Robot: Ambush Type: Lifter Team: Team Ambush Lydia Yeckley, Vaughn Varma, Stephen Pasek, David Breen, Kyle Suero, Art Kalb, Bennett Wong, Kevin Leonard, MacKenzie Crable (not pictured) Hometown: Rochester, NY Sponsors: Klein Steel, RIT Website: facebook.com/ritbattlebots/ Builder: Lydia Yeckley Job: Floor Manager/Machinist and Full-Time Student at the Rochester Institute of Technology Years competing: Rookie Favorite…
Robot: Bad Kitty Type: Disc spinner (vertical) Team: Team Think Tank Bradley Hanstad (Captain/Driving Main Bot/Fabricator), Martin Mason (Fabricator), Thomas Michael Roy Thomas (Flying Drone/Electrical), Katie Mason (Driving secondary bot), Ted Shimoda (Builder/Fabricator) Hometown: Brea, CA Sponsors: Polymer Composites, Honeybee Robotics, Industrial Plastic Supply, Fabric Development, Composite Envisions Website: Team Think Tank facebook.com/TeamThinkTank twitter.com/TeamThinkTank instagram.com/BradHanstad…
Robot: Basilisk Type: Poker Team: MBS Robotics Lucas Sloan (Captain/Driver of Basilisk), Andrew Maier (Driver of AfterBite, Programmer), David Sloan (Auxuliary Driver, Programmer, Weapons), Graham Jordan (Auxuliary Driver/Weapons) Hometown: Edmonton, Alberta Sponsors: FormLabs, PeaceFarms, Princess Auto, Special Metal Fabricating Website: MBS Robotics facebook.com/MBSrobotics Builder: Lucas Sloan Job: Owner/Operator of MadeBySloan (Custom Manufacturing + Creative Escape)…
Robot: BETA Type: Hammer Team: Robo Challenge John Reid (Co-Captain), Grant Cooper (Co-Captain) Hometown: Oxford, UK Sponsors: Robo Challenge, AutoDesk, Teng Tools, OptiPower, Guhring Website: robochallenge.co.uk b-e-t-a.com Builder: John Reid Job: Grant Cooper – Creative Engineer at Robo Challenge Ltd for TV shows and PR campaigns John Reid – Self-employed software and Design Engineer Years…
Robot: Bite Force Type: Bar spinner (vertical) Team: Aptyx Designs Paul Ventimiglia (Captain), Teena Liu (Project Manager), Cory McBride (Fabricator), Jeremiah Jinno (Software Engineer), Travis Covington, Colin Wilson Hometown: Mountain View, CA Sponsors: Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), VEX Robotics, Magmotor Technologies, Big Blue Saw, SOLIDWORKS Website: www.aptyxdesigns.com facebook.com/AptyxDesigns Builder: Paul Ventimiglia Job: Robotic Engineer at…
Robot: Black Ice Type: Shooter Team: Team Black Ice Dan Barry (Captain/Driver/Electrical), Dan Parrish (Fabricator/Mechanical/Art) Hometown: South Hadley, MA Sponsors: Banebots, LLC Website: – Builder: Dan Barry Job: Dan Barry: robotics engineer Dan Parrish: pediatrician Years competing: Rookie Favorite tool: Hammer Favorite robot: Daneel (Asimov) Interesting fact: Dan Barry: I like flying upside down Dan…
Robot: Blacksmith Type: Hammer Team: Team Half Fast Astronaut Al Kindle (Captain/Main Driver), Alan Young (Weapons Operator), John Wolan (Graphics), Sam Harrington (Designer) Hometown: Edison, NJ Sponsors: MaxAmps, NERC Website: facebook.com/Teamhfa/ Builder: Al Kindle Job: Electro-Mechanical Technician at Spex Sampleprep Years competing: 20 years Favorite tool: Hammer, for its ability to assist other tools Favorite…
Robot: Bombshell Type: Modular (axe, horizontal bar, lifter, vertical disc) Team: Chaos Corps Michael Jeffries (Captain/Driver of main bot), Julie Simancek (Wife/Designer/Costume), Chris Williamson (BB Veteran/Fabricator), Randy Farmer (Fabricator), Brandon Davis (Lifter), Jamie Price (BB Veteran/R2D2 well known/Design and Fabrication), Dan Hammer (CAD/Fabricator), Matthew Carroll (CAD/Fabricator), Jason Brown (Heading up the drone bot), Simon Arthur…
Robot: Bronco Type: Launcher Team: Inertia Labs Alexander Rose (Captain), Reason Bradley (Captain), Chris Daniel (Machining), Nolan Van Dine, Matteo Borri, Greg Staples, Brad Sykes Hometown: Sausalito, CA Sponsors: Autodesk, Vex Robotics, Ninja Paintball, Universal Sonar Mount, NPC Robotics, Robots Everywhere, Thunderpower Website: facebook.com/inertiabots inertialabs.com Builder: Alexander Rose and Reason Bradley Job: Alexander: Executive Director…
Robot: Brutus Type: Shooter Team: Team Brutus Adam Bercu (Captain), Andrew Berkowitz, Esther Shang, Joel Greenwood Hometown: Somerville, MA Sponsors: Equals Zero Designs, Solidworks Website: – Builder: Adam Bercu Job: Neurotechnology Engineer Years competing: 13 years Favorite tool: Plasma Cutter Favorite robot: The modern smartphone Interesting fact: I’ve been involved in robot combat for over…