
Look at him, that crazy head.
Oh, nice hit by Vlad.
He's getting Vlad up and that is hard to do.
Oh, there we go. He's got him on his back.
He's got to use that lifting arm.
Oh, look at that. He's run up.
What a pop. But again, it up-rided him.
Tazbot back on his wheels.
That technique is awesome. Look at that intensity by Vlad the Impaler's drivers.
Look at that. Oh another. There's that lifting.
Oh, he's got him. Now it's his turn.
Little momentum switch here Vlad.
This is a great heavyweight bout you're watching. Vlad the Impaler against Tazbot.
He's now a little bit helpless.
Oh, looks like a bee's head looking for honey.
Where's that flower?
He's got him. He wants to bring him over the kill so I can see if that works for him or against him.
Oh, he's got his back on him.
Vlad the Impaler trying to put a knockout punch in.
You know what Vlad is.
Now Bill is going to have to do something.
He's got him on his back.
Cannot move this Tazbot. Vlad mouncing over.
Oh my gosh. Look at that smoke.
You know what that means.
No cheating. This is Tazbot against Vlad the Impaler and it's the battle box.
Is that a smoke screen? Because he seems fine.
Let's see if the arm comes down at all.
Good point. Sure did. It's up there. You see again Vlad.
Vlad down. Yeah, Vlad is fast.
He comes down.
Oh, a ramrod.
A ramrod. Pulling to effect there.
He's scoring hazard points left and right, Sean.
Vlad taking on the old thing. Carrying you on my shoulders to a new level as you see him now.
Tazbot not looking good here.
Now if I was Vlad, I'd leave him like that. Don't try to knock him over.
I talked about the arm not working. It looks like it's not. That's it. That's a buzzer.
Over. Fight. Don Tazbot. A bad idea to the judges.
The crowd.
When you're on your side and the judges are making a decision.
They are on their.
There's Donald Hudson.
Driver of Tazbot. The crowd appreciates the great heavyweight.
Now look at the replay. Early on it was Tazbot then Vlad took over.
Yeah, then Vlad comes up with that forklift arm and puts him right on that crazy insect head of his over the kill saws.
What a jockstrap on that thing, will you, Grant?
I don't want to brag, but neither do the robots and neither do the judges.
Let's go down to the ring and make it official.
The three judges at arena side have turned in a 9-0 decision for the winner in the red square.
No brainer. Vlad the Impaler.
Crowd approves and you can see why Vlad has been ranked the best heavyweight ever in Battles Box.
We'll come back to scenic San Francisco for more BattleBots action right after this.
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Yeah and Bill what a great tremendous win it was for Vlad.
Overcoming some early internal problems.
Was able to put the pressure on Tazbot.
Break down the battle stats.
Well you don't have to be that goodwill hunting Sissy to see that Vlad the Impaler had the right equation tonight.
7 to 1 in slams. 18 to 4 in jabs.
Though Tazbot had the 5 to 4 edge in hazard damage.
That was in the first minute of the fight.
Sean, they last three minutes.
Well let's go down to Donna Dierko for the winner's reaction.
You know I was noticing you had really good shaft control.
Yes that's Greg's job.
He's the weapons officer on this.
I'm the weapons officer.
I operate the forks and impale them.
Gauge steers them around and gets them lined up.
And together we did the job.
Right.
If you tuned in late, you missed a great night to watch robots fight.
Pressure drop took one small step for robot kind.
And advanced to the next round.
And see you later subject to change without reason.
The shaft got the shaft if you ask me.
But Mouser, Mecha, Catbot, Pussy Puts, it's way into the next level.
And how about Vlad the Impaler.
He overcomes a slow start to advance a step closer to the final.
Well that does it for now and for this week.
For Donna Dierko, Randy and Jason Sklar and big Billy Nye, I'm Sean Salisbury.
And I'm Bill Dwyer.
Thank you.