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<i> Robots, activate.</i>

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[ cheers and applause ]

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♪♪

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welcome back to "battlebots"
and what a season so far.

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It has been
a roller coaster ride

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of some serious upsets
and exciting new robots.

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And we're just getting started.

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And there's nobody I'd rather be
doing it with than

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ufc legend and a robot fighting
analyst, kenny florian.

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Chris,
thank you very much.

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So let's kick off
another night

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of over-the-top robot
bashing insanity.

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It sounds like
a plan, my man.

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Let's take a look
at the fight card.

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We've got an all star lineup
of "battlebots" rookies

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and veterans alike

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looking to get the season
started off with a bang.

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Tonight, we'll see the return
of one of the hardest-hitting

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hammer bots
in robot fighting history.

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John reid is back
with beta.

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Yeah, chris,
it's been four long years

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since we've seen
this legendary bot.

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And tonight he'll get back
in the box to face victor soto.

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And one of the most dangerous
horizontal spinners

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on the planet rotator.

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We'll also see
the screaming goddess

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versus the angry toddler
as valkyrie

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takes on a tantrum.

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Now in its
third year of competition,

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builder leanne cushing
feels like she finally has

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valkyrie totally dialed in.

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And she's hoping
it brings her glory

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as she faces off against
aren hill's tantrum.

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It's one of the sturdiest
bots in this competition.

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This thing can take a punch
and deliver one, too.

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And all that action
is leading up

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to tonight's
absolutely electric main event.

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It's gruff
versus hypershock.

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This is a battle
between a couple of teams

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looking to prove
that this season

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they are two of the top
contenders for the giant nut.

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Gruff is
a fearless firebreather,

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still smarting from his razor
close match

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with tombstone last season,
known for his aggressive,

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some would say, gruff driving
style driver sam mcamis'

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plan is to bring the match
right to his opponent.

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And hypershock
is a "battlebots" veteran.

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In a main event
fight last season,

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they nearly took the bite
out of bite force.

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When he's on his game,
hypershock can go

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wheel the wheel with some of the
best bots in the world.

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When he's not,
it's gotten robot

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guts spilled all over
the battle box floor.

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We'll see which hypershock
shows up tonight, chris.

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For more, let's send it back to
our eyes and ears in the pits,

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jenny taft.

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Will bales and hypershock
are literally at it again.

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They are still building
their bot,

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and this is a race to the start,

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as it always is,
for hypershock,

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some of their parts
were late to come in.

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They're still working
on the robot behind us.

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Yes, they're still working,
guys.

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But will told me this
about gruff.

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He said sam is a good driver.

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I expect this fight
go to the very end.

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I mean, look at gruff,
this thing is built like a tank.

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I had a chance to talk to sam.

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He told me that he's excited
about his two flame throwers,

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a bit concerned
about the drive train.

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But how about this dynamic
in the pit?

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These guys are side by side.

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There are no secrets here.
-Thank you, jenny.

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We'll keep an eye on hypershock
as the night progresses.

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But we start things off right
now with copperhead

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and gigabyte.

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So that we send it
on over to faruq.

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Ladies and gentlemen,
it's robot fighting time!

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♪♪

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♪♪

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in the blue square,

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this is a full-body spinner
it's totally true,

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with more bite than a tiger
in joe exotic's zoo.

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Hits you so hard
it will make your bot sting,

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proclaim itself
the new tiger king.

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Hey, there, all you cool
cats and kits.

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It's gigabyte!

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[ cheers and applause ]

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gigabyte 4-4 all time,
it's got three knockouts,

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it's been knocked out
three times.

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Jenny, we know these
full-body spinners

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can dish out the damage,

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but at times they can be
their own worst enemy as well.

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That's right.
This will be john mladenik's

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third season
with gigabyte.

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And he's upgraded the robot
with a new and improved shell

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and a shock resistant motor.

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He's hoping to avoid some of
the self-inflicted wounds

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that have been
its achilles heel.

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[ cheers and applause continue ]

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in the red square,
this bot's one of our best,

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but I know what you're thinking,

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the best copperheads
on the penny,

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and his name is abe lincoln.

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Well, let's grab a coin
and play a game.

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You choose a side,
flip it up and catch it.

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Heads, he wins
tails, you die.

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It's copperhead!

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[ cheers and applause ]

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zach goff and copperhead two
and three a year ago,

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this thing could pack a punch,
it can take one as well.

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Yeah, and he believes
in this first fight

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is really going to define
whether his bot is legit or not.

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Zach told us
he doubled the power

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of that drum speed out in front,

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gets to speed in four seconds
instead of the seven or eight

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that it took a year ago.

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And chris, if he can get this
bot to work the way he wants,

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he believes he's got
a top eight bot.

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We did all sit and watch
all five fights

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that we can find
for the last season of.

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He has bigger exposed.
I like the big expose reels

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because if we hit him
and he spins

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and he gets more hits
from the shell,

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we can knock wheels off
or tweak those wheels.

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And once we do that,
I think that's over.

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So what we've done
for this gigabyte match

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is welded on a new front
wedge piece

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that kind of ties
the force together.

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And it'll make it
a lot less likely to break open

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one of our side rails
like you saw in the kronos

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fight from last year.
Now, I noticed

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they actually increased
the height of their teeth,

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so they're not going to be
hitting low anymore.

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Kind of gave us
a nice little grab bar

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because it's right
at the right for us

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to catch a tooth
and send them through the air.

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So I'm kind of wondering
why they did that,

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but maybe they'll have
some more surprises for us.

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<i> Robots, activate.</i>

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Rose: You can see copperhead
has a couple of mini snakes

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slithering around down there.

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We'll see if those nuisance
bots can distract gigabyte.

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A few seasons ago, zach goff
made it to the quarter finals.

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So what does 2020
have in store?

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Well, chris, both of these
bots have the potential

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to move into that elite class
of teams this season.

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Both have a lot to prove.

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<i> Blue team, ready.</i>

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[ cheers and applause ]

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<i> red team, ready.</i>

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[ cheers and applause ]

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♪♪

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♪♪

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[ audience chanting "fight" ]

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♪♪

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let the bot battle
begin! And oh!

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Big-time box rush
by copperhead

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and the self-righting mechanism
on gigabyte is now off

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oh.
That is amazing!

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Without that attachment,
gigabyte is now

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driving blind, chris.

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That was their directional
indicator.

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The floor is ice.

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Both these
teams are having trouble

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with traction
on the battle box floor.

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I think it was a big mistake.

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Gigabyte stayed over close
to the edge of the box there,

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chris, but can comprehend
take advantage,

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gigabyte still spinning,

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swatting away
those nuisance bots,

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but in big trouble

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and trying to line them up
for another big shot.

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[ shouting ]

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that was a massive hit!

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The shell is off of gigabyte.
This fight is over.

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This is unbelievable.

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The box might be over two.

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We've got glass shards
all over the box.

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We've got gigabyte's head in
one area

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it's body in another.

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Unbelievable!
Somebody call the ame!

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That happened
right in front of us

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gigabyte's head is gone. I'm
glad we still have our heads.

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Whoa. We are going to
have to take that

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to the battlebots morgue.

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Gigabyte is knocked out,
winner is copperhead.

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An unbelievable performance
by copperhead.

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[imitating speaking over p.A.
System] we're going to need
cleanup in aisle six, please,

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aisle six. We have glass shards.
Thank you.

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[ normal voice ]
kenny, you said, do you think
gigabyte made a mental error?

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Yeah, I mean,
I thought they were way

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too close
to the edge of the box.

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I thought they should
have been positioned

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at the center of the box.

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They were kind of
a sitting duck there.

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Copperhead once it got
control over their bot,

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they went in
for the kill.

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And here's that kill shot
right there,

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right into your
living room, folks.

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Unbelievable.
There goes the head.

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There goes some lights
in the battle box. What a shot.

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If you blinked,
you missed it.

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That's how much energy
is inside that battle box.

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Copperhead,
what a beast.

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We talked about
the amount of energy

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that would be on display inside
the battle box you saw it.

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[ cheers and applause ]

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zach goff.

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Zach, what is it like
to decapitate another robot?

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Feels good,
it feels great.

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This was the match
that we were all scared about.

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It kind of sets our trajectory,
I think,

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for the rest of the fights.

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So I'm so stoked that that, god
just came right off, didn't it?

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Jack, you said that
this fight was going to tell you

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a lot about your bot
and what it could do.

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So what's your assessment?

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Yeah, I think this is
a really great sign for us.

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We get to advance.
We get that first win,

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gets the momentum, took some
massive hits and held up.

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So it performed,
you know, how we were hoping.

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So I'm excited
for our next match.

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I'm feeling really good.

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How do you celebrate
decapitating another bot?

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That's oh, that's dark.
That's real dark.

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You got win number one.
We'll see you down the line.

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Thank you. That's great.

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[ cheers and applause ]

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so copperhead
definitely answered

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some questions about itself.

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No doubt about it, it's durable,
it has a very potent weapon.

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It was ssspectacular.
Sssensational as well.

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Alright, coming up,

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we've got a night filled
with so much action,

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the only thing we're missing
is arnold schwarzenegger.

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Up next, it's the frozen
tundra versus sin city.

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We'll see
take on newcomer jackpot

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as "battlebots:
Fight night" continues.

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Rose:
Welcome back to "battlebots".

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We're just getting started here
on a night

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where we'll see
a legend in john reid

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make his return
to the battle box with beta.

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And then possibly some legends
in the making in our main event

245
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featuring gruff
and hypershock.

246
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But up next, we've got
jackpot and subzero.

247
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And let's start with jackpot.
Jeff waters jr.

248
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He's a plumber from las vegas.
If you need to build a bot

249
00:11:47,941 --> 00:11:50,709
on a budget
and on time, he's your guy.

250
00:11:50,711 --> 00:11:53,511
He only sunk four grand
into this robot

251
00:11:53,513 --> 00:11:55,447
and he built it
in a month's time.

252
00:11:55,449 --> 00:11:57,015
Can't wait to see what it'll do.

253
00:11:57,017 --> 00:11:59,951
Florian:
Yeah, this guy is really
what "battlebots" is all about.

254
00:11:59,953 --> 00:12:02,153
It's no secret that building
one of these things

255
00:12:02,155 --> 00:12:03,988
is an expensive undertaking,

256
00:12:03,990 --> 00:12:08,893
but that doesn't mean it can't
do some serious damage, chris.

257
00:12:08,895 --> 00:12:10,729
Look at this thing
in the test box,

258
00:12:10,731 --> 00:12:12,931
it's got the other builders
buzzing.

259
00:12:12,933 --> 00:12:14,532
Talk about bang for your.

260
00:12:14,534 --> 00:12:16,000
You know, his goal is really
to show

261
00:12:16,002 --> 00:12:17,836
that you don't have to spend
thousands

262
00:12:17,838 --> 00:12:19,170
and thousands of dollars

263
00:12:19,172 --> 00:12:20,839
in order to have
an effective robot here.

264
00:12:20,841 --> 00:12:24,342
He'll be taking on subzero,
a familiar bot to many of you.

265
00:12:24,344 --> 00:12:26,644
However, its longtime driver,
jerry clarke,

266
00:12:26,646 --> 00:12:30,048
and for years he was like,
this is my last go around.

267
00:12:30,050 --> 00:12:32,584
And this off season,
he finally called it quits

268
00:12:32,586 --> 00:12:34,085
and officially retired.

269
00:12:34,087 --> 00:12:36,688
He just didn't have the time
nor the money that it takes

270
00:12:36,690 --> 00:12:39,824
to maintain a pneumatic
weapon bot like subzero.

271
00:12:39,826 --> 00:12:42,794
So this off season,
he handed over the reins.

272
00:12:42,796 --> 00:12:45,764
Logan davis is now
the guy in charge.

273
00:12:45,766 --> 00:12:47,932
He's the captain.
He's super excited.

274
00:12:47,934 --> 00:12:49,901
Now, the thing about subzero,
for years,

275
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always an entertaining bot it,
get flipped up in the air.

276
00:12:53,173 --> 00:12:56,107
It do some flipping,
but it wouldn't win a lot.

277
00:12:56,109 --> 00:12:57,675
How does it change that?

278
00:12:57,677 --> 00:12:59,110
Well, under logan's
leadership,

279
00:12:59,112 --> 00:13:03,748
subzero has upgraded its arms,
its armor and its drive train.

280
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Inside,
it's a whole new bot.

281
00:13:05,719 --> 00:13:08,453
And tonight he can show us
what a grizzled veteran

282
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brings to the table
against a rookie in jackpot.

283
00:13:11,725 --> 00:13:13,892
That's kind of what
this season's been about, right?

284
00:13:13,894 --> 00:13:15,960
We've seen a changing
of the guard this year.

285
00:13:15,962 --> 00:13:18,863
But I want to see
if a logan davis led subzero

286
00:13:18,865 --> 00:13:23,168
could show us something new.
Faruq, the world is yours.

287
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In the blue square
from las vegas, nevada.

288
00:13:29,876 --> 00:13:33,912
Place your bets.
It's jackpot.

289
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[ cheers and applause ]

290
00:13:38,118 --> 00:13:41,486
jeff waters, jr. Really
trying to make an impression

291
00:13:41,488 --> 00:13:44,522
in the robotics community
in las vegas,

292
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a winner,
too, would do that.

293
00:13:46,193 --> 00:13:49,260
And boy, he's got
it decked out to the nines.

294
00:13:49,262 --> 00:13:52,797
He sure does. And his excitement
level is at 10.

295
00:13:52,799 --> 00:13:55,667
So excited to be here
at "battlebots".

296
00:13:55,669 --> 00:13:59,270
Looks like the crowd is excited
to see it in action, too.

297
00:14:02,609 --> 00:14:06,411
In the red square
from dallas, texas,

298
00:14:06,413 --> 00:14:11,082
it's the serial chiller,
subzero.

299
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[ cheers and applause ]

300
00:14:12,619 --> 00:14:16,187
we mention always one
of the most entertaining bots.

301
00:14:16,189 --> 00:14:18,456
And again, while this
is his first year as

302
00:14:18,458 --> 00:14:20,425
team captain logan davis

303
00:14:20,427 --> 00:14:24,462
has been driving subzero
for the last 15 years.

304
00:14:24,464 --> 00:14:26,831
Yeah, chris, it was subzero
under the two hundred

305
00:14:26,833 --> 00:14:28,266
and fifty
pound weight limit.

306
00:14:28,268 --> 00:14:30,535
They're using those
extra pounds on their

307
00:14:30,537 --> 00:14:33,004
flame-spewing drone spitfire.

308
00:14:33,006 --> 00:14:36,641
A little fire and ice
for this team.

309
00:14:36,643 --> 00:14:38,409
Getting subzero,
we're going to make sure we have

310
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the ground game against them.
We've we've incorporated

311
00:14:41,381 --> 00:14:43,848
a little bit of wedge lift
in the front of our bot

312
00:14:43,850 --> 00:14:45,083
I know they're probably
gonna employee

313
00:14:45,085 --> 00:14:46,851
some type of box rush
against us.

314
00:14:46,853 --> 00:14:48,987
If we get under them,
they can't flip us.

315
00:14:48,989 --> 00:14:50,955
If we win this fight,
I'd be huge for us

316
00:14:50,957 --> 00:14:53,057
to be first match my battle.
That's career.

317
00:14:53,059 --> 00:14:56,294
Subzero, all I have to say
to you is watch out.

318
00:14:56,296 --> 00:14:59,163
All bets are off.
-Jackpot is probably

319
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one of the meanest vertical
vertical spinners we have here.

320
00:15:02,369 --> 00:15:05,937
I've got to be patient.
I've got to find my opening.

321
00:15:05,939 --> 00:15:09,307
There is a lot of pressure in
becoming a new team captain.

322
00:15:09,309 --> 00:15:13,111
It's making those important
decisions that will either win

323
00:15:13,113 --> 00:15:16,014
or lose that fight.

324
00:15:16,016 --> 00:15:17,882
Pressure's never been higher.

325
00:15:20,654 --> 00:15:23,054
<i> Robots, activate.</i>

326
00:15:23,056 --> 00:15:24,355
[ cheers and applause ]

327
00:15:24,357 --> 00:15:26,624
and now let's bring in
another member of our team,

328
00:15:26,626 --> 00:15:29,294
our bot whisperer,
pete abrahamson.

329
00:15:29,296 --> 00:15:33,197
Pete, kenny showed us jackpot
looking like a monster in the
test box.

330
00:15:33,199 --> 00:15:34,933
Are these young guns for real?

331
00:15:34,935 --> 00:15:38,469
Yes. There is so much fear
over jackpot

332
00:15:38,471 --> 00:15:39,804
in the pits right now.

333
00:15:39,806 --> 00:15:41,839
Nobody really knows
what it can do.

334
00:15:41,841 --> 00:15:44,042
And everybody's actually
kind of frightened

335
00:15:44,044 --> 00:15:46,811
and think this is
the next death row right here.

336
00:15:46,813 --> 00:15:48,413
This is going to rock, guys.

337
00:15:48,415 --> 00:15:50,748
[ cheers and applause ]

338
00:15:50,750 --> 00:15:59,390
♪♪

339
00:15:59,392 --> 00:16:05,930
[ audience chanting "fight" ]

340
00:16:05,932 --> 00:16:09,567
♪♪

341
00:16:09,569 --> 00:16:12,136
let the bot battle begin.

342
00:16:12,138 --> 00:16:14,772
Those diamond cutters
on jackpot up to speed,

343
00:16:14,774 --> 00:16:18,676
but oh, no, do we have
drive train issues already?

344
00:16:18,678 --> 00:16:20,278
[ clanging ]

345
00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:22,680
caught under subzero.

346
00:16:22,682 --> 00:16:24,816
Wow!

347
00:16:24,818 --> 00:16:27,352
Jackpot eating
in the subzero from above,

348
00:16:27,354 --> 00:16:29,721
but gets flipped in the process,

349
00:16:29,723 --> 00:16:32,423
jackpot moving
a little better now, chris.

350
00:16:32,425 --> 00:16:33,992
That drone
is dropping flames,

351
00:16:33,994 --> 00:16:37,295
but now jackpot
looking frozen once again.

352
00:16:37,297 --> 00:16:39,530
And here's subzero scooping
him up from behind

353
00:16:39,532 --> 00:16:42,200
and delivering him into the
corner of the box.

354
00:16:42,202 --> 00:16:43,935
Oh, [bleep]!

355
00:16:43,937 --> 00:16:47,038
This is not where you want
to be, against a flipper, chris.

356
00:16:47,040 --> 00:16:48,906
Oh, he's got jackpot moved to
position.

357
00:16:48,908 --> 00:16:51,943
He's trying to take him out of
the arena, kenny.

358
00:16:51,945 --> 00:16:54,445
This is exactly
what subzero wants.

359
00:16:54,447 --> 00:16:57,048
All they have to do
is engage that flipper

360
00:16:57,050 --> 00:16:58,750
and they can end this one

361
00:16:58,752 --> 00:17:01,519
could subzero, deliver
the kill shot?

362
00:17:01,521 --> 00:17:02,687
Backing off now

363
00:17:02,689 --> 00:17:05,490
and choosing instead to just
head butt jackpot.

364
00:17:05,492 --> 00:17:08,559
Oh, I think subzero may have
an issue here, chris.

365
00:17:08,561 --> 00:17:13,431
Jackpot up and moving,
but, oh, subzero is not.

366
00:17:13,433 --> 00:17:16,067
Wow.
After dominating this fight,

367
00:17:16,069 --> 00:17:18,436
they're going to have to show
some sort of movement

368
00:17:18,438 --> 00:17:21,005
or they'll be counted down.
Unbelievable.

369
00:17:21,007 --> 00:17:23,041
Referee:
Subzero, you've got to
show me something.

370
00:17:23,043 --> 00:17:26,477
Oh, my goodness, the struggles
continue for subzero.

371
00:17:26,479 --> 00:17:28,446
They were looking so good.

372
00:17:28,448 --> 00:17:31,716
Ten!
The countdown has begun.

373
00:17:31,718 --> 00:17:35,153
Can subzero
shake itself back to life here

374
00:17:35,155 --> 00:17:38,356
or will jackpot
find some late luck?

375
00:17:38,358 --> 00:17:41,426
...Two, one.
That's a knockout --

376
00:17:41,428 --> 00:17:42,593
[ buzzer sounds ]

377
00:17:42,595 --> 00:17:45,963
whoa!
Jackpot it is.

378
00:17:45,965 --> 00:17:50,068
[ cheers and applause ]

379
00:17:50,070 --> 00:17:58,676
♪♪

380
00:17:58,678 --> 00:18:00,278
well, kenny,
that wasn't pretty,

381
00:18:00,280 --> 00:18:02,213
but a win is a win,
yeah.

382
00:18:02,215 --> 00:18:05,416
Jackpot started the fight off
with some drive train issues

383
00:18:05,418 --> 00:18:08,619
which allowed subzero
to land a big blows

384
00:18:08,621 --> 00:18:10,955
and really control the fight
early on,

385
00:18:10,957 --> 00:18:13,658
and it looked like
they were just one flip away

386
00:18:13,660 --> 00:18:15,793
from launching them
out of the battle box, chris.

387
00:18:15,795 --> 00:18:17,495
And then the tables turned.

388
00:18:17,497 --> 00:18:20,431
Yeah, as jackpot was looking
into the jaws of defeat,

389
00:18:20,433 --> 00:18:22,766
subzero just stopped working,

390
00:18:22,768 --> 00:18:26,571
and that allowed jackpot
to squeak by with the win.

391
00:18:26,573 --> 00:18:28,606
Logan davis was hoping to change
subzero's

392
00:18:28,608 --> 00:18:32,510
reliability issues this year.
So far, that hasn't happened.

393
00:18:32,512 --> 00:18:39,684
♪♪

394
00:18:39,686 --> 00:18:43,454
so subzero starts the season
off on a cold streak

395
00:18:43,456 --> 00:18:45,089
if logan davis and subzero,

396
00:18:45,091 --> 00:18:46,858
you got to be sitting there
scratching your head.

397
00:18:46,860 --> 00:18:48,326
They were dominating this fight.

398
00:18:48,328 --> 00:18:49,794
They were dominating
the fight.

399
00:18:49,796 --> 00:18:51,729
So I think with
some tweaks there,

400
00:18:51,731 --> 00:18:53,030
they can come back
and get some wins.

401
00:18:53,032 --> 00:18:54,332
You've got to get
that flipper

402
00:18:54,334 --> 00:18:57,301
working at some point
in the near future.

403
00:18:57,303 --> 00:19:00,571
But we're just getting started
here on "battlebots" tonight.

404
00:19:00,573 --> 00:19:04,342
It all leads up to a match up
with a couple of fan favorites.

405
00:19:04,344 --> 00:19:06,744
It's flash versus flames

406
00:19:06,746 --> 00:19:11,782
when gruff takes on hypershock
in tonight's main event.

407
00:19:20,026 --> 00:19:21,959
Welcome back to "battlebots."
that's all right, kenny.

408
00:19:21,961 --> 00:19:23,895
Let's turn our attention
to our next fight.

409
00:19:23,897 --> 00:19:27,798
It's uppercut and gemini.
The question for ace shelander,

410
00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:30,668
as it is every year
with team gemini,

411
00:19:30,670 --> 00:19:33,204
is it truly twice as nice?

412
00:19:33,206 --> 00:19:35,907
He's got two
125 pound robots.

413
00:19:35,909 --> 00:19:38,209
And we asked him
have you ever moved off that

414
00:19:38,211 --> 00:19:41,112
and maybe try to take
on a different robot?

415
00:19:41,114 --> 00:19:42,813
And he said, listen,
we haven't had the time.

416
00:19:42,815 --> 00:19:45,616
We haven't had the finances.
So this is what we've got.

417
00:19:45,618 --> 00:19:47,685
Is it good enough
to get a victory?

418
00:19:47,687 --> 00:19:48,986
Well, it's interesting
that you say that

419
00:19:48,988 --> 00:19:51,389
because he believes that
this season is going to indicate

420
00:19:51,391 --> 00:19:55,359
whether they continue
with this two bot format or not.

421
00:19:55,361 --> 00:19:58,496
Again, there's a 250 pound
weight limit on "battlebots,"

422
00:19:58,498 --> 00:20:01,832
you can split that weight up
into as many parts as you want.

423
00:20:01,834 --> 00:20:05,469
Each of ace's bots weigh
roughly 125 pounds, of course,

424
00:20:05,471 --> 00:20:07,305
if they don't do well
this season,

425
00:20:07,307 --> 00:20:08,706
they're probably just
going to abandon this

426
00:20:08,708 --> 00:20:11,175
and kind of build
a whole different bot.

427
00:20:11,177 --> 00:20:13,544
So it really is do
or die for them.

428
00:20:13,546 --> 00:20:15,513
They'll be squaring off
against uppercut

429
00:20:15,515 --> 00:20:17,582
and the kids from mit.

430
00:20:17,584 --> 00:20:20,418
The team is, of course,
led by alex hattori,

431
00:20:20,420 --> 00:20:22,253
who just happens to be
the number two

432
00:20:22,255 --> 00:20:25,623
ranked yo-yo competitor
in the world.

433
00:20:25,625 --> 00:20:28,426
Last year,
an amazing battle bots debut,

434
00:20:28,428 --> 00:20:31,262
they won four matches.
They made it to the top 16

435
00:20:31,264 --> 00:20:34,732
before getting ousted by the
eventual champion bite force.

436
00:20:34,734 --> 00:20:37,168
This is a team to be reckoned
with in 2020.

437
00:20:37,170 --> 00:20:39,270
Yeah, chris uppercut
is really unique

438
00:20:39,272 --> 00:20:42,540
and they have a massive
new motor powering that fist.

439
00:20:42,542 --> 00:20:44,875
And I think that's going
to really help them land

440
00:20:44,877 --> 00:20:47,345
some big blows this year.
Take a look.

441
00:20:49,549 --> 00:20:52,216
It may not come as a surprise
for a bot designed

442
00:20:52,218 --> 00:20:55,820
by a bunch of mit students,
but uppercut's ability

443
00:20:55,822 --> 00:21:00,057
to land such powerful punches
all comes down to science

444
00:21:00,059 --> 00:21:03,661
thanks to its massive size,
uppercut's weapon stores

445
00:21:03,663 --> 00:21:07,331
an immense amount of energy,
in fact, compared to a weapon

446
00:21:07,333 --> 00:21:10,067
that's just an inch shorter
uppercut's arm

447
00:21:10,069 --> 00:21:14,472
is able to produce about
15 percent more kinetic energy.

448
00:21:17,810 --> 00:21:20,244
But in the battle box,
it's not necessarily

449
00:21:20,246 --> 00:21:22,280
how much energy
you can generate,

450
00:21:22,282 --> 00:21:24,849
it's how much energy
you can transfer.

451
00:21:24,851 --> 00:21:28,352
And during a strike, one way
to maximize energy transfer

452
00:21:28,354 --> 00:21:31,022
is for more of your weapon
to come in contact

453
00:21:31,024 --> 00:21:32,890
with more of your opponent.

454
00:21:35,995 --> 00:21:39,130
It's like a baseball player
connecting on a home run

455
00:21:39,132 --> 00:21:40,798
versus a foul ball.

456
00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:44,068
Indirect contact
doesn't send the ball very far,

457
00:21:44,070 --> 00:21:46,370
but when the bat connects
with more of the ball,

458
00:21:46,372 --> 00:21:48,906
more energy is transferred.

459
00:21:48,908 --> 00:21:52,243
Uppercut's able to do this
by getting closer to an opponent

460
00:21:52,245 --> 00:21:54,712
before their weapon
makes contact.

461
00:21:54,714 --> 00:21:56,981
Compared to
a double sided weapon,

462
00:21:56,983 --> 00:21:59,850
uppercut's single fist
is in the strike zone

463
00:21:59,852 --> 00:22:01,852
for a smaller amount of time.

464
00:22:01,854 --> 00:22:04,789
That means they can continue
to get closer to an opponent

465
00:22:04,791 --> 00:22:08,626
as their weapon
finishes its rotation.

466
00:22:08,628 --> 00:22:10,861
And compared to a bot
like end game,

467
00:22:10,863 --> 00:22:14,632
if an opponent approaches at
five miles per hour,

468
00:22:14,634 --> 00:22:17,268
uppercut's able to get four
times closer

469
00:22:17,270 --> 00:22:20,037
before they make contact,

470
00:22:20,039 --> 00:22:22,907
and that increases the chances
that the strike goes

471
00:22:22,909 --> 00:22:25,910
from a foul tip to a home run.

472
00:22:25,912 --> 00:22:29,213
And unlike last season
when they landed a strike,

473
00:22:29,215 --> 00:22:31,515
thanks to an entirely
new weapon motor,

474
00:22:31,517 --> 00:22:36,454
uppercut is now able to get back
to its top speed insanely fast.

475
00:22:36,456 --> 00:22:39,090
In fact, in the test box,
we clocked their weapon

476
00:22:39,092 --> 00:22:41,325
reaching its peak
rotational velocity

477
00:22:41,327 --> 00:22:43,861
at just 1.76 seconds.

478
00:22:43,863 --> 00:22:45,563
That's about 30 percent faster

479
00:22:45,565 --> 00:22:49,700
than the weapon
of a bot like tombstone.

480
00:22:49,702 --> 00:22:52,870
And it's actually so fast that
when we wired up their weapon

481
00:22:52,872 --> 00:22:56,774
with an accelerometer,
it actually broke our sensor.

482
00:22:58,044 --> 00:23:01,178
So this season, when
uppercut's throwing punches,

483
00:23:01,180 --> 00:23:03,214
they're not going to be
throwing jabs,

484
00:23:03,216 --> 00:23:06,817
they'll be throwing haymakers.

485
00:23:06,819 --> 00:23:10,421
Wow. We'll see how that
matches up against gemini's

486
00:23:10,423 --> 00:23:12,189
two-bot approach.

487
00:23:12,191 --> 00:23:15,493
Faruq, take it away.

488
00:23:15,495 --> 00:23:19,563
In the blue square
from cambridge, massachusetts.

489
00:23:19,565 --> 00:23:22,500
It's the fist
of robotic theory

490
00:23:22,502 --> 00:23:23,934
uppercut.

491
00:23:23,936 --> 00:23:29,206
♪♪

492
00:23:29,208 --> 00:23:31,842
well, kenny, you broke it
down for us a few moments ago,

493
00:23:31,844 --> 00:23:33,077
this uppercut is bigger,

494
00:23:33,079 --> 00:23:35,913
stronger, faster
than the one we saw last year.

495
00:23:35,915 --> 00:23:37,882
Think that'll be enough
for the mit kids

496
00:23:37,884 --> 00:23:39,517
to avoid a sophomore slump?

497
00:23:39,519 --> 00:23:42,119
Well, I've been impressed
with what I've seen so far,

498
00:23:42,121 --> 00:23:44,321
but it's one thing
to break an accelerometer

499
00:23:44,323 --> 00:23:48,025
during testing the battle box is
a whole different story, chris.

500
00:23:52,365 --> 00:23:56,867
In the red square
from joshua tree, california,

501
00:23:56,869 --> 00:24:00,938
the zodiac robot killer --
gemini.

502
00:24:00,940 --> 00:24:08,112
♪♪

503
00:24:08,114 --> 00:24:11,081
give credit to team gemini,
they can take a punch,

504
00:24:11,083 --> 00:24:13,284
nine fights in "battlebots"
history,

505
00:24:13,286 --> 00:24:14,752
they've never been knocked out.

506
00:24:14,754 --> 00:24:16,654
Yeah, that's right.
You know, they are very durable.

507
00:24:16,656 --> 00:24:19,723
And because they have two bots,
it's harder to take them out.

508
00:24:19,725 --> 00:24:22,359
But they're looking to do
some damage, too.

509
00:24:22,361 --> 00:24:23,894
They're using bar spinners
that are

510
00:24:23,896 --> 00:24:27,064
four times heavier than
the ones they used last year.

511
00:24:33,439 --> 00:24:34,839
We haven't been able
to see the robot

512
00:24:34,841 --> 00:24:36,173
for the last six months,

513
00:24:36,175 --> 00:24:38,142
so it's been a very busy
few days getting it running.

514
00:24:38,144 --> 00:24:39,743
We have some
weapon motor upgrades

515
00:24:39,745 --> 00:24:42,079
and motor controller upgrades,
which should help us spin up

516
00:24:42,081 --> 00:24:43,814
a lot faster
in the case of gemini.

517
00:24:43,816 --> 00:24:45,282
We're just going to keep
the front faced

518
00:24:45,284 --> 00:24:48,452
towards whoever's closer to us,
and then we'll see what happens.

519
00:24:48,454 --> 00:24:51,889
We hope it'll spin up and then
hopefully we'll hit something.

520
00:24:51,891 --> 00:24:52,957
For gemini 2020,

521
00:24:52,959 --> 00:24:54,892
we really focused
on upgrading our weapon.

522
00:24:54,894 --> 00:24:59,129
We went from a little weapon
axle to a big weapon axle.

523
00:24:59,131 --> 00:25:01,432
Tonight, we're definitely
going for offense.

524
00:25:01,434 --> 00:25:05,603
Uppercut is a really
powerful robot.

525
00:25:05,605 --> 00:25:07,938
Newcomer last year, really
showed what it's made out of

526
00:25:07,940 --> 00:25:11,208
and we want to show what we've
made it up to and take them out.

527
00:25:13,946 --> 00:25:16,480
<i> Robots, activate.</i>

528
00:25:16,482 --> 00:25:18,916
Now, keep in mind,
both of gemini's bots

529
00:25:18,918 --> 00:25:21,252
need to be disabled
to score a knockout

530
00:25:21,254 --> 00:25:23,120
and they have some
new drivers this year.

531
00:25:23,122 --> 00:25:27,825
It's a father son duo,
dominic and 11 year old hunter.

532
00:25:27,827 --> 00:25:30,761
Well, uppercut wants
to land that big blow,

533
00:25:30,763 --> 00:25:33,397
but gemini and there, too mini
bots have made a living,

534
00:25:33,399 --> 00:25:35,432
avoiding
those kinds of shots.

535
00:25:35,434 --> 00:25:37,201
We'll see if that holds
true tonight

536
00:25:37,203 --> 00:25:40,371
or if it's double the trouble
when we come back.

537
00:25:47,113 --> 00:25:48,846
Rose:
Welcome back to "battlebots".

538
00:25:48,848 --> 00:25:51,615
We've got two bots
with their engines roaring

539
00:25:51,617 --> 00:25:56,086
and ready to go.
It is uppercut versus gemini.

540
00:26:04,664 --> 00:26:08,899
[ audience chanting "fight" ]

541
00:26:18,210 --> 00:26:21,045
let the bot battle begin!

542
00:26:21,047 --> 00:26:23,247
Florian:
And the two on one.

543
00:26:23,249 --> 00:26:27,885
Oh!
Punted out of the arena!

544
00:26:29,455 --> 00:26:31,288
Holy smokes!

545
00:26:31,290 --> 00:26:32,423
What?

546
00:26:32,425 --> 00:26:34,692
And there goes
gemini's second bot.

547
00:26:34,694 --> 00:26:37,728
Well, we're screwed.
Thank you.

548
00:26:37,730 --> 00:26:40,164
This might be
the first-ever knockout

549
00:26:40,166 --> 00:26:41,865
that gemini has suffered.

550
00:26:41,867 --> 00:26:45,469
One's out of the arena,
the other is in pieces.

551
00:26:45,471 --> 00:26:48,038
Kenny, what the hell
just happened?

552
00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:50,841
I am speechless!

553
00:26:50,843 --> 00:26:53,477
That wasn't even a fight, he
just knocked out two dudes.

554
00:26:53,479 --> 00:26:57,381
Somebody better tell uppercut
to settle down.

555
00:26:57,383 --> 00:27:00,017
One! That's a knockout, gemini.

556
00:27:00,019 --> 00:27:02,453
[ cheers and applause ]

557
00:27:02,455 --> 00:27:06,056
wow!
That was crazy.

558
00:27:06,058 --> 00:27:09,827
[ cheers and applause ]

559
00:27:09,829 --> 00:27:11,328
well, that was a shocker,
kenny.

560
00:27:11,330 --> 00:27:12,930
You want to see a good start?

561
00:27:12,932 --> 00:27:17,067
How about this one?
Wham, bam, thank you, can.

562
00:27:17,069 --> 00:27:19,236
Outta here!
Look at that shot.

563
00:27:19,238 --> 00:27:22,272
That was just ridiculous.
Maybe breaking our sensor

564
00:27:22,274 --> 00:27:25,175
was a sign of things to come
for uppercut, chris?

565
00:27:25,177 --> 00:27:28,078
Uppercut, able to get so close
to those mini bots

566
00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:30,814
and just throw haymaker
after haymaker.

567
00:27:30,816 --> 00:27:32,082
And if you're gemini,

568
00:27:32,084 --> 00:27:33,751
not what you want to see.

569
00:27:33,753 --> 00:27:36,186
Uppercut ending their
no knockout streak

570
00:27:36,188 --> 00:27:38,522
in spectacular fashion.

571
00:27:38,524 --> 00:27:40,691
Took out both of his bots
in like ten seconds.

572
00:27:40,693 --> 00:27:43,060
It was like patrick swayze
in "roadhouse."

573
00:27:43,062 --> 00:27:44,895
look at that.
See, ya.

574
00:27:44,897 --> 00:27:46,530
Thanks for playing.

575
00:27:48,834 --> 00:27:54,371
Alex hattori, explain to us
what just happened.

576
00:27:54,373 --> 00:27:57,608
The robot spun.
[ laughter ]

577
00:27:57,610 --> 00:27:58,642
that's all we could hope for.

578
00:27:58,644 --> 00:28:00,110
We wanted to spin up
that blade.

579
00:28:00,112 --> 00:28:02,246
We wanted to just touch
the robot somewhere.

580
00:28:02,248 --> 00:28:03,981
And that's what happened.

581
00:28:03,983 --> 00:28:07,251
When you punt your opponent
across the arena

582
00:28:07,253 --> 00:28:11,188
and out of the box,
what does that feel like?

583
00:28:11,190 --> 00:28:14,625
I'm impressed with the work
that we were able to do.

584
00:28:14,627 --> 00:28:16,593
We haven't seen uppercut
in the past six months,

585
00:28:16,595 --> 00:28:19,530
so we just started putting it
back together three days ago.

586
00:28:19,532 --> 00:28:21,298
And now I guess it works.

587
00:28:21,300 --> 00:28:23,400
Now, you were able to do that
against a bot

588
00:28:23,402 --> 00:28:24,902
that weighed 125 pounds.

589
00:28:24,904 --> 00:28:26,170
You took out each of them.

590
00:28:26,172 --> 00:28:28,706
Can you do that to
a 250 pound bot you think?

591
00:28:28,708 --> 00:28:30,140
We'll see.

592
00:28:30,142 --> 00:28:32,142
Rose: Alright, alex.
Well, congratulations.

593
00:28:32,144 --> 00:28:33,644
That was
an amazing performance.

594
00:28:33,646 --> 00:28:37,114
You are the first robot
to ever k.O. Gemini

595
00:28:37,116 --> 00:28:39,616
in the history of "battlebots".
Well done.

596
00:28:39,618 --> 00:28:41,885
Thank you.

597
00:28:41,887 --> 00:28:44,621
Alright, well, uppercut
starts their season

598
00:28:44,623 --> 00:28:48,092
with about as big a bang
as we've seen so far.

599
00:28:48,094 --> 00:28:50,294
But, kenny,
we're just getting started.

600
00:28:50,296 --> 00:28:52,863
Up next, we have a return
to the battle box

601
00:28:52,865 --> 00:28:57,034
for years in the making,
its beta versus rotator.

602
00:28:57,036 --> 00:29:00,204
Let's take a look
at this big time match-up.

603
00:29:00,206 --> 00:29:04,007
Big hit from beta.
Last time we were here,

604
00:29:04,009 --> 00:29:06,810
the force of that hammer is
ridiculous.

605
00:29:06,812 --> 00:29:09,113
We had three wins,
but then we faced tombstone

606
00:29:09,115 --> 00:29:11,849
tombstone just
grinding down beta.

607
00:29:11,851 --> 00:29:13,283
Lost in the end.

608
00:29:13,285 --> 00:29:15,185
I've been working
on a replacement

609
00:29:15,187 --> 00:29:18,522
for that robot
for quite some time.

610
00:29:18,524 --> 00:29:21,658
We were trying to get
the most powerful hammer ever.

611
00:29:21,660 --> 00:29:24,828
That hammer is just so powerful,
chris.

612
00:29:24,830 --> 00:29:27,998
The big change this year,
we've gone from electric weapon

613
00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:30,701
to a pneumatic weapon.

614
00:29:30,703 --> 00:29:34,204
Electric beta was the most
powerful hammer,

615
00:29:34,206 --> 00:29:35,472
at "battlebots".

616
00:29:35,474 --> 00:29:37,741
[ whirring ]

617
00:29:37,743 --> 00:29:40,677
and now we're going
three times more powerful,

618
00:29:40,679 --> 00:29:44,815
we really want to show
the world what they can do.

619
00:29:48,754 --> 00:29:55,359
Whoa, rotator pulls off the
monumental upset.

620
00:29:55,361 --> 00:29:57,761
Last season, we were able to
knock out tombstone,

621
00:29:57,763 --> 00:29:59,596
knock out bombshell.

622
00:30:02,067 --> 00:30:05,102
Rotator is now
a very reliable robot.

623
00:30:05,104 --> 00:30:08,772
I think we're ready for a whole
new level this season.

624
00:30:08,774 --> 00:30:12,075
We treat each match almost like
a chess match.

625
00:30:12,077 --> 00:30:13,544
So against beta,
we're actually planning on

626
00:30:13,546 --> 00:30:16,647
running the high blade.

627
00:30:16,649 --> 00:30:18,148
So if he comes
and strikes down on us.

628
00:30:18,150 --> 00:30:19,316
He's going to have
to go through our blade

629
00:30:19,318 --> 00:30:21,618
to really hit our frame.

630
00:30:21,620 --> 00:30:24,354
Victor is a brilliant
strategist and rotator

631
00:30:24,356 --> 00:30:26,390
is on a similar level
to tombstone.

632
00:30:26,392 --> 00:30:29,159
But if he's running
the bar on top,

633
00:30:29,161 --> 00:30:33,230
it would be insanity to fire
the hammer into that.

634
00:30:33,232 --> 00:30:36,967
Tombstone just chopped off the
base to beta's hammer.

635
00:30:36,969 --> 00:30:38,368
Now, we do have
a little surprise for him.

636
00:30:38,370 --> 00:30:43,106
He doesn't know about.
But his metal top armor.

637
00:30:43,108 --> 00:30:45,142
The strategy will be
to turn him over

638
00:30:45,144 --> 00:30:48,979
and then hit him
from the underneath.

639
00:30:48,981 --> 00:30:50,814
Beta's a very defensive robot.

640
00:30:50,816 --> 00:30:53,183
Rose & florian: Oh!
They have good armor.

641
00:30:53,185 --> 00:30:55,652
I don't expect
to go through that armor.

642
00:30:55,654 --> 00:30:57,955
I'm expecting to go
underneath it or over it.

643
00:30:57,957 --> 00:31:00,424
Tauheed: Rotator!

644
00:31:00,426 --> 00:31:04,194
New beta hits with the force
of four kilojoules,

645
00:31:04,196 --> 00:31:06,697
which is equivalent of dropping
a washing machine on you

646
00:31:06,699 --> 00:31:08,265
from about five meters up.

647
00:31:08,267 --> 00:31:09,633
Tauheed:
It's beta!

648
00:31:09,635 --> 00:31:12,236
I'm actually expecting
a three minute brawl with them.

649
00:31:12,238 --> 00:31:13,937
I challenge anyone
to come up and build

650
00:31:13,939 --> 00:31:15,472
a better hammer than us.

651
00:31:15,474 --> 00:31:19,843
Rose:
And we'll see that fight when
we come back on battle bots.

652
00:31:27,253 --> 00:31:29,586
We continue on with
"battlebots: Fight night."

653
00:31:29,588 --> 00:31:31,955
and up next,
we've got a familiar face

654
00:31:31,957 --> 00:31:36,159
to the "battlebots" fan base --
beta.

655
00:31:36,161 --> 00:31:40,631
John reid, gabriel stroud have
brought this bot back stateside.

656
00:31:40,633 --> 00:31:43,767
The last time
we saw it was in 2016.

657
00:31:43,769 --> 00:31:46,937
It lost a classic match
against tombstone.

658
00:31:46,939 --> 00:31:49,039
But you have got
this flailing hammer

659
00:31:49,041 --> 00:31:50,741
that just has so much power.

660
00:31:50,743 --> 00:31:54,611
And if you haven't seen it
fight before, look out.

661
00:31:54,613 --> 00:31:56,046
Yeah, but we heard
gabriel stroud

662
00:31:56,048 --> 00:31:58,215
say they're really going
to pick their spots

663
00:31:58,217 --> 00:31:59,883
on when to fire the hammer.

664
00:31:59,885 --> 00:32:01,852
They're adding more armor
to their body.

665
00:32:01,854 --> 00:32:03,854
They do not want to see
their brand-new hammer

666
00:32:03,856 --> 00:32:05,722
get shredded in its first fight.

667
00:32:05,724 --> 00:32:07,991
So I'm curious to see
what kind of approach

668
00:32:07,993 --> 00:32:10,661
they take
coming out of the box.

669
00:32:10,663 --> 00:32:12,996
And tonight,
it is taking on rotator

670
00:32:12,998 --> 00:32:15,799
another bot which
is making its season debut.

671
00:32:15,801 --> 00:32:19,002
And speaking of tombstone,
victor soto told us

672
00:32:19,004 --> 00:32:22,739
he gave tombstone the worst
beating it has ever suffered.

673
00:32:22,741 --> 00:32:24,841
That happened in 2019.

674
00:32:24,843 --> 00:32:28,645
With all that being said,
rotator only went 2-3.

675
00:32:28,647 --> 00:32:30,480
Missed out on
the postseason party.

676
00:32:30,482 --> 00:32:33,150
He said, yeah, it was kind of
a successful season.

677
00:32:33,152 --> 00:32:35,619
But this year he's gearing up
for at least the top eight.

678
00:32:35,621 --> 00:32:38,355
Yep, tombstone's,
a big time legend.

679
00:32:38,357 --> 00:32:40,390
You know, there's not many
bots on that level.

680
00:32:40,392 --> 00:32:44,528
But I would say that john reid
and beta and his whole team,

681
00:32:44,530 --> 00:32:46,897
I would give them
legendary status as well,

682
00:32:46,899 --> 00:32:50,267
perhaps the best hammer bot
we've ever seen.

683
00:32:50,269 --> 00:32:52,169
Somebody's got to win!

684
00:32:52,171 --> 00:32:55,639
Faruq,
take it away.

685
00:32:55,641 --> 00:33:02,179
Ladies and gentlemen,
it's robot fighting type.

686
00:33:02,181 --> 00:33:08,852
[ cheers and applause ]

687
00:33:08,854 --> 00:33:10,921
in the blue square,

688
00:33:10,923 --> 00:33:13,957
the hammer bought
from the land of camelot.

689
00:33:13,959 --> 00:33:16,793
It's so dashing.
Even the brits think,

690
00:33:16,795 --> 00:33:18,695
[british accent]
"well, isn't it smashing?"

691
00:33:18,697 --> 00:33:21,631
[ normal voice ]
the heavy-hitting britain, beta!

692
00:33:21,633 --> 00:33:26,603
♪♪

693
00:33:26,605 --> 00:33:29,206
one of the most popular robots
in the world,

694
00:33:29,208 --> 00:33:31,708
one of the most powerful robots
as well,

695
00:33:31,710 --> 00:33:34,011
but, kenny,
that is a different hammerhead

696
00:33:34,013 --> 00:33:36,013
than we've seen them
use in testing.

697
00:33:36,015 --> 00:33:38,348
Well, that's part
of their defensive strategy.

698
00:33:38,350 --> 00:33:41,418
I was talking about, chris,
that's a lighter weight pill.

699
00:33:41,420 --> 00:33:42,753
The weight they save there

700
00:33:42,755 --> 00:33:45,288
is being put into
their front armor.

701
00:33:45,290 --> 00:33:48,425
They're expecting to take
some shots from rotator.

702
00:33:51,997 --> 00:33:54,331
In the red square,

703
00:33:54,333 --> 00:33:58,235
he fills prescriptions for pain
like he was a pharmacist,

704
00:33:58,237 --> 00:34:02,939
and last year he set tombstone
ablaze like he was an arsonist.

705
00:34:02,941 --> 00:34:06,143
He really turned heads
and he did it with ease.

706
00:34:06,145 --> 00:34:10,747
And it's only right
the fire was 360 degrees.

707
00:34:10,749 --> 00:34:14,317
Because he's rotator!

708
00:34:14,319 --> 00:34:22,826
[ cheers and applause ]

709
00:34:22,828 --> 00:34:24,828
rotator remember in 2018,

710
00:34:24,830 --> 00:34:26,897
it went all the way
to the quarter finals

711
00:34:26,899 --> 00:34:29,800
before bowing out
against bite force.

712
00:34:29,802 --> 00:34:33,437
Kenny, it has eight different
weapon configurations.

713
00:34:33,439 --> 00:34:36,039
And tonight, what are they
doing with?

714
00:34:36,041 --> 00:34:38,308
Victor is running that top
blade tonight, chris.

715
00:34:38,310 --> 00:34:41,178
Just daring beta
to fire into it.

716
00:34:41,180 --> 00:34:43,747
This is a pure strategy
play here.

717
00:34:43,749 --> 00:34:45,882
Rotator a really well known
for their armor as well, chris.

718
00:34:45,884 --> 00:34:47,818
That wedge is brutal.

719
00:34:47,820 --> 00:34:57,794
♪♪

720
00:34:57,796 --> 00:35:01,665
well, beta has gone from an
electric to a pneumatic hammer,

721
00:35:01,667 --> 00:35:03,133
but their upgrades
didn't stop there.

722
00:35:03,135 --> 00:35:06,069
Pete, what else
is new with the robot?

723
00:35:06,071 --> 00:35:07,838
Can I geek out
for a brief moment here?

724
00:35:07,840 --> 00:35:10,240
Because this robot
has really brought

725
00:35:10,242 --> 00:35:11,842
some new stuff to the table.

726
00:35:11,844 --> 00:35:15,078
One of the things they've got
is the wheels will retract up

727
00:35:15,080 --> 00:35:18,381
inside the robot
sucking with magnetic force,

728
00:35:18,383 --> 00:35:21,852
the plate of the bottom right
to the floor of the battle box,

729
00:35:21,854 --> 00:35:24,654
allowing them to really
strike hard with the hammer

730
00:35:24,656 --> 00:35:28,925
and not leap up into the air.
I can not wait for this.

731
00:35:28,927 --> 00:35:30,494
Chris,
I think that all means

732
00:35:30,496 --> 00:35:32,929
the hammer could hit
even harder.

733
00:35:32,931 --> 00:35:34,664
Okay, guys.
Good luck.

734
00:35:34,666 --> 00:35:38,502
-Let's do this, now.
-Okay.

735
00:35:38,504 --> 00:35:40,303
<i> Robots, activate.</i>

736
00:35:40,305 --> 00:35:42,839
[ cheers and applause ]

737
00:35:42,841 --> 00:35:49,079
♪♪

738
00:35:49,081 --> 00:35:50,981
I'm being told that
singular blade is up

739
00:35:50,983 --> 00:35:52,782
from 40 to 50 pounds.

740
00:35:52,784 --> 00:35:54,317
I mean, that sounds
good and all,

741
00:35:54,319 --> 00:35:56,486
but what can it do
against a bot like beta

742
00:35:56,488 --> 00:35:58,421
who's got so much armor,
kenny?

743
00:35:58,423 --> 00:36:01,191
Victor soto really
wants to climb up that wedge

744
00:36:01,193 --> 00:36:02,893
and disable beta's hammer,

745
00:36:02,895 --> 00:36:06,496
just like tombstone
did back in 2016.

746
00:36:06,498 --> 00:36:08,198
It's a tough strategy,
but we'll see

747
00:36:08,200 --> 00:36:12,736
if he can pull it off.

748
00:36:12,738 --> 00:36:14,971
<i> Blue team, ready.</i>

749
00:36:16,608 --> 00:36:20,877
[ cheers and applause ]

750
00:36:20,879 --> 00:36:23,613
<i> red team, ready.</i>

751
00:36:26,118 --> 00:36:28,385
[ cheers and applause ]

752
00:36:28,586 --> 00:36:36,126
♪♪

753
00:36:36,128 --> 00:36:43,934
♪♪

754
00:36:43,936 --> 00:36:47,737
[ audience chanting "fight" ]

755
00:36:47,739 --> 00:36:53,276
♪♪

756
00:36:53,278 --> 00:36:55,845
let the bot battle begin!

757
00:36:55,847 --> 00:36:58,949
Rotator's weapon ramping up
the speed.

758
00:36:58,951 --> 00:37:00,617
Beta tried a little box rush,

759
00:37:00,619 --> 00:37:02,352
wanting to dictate
the pace early,

760
00:37:02,354 --> 00:37:04,854
try to line up that hammer shot.

761
00:37:05,857 --> 00:37:07,157
Oh!

762
00:37:07,159 --> 00:37:10,961
And beta rams rotator
with that giant front wedge

763
00:37:10,963 --> 00:37:13,063
now delivers him into the
perimeter box.

764
00:37:13,065 --> 00:37:15,832
Sparks flying as rotator's
blade makes contact

765
00:37:15,834 --> 00:37:18,468
with the battle box floor.

766
00:37:18,470 --> 00:37:19,769
Both: Oh!

767
00:37:19,771 --> 00:37:20,904
On again, on again.

768
00:37:20,906 --> 00:37:22,672
Florian: Rotator has to be
careful to not let

769
00:37:22,674 --> 00:37:24,708
beta rush them around
to violently here,

770
00:37:24,710 --> 00:37:27,010
chris, we've seen
horizontal spinners

771
00:37:27,012 --> 00:37:30,714
catch a blade on the floor
and blow themselves up before.

772
00:37:30,716 --> 00:37:33,116
45 seconds
into this fight,

773
00:37:33,118 --> 00:37:35,185
when's beta gonna
fire that hammer?

774
00:37:35,187 --> 00:37:38,355
It is so explosive.

775
00:37:38,357 --> 00:37:40,156
Yeah, beta it definitely
choosing to bide

776
00:37:40,158 --> 00:37:41,491
their time with that hammer.

777
00:37:41,493 --> 00:37:44,594
They've got the wedge
working right now, chris.

778
00:37:44,596 --> 00:37:47,163
Uh-oh!
Oh!

779
00:37:47,165 --> 00:37:52,102
And beta uses rotator's disc
against itself.

780
00:37:52,104 --> 00:37:53,937
Exactly what I was
talking about, chris,

781
00:37:53,939 --> 00:37:56,172
things could get very dicey
for rotator

782
00:37:56,174 --> 00:37:59,743
if they allow themselves
to get bullied like that.

783
00:37:59,745 --> 00:38:02,545
And here it is again.

784
00:38:02,547 --> 00:38:04,648
John reid slams rotator into the
side of the box,

785
00:38:04,650 --> 00:38:07,684
rotator retreat's
with that plate still spinning

786
00:38:07,686 --> 00:38:09,619
and now going for a ride.

787
00:38:09,621 --> 00:38:15,625
Oh! My goodness! Rotator can
take some serious punishment!

788
00:38:15,627 --> 00:38:18,228
Beta with an amazing
driving skill,

789
00:38:18,230 --> 00:38:21,531
john reid on fire right now.
Oh!

790
00:38:21,533 --> 00:38:24,301
Kenny, it's amazing
90 seconds into this fight

791
00:38:24,303 --> 00:38:28,505
has yet to fire that hammer!
He's trying to slow down rotator

792
00:38:28,507 --> 00:38:29,939
and then he's going to
pour on the heat

793
00:38:29,941 --> 00:38:31,508
with that hammer, chris.

794
00:38:31,510 --> 00:38:34,678
Yeah but when? We are closing in
on one minute to go.

795
00:38:34,680 --> 00:38:38,381
Up, up, up, up, up.

796
00:38:38,383 --> 00:38:40,317
He's waiting for
that primary weapon

797
00:38:40,319 --> 00:38:43,153
to rotate or to slow down.

798
00:38:43,155 --> 00:38:45,455
I mean, beta is trying
to pin rotator

799
00:38:45,457 --> 00:38:47,791
in the corner
against the rails,

800
00:38:47,793 --> 00:38:51,428
it's really working
all that great, though.

801
00:38:51,430 --> 00:38:53,997
He's got to be careful because
if he does fire that weapon,

802
00:38:53,999 --> 00:38:55,632
that weapon
could be vulnerable

803
00:38:55,634 --> 00:38:57,400
to that horizontal spinner
on rotator.

804
00:38:57,402 --> 00:39:02,005
But, yeah, I mean, he's got
to start planning some damage.

805
00:39:02,007 --> 00:39:03,540
[ clang! ]

806
00:39:03,542 --> 00:39:06,409
[ shouting ]
gone!

807
00:39:06,411 --> 00:39:07,577
That's exactly what I was
talking about,

808
00:39:07,579 --> 00:39:09,779
I think that's what
he was worried about.

809
00:39:09,781 --> 00:39:11,815
So without firing the hammer,

810
00:39:11,817 --> 00:39:15,785
at one time, john reid's weapon
is gone!

811
00:39:15,787 --> 00:39:19,923
Can beta win this fight
without an active weapon?

812
00:39:19,925 --> 00:39:21,691
This is going to be
fascinating, chris.

813
00:39:21,693 --> 00:39:24,361
Beta has been in control,
but rotator.

814
00:39:24,363 --> 00:39:27,864
May have just pulled ahead
with one swing of that blade.

815
00:39:27,866 --> 00:39:29,866
Yeah!

816
00:39:29,868 --> 00:39:32,836
Btu look at the driving
by beta.

817
00:39:32,838 --> 00:39:34,971
Able to keep
rotator off balance.

818
00:39:34,973 --> 00:39:37,006
Incredible
that rotator's weapon

819
00:39:37,008 --> 00:39:40,043
is still working
after all this contact.

820
00:39:40,045 --> 00:39:43,346
That thing is indestructible.
Never stops.

821
00:39:44,416 --> 00:39:47,250
We're in the final
few seconds.

822
00:39:47,252 --> 00:39:51,721
And beta continues to push,
rotator around,

823
00:39:51,723 --> 00:39:54,324
will it be enough to secure
the victory?

824
00:39:54,326 --> 00:39:57,794
[ buzzer sounds ]
whoo!

825
00:39:57,796 --> 00:40:00,530
Victor soto's team super
excited.

826
00:40:00,532 --> 00:40:04,968
But this one is in the hands
of the judges,

827
00:40:04,970 --> 00:40:07,904
so remember, there are
three different categories,

828
00:40:07,906 --> 00:40:11,274
five points for damage,
three for aggression,

829
00:40:11,276 --> 00:40:13,643
three for control.

830
00:40:13,645 --> 00:40:15,812
Kenny, did you ever think
you'd see a fight with beta

831
00:40:15,814 --> 00:40:18,114
where he wouldn't
fire his hammer?

832
00:40:18,116 --> 00:40:21,117
I mean, yeah, I was really
confused by that at first.

833
00:40:21,119 --> 00:40:24,020
But then when you saw
that horizontal blade spitting,

834
00:40:24,022 --> 00:40:26,489
I don't think he wanted
to take that risk.

835
00:40:26,491 --> 00:40:29,159
And we saw as soon as it made
contact with the weapon armor

836
00:40:29,161 --> 00:40:33,396
with the tip of that hammer,
we saw it just fly straight off.

837
00:40:33,398 --> 00:40:35,765
But I thought that
by far beta won

838
00:40:35,767 --> 00:40:37,700
the control aspect
of that fight.

839
00:40:37,702 --> 00:40:40,003
I thought rotator
was going for a ride

840
00:40:40,005 --> 00:40:41,704
repeatedly
throughout that fight.

841
00:40:41,706 --> 00:40:44,440
I thought the wedge of beta
was doing a great job.

842
00:40:44,442 --> 00:40:46,876
So as far as control aggression,

843
00:40:46,878 --> 00:40:49,078
I kind of give that aspect
to beta.

844
00:40:49,080 --> 00:40:51,448
But certainly losing
your primary weapon

845
00:40:51,450 --> 00:40:53,216
did not look good.
That's a lot of damage.

846
00:40:53,218 --> 00:40:56,519
It was done by
the primary weapon of rotator.

847
00:40:56,521 --> 00:40:58,221
This is a really close fight.

848
00:40:58,223 --> 00:41:02,025
So let's go to faruq
to announce the winner.

849
00:41:02,027 --> 00:41:06,396
The results from
the judges are in.

850
00:41:06,398 --> 00:41:09,232
We have a split decision.

851
00:41:09,234 --> 00:41:10,967
[ team members "ooh-ing" ]

852
00:41:10,969 --> 00:41:14,871
judge derek scored
the battle for beta.

853
00:41:14,873 --> 00:41:16,406
[ cheers and applause ]

854
00:41:16,408 --> 00:41:21,478
judge jason scored
the battle for rotator.

855
00:41:21,480 --> 00:41:23,279
[ cheers and applause ]

856
00:41:23,281 --> 00:41:30,620
judge lisa scored the battle
for your winner.

857
00:41:30,622 --> 00:41:33,389
Beta!

858
00:41:33,391 --> 00:41:35,024
[ cheers and applause ]

859
00:41:35,026 --> 00:41:40,363
♪♪

860
00:41:40,365 --> 00:41:44,033
john reed, gabriel stroud,
how are you doing?

861
00:41:44,035 --> 00:41:45,034
Wow.

862
00:41:45,036 --> 00:41:46,836
Probably not as well
as you guys are.

863
00:41:46,838 --> 00:41:49,138
Are you shocked
by the decision, john?

864
00:41:49,140 --> 00:41:52,008
I'm shocked.
I'm not shocked.

865
00:41:52,010 --> 00:41:53,776
We dominated
that room all the time.

866
00:41:53,778 --> 00:41:55,578
We only lost this bit.

867
00:41:55,580 --> 00:41:57,347
[ laughter ]

868
00:41:57,349 --> 00:42:00,717
bit of glue it'll go straight
back on.

869
00:42:00,719 --> 00:42:02,919
It's alright.
Just a flesh wound.

870
00:42:02,921 --> 00:42:06,189
[ laughs ] now, were you guys
not firing your primary weapon?

871
00:42:06,191 --> 00:42:08,658
You weren't firing that a hammer
because you were afraid

872
00:42:08,660 --> 00:42:09,926
that it would get chopped off,
is that why?

873
00:42:09,928 --> 00:42:12,495
Okay.
Exactly.

874
00:42:12,497 --> 00:42:13,897
Yes.
We were trying to pin him,

875
00:42:13,899 --> 00:42:16,666
but he's so slippery
and he keeps moving.

876
00:42:16,668 --> 00:42:19,269
Just can't pin him down.
We got him flipped over.

877
00:42:19,271 --> 00:42:21,671
Then we would have given him
some goodness.

878
00:42:21,673 --> 00:42:24,307
But it was all about
getting him into the sights.

879
00:42:24,309 --> 00:42:26,476
Do you guys think that
because of the aggression

880
00:42:26,478 --> 00:42:28,878
that you showed
and the control that you showed,

881
00:42:28,880 --> 00:42:30,747
that you ended up
being victorious?

882
00:42:30,749 --> 00:42:32,949
So we use the arena
to our advantage

883
00:42:32,951 --> 00:42:34,918
and just had him
against the wall

884
00:42:34,920 --> 00:42:36,319
all over him
all the time.

885
00:42:36,321 --> 00:42:39,589
So he was really just there
for us to mess about with.

886
00:42:39,591 --> 00:42:41,424
Alright, guys,
congratulations on your

887
00:42:41,426 --> 00:42:43,192
first victory of the season.
That was fun.

888
00:42:43,194 --> 00:42:45,295
Thanks.
Thanks a lot. Take care.

889
00:42:45,297 --> 00:42:49,732
[ cheers and applause ]

890
00:42:49,734 --> 00:42:52,335
victor soto, the look
on your face says it all.

891
00:42:52,337 --> 00:42:55,238
Are you shocked
it didn't go your way?

892
00:42:55,240 --> 00:42:57,240
I'm pretty shocked.
Yeah. Yeah.

893
00:42:57,242 --> 00:42:58,975
Why?

894
00:42:58,977 --> 00:43:01,210
Although beta was doing
a good job pushing us around,

895
00:43:01,212 --> 00:43:03,246
I think we had some good
control points out there

896
00:43:03,248 --> 00:43:05,481
at certain points of the match.

897
00:43:05,483 --> 00:43:08,751
And damage is supposed to be
the biggest factor.

898
00:43:08,753 --> 00:43:10,653
And we did a lot of damage.

899
00:43:10,655 --> 00:43:13,556
They did no damage to us.
They're there

900
00:43:13,558 --> 00:43:15,358
holding the weapon.
They never fired in their hands.

901
00:43:15,360 --> 00:43:18,261
And we have maybe
some scratches.

902
00:43:18,263 --> 00:43:22,599
[ cheers and applause ]

903
00:43:23,668 --> 00:43:26,869
sorry, judges,
I think you got it wrong.

904
00:43:26,871 --> 00:43:29,272
Alright, well,
it's a long season, my friend,

905
00:43:29,274 --> 00:43:30,707
just the beginning here.

906
00:43:30,709 --> 00:43:32,675
Victor soto, it's good to have
you back on "battlebots."

907
00:43:32,677 --> 00:43:34,677
we'll see you down the road.
Thank you.

908
00:43:37,182 --> 00:43:38,648
Alright, man.
Yeah, man.

909
00:43:38,650 --> 00:43:41,084
I don't know it couldn't have
been better than that.

910
00:43:44,789 --> 00:43:46,889
Well, kenny, this is proof
that two people

911
00:43:46,891 --> 00:43:48,224
might sit next to each other

912
00:43:48,226 --> 00:43:51,594
and watch the same event
and see it very differently.

913
00:43:51,596 --> 00:43:53,229
This is what happens
in combat.

914
00:43:53,231 --> 00:43:57,100
I mean, again, depending on
how you're seeing the fight,

915
00:43:57,102 --> 00:44:00,370
what you deem
is aggressive or control.

916
00:44:00,372 --> 00:44:03,306
And, you know,
it was a very close fight.

917
00:44:03,308 --> 00:44:06,009
And at the end of the day,
you can't let it go that way.

918
00:44:06,011 --> 00:44:07,310
You got to do whatever
you can to learn

919
00:44:07,312 --> 00:44:08,878
as much damage as possible.

920
00:44:08,880 --> 00:44:12,315
And the best thing to do
is not let it go to the judges,

921
00:44:12,317 --> 00:44:14,951
right?
Very good point there.

922
00:44:14,953 --> 00:44:18,187
But either way,
beta's comeback ends in a win.

923
00:44:18,189 --> 00:44:20,089
And for victor soto
and rotator,

924
00:44:20,091 --> 00:44:22,892
it just puts that
much more pressure on them

925
00:44:22,894 --> 00:44:25,228
to perform in their next fight.

926
00:44:25,230 --> 00:44:28,264
But our night of heavy hitters
just keeps on coming.

927
00:44:28,266 --> 00:44:34,237
Up next, we've got valkyrie
versus tantrum on "battlebots."

928
00:44:42,614 --> 00:44:44,914
we are back
on "battlebots: Fight night."

929
00:44:44,916 --> 00:44:47,950
up next, we have
a marquee match up as valkyrie

930
00:44:47,952 --> 00:44:49,686
takes on tantrum.

931
00:44:49,688 --> 00:44:52,055
But first, let's bring
in jenny taft,

932
00:44:52,057 --> 00:44:55,224
who has got much more on that
controversial decision

933
00:44:55,226 --> 00:44:57,560
that favored beta,
went down to the wire,

934
00:44:57,562 --> 00:45:00,329
went to the judges' score card,
and there were a lot of ooh's

935
00:45:00,331 --> 00:45:02,364
and ah's
when beta ended up winning,

936
00:45:02,366 --> 00:45:06,202
even though it didn't use
its main weapon back there.

937
00:45:06,204 --> 00:45:08,438
What was
everybody's response?

938
00:45:08,440 --> 00:45:10,506
Oh, guys, it is a tense
moment back here in the pits.

939
00:45:10,508 --> 00:45:12,742
And some of the builders
have started to gather,

940
00:45:12,744 --> 00:45:16,546
express their frustration about
that controversial decision.

941
00:45:16,548 --> 00:45:18,881
And the question is,
to win a fight do you

942
00:45:18,883 --> 00:45:21,517
have to fire your primary
weapon?

943
00:45:21,519 --> 00:45:23,386
The rules say,

944
00:45:23,388 --> 00:45:27,790
you have to have an active
weapon going into the fight,

945
00:45:27,792 --> 00:45:30,093
but you --
nothing about using it.

946
00:45:30,095 --> 00:45:31,561
Why have one
if you're not going to use it?

947
00:45:31,563 --> 00:45:33,396
No offense to john,
he did an amazing job driving,

948
00:45:33,398 --> 00:45:35,732
but from the judges'
perspective,

949
00:45:35,734 --> 00:45:38,434
if the robot
never uses its weapon,

950
00:45:38,436 --> 00:45:40,870
it's essentially a sumo bot.
But this isn't sumo wars.

951
00:45:40,872 --> 00:45:42,405
This is "battlebots."

952
00:45:42,407 --> 00:45:46,209
I don't care what the rule set
is as long as it's consistent.

953
00:45:46,211 --> 00:45:48,277
Because I don't feel it is.

954
00:45:48,279 --> 00:45:51,681
This is not backyard fun time
robots.

955
00:45:51,683 --> 00:45:53,282
This is this,
is "battlebots."

956
00:45:53,284 --> 00:45:56,085
this is supposed to be
the a+ ultra of events

957
00:45:56,087 --> 00:45:58,554
where you have to have a weapon
to get in here.

958
00:45:58,556 --> 00:46:01,257
There's a requirement.
There's an application process.

959
00:46:01,259 --> 00:46:03,726
There are a whole bunch of
robots that didn't make it here

960
00:46:03,728 --> 00:46:05,194
because they were deemed
to not have

961
00:46:05,196 --> 00:46:07,263
a sufficiently effective weapon.

962
00:46:07,265 --> 00:46:11,200
So how the hell can you go
into there and not use one?

963
00:46:11,202 --> 00:46:12,468
But that's what
it's all about.

964
00:46:12,470 --> 00:46:15,104
You don't have to
do that anymore.

965
00:46:15,106 --> 00:46:17,607
There are a lot of opinions.
There's a lot to discuss.

966
00:46:17,609 --> 00:46:19,342
And frankly,
I'm going to let everyone

967
00:46:19,344 --> 00:46:20,977
cool off right now, guys.

968
00:46:20,979 --> 00:46:23,613
Rose:
Wow. Things are getting
pretty serious down there.

969
00:46:23,615 --> 00:46:24,947
Thanks, jenny.

970
00:46:24,949 --> 00:46:26,716
Victor soto told us
at the beginning of the season,

971
00:46:26,718 --> 00:46:28,284
he said,
I am going to be ticked off

972
00:46:28,286 --> 00:46:30,386
if I don't make it
to the top eight.

973
00:46:30,388 --> 00:46:33,923
He is 0-1 after his first
fight of the season.

974
00:46:33,925 --> 00:46:37,693
And tough to move on from
a controversial fight like that.

975
00:46:37,695 --> 00:46:39,195
But, you know,
our next two teams

976
00:46:39,197 --> 00:46:42,031
will be looking
to avoid a judge's decision.

977
00:46:42,033 --> 00:46:46,235
Right now, we've got a match up
between valkyrie and tantrum.

