Robot: Obwalden Overlord Type: Hammer Team: Team Obwalden Overlord Rob Knight (Captain/Arms/Weapons Operator), James Viggers (Main Unit Driver/Logistics), Cyril Jourdan (Programmer), Lucy Viggers (Logistics) Hometown: Divonne les bains, FR Sponsors: Maxon Motors AG, The Robot Studio S.A. Website: Facebook Builder: Rob Knight Job: Robot Designer Years competing: 18 years Favorite tool: A beaten up old…
Robot: OverDrive Type: Quick and Nimble Lifter Team: C2 Robotics Christian Carlberg – Captain Luke Khanlian – Pit boss Danny Valdez – Fabrication Mike Ballard – Machinist Chris Seto – Radio & Control Carissa Carlberg – Trainee Hometown: San Luis Obispo, CA Sponsors: C2 Robotics, Nocturna Fabrication, RF Ballard and Sons CNC Website: c2robotics.com Builder:…
Robot: OverDrive Type: Quick and Nimble Bar Spinner Team: C2 Robotics Christian Carlberg (Captain), Carissa Carlberg (Weapons Operator), Chris Seto (batteries and radio specialist), Danny Valdez, Mike Ballard, Brian Roe (fabrication) Hometown: San Luis Obispo, CA Sponsors: C2 Robotics, Inc., RF Ballard and Sons, Proto Labs, Magmotor, Suitable Technologies Website: c2robotics.com Builder: Christian Carlberg Job:…
Robot: Overhaul Type: Crushing Lifter Team: Team JACD Charles Guan, Jamison Go, Adam Bercu, Dane Kouttron, Cynthia Lu, Lucy Du, Hanna Lin, Andrew Berkowitz Hometown: Cambridge, MA Sponsors: Beantown Taqueria, Dale’s Homemade Robots Website: TeamJACD.com facebook.com/TeamJACD Builders: Charles Guan, Adam Bercu, Jamison Go, Dane Kouttron Job: Charles: Machine Shop & Fabrication Instructor, MITAdam: Engineering Consultant…
Robot: Overhaul Type: Grappler Team: Equals Zero Robotics Charles Guan (Captain), Cynthia Lu, Paige Reiter, Matt Nguyen Hometown: Cambridge, MA Sponsors: MarkForged, HobbyKing, Beantown Taqueria, Equals Zero Designs Website: facebook.com/EqualsZeroRobotics Builder: Charles Guan Job: Charles: Engineering Consultant Cynthia: Freelance Artist & Prop Designer” Years competing: 13 years Favorite tool: Charles: Tektronix THS3024 Portable Oscilