
On this episode of the pod, we talk to Ravi Baboolal and Earl Pancoast III about their team up to bring the all new Red Devil to Battlebots Season 5! We talk to the guys about building robots that get ripped in half, how to prevent that from happening, and why on Earth did Ravi and company skip the KFC buffet when they made the trek to Motorama! Poor Antoine! All this and so much more!
Mar 7, 2020
1 hr 5 min

A bonus episode months in the making! Our producer finally got around to putting this panel in an episode! The veteran's panel from the Orlando Maker Faire back in November was hosted by the folks from both the Breaking Bots and Behind the Bots podcasts to bring you the likes of Jack Barker, Charles Guan, Brian Nave and more! Find out what they think of hot dogs and building robots!
Feb 13, 2020
42 min

This time on Breaking Bots we get to chat with Julia and Antoine, co-captains of the new team Ferocity! They reveal just what their robot design entails, what the uniforms may look like and just what it takes to build something that's different! Also we delve into a Motorama road trip tradition and why Julia might have her nerd card revoked!
Feb 6, 2020
49 min

This time on the podcast we get the guys back on from HUGE! Jonathan and Peter discuss the Robot Ruckus from Orlando, the second half to their 2019 Battlebots season and then we do a fun little segment where we compare bots to Star Wars! Who would be Darth Vader? C3P0? Or even the Millenium Falcon? All this and more!
Dec 18, 2019
1 hr 27 min

This time on the ol' pod, we start out by discussing why we have a renewed respect for anyone that judges robot fights and what a great time we had at Robot Ruckus where we met Jack Barker from End Game! We get to talk to him about his bot Cheeseburger (and Krusty Grab!) that he brought to Robot Ruckus and the kind of disappointing season he had with End Game this year and what improvements we can expect for next season! Also we talk to him about the whole "controversy" over the Ribbot match and more!
Nov 26, 2019
57 min

This week on the pod we have two guests from one of Cam's favorite teams, Jeff and Debbie Vasquez from Whiplash! We discuss the family dynamic of their team, the important distinction between Whiplash's weapons and the reason why Jeff isn't in the driver's box anymore!
Oct 16, 2019
1 hr

This week we have two guests for a season ending round up! Ravi from Red Devil and Earl from Bale Spear join the pod to go over some end of the year awards including biggest surprise, best fight, and worst add on! Brian and Cam also discuss the results of the bracket and who our favorite guests were this season and more!
Oct 9, 2019
1 hr 41 min

This week we get to nerd out! Lilly Specht joins the guys on the pod this week where she goes over some of the more technical aspects of the judging that goes on during a robot combat competition. We discuss some of the more controversial matches of the year before we move on to Robot Ruckus at the Orlando Maker Faire and the growth of the heavy weight division! Before we let her go, we pick her brain to get her predictions on the rest of the tournament!
Sep 25, 2019
1 hr 42 min

This week Hal Rucker returns to the podcast! We discuss Duck!'s fight with Yeti, what changes Hal would make as King of Battlebotsl, and the hot dog question may or may not have been put to rest for good!
Sep 18, 2019
1 hr 27 min

This week our guests come to us from the future! We talk to Juilie Pitts and Miles Blow from the undefeated Deathroll! We discuss the growing popularity of Battlebots in Australia, how slower might be better when it comes to weapon reliability, and of course the most stylish self righting mechanism in the tournament! Then we breakdown the card before making a halfassed attempt at deciding who's in and who's out!
Sep 11, 2019
1 hr 30 min
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