978
00:46:46,237 --> 00:46:48,871
Let's start with valkyrie
and leanne cushing.

979
00:46:48,873 --> 00:46:50,807
We met with her
before the fights

980
00:46:50,809 --> 00:46:53,109
and we said,
hey, listen, leanne,

981
00:46:53,111 --> 00:46:55,411
you didn't make the round
of 16 two years ago.

982
00:46:55,413 --> 00:46:56,979
She said, "thanks
for reminding me."

983
00:46:56,981 --> 00:46:58,915
we didn't make the round
of 16 a year ago.

984
00:46:58,917 --> 00:47:00,650
She said,
"thanks for reminding me."

985
00:47:00,652 --> 00:47:02,218
how do they
take that next step?

986
00:47:02,220 --> 00:47:04,587
Because they're a really
well driven bot.

987
00:47:04,589 --> 00:47:07,290
They've got a ton of weapons
that they can play with as well.

988
00:47:07,292 --> 00:47:08,624
You know how to push buttons,
don't you?

989
00:47:08,626 --> 00:47:09,826
I do.

990
00:47:09,828 --> 00:47:11,360
You know, you could see,
when you were talking to her

991
00:47:11,362 --> 00:47:12,962
that she was upset about that.

992
00:47:12,964 --> 00:47:15,631
But she has spent a lot of time
improving her bot.

993
00:47:15,633 --> 00:47:18,868
And not only that, she spent a
lot of time studying strategies

994
00:47:18,870 --> 00:47:20,102
and looking at
what other bots

995
00:47:20,104 --> 00:47:21,971
bring to the table
on fight night.

996
00:47:21,973 --> 00:47:24,173
Taking on aren hill
and tantrum.

997
00:47:24,175 --> 00:47:26,876
And this bot has been
with us the last few years.

998
00:47:26,878 --> 00:47:30,179
And the indelible image of it
is what it fought tombstone

999
00:47:30,181 --> 00:47:31,981
to and had
its fist cut off.

1000
00:47:31,983 --> 00:47:35,618
And it ended up in that post
right behind our heads.

1001
00:47:35,620 --> 00:47:37,987
Oh!
Holy!

1002
00:47:37,989 --> 00:47:39,789
[ laughter ]

1003
00:47:39,791 --> 00:47:41,157
smile.
[ camera shutter clicks ]

1004
00:47:41,159 --> 00:47:44,227
so, how does tantrum go
from that's it

1005
00:47:44,229 --> 00:47:47,129
to us complimenting what it
actually does in the battle box?

1006
00:47:47,131 --> 00:47:49,432
You know,
this is a new technology.

1007
00:47:49,434 --> 00:47:50,933
It is a vertical
disk spinner,

1008
00:47:50,935 --> 00:47:52,635
but it's one that
kind of shoots out,

1009
00:47:52,637 --> 00:47:54,270
and kind of gets into
a proper range

1010
00:47:54,272 --> 00:47:55,338
in order to
be effective.

1011
00:47:55,340 --> 00:47:57,907
So, it can retract,
and then extend.

1012
00:47:57,909 --> 00:47:59,275
He's been having
some problems with it.

1013
00:47:59,277 --> 00:48:02,278
He wants for that
to not just be this gimmick.

1014
00:48:02,280 --> 00:48:04,213
We're gonna find out
if he actually do that.

1015
00:48:04,215 --> 00:48:06,282
Let's see if aaron hill
and tantrum

1016
00:48:06,284 --> 00:48:08,618
are ready
to fight it out.

1017
00:48:08,620 --> 00:48:10,720
Faruq.

1018
00:48:10,722 --> 00:48:13,022
In the blue square,

1019
00:48:13,024 --> 00:48:17,693
from somerville, massachusetts,
it's valkyrie.

1020
00:48:20,932 --> 00:48:25,134
So, valkyrie has sonic,
sweet caroline, sour caroline,

1021
00:48:25,136 --> 00:48:26,369
diet doctor teeth.

1022
00:48:26,371 --> 00:48:29,171
Oh, yeah, a new triangular
disc called "glory."

1023
00:48:29,173 --> 00:48:30,573
what's it got out there?

1024
00:48:30,575 --> 00:48:33,442
Yeah, valkyrie gives every
one of their different blades

1025
00:48:33,444 --> 00:48:34,610
a unique name.

1026
00:48:34,612 --> 00:48:37,813
And this one tonight
is known as "sweet caroline."

1027
00:48:37,815 --> 00:48:43,786
it's a huge 65-pound weapon,
and it's no joke, chris.

1028
00:48:43,788 --> 00:48:45,821
In the red square,

1029
00:48:45,823 --> 00:48:50,927
from mountain view, california,
it's tantrum.

1030
00:48:53,798 --> 00:48:55,932
Kenny, tantrum
looks the same,

1031
00:48:55,934 --> 00:48:59,335
but the weapon, apparently,
has improved considerably.

1032
00:48:59,337 --> 00:49:02,505
That's right. That primary
weapon now has a longer reach.

1033
00:49:02,507 --> 00:49:04,006
And also,
the spin-up time

1034
00:49:04,008 --> 00:49:06,409
is now down
to 3 to 5 seconds.

1035
00:49:06,411 --> 00:49:10,146
Well, once again, it has
the fists on top of the robot.

1036
00:49:10,148 --> 00:49:12,581
And apparently, those things
can now be used

1037
00:49:12,583 --> 00:49:13,950
to self-right, kenny?

1038
00:49:13,952 --> 00:49:16,319
And they're also gonna be
spitting some flames,

1039
00:49:16,321 --> 00:49:17,520
so watch for that,
as well.

1040
00:49:21,993 --> 00:49:24,093
The strategy tonight against
valkyrie is pretty common

1041
00:49:24,095 --> 00:49:26,429
against horizontal
spinning robots --

1042
00:49:26,431 --> 00:49:28,898
get them tilted up,
get them into the arena wall,

1043
00:49:28,900 --> 00:49:31,233
have them larger objects,
get them flying.

1044
00:49:31,235 --> 00:49:32,568
I hear valkyries
like to fly.

1045
00:49:32,570 --> 00:49:33,936
Got to get a win
straight off the bat,

1046
00:49:33,938 --> 00:49:36,539
especially when they give us
a robot as good as valkyrie.

1047
00:49:36,541 --> 00:49:38,541
I spent this morning
laying in bed,

1048
00:49:38,543 --> 00:49:40,209
watching all of
aaron's fights.

1049
00:49:40,211 --> 00:49:41,477
I think we have
a pretty good chance

1050
00:49:41,479 --> 00:49:43,479
just because of our reach
versus his.

1051
00:49:43,481 --> 00:49:45,181
Aaron still isn't
completely familiar

1052
00:49:45,183 --> 00:49:46,682
with the depth
of the box,

1053
00:49:46,684 --> 00:49:47,817
and so,
we're really hoping

1054
00:49:47,819 --> 00:49:49,552
that we're gonna be able
to get up to speed

1055
00:49:49,554 --> 00:49:50,619
before he comes at us

1056
00:49:50,621 --> 00:49:53,689
and at the point,
good luck, man.

1057
00:49:56,327 --> 00:49:58,160
<i> Robots activate.</i>

1058
00:49:59,964 --> 00:50:02,198
Alright, peter,
so, aaron hill

1059
00:50:02,200 --> 00:50:03,432
just said
he's gonna try

1060
00:50:03,434 --> 00:50:06,268
and use valkyrie's big blade
against itself.

1061
00:50:06,270 --> 00:50:09,739
Did leanne make the right
weapon choice, here?

1062
00:50:09,741 --> 00:50:11,807
Peter:
I totally agree with leanne.

1063
00:50:11,809 --> 00:50:14,076
I think sweet caroline
is definitely

1064
00:50:14,078 --> 00:50:15,478
the right choice
in this.

1065
00:50:15,480 --> 00:50:19,382
They've got the reach
to keep tantrum at bay.

1066
00:50:19,384 --> 00:50:23,252
Now, aaron believes he can keep
valkyrie in the middle, there,

1067
00:50:23,254 --> 00:50:27,289
and believes that it's just
an intelligent arena hazard.

1068
00:50:27,291 --> 00:50:28,791
But we know
fred and leanne.

1069
00:50:28,793 --> 00:50:32,061
They're here to get
the 15-second knockout.

1070
00:50:32,063 --> 00:50:33,496
This should be
a good one.

1071
00:50:33,498 --> 00:50:35,498
A pair of
ascending bots.

1072
00:50:38,136 --> 00:50:40,202
<i> Blue team, ready</i>

1073
00:50:42,006 --> 00:50:43,973
ooh. Easy, there.

1074
00:50:43,975 --> 00:50:46,175
The valkyrie
brass knuckles,

1075
00:50:46,177 --> 00:50:48,210
<i> red team, ready.</i>

1076
00:50:56,854 --> 00:50:58,988
[ cheers and applause ]

1077
00:51:06,964 --> 00:51:09,832
[ crowd chanting "fight!" ]

1078
00:51:21,913 --> 00:51:23,379
let the bot
battle begin.

1079
00:51:23,381 --> 00:51:24,747
And here comes
tantrum.

1080
00:51:27,185 --> 00:51:29,018
Right out of the box,
big hit.

1081
00:51:29,020 --> 00:51:31,187
Went all the way across
the box.

1082
00:51:31,189 --> 00:51:33,956
Tantrum is targeting
valkyrie's weapon, chris.

1083
00:51:33,958 --> 00:51:35,324
No fear.

1084
00:51:35,326 --> 00:51:37,359
Now, valkyrie looking
for some payback.

1085
00:51:37,361 --> 00:51:39,895
Runs that big disk
over the top of tantrum.

1086
00:51:39,897 --> 00:51:40,996
Oh!

1087
00:51:40,998 --> 00:51:42,231
But tantrum
punches right back,

1088
00:51:42,233 --> 00:51:45,468
throwing valkyrie
into the screws.

1089
00:51:45,470 --> 00:51:47,603
Whoa!
Man, oh man!

1090
00:51:47,605 --> 00:51:51,240
And uh-oh, valkyrie's weapon
has stop moving momentarily.

1091
00:51:51,242 --> 00:51:55,077
This is exactly what beta
was trying to do, to rotate.

1092
00:51:55,079 --> 00:51:56,245
This is right
in front of us.

1093
00:51:56,247 --> 00:51:57,746
Tantrum doing
a great job

1094
00:51:57,748 --> 00:52:00,950
utilizing the battle box
to its advantage.

1095
00:52:00,952 --> 00:52:02,284
Yeah, with that
weapon down,

1096
00:52:02,286 --> 00:52:04,820
tantrum is free to go
to work, now, chris.

1097
00:52:04,822 --> 00:52:06,122
And there you see it,

1098
00:52:06,124 --> 00:52:09,558
as tantrum gives valkyrie a ride
across the battle box.

1099
00:52:09,560 --> 00:52:13,329
It has been all tantrum, here,
to open this match.

1100
00:52:13,331 --> 00:52:15,131
Yeah, frederick moore,
the veteran driver,

1101
00:52:15,133 --> 00:52:17,032
got to do something
to get valkyrie

1102
00:52:17,034 --> 00:52:18,801
back to the center
of the box.

1103
00:52:18,803 --> 00:52:21,170
Instead, it is caught
under the pulverizer,

1104
00:52:21,172 --> 00:52:23,239
and really not
moving well at all.

1105
00:52:23,241 --> 00:52:26,375
Yeah, look for tantrum to get
their vertical disk going, here.

1106
00:52:26,377 --> 00:52:28,811
They did take some damage
to the top of the bot.

1107
00:52:28,813 --> 00:52:32,448
Hopefully, that weapon
is still functional.

1108
00:52:32,450 --> 00:52:33,782
There it is, kenny.

1109
00:52:33,784 --> 00:52:35,651
You hear that spinner
firing up

1110
00:52:35,653 --> 00:52:38,154
as these two
go for a waltz.

1111
00:52:38,156 --> 00:52:40,756
And now, look who's raising
the fist -- tantrum,

1112
00:52:40,758 --> 00:52:42,825
trying to take valkyrie
for a ride.

1113
00:52:42,827 --> 00:52:44,293
Their spinner
is active,

1114
00:52:44,295 --> 00:52:47,630
but I'm not sure they can
deliver it into valkyrie.

1115
00:52:47,632 --> 00:52:49,999
Almost midway
through this fight.

1116
00:52:50,001 --> 00:52:52,835
It has been all tantrum
so far.

1117
00:52:52,837 --> 00:52:55,337
Just keep driving.
Keep driving. Keep driving.

1118
00:52:55,339 --> 00:52:59,942
Rose: You can hear leanne
cushing
imploring her driver, fred,

1119
00:52:59,944 --> 00:53:02,378
"keep going.
Keep pushing."

1120
00:53:02,380 --> 00:53:03,479
uh-oh.

1121
00:53:06,384 --> 00:53:08,951
Tantrum has dominated,
chris, but like beat beta,

1122
00:53:08,953 --> 00:53:11,954
it hasn't used
its primary weapon,

1123
00:53:11,956 --> 00:53:14,290
and I know we just had
a controversial decision,

1124
00:53:14,292 --> 00:53:17,193
but let's remember,
in the damage category,

1125
00:53:17,195 --> 00:53:21,997
it's heavily weighted to what
you do with your active weapon.

1126
00:53:21,999 --> 00:53:23,866
And so far,
that vertical disk spinner

1127
00:53:23,868 --> 00:53:26,869
hasn't done the substantial
damage to valkyrie.

1128
00:53:26,871 --> 00:53:29,705
Instead, it's really been
the battle box.

1129
00:53:29,707 --> 00:53:31,874
Under a minute to go.

1130
00:53:31,876 --> 00:53:33,809
Both bots
circling the drain, here,

1131
00:53:33,811 --> 00:53:35,344
in the center
of the box.

1132
00:53:35,346 --> 00:53:36,779
It would seem, at the moment,
at least,

1133
00:53:36,781 --> 00:53:38,881
that tantrum is done enough
to secure the victory.

1134
00:53:38,883 --> 00:53:39,949
But look at this!

1135
00:53:39,951 --> 00:53:42,785
Tantrum is
suddenly lifeless.

1136
00:53:42,787 --> 00:53:44,386
I'm not sure
their motor's working.

1137
00:53:44,388 --> 00:53:46,021
Kenny, this is
a huge problem,

1138
00:53:46,023 --> 00:53:48,891
because tantrum
has stopped moving.

1139
00:53:48,893 --> 00:53:50,059
Uh-oh.

1140
00:53:50,061 --> 00:53:52,127
The referee imploring
team tantrum,

1141
00:53:52,129 --> 00:53:56,065
"show us some kind of movement,
or the countdown's gonna start."

1142
00:53:56,067 --> 00:53:57,533
and it has.

1143
00:53:57,535 --> 00:53:59,235
Tantrum trying to
come back to life,

1144
00:53:59,237 --> 00:54:01,337
but I don't think
it's gonna happen, chris.

1145
00:54:01,339 --> 00:54:04,907
The fists are waving,
but they're waving bye-bye,

1146
00:54:04,909 --> 00:54:06,041
as in "I'm done."

1147
00:54:06,043 --> 00:54:07,610
tantrum is knocked out.

1148
00:54:07,612 --> 00:54:08,811
Yeah!

1149
00:54:12,116 --> 00:54:14,016
What a heartbreak.

1150
00:54:14,018 --> 00:54:18,020
A tremendous job
by frederick moore,.

1151
00:54:18,022 --> 00:54:22,858
Leean cushing, a team valkyrie,
to just stave off elimination,

1152
00:54:22,860 --> 00:54:27,263
keep its wheels turning,
and take the w by ko.

1153
00:54:30,001 --> 00:54:32,334
What an
unbelievable bout.

1154
00:54:32,336 --> 00:54:33,535
Right out of
the gate,

1155
00:54:33,537 --> 00:54:37,306
tantrum had a game plan,
and stuck to it, kenny.

1156
00:54:37,308 --> 00:54:38,907
Got the pop early on.

1157
00:54:38,909 --> 00:54:41,076
And went valkyrie
hit the screws,

1158
00:54:41,078 --> 00:54:43,445
you knew that they were
going the wrong direction.

1159
00:54:43,447 --> 00:54:44,546
Yeah, that's right.

1160
00:54:44,548 --> 00:54:46,649
You know, both teams
really got some great hits

1161
00:54:46,651 --> 00:54:48,550
to start up the fight,
but it was tantrum

1162
00:54:48,552 --> 00:54:50,119
who started
to take over,

1163
00:54:50,121 --> 00:54:52,521
and looked like
he was gonna come back

1164
00:54:52,523 --> 00:54:54,356
with an unbelievable win.

1165
00:54:54,358 --> 00:54:57,760
But right here is where
the tide starts to turn.

1166
00:54:57,762 --> 00:55:00,963
Tantrum doing a great job
of bullying valkyrie

1167
00:55:00,965 --> 00:55:02,798
around the battle box.

1168
00:55:02,800 --> 00:55:05,801
But all of a sudden,
it just stopped moving.

1169
00:55:05,803 --> 00:55:07,770
All that energy,
all those hits,

1170
00:55:07,772 --> 00:55:11,807
all that power,
came to a complete halt.

1171
00:55:11,809 --> 00:55:13,842
And this is why
it is so critical

1172
00:55:13,844 --> 00:55:16,445
to have a veteran driver
that will not panic.

1173
00:55:16,447 --> 00:55:20,382
Even when you think you're down,
you are never out.

1174
00:55:26,323 --> 00:55:30,359
Leanne cushing, you're laughing
behind that mask. Why?

1175
00:55:32,163 --> 00:55:33,429
I was really worried, there.

1176
00:55:33,431 --> 00:55:35,564
I thought we were gonna
go the third year

1177
00:55:35,566 --> 00:55:37,066
not winning
our first fight.

1178
00:55:37,068 --> 00:55:39,868
And I was like "please.
I can't have this happen again."

1179
00:55:39,870 --> 00:55:42,704
so, I'm so glad
it didn't.

1180
00:55:42,706 --> 00:55:45,407
Leanne, you said you wanted to
make valkyrie more durable,

1181
00:55:45,409 --> 00:55:48,077
and you certainly
proved that it is.

1182
00:55:48,079 --> 00:55:50,045
Yeah, for the most part.
But our weapons still suck.

1183
00:55:50,047 --> 00:55:52,514
So, guess what we're gonna
go obsess over?

1184
00:55:52,516 --> 00:55:55,918
Valkyrie, congratulations on
getting that elusive

1185
00:55:55,920 --> 00:55:58,220
first win
of the season.

1186
00:55:58,222 --> 00:56:00,222
A job well done.
We'll see you down the road.

1187
00:56:00,224 --> 00:56:01,423
Cushing: Thank you.

1188
00:56:05,563 --> 00:56:09,131
Rose: Coming up, we've got our
first-ever team from india --

1189
00:56:09,133 --> 00:56:11,100
and they just happen to be
under the tutelage

1190
00:56:11,102 --> 00:56:13,335
of none other
than ray billings.

1191
00:56:13,337 --> 00:56:18,073
Up next, it's atom #94
taking on big dill.

1192
00:56:18,075 --> 00:56:20,109
And then, it's the fight
of the night.

1193
00:56:20,111 --> 00:56:22,678
Will bales and hypershock
square off against

1194
00:56:22,680 --> 00:56:26,415
sam mcamis and his
flame-throwing machine, gruff.

1195
00:56:26,417 --> 00:56:30,919
All that when we return,
on "battlebots."

1196
00:56:40,965 --> 00:56:43,499
rose: We are back
on "battlebots: Fight night."

1197
00:56:43,501 --> 00:56:46,435
it has been an action-packed
fight card so far,

1198
00:56:46,437 --> 00:56:49,905
and we are just one match away
from the main event,

1199
00:56:49,907 --> 00:56:52,875
where gruff
and their dual flame throwers

1200
00:56:52,877 --> 00:56:56,612
will take on will bales and
the lightning quick hypershock.

1201
00:56:56,614 --> 00:56:58,881
Kenny, we talked about it,
but these two teams

1202
00:56:58,883 --> 00:57:02,618
really could take it
to the next level this season.

1203
00:57:02,620 --> 00:57:04,119
Florian:
Oh, 100%, chris.

1204
00:57:04,121 --> 00:57:06,655
Gruff nearly
beat tombstone last year,

1205
00:57:06,657 --> 00:57:09,825
and they're as confident as ever
coming into this season.

1206
00:57:09,827 --> 00:57:13,962
And hypershock was so close
to making the top 16 last year.

1207
00:57:13,964 --> 00:57:17,166
Will spent a year thinking about
getting back into "battlebots."

1208
00:57:17,168 --> 00:57:20,169
I'm excited
for this matchup.

1209
00:57:20,171 --> 00:57:22,538
And we'll see them
after this next fight

1210
00:57:22,540 --> 00:57:24,673
between a couple
of newbies.

1211
00:57:24,675 --> 00:57:28,777
Let's kick it off with atom #94,
built by yash deshmukh.

1212
00:57:28,779 --> 00:57:31,346
And he is our first builder
from india,

1213
00:57:31,348 --> 00:57:33,182
so everybody's
really excited.

1214
00:57:33,184 --> 00:57:35,584
He's super excited.
He's been interested in robotics

1215
00:57:35,586 --> 00:57:36,919
ever since he was
a little kid.

1216
00:57:36,921 --> 00:57:39,354
Then, a few years ago,
he took the big leap.

1217
00:57:39,356 --> 00:57:41,223
He wrote direct messages
on facebook

1218
00:57:41,225 --> 00:57:42,791
to a bunch of
big-name builders.

1219
00:57:42,793 --> 00:57:47,062
Only one returned it --
ray billings of tombstone.

1220
00:57:47,064 --> 00:57:48,464
That's a pretty good mentor
to have.

1221
00:57:48,466 --> 00:57:50,799
Yeah, absolutely.
He chose the right guy.

1222
00:57:50,801 --> 00:57:52,234
Has a ton of experience.

1223
00:57:52,236 --> 00:57:55,471
And for ray, he said he
asked the right questions.

1224
00:57:55,473 --> 00:57:57,573
He said he did enough work
to where he felt that,

1225
00:57:57,575 --> 00:57:59,708
"you know what? I'm gonna give
this guy some information."

1226
00:57:59,710 --> 00:58:02,444
taking on another new bot
called the big dill.

1227
00:58:02,446 --> 00:58:04,580
Emmanual carrillo used
to be a driver

1228
00:58:04,582 --> 00:58:05,581
for team mad-catter.

1229
00:58:05,583 --> 00:58:07,082
And emmanual.
He told us,

1230
00:58:07,084 --> 00:58:09,084
"hey, listen, the first thing
you're gonna notice about me,

1231
00:58:09,086 --> 00:58:10,719
I was born without
a right hand.

1232
00:58:10,721 --> 00:58:14,456
I accept the responsibility
of being somebody out there

1233
00:58:14,458 --> 00:58:15,924
that little kids can look up to,
and say,

1234
00:58:15,926 --> 00:58:18,060
'hey, listen, if I've got
that challenge, it's okay.

1235
00:58:18,062 --> 00:58:19,928
I can do whatever I want.
I could be an athlete.

1236
00:58:19,930 --> 00:58:21,563
I can be an artist.
I can be a musician.

1237
00:58:21,565 --> 00:58:22,865
I can be a bot-builder.'"

1238
00:58:22,867 --> 00:58:25,267
I'm anxious to see
what he brings inside the box.

1239
00:58:25,269 --> 00:58:27,302
Well, I tell you what,
you know, he's here to inspire,

1240
00:58:27,304 --> 00:58:29,338
but he's also here
to win, as well.

1241
00:58:29,340 --> 00:58:31,373
He believes he has
the most powerful

1242
00:58:31,375 --> 00:58:34,042
true lifter in
"battlebots."

1243
00:58:34,044 --> 00:58:36,178
and kenny, taking a look
at these numbers,

1244
00:58:36,180 --> 00:58:37,513
who do you like
in this fight?

1245
00:58:37,515 --> 00:58:39,214
Well, chris,
it's an interesting matchup,

1246
00:58:39,216 --> 00:58:41,016
lifter versus
vertical spinner.

1247
00:58:41,018 --> 00:58:43,619
Big dill has the obvious
reach advantage, here.

1248
00:58:43,621 --> 00:58:45,587
But for the lift
to really be effective,

1249
00:58:45,589 --> 00:58:47,789
they're going to have to attack
at different angles.

1250
00:58:47,791 --> 00:58:49,558
And I think
an experienced driver

1251
00:58:49,560 --> 00:58:51,960
like emmanuel carrillo
can't do that.

1252
00:58:51,962 --> 00:58:55,063
But the giant x-factor
here is atom #94's

1253
00:58:55,065 --> 00:58:56,965
ray billings
tombstone connection.

1254
00:58:56,967 --> 00:58:59,034
That's like being trained
by mike tyson

1255
00:58:59,036 --> 00:59:00,569
for your first
boxing match.

1256
00:59:00,571 --> 00:59:02,237
But with a couple
of rookie teams,

1257
00:59:02,239 --> 00:59:04,139
who knows what
we're gonna get.

1258
00:59:04,141 --> 00:59:05,641
And I love the name
"the big dill,"

1259
00:59:05,643 --> 00:59:07,809
because the jokes
write themselves, right?

1260
00:59:07,811 --> 00:59:09,578
"he's caught in
a pickle."

1261
00:59:09,580 --> 00:59:12,247
"he's a really big dill,"
all that sort of stuff.

1262
00:59:12,249 --> 00:59:16,118
So, I have started
the cliche jar

1263
00:59:16,120 --> 00:59:17,886
that we are going
to donate to

1264
00:59:17,888 --> 00:59:20,622
every time we use one of
those stupid cliches, okay?

1265
00:59:20,624 --> 00:59:21,723
I love it.

1266
00:59:21,725 --> 00:59:23,358
We're gonna fill
this thing up

1267
00:59:23,360 --> 00:59:24,927
definitely by the end
of the season.

1268
00:59:24,929 --> 00:59:26,128
There's no question
about it.

1269
00:59:26,130 --> 00:59:28,297
Faruq, shake it, man.

1270
00:59:28,299 --> 00:59:29,498
It's all yours.

1271
00:59:32,536 --> 00:59:34,736
Faruq:
In the blue square,

1272
00:59:34,738 --> 00:59:37,539
from india,
by way of canada,

1273
00:59:37,541 --> 00:59:42,778
it's the bomb --
atom #94.

1274
00:59:43,814 --> 00:59:47,149
Well, they're named after
plutonium s atomic number,

1275
00:59:47,151 --> 00:59:48,917
and I love it.

1276
00:59:48,919 --> 00:59:52,321
Yash his entire team
just soaking in the moment,

1277
00:59:52,323 --> 00:59:53,722
how special this is.

1278
00:59:53,724 --> 00:59:55,624
He told us, "yeah,
I want to be a role model

1279
00:59:55,626 --> 00:59:57,826
for all those kids
back in india

1280
00:59:57,828 --> 01:00:00,529
that want to be the
bot-builders of tomorrow."

1281
01:00:00,531 --> 01:00:02,230
that looks like
a very cool bot.

1282
01:00:02,232 --> 01:00:03,432
Very low to the ground,

1283
01:00:03,434 --> 01:00:07,135
and it looks like
a deadly dual disk spinner.

1284
01:00:07,137 --> 01:00:09,271
In the red square,

1285
01:00:09,273 --> 01:00:14,309
from seattle, washington,
fork out for big dill.

1286
01:00:18,482 --> 01:00:22,150
Big dill led by 31-year-old
industrial designer

1287
01:00:22,152 --> 01:00:23,518
emmanuel carrillo.

1288
01:00:23,520 --> 01:00:27,456
He said, "hey, if we can ruin
some days, that'd be solid."

1289
01:00:27,458 --> 01:00:29,524
he really wants to upset
some big teams.

1290
01:00:29,526 --> 01:00:32,227
So, he does have
realistic expectations,

1291
01:00:32,229 --> 01:00:34,696
being a first time captain
here at "battlebots."

1292
01:00:34,698 --> 01:00:38,100
but I think a lot of people
believe it can go pretty far.

1293
01:00:38,102 --> 01:00:44,006
♪♪

1294
01:00:47,678 --> 01:00:49,878
carrillo: Tonight,
we're fighting atom #94.

1295
01:00:49,880 --> 01:00:50,946
They're a new team.

1296
01:00:50,948 --> 01:00:52,748
They're a two-wheel drive
vertical spinner.

1297
01:00:52,750 --> 01:00:54,483
We have these super
long reach forks.

1298
01:00:54,485 --> 01:00:56,118
They're a little drum --
little drumette.

1299
01:00:56,120 --> 01:00:57,419
They don't have
much reach.

1300
01:00:57,421 --> 01:01:00,656
We're gonna fight this fight
2 feet in front of us,

1301
01:01:00,658 --> 01:01:01,890
and they're gonna
have no chance.

1302
01:01:01,892 --> 01:01:04,026
Yesh: The primary weapon
which we are using today,

1303
01:01:04,028 --> 01:01:07,429
it's, like, the fastest speed
which we can go to,

1304
01:01:07,431 --> 01:01:10,465
and just in the air
to the [indistinct].

1305
01:01:10,467 --> 01:01:12,300
The hits
are gonna be insane.

1306
01:01:12,302 --> 01:01:15,771
I hope that I'm gonna see
the big dill flying in the sky

1307
01:01:15,773 --> 01:01:17,439
in the arena today.

1308
01:01:17,441 --> 01:01:20,008
This is my dream
come true moment, right now.

1309
01:01:22,646 --> 01:01:24,413
<i> Robots activate.</i>

1310
01:01:25,983 --> 01:01:28,283
Alright, so we've got
a couple of unknowns.

1311
01:01:28,285 --> 01:01:31,687
That's why we bring in peter,
our bot-whisper.

1312
01:01:31,689 --> 01:01:32,821
Pete,
what do you got?

1313
01:01:32,823 --> 01:01:35,323
Well, big dill is planning
on being able

1314
01:01:35,325 --> 01:01:36,692
to use spicy meatball --

1315
01:01:36,694 --> 01:01:39,828
which is the mini bot --
to get under atom #94,

1316
01:01:39,830 --> 01:01:41,563
allowing big dill
to come by,

1317
01:01:41,565 --> 01:01:44,566
and get those extra-long
pickle forks on the end

1318
01:01:44,568 --> 01:01:49,371
right underneath atom #94,
and get the good scoop.

1319
01:01:49,373 --> 01:01:51,606
Alright.
Hold the spicy meatball.

1320
01:01:51,608 --> 01:01:54,476
I've got a foot-long turkey
with swiss coming.

1321
01:01:54,478 --> 01:01:55,510
Thank you, pete.

1322
01:01:57,648 --> 01:01:59,681
<i> Blue team, ready.</i>

1323
01:01:59,683 --> 01:02:05,854
♪♪

1324
01:02:05,856 --> 01:02:07,656
<i> red team, ready.</i>

1325
01:02:07,658 --> 01:02:14,629
♪♪

1326
01:02:18,302 --> 01:02:24,039
♪♪

1327
01:02:30,948 --> 01:02:33,248
[ cheers and applause ]

1328
01:02:36,186 --> 01:02:39,387
let the bot
battle begin.

1329
01:02:39,389 --> 01:02:41,823
Atom #94 having
some drive issues

1330
01:02:41,825 --> 01:02:42,958
right out of the gate.

1331
01:02:42,960 --> 01:02:44,526
Spinning in circles, here,

1332
01:02:44,528 --> 01:02:46,294
this is an opportunity
for big dill,

1333
01:02:46,296 --> 01:02:49,064
who wants to win the ground
battle with those forks.

1334
01:02:49,066 --> 01:02:52,033
And how about spicy meatball,
the little guy, helping out?

1335
01:02:52,035 --> 01:02:54,469
He's like, "hey, let me in.
I want to have some fun."

1336
01:02:54,471 --> 01:02:57,139
trying to set up the big dill
for the big move.

1337
01:02:57,141 --> 01:02:58,306
Uh-oh.
Look at this.

1338
01:02:58,308 --> 01:03:01,576
And here's big dill,
able to invert atom #94.

1339
01:03:01,578 --> 01:03:04,212
And it self-rights.

1340
01:03:04,214 --> 01:03:06,515
[ man speaks indistinctly ]

1341
01:03:06,517 --> 01:03:08,784
atom #94
is smoking a bit,

1342
01:03:08,786 --> 01:03:10,786
but it is driving
on its head.

1343
01:03:10,788 --> 01:03:14,189
Big dill very much
in control so far, chris.

1344
01:03:14,191 --> 01:03:16,992
Oh, and big dill
with full control, now,

1345
01:03:16,994 --> 01:03:20,762
lifting a flailing atom #94
above the battle box.

1346
01:03:20,764 --> 01:03:25,033
Atom #94 has got to
flip itself back over.

1347
01:03:25,035 --> 01:03:26,067
You're seeing some smoke

1348
01:03:26,069 --> 01:03:29,004
start to come from the inside
of atom #94.

1349
01:03:29,006 --> 01:03:31,039
There it is.
And that fork is tied up

1350
01:03:31,041 --> 01:03:33,809
in the belts of
atom #94 right now.

1351
01:03:33,811 --> 01:03:36,711
How about the strength
of the big dill?

1352
01:03:36,713 --> 01:03:39,181
He is a really
big dill.

1353
01:03:39,183 --> 01:03:40,582
There.

1354
01:03:40,584 --> 01:03:42,851
I'm donating.

1355
01:03:42,853 --> 01:03:45,253
Those long, serrated
forks of big dill

1356
01:03:45,255 --> 01:03:47,589
have been very effective
so far, kenny.

1357
01:03:47,591 --> 01:03:51,126
Yeah. Atom #94's drive issues
have allowed big dill the space

1358
01:03:51,128 --> 01:03:53,395
to just sort of skewer them
at will, here.

1359
01:03:53,397 --> 01:03:56,131
They've made it way
too easy for big dill.

1360
01:03:56,133 --> 01:03:58,834
And now, more smoke
pouring from atom #94.

1361
01:03:58,836 --> 01:04:02,137
Will there be a nuclear meltdown
before the bell?

1362
01:04:02,139 --> 01:04:05,340
The big dill having its way
with the other rookie.

1363
01:04:06,910 --> 01:04:08,443
Right in front of us.

1364
01:04:08,445 --> 01:04:10,512
That's gonna hurt.

1365
01:04:10,514 --> 01:04:13,648
He's really got atom #94
locked in those horns,

1366
01:04:13,650 --> 01:04:15,650
you could say he's in
a pickle, chris.

1367
01:04:15,652 --> 01:04:18,153
Donate. Thank you.
Thank you very much.

1368
01:04:18,155 --> 01:04:20,455
Alright,
under a minute to go.

1369
01:04:20,457 --> 01:04:21,690
What's gonna happen, here?

1370
01:04:21,692 --> 01:04:24,659
Because the big dill
has to try and release atom #94,

1371
01:04:24,661 --> 01:04:26,661
but it really looks like
they're tied up, here.

1372
01:04:26,663 --> 01:04:27,863
Yeah, he's pretty
stuck in there.

1373
01:04:27,865 --> 01:04:29,064
Let's see if he can
back out of it.

1374
01:04:29,066 --> 01:04:30,365
I believe
they're gonna...

1375
01:04:30,367 --> 01:04:32,934
I can't --
I can't move.

1376
01:04:32,936 --> 01:04:35,270
Both teams now signaling
they're stuck.

1377
01:04:35,272 --> 01:04:36,338
Time out. Time out.

1378
01:04:36,340 --> 01:04:38,373
And our ref is gonna
stop the match.

1379
01:04:40,477 --> 01:04:42,677
Kenny, if they can't
unstick these two,

1380
01:04:42,679 --> 01:04:44,546
this one's
gonna go to the judges.

1381
01:04:44,548 --> 01:04:49,050
And atom #94 cannot not afford
to let that happen at all.

1382
01:04:49,052 --> 01:04:51,519
Yeah. Atom #94 needs
this fight to resume

1383
01:04:51,521 --> 01:04:54,823
to have any chance
of winning.

1384
01:04:54,825 --> 01:04:58,593
And here comes the crew bots,
to try and separate these two.

1385
01:04:58,595 --> 01:05:01,930
If they're successful,
it's still anyone's game.

1386
01:05:01,932 --> 01:05:03,265
We're gonna take
a quick break.

1387
01:05:03,267 --> 01:05:06,034
But the fate of these teams
will be decided

1388
01:05:06,036 --> 01:05:10,171
when we come back,
on "battlebots."

1389
01:05:18,916 --> 01:05:20,382
rose: Welcome back
to "battlebots,"

1390
01:05:20,384 --> 01:05:22,617
where atom #94
and big dill

1391
01:05:22,619 --> 01:05:25,353
are in a bit of a pickle.

1392
01:05:25,355 --> 01:05:27,756
After a collision,
these bots got stuck,

1393
01:05:27,758 --> 01:05:30,292
and the match
had to be stopped.

1394
01:05:30,294 --> 01:05:31,626
Time out.
They're stuck.

1395
01:05:31,628 --> 01:05:33,094
Rose: And you're not
gonna believe this,

1396
01:05:33,096 --> 01:05:36,031
but we cannot get these two
unstuck, kenny.

1397
01:05:36,033 --> 01:05:39,000
You ever seen anything like this
in the octagon?

1398
01:05:39,002 --> 01:05:40,535
Fabian: Well, I've been put
in a pretzel

1399
01:05:40,537 --> 01:05:42,370
about a million
different ways, chris,

1400
01:05:42,372 --> 01:05:44,539
but I've never seen
anything like this.

1401
01:05:44,541 --> 01:05:46,675
Rose: As stated in
the "battlebots" bylaws,

1402
01:05:46,677 --> 01:05:49,411
section 7.5 10-a,

1403
01:05:49,413 --> 01:05:53,748
if two bots cannot be separated
after becoming entangled,

1404
01:05:53,750 --> 01:05:55,684
this thing has to go
to the judges.

1405
01:05:55,686 --> 01:05:57,986
Judges seeing a lot
of action tonight.

1406
01:05:57,988 --> 01:06:02,023
So, we say "hello" again to
former "battlebots" participants

1407
01:06:02,025 --> 01:06:06,494
jason bardis, lisa winter,
and derek young.

1408
01:06:08,532 --> 01:06:10,231
Kenny he's called
"the big dill,"

1409
01:06:10,233 --> 01:06:14,602
but for emmanuel carrillo,
most of that fight was kosher.

1410
01:06:14,604 --> 01:06:17,405
Yeah, chris, big dill
was able to do pretty much

1411
01:06:17,407 --> 01:06:20,375
whatever they wanted to
to atom #94.

1412
01:06:20,377 --> 01:06:23,611
Those forks worked exactly
like they wanted them to.

1413
01:06:23,613 --> 01:06:25,613
With a good driver,
a weapon that has

1414
01:06:25,615 --> 01:06:28,750
a reach advantage like this
cannot be underestimated.

1415
01:06:28,752 --> 01:06:31,987
Atom #94 spent
much of its time on its head,

1416
01:06:31,989 --> 01:06:35,056
and really couldn't get
that main weapon rolling at all.

1417
01:06:35,058 --> 01:06:37,292
Had little smoke break,
as well.

1418
01:06:37,294 --> 01:06:39,194
And then,
here it is.

1419
01:06:39,196 --> 01:06:41,296
Yeah, that's some serious power,
there, for big dill.

1420
01:06:41,298 --> 01:06:42,497
And how about that?

1421
01:06:42,499 --> 01:06:43,765
Right in front of us.

1422
01:06:43,767 --> 01:06:46,468
Outside of getting stuck,
really a dominant performance

1423
01:06:46,470 --> 01:06:47,735
out of big dill.

1424
01:06:47,737 --> 01:06:50,338
So, kenny, the judges
coming into play, here,

1425
01:06:50,340 --> 01:06:52,474
seems like a bit
of a formality.

1426
01:06:52,476 --> 01:06:55,443
But after the beta decision
we saw earlier,

1427
01:06:55,445 --> 01:06:57,145
let's see what happens.

1428
01:06:57,147 --> 01:07:01,349
Faruq is standing by
with the decision.

1429
01:07:01,351 --> 01:07:04,386
The results from the judges
are in.

1430
01:07:06,523 --> 01:07:10,291
The winner, by a
unanimous decision, is...

1431
01:07:12,429 --> 01:07:14,896
...Big dill!

1432
01:07:14,898 --> 01:07:16,631
[ cheering ]

1433
01:07:16,633 --> 01:07:24,839
♪♪

1434
01:07:24,841 --> 01:07:26,975
emmanuel, was had
a little victory dance

1435
01:07:26,977 --> 01:07:28,376
we just saw you do?

1436
01:07:28,378 --> 01:07:29,744
Oh, yeah. It's big relief to,
you know,

1437
01:07:29,746 --> 01:07:31,279
get a win in
and get in there,

1438
01:07:31,281 --> 01:07:34,549
and just perform
well enough to get a win.

1439
01:07:34,551 --> 01:07:36,084
It was an impressive
performance, man.

1440
01:07:36,086 --> 01:07:37,652
You know,
as a grappling bot,

1441
01:07:37,654 --> 01:07:39,087
that's exactly what
you need to do,

1442
01:07:39,089 --> 01:07:41,022
is show that kind
of control.

1443
01:07:41,024 --> 01:07:43,758
Did you did you expect it
to go that way?

1444
01:07:43,760 --> 01:07:45,493
No. I was expecting
spicy meatball

1445
01:07:45,495 --> 01:07:47,529
to do a little bit more,
and really kind of
high-center him.

1446
01:07:47,531 --> 01:07:50,365
So we could really just come in,
and get the perfect grab.

1447
01:07:50,367 --> 01:07:53,134
We ended up grabbing him
in some really, really weird
way,

1448
01:07:53,136 --> 01:07:54,903
and, you know,
almost had him out of the arena.

1449
01:07:54,905 --> 01:07:56,137
We ended up
getting stuck.

1450
01:07:56,139 --> 01:07:58,907
I was, you know, so close
to just ringing him out.

1451
01:07:58,909 --> 01:08:00,708
That's the ultimate goal,
is to get a bot

1452
01:08:00,710 --> 01:08:03,645
somewhere stuck on the arena,
and, you know,

1453
01:08:03,647 --> 01:08:05,947
make sure he doesn't have to go
to the judges all the time.

1454
01:08:05,949 --> 01:08:07,415
Is it safe
to say that you

1455
01:08:07,417 --> 01:08:09,684
and the other team members
from big dill

1456
01:08:09,686 --> 01:08:12,420
are going to relish
this win?

1457
01:08:12,422 --> 01:08:13,621
Oh, for sure.
For sure.

1458
01:08:13,623 --> 01:08:16,057
Yeah, we jammed them
up pretty good,

1459
01:08:16,059 --> 01:08:18,159
and they just had
to dill with it.

1460
01:08:18,161 --> 01:08:20,995
Very good.
Emmanuel, congratulations.

1461
01:08:20,997 --> 01:08:22,764
You actually have to make
a contribution

1462
01:08:22,766 --> 01:08:25,700
to our cliche jar, now,
after that terrible joke.

1463
01:08:25,702 --> 01:08:27,001
There'll be
more of them.

1464
01:08:27,003 --> 01:08:28,636
Very, very good.
Well done.

1465
01:08:28,638 --> 01:08:30,572
And kenny florian,
you better fill this thing

1466
01:08:30,574 --> 01:08:33,341
with about 20 or 30 bucks,
after that one.

1467
01:08:33,343 --> 01:08:35,577
"relish."
nice work.

1468
01:08:35,579 --> 01:08:38,746
Rose: Well, certainly one of
the stranger fights we've seen.

1469
01:08:38,748 --> 01:08:41,683
But ladies and gentlemen,
up next, we've got a matchup

1470
01:08:41,685 --> 01:08:44,452
between a couple of squads
looking to prove that,

1471
01:08:44,454 --> 01:08:48,456
this season, they are top
contenders for the giant nut.

1472
01:08:48,458 --> 01:08:52,160
It's gruff vs. Hypershock
in our main event.

1473
01:08:55,866 --> 01:08:58,566
Wow, gruff
taking it to tombstone.

1474
01:08:58,568 --> 01:09:03,271
Last year, we had an epic
3-minute bout with tombstone.

1475
01:09:03,273 --> 01:09:04,606
Wow.

1476
01:09:04,608 --> 01:09:08,343
That was one of the best driving
performances I've ever seen.

1477
01:09:08,345 --> 01:09:10,612
It showed we can go
3 minutes against anybody.

1478
01:09:12,449 --> 01:09:13,448
Both: Oh!

1479
01:09:13,450 --> 01:09:15,517
Nice shot
by hypershock!

1480
01:09:15,519 --> 01:09:18,453
You just gave bite force its
toughest fight, in my opinion.

1481
01:09:18,455 --> 01:09:19,988
You know,
we got some kinks to figure out,

1482
01:09:19,990 --> 01:09:21,389
but I'm feeling confident.

1483
01:09:23,226 --> 01:09:24,659
This year's hypershock
is new.

1484
01:09:24,661 --> 01:09:27,662
It's nothing surprising.
We build a new one every year.

1485
01:09:27,664 --> 01:09:31,266
Just like we did last year,
and the year before that,

1486
01:09:31,268 --> 01:09:33,134
and the year before that.

1487
01:09:33,136 --> 01:09:34,969
It's new hypershocks
all the way down.

1488
01:09:37,140 --> 01:09:41,142
Gruff is kind of a combination
of a lifter and a grappler.

1489
01:09:41,144 --> 01:09:44,012
I am really impressed
with the toughness of gruff.

1490
01:09:45,582 --> 01:09:48,750
And we definitely have the
strongest torch in the field.

1491
01:09:51,221 --> 01:09:53,288
A lot of teams have, like,
orange fireballs.

1492
01:09:53,290 --> 01:09:55,723
Ours us blue.
It's hot.

1493
01:09:55,725 --> 01:10:00,228
That's a flame that comes out
at 3,600 degrees fahrenheit.

1494
01:10:02,632 --> 01:10:05,967
Man:
This year's hypershock is just
better armored all around,

1495
01:10:05,969 --> 01:10:07,468
we should be more powerful.

1496
01:10:07,470 --> 01:10:10,138
We've upped the voltage
on everything.

1497
01:10:10,140 --> 01:10:13,808
You still have a single-disk
weapon and a double-disk weapon.

1498
01:10:15,745 --> 01:10:17,912
I, personally,
like the double-disk.

1499
01:10:21,484 --> 01:10:23,017
It allows me to be
a little bit

1500
01:10:23,019 --> 01:10:24,485
more cavalier
with the driving.

1501
01:10:24,487 --> 01:10:27,155
Will bales
and his best friend, chaos,

1502
01:10:27,157 --> 01:10:29,958
have entered
the battle box.

1503
01:10:29,960 --> 01:10:31,526
So, especially against gruff,

1504
01:10:31,528 --> 01:10:34,429
who is just gonna get under you
no matter what...

1505
01:10:34,431 --> 01:10:35,964
We're just gonna
run straight at you,

1506
01:10:35,966 --> 01:10:37,865
and have a nice, wide-open
channel to hit you

1507
01:10:37,867 --> 01:10:41,002
with whatever
we got to do.

1508
01:10:41,004 --> 01:10:43,438
That was a perfect
box-rush, chris!

1509
01:10:43,440 --> 01:10:45,006
Faruq: It's gruff.

1510
01:10:45,008 --> 01:10:48,843
I really think this is
a good matchup for us.

1511
01:10:48,845 --> 01:10:50,578
The idea is to either,
like,

1512
01:10:50,580 --> 01:10:53,281
lift and [indistinct]
hypershock...

1513
01:10:53,283 --> 01:10:55,783
He's gonna try to throw him
out of the arena, kenny.

1514
01:10:55,785 --> 01:10:59,687
...Or to grab on to him,
and torch him really good.

1515
01:10:59,689 --> 01:11:03,057
In this fight, it's gonna
get really nice and hot.

1516
01:11:03,059 --> 01:11:05,693
We'll see that fight
when we return,

1517
01:11:05,695 --> 01:11:08,162
on "battlebots."

1518
01:11:12,702 --> 01:11:16,070
rose: This one is in
the hands of the judges.

1519
01:11:16,072 --> 01:11:18,172
We are the people
who decide who wins

1520
01:11:18,174 --> 01:11:19,607
if the match goes
the full 3 minutes.

1521
01:11:19,609 --> 01:11:22,143
Faruq: We have
a split decision.

1522
01:11:22,145 --> 01:11:23,578
Young: Judges will all see
the same fight,

1523
01:11:23,580 --> 01:11:24,579
and make
the same decision.

1524
01:11:24,581 --> 01:11:26,447
But occasionally,
when it's close,

1525
01:11:26,449 --> 01:11:28,116
we will have
a split decision,

1526
01:11:28,118 --> 01:11:29,984
where two judges
think one robot won,

1527
01:11:29,986 --> 01:11:32,420
and one judge thinks
the other robot one.

1528
01:11:32,422 --> 01:11:34,822
We have three categories
where we assign points --

1529
01:11:34,824 --> 01:11:37,158
damage, aggression,
and control.

1530
01:11:37,160 --> 01:11:38,960
It's battle.
Damage is the most important.

1531
01:11:38,962 --> 01:11:41,195
They are five points
to assign for damage,

1532
01:11:41,197 --> 01:11:43,464
three for aggression,
three for control.

1533
01:11:43,466 --> 01:11:47,235
There's a rule that you have to
get let into the arena

1534
01:11:47,237 --> 01:11:48,603
with an active weapon,

1535
01:11:48,605 --> 01:11:50,738
but nothing stating that
you actually have to use it.

1536
01:11:50,740 --> 01:11:51,773
Kenny, it's amazing.

1537
01:11:51,775 --> 01:11:53,474
Beta has yet
to fire that hammer.

1538
01:11:53,476 --> 01:11:55,009
Maybe that should
be changed.

1539
01:11:55,011 --> 01:11:56,044
I'm not sure.

1540
01:11:56,046 --> 01:11:58,913
But if you let it go
to the judges,

1541
01:11:58,915 --> 01:12:01,049
anything can happen.
It will be tight.

1542
01:12:01,051 --> 01:12:03,184
Faruq: Your winner...

1543
01:12:03,186 --> 01:12:04,886
Beta.

1544
01:12:06,122 --> 01:12:08,556
Sorry, judges.
I think you got it wrong.

1545
01:12:14,764 --> 01:12:16,531
We are back
on "battlebots."

1546
01:12:16,533 --> 01:12:18,433
kenny florian,
it is time right now

1547
01:12:18,435 --> 01:12:21,235
for a very special
main event.

1548
01:12:21,237 --> 01:12:23,304
It's in all-florida
affair --

1549
01:12:23,306 --> 01:12:26,708
the clean-cut crew
from miami, hypershock,

1550
01:12:26,710 --> 01:12:28,810
is ready to pit
their vertical spinner

1551
01:12:28,812 --> 01:12:33,214
against the battle-tested boys
from tampa, team gruff.

1552
01:12:33,216 --> 01:12:35,049
Kenny,
hypershock is always

1553
01:12:35,051 --> 01:12:37,585
one of the prettiest machines
in this competition.

1554
01:12:37,587 --> 01:12:40,455
And when will bales' bots
have been problem-free,

1555
01:12:40,457 --> 01:12:42,623
they've been
absolutely electric.

1556
01:12:42,625 --> 01:12:45,326
Problem is, they aren't
always problem-free.

1557
01:12:45,328 --> 01:12:48,863
Yeah, chris, as a driver, will
can go toe to toe with anyone.

1558
01:12:48,865 --> 01:12:51,866
And we've seen hypershock
nearly take down bots

1559
01:12:51,868 --> 01:12:53,668
like bite force
in the past.

1560
01:12:53,670 --> 01:12:55,670
So, we know
what they're capable of.

1561
01:12:55,672 --> 01:12:57,405
But the question is,

1562
01:12:57,407 --> 01:12:59,874
which hypershock
are we going to get today?

1563
01:12:59,876 --> 01:13:02,977
And on the other end
of the spectrum, we have gruff.

1564
01:13:02,979 --> 01:13:04,245
It's built like a tank,

1565
01:13:04,247 --> 01:13:07,215
and looks like it could
survive a hit from one, too.

1566
01:13:07,217 --> 01:13:10,051
Yeah, sam mcamis has
one of the sturdiest machines

1567
01:13:10,053 --> 01:13:11,886
we've seen
at "battlebots."

1568
01:13:11,888 --> 01:13:15,490
last year, gruff went the full
three minutes with tombstone,

1569
01:13:15,492 --> 01:13:19,360
proving that they can hang
with the best of the best.

1570
01:13:19,362 --> 01:13:21,629
Alright, kenny, when you
look at the numbers, here,

1571
01:13:21,631 --> 01:13:23,531
who do you think
has the advantage?

1572
01:13:23,533 --> 01:13:24,966
Well, looking at
the drive train,

1573
01:13:24,968 --> 01:13:28,035
hypershock should be able
to drive circles around gruff,

1574
01:13:28,037 --> 01:13:30,838
but we'll see how much damage
their vertical spinner

1575
01:13:30,840 --> 01:13:32,974
could do against
gruff's exterior.

1576
01:13:32,976 --> 01:13:35,009
It's made from
a special blend of steel

1577
01:13:35,011 --> 01:13:37,211
called "magnum
triple alloy,"

1578
01:13:37,213 --> 01:13:39,313
which was able
to survive multiple

1579
01:13:39,315 --> 01:13:40,982
direct hits
from tombstone.

1580
01:13:40,984 --> 01:13:43,050
And while I like
the reach of gruff's lifter,

1581
01:13:43,052 --> 01:13:46,087
their dual-cannon flamethrower
is the weapon to watch

1582
01:13:46,089 --> 01:13:47,455
in this fight.

1583
01:13:47,457 --> 01:13:49,757
They have one of the only
torches in this competition

1584
01:13:49,759 --> 01:13:52,693
that can truly change
the course of a match.

1585
01:13:52,695 --> 01:13:53,961
It's gonna be
a ton of fun.

1586
01:13:53,963 --> 01:13:56,664
Let's check it out.
It's called the main event.

1587
01:13:56,666 --> 01:13:59,000
Here is faruq.

1588
01:13:59,002 --> 01:14:04,806
Ladies and gentlemen,
it's robot-fighting time.

1589
01:14:04,808 --> 01:14:07,074
[ cheering ]

1590
01:14:07,076 --> 01:14:12,447
♪♪

1591
01:14:12,449 --> 01:14:17,218
in the blue square -- after his
bout with tombstone last year,

1592
01:14:17,220 --> 01:14:21,456
fans started to talk, and he
became the people's champ,

1593
01:14:21,458 --> 01:14:23,024
just like the rock.

1594
01:14:23,026 --> 01:14:27,228
This year, the giant nut
is the only place he's looking,

1595
01:14:27,230 --> 01:14:32,366
if you smeeeeeeeell
what gruff is cooking.

1596
01:14:32,368 --> 01:14:39,941
♪♪

1597
01:14:39,943 --> 01:14:42,410
gruff 2-3
a year ago.

1598
01:14:42,412 --> 01:14:44,479
Three of its fights
went the distance,

1599
01:14:44,481 --> 01:14:47,882
including that classic one
against tombstone, kenny.

1600
01:14:47,884 --> 01:14:49,450
Yeah, I got to say,
this is one of

1601
01:14:49,452 --> 01:14:51,752
the toughest bots
to knock out.

1602
01:14:51,754 --> 01:14:53,654
That thing
is a brick.

1603
01:14:53,656 --> 01:14:55,756
In addition to being
a flat-out brick,

1604
01:14:55,758 --> 01:14:58,493
this thing's got fire.
Fire.

1605
01:14:58,495 --> 01:15:01,629
Yeah, his strategy is gonna
be the same -- grab and torch.

1606
01:15:01,631 --> 01:15:04,665
He's made some really good
upgrades all around the bot,

1607
01:15:04,667 --> 01:15:07,068
to the drive train,
the lifter, and the motor.

1608
01:15:15,411 --> 01:15:17,311
In the red square --

1609
01:15:17,313 --> 01:15:20,414
it'll charge you
like a bill of sales.

1610
01:15:20,416 --> 01:15:22,817
And when you're broke,
wondering why,

1611
01:15:22,819 --> 01:15:26,687
all I got to say is,
"will bales."

1612
01:15:26,689 --> 01:15:29,190
when it rolls,
you get rocked.

1613
01:15:29,192 --> 01:15:31,792
It's hypershock.

1614
01:15:31,794 --> 01:15:41,702
♪♪

1615
01:15:41,704 --> 01:15:44,005
it's amazing, but will bales
and hypershock,

1616
01:15:44,007 --> 01:15:46,641
one of the most entertaining
teams around, kenny,

1617
01:15:46,643 --> 01:15:49,510
has never made it
to the top 16.

1618
01:15:49,512 --> 01:15:52,413
Well, he's always had problems,
you know, fixing his bot.

1619
01:15:52,415 --> 01:15:55,049
It's always like it comes down
to the wire with these guys.

1620
01:15:55,051 --> 01:15:57,418
But will told us this was
the most legit

1621
01:15:57,420 --> 01:15:59,086
hypershock has
ever been.

1622
01:15:59,088 --> 01:16:00,988
And you could see
that double-plate spinner

1623
01:16:00,990 --> 01:16:02,089
they're using tonight.

1624
01:16:02,091 --> 01:16:04,292
It's maybe just a little bit
less powerful

1625
01:16:04,294 --> 01:16:06,294
than the single blade,
but it means

1626
01:16:06,296 --> 01:16:09,830
wilt doesn't have to be quite
as accurate with this strike.

1627
01:16:15,605 --> 01:16:17,438
[ cheering ]

1628
01:16:20,910 --> 01:16:22,476
so, pete will bales
told us,

1629
01:16:22,478 --> 01:16:25,279
"this is the most confident
and calm I've ever been."

1630
01:16:25,281 --> 01:16:27,081
but he was still racing
to the finish,

1631
01:16:27,083 --> 01:16:29,684
to try and get this bot
ready to fight tonight.

1632
01:16:29,686 --> 01:16:32,386
What do we expect
to see out of hypershock?

1633
01:16:32,388 --> 01:16:35,289
Pete: This bot is so much better
than his other robots.

1634
01:16:35,291 --> 01:16:38,326
I mean, he's done so much work
to make it serviceable,

1635
01:16:38,328 --> 01:16:41,362
modular parts of electronics
that come right out the bottom,

1636
01:16:41,364 --> 01:16:43,130
so it's really easy
for him to work on

1637
01:16:43,132 --> 01:16:44,765
all the complicated
elements.

1638
01:16:44,767 --> 01:16:46,667
What I'm looking forward to,
though,

1639
01:16:46,669 --> 01:16:48,035
is gruff's
flamethrower.

1640
01:16:48,037 --> 01:16:51,706
Those new nozzles
are exquisite.

1641
01:16:57,413 --> 01:16:59,447
<i> Robots activate.</i>

1642
01:16:59,449 --> 01:17:01,248
Whoa.
Oh, yeah.

1643
01:17:03,686 --> 01:17:05,453
Sam, that looks
really good.

1644
01:17:05,455 --> 01:17:08,456
That double-flamethrower.

1645
01:17:08,458 --> 01:17:09,624
Show-off.

1646
01:17:11,694 --> 01:17:13,594
<i> Blue team, ready.</i>

1647
01:17:13,596 --> 01:17:18,966
♪♪

1648
01:17:18,968 --> 01:17:21,035
<i> red team, ready.</i>

1649
01:17:21,037 --> 01:17:27,708
♪♪

1650
01:17:27,710 --> 01:17:28,843
[ cheering ]

1651
01:17:28,845 --> 01:17:29,910
feeling good?

1652
01:17:29,912 --> 01:17:30,945
Yeah.

1653
01:17:30,947 --> 01:17:33,314
Alright.

1654
01:17:33,316 --> 01:17:39,520
♪♪

1655
01:17:39,522 --> 01:17:41,756
mcamis: Make sure you hook him
down before we make contact.

1656
01:17:41,758 --> 01:17:43,324
Yeah, I'm a little nervous
they're sitting too low,

1657
01:17:43,326 --> 01:17:44,492
but it's okay.

1658
01:17:48,898 --> 01:17:51,298
Rose: Let the bot
battle begin.

1659
01:17:52,902 --> 01:17:54,101
Bots meet
in the center.

1660
01:17:54,103 --> 01:17:55,403
Both: Oh!

1661
01:17:55,405 --> 01:17:57,938
Gruff takes a shot,
and has already shown off

1662
01:17:57,940 --> 01:18:00,074
the double-flamethrower.

1663
01:18:00,076 --> 01:18:02,410
And it's will bales showing off
with the driving.

1664
01:18:02,412 --> 01:18:04,078
Oh, going head-on.

1665
01:18:04,080 --> 01:18:06,681
Doesn't want to do that
for too long.

1666
01:18:06,683 --> 01:18:10,017
Oh, that could definitely
burn up the insides.

1667
01:18:10,019 --> 01:18:11,919
No question.

1668
01:18:11,921 --> 01:18:13,320
Hypershock is --

1669
01:18:13,322 --> 01:18:14,555
oh!

1670
01:18:18,594 --> 01:18:20,661
Gruff able
to self-right.

1671
01:18:20,663 --> 01:18:22,563
Seem to be caught on
the rails momentarily,

1672
01:18:22,565 --> 01:18:24,098
but works himself free.

1673
01:18:24,100 --> 01:18:26,467
Hypershock's weapon
is up to speed.

1674
01:18:26,469 --> 01:18:28,836
Oh. Gruff kind of
backed himself in.

1675
01:18:28,838 --> 01:18:30,938
And look at the flamethrowers
on that.

1676
01:18:30,940 --> 01:18:34,275
Wow. What sort of damage
can that do to the interior

1677
01:18:34,277 --> 01:18:35,309
of the other bot?

1678
01:18:35,311 --> 01:18:36,377
Oh!

1679
01:18:36,379 --> 01:18:37,511
Another big pop.

1680
01:18:38,214 --> 01:18:40,047
His weapon's
not spinning.

1681
01:18:40,049 --> 01:18:41,382
I got nothing.

1682
01:18:41,384 --> 01:18:43,851
You heard will bales
right there.

1683
01:18:43,853 --> 01:18:46,921
Hypershock has lost
its primary weapon, kenny.

1684
01:18:46,923 --> 01:18:48,823
They are gonna have
to seriously scramble

1685
01:18:48,825 --> 01:18:50,658
to find a way
to score points, now.

1686
01:18:50,660 --> 01:18:51,959
Wow.

1687
01:18:51,961 --> 01:18:54,829
Once again, it's what does
your primary weapon do.

1688
01:18:56,599 --> 01:18:57,965
A great job.

1689
01:18:57,967 --> 01:19:01,502
Gruff has put hypershock
up on the screws.

1690
01:19:01,504 --> 01:19:04,371
Just like rotator, gruff takes
out his opponent's weapon.

1691
01:19:04,373 --> 01:19:07,441
Now, he's going to work.

1692
01:19:07,443 --> 01:19:11,512
And now, hypershock
is actually smoking a bit.

1693
01:19:11,514 --> 01:19:14,882
Can will bales get his bot to
move before a count-out?

1694
01:19:14,884 --> 01:19:17,585
Or has the flame of gruff
claimed its first victim

1695
01:19:17,587 --> 01:19:19,720
of the 2020 season?

1696
01:19:19,722 --> 01:19:20,821
Referee: 10...

1697
01:19:20,823 --> 01:19:26,026
There it is.
The countdown has begun.

1698
01:19:26,028 --> 01:19:30,698
Hypershock is gonna end up
losing to one gruff bot.

1699
01:19:33,336 --> 01:19:37,471
♪♪

1700
01:19:37,473 --> 01:19:39,440
those look
so beautiful.

1701
01:19:39,442 --> 01:19:42,510
-Dang.
-Oh, my god.

1702
01:19:42,512 --> 01:19:44,245
I want to take a nap
so bad.

1703
01:19:44,247 --> 01:19:49,283
♪♪

1704
01:19:49,285 --> 01:19:52,453
kenny, gruff is becoming
the type of bot you just don't

1705
01:19:52,455 --> 01:19:55,456
want to see on your schedule
if you're an opposing team.

1706
01:19:55,458 --> 01:19:57,658
Yeah, this is one tough
robot, chris.

1707
01:19:57,660 --> 01:20:01,128
That magnum triple alloy steel
seems indestructible.

1708
01:20:01,130 --> 01:20:02,997
You add that flamethrower
to the mix,

1709
01:20:02,999 --> 01:20:05,933
and gruff
is just a beast.

1710
01:20:05,935 --> 01:20:09,136
Hypershock did a good job
of attacking the flanks,

1711
01:20:09,138 --> 01:20:11,205
even managed
to flip gruff.

1712
01:20:11,207 --> 01:20:14,341
But in the end,
sam mcamis' strategy prevailed.

1713
01:20:14,343 --> 01:20:17,878
Absolutely. Gruff wanted to
break hypershock's weapon.

1714
01:20:17,880 --> 01:20:19,947
It was tough enough
to do that.

1715
01:20:19,949 --> 01:20:23,117
And it was durable enough
to outlast hypershock.

1716
01:20:23,119 --> 01:20:26,453
Sometimes, robot combat
is just that simple.

1717
01:20:26,455 --> 01:20:29,824
[ cheers and applause ]

1718
01:20:34,597 --> 01:20:39,233
sam mcamis of team gruff,
what's cooking?

1719
01:20:39,235 --> 01:20:41,435
Hypershock.

1720
01:20:41,437 --> 01:20:43,204
Is that what's on
the menu tonight?

1721
01:20:43,206 --> 01:20:44,505
Yeah.

1722
01:20:44,507 --> 01:20:46,674
We finally got him
pretty good.

1723
01:20:46,676 --> 01:20:49,910
So, do you think the flame
is what did him in?

1724
01:20:49,912 --> 01:20:51,412
That's what ended
his night?

1725
01:20:51,414 --> 01:20:53,347
It's hard to say.
We didn't really get a good,

1726
01:20:53,349 --> 01:20:55,082
like, grab and torch.

1727
01:20:55,084 --> 01:20:56,584
So, I'm not --
like, I didn't dump

1728
01:20:56,586 --> 01:20:58,252
as much heat into him
as I would have liked.

1729
01:20:58,254 --> 01:21:02,756
But at the end, he was smoking,
so...We got it.

1730
01:21:02,758 --> 01:21:06,126
Sam, what was the game plan,
here, against hypershock?

1731
01:21:06,128 --> 01:21:07,494
The goal is just,
basically,

1732
01:21:07,496 --> 01:21:09,597
try to keep the forks
pointed toward them.

1733
01:21:09,599 --> 01:21:11,198
We knew that we could get
under him if we --

1734
01:21:11,200 --> 01:21:13,868
as long as we didn't let him
get around to our sides.

1735
01:21:13,870 --> 01:21:15,836
But that happened
a couple of times.

1736
01:21:15,838 --> 01:21:19,340
We got some pretty gnarly damage
up in the front.

1737
01:21:19,342 --> 01:21:21,542
So, do you think this is
quite a first impression

1738
01:21:21,544 --> 01:21:22,676
for the selection committee,

1739
01:21:22,678 --> 01:21:25,112
as you try to crack
the top 32?

1740
01:21:25,114 --> 01:21:28,182
Yeah. I think -- I think
it was awesome.

1741
01:21:28,184 --> 01:21:30,317
It's hard for us --
like, for a lifter

1742
01:21:30,319 --> 01:21:32,753
or a torch
to get a ko.

1743
01:21:32,755 --> 01:21:34,688
And it was nice
to get a ko.

1744
01:21:34,690 --> 01:21:35,990
No question about it.

1745
01:21:35,992 --> 01:21:39,093
Sam mcamis, congratulations
to you and team gruff.

1746
01:21:39,095 --> 01:21:40,294
Thank you.

1747
01:21:45,401 --> 01:21:46,567
Oh, buddy.

1748
01:21:46,569 --> 01:21:47,801
Alright, will bales.

1749
01:21:47,803 --> 01:21:50,037
You're smiling,
but what happened to that bot?

1750
01:21:50,039 --> 01:21:52,473
Did it get overdone?

1751
01:21:52,475 --> 01:21:54,575
For the most part, I think we
did a pretty good job.

1752
01:21:54,577 --> 01:21:56,076
There was a good portion
of that match

1753
01:21:56,078 --> 01:21:58,045
where I only had
one side to drive.

1754
01:21:58,047 --> 01:22:01,081
So, I was doing what I could
to avoid the front.

1755
01:22:01,083 --> 01:22:04,184
Still, for the most part, I
think we got some okay hits in.

1756
01:22:04,186 --> 01:22:05,920
In I'd like to
see better.

1757
01:22:05,922 --> 01:22:07,855
Now, it's still
your first fight, will,

1758
01:22:07,857 --> 01:22:09,256
so how much weight
do you put into

1759
01:22:09,258 --> 01:22:10,958
this performance,
right now?

1760
01:22:10,960 --> 01:22:12,593
If we can get the electronics
up and running,

1761
01:22:12,595 --> 01:22:14,128
with a little bit
more time,

1762
01:22:14,130 --> 01:22:17,932
now that the mechanical side is,
for the most part, figured out,

1763
01:22:17,934 --> 01:22:20,100
I think we can get
some solid fights in.

1764
01:22:20,102 --> 01:22:21,669
The beginning of the match
was okay,

1765
01:22:21,671 --> 01:22:23,637
with drivetrain
and the weapon.

1766
01:22:23,639 --> 01:22:25,639
But I see a light.

1767
01:22:25,641 --> 01:22:29,043
It's a very dim light,
but it's up there.

1768
01:22:29,045 --> 01:22:30,144
Alright, will bales,

1769
01:22:30,146 --> 01:22:31,545
thanks for having
some fun with us.

1770
01:22:31,547 --> 01:22:33,480
Head back to the pits,
and go work on that baby.

1771
01:22:33,482 --> 01:22:34,615
Yes, dear.

1772
01:22:39,288 --> 01:22:43,524
Kenny, we know how tough
a bot gruff was a season ago,

1773
01:22:43,526 --> 01:22:45,793
a difficult loss
against tombstone.

1774
01:22:45,795 --> 01:22:48,362
Here, I think they made
a point tonight.

1775
01:22:48,364 --> 01:22:49,596
They definitely
made a point.

1776
01:22:49,598 --> 01:22:52,166
They took out a pretty strong
team in hypershock.

1777
01:22:52,168 --> 01:22:54,868
And for me,
these guys are true underdogs,

1778
01:22:54,870 --> 01:22:56,704
and could go very far
in the tournament, for sure.

1779
01:22:56,706 --> 01:22:59,239
Alright. What another
spectacular night

1780
01:22:59,241 --> 01:23:01,175
here inside
the battle box.

1781
01:23:01,177 --> 01:23:04,144
We saw a few rookies
get their first career wins,

1782
01:23:04,146 --> 01:23:06,580
some returning bots
start their seasons off

1783
01:23:06,582 --> 01:23:08,916
with a couple
of huge kos,

1784
01:23:08,918 --> 01:23:11,585
and we witnessed one of the most
controversial decisions

1785
01:23:11,587 --> 01:23:14,321
we've ever seen
here on "battlebots."

1786
01:23:14,323 --> 01:23:17,157
we'll see how the action tonight
affects teams as they continue

1787
01:23:17,159 --> 01:23:19,393
to try to impress
the selection committee

1788
01:23:19,395 --> 01:23:22,062
for those coveted
playoff spots.

1789
01:23:22,064 --> 01:23:24,765
For faruq,
our bot-whisper peter,

1790
01:23:24,767 --> 01:23:26,266
jenny taft
back in the pits,

1791
01:23:26,268 --> 01:23:27,634
and my man,
kenny florian.

1792
01:23:27,636 --> 01:23:28,769
I am chris rose.

1793
01:23:28,771 --> 01:23:30,938
We'll see you next time
on "battlebots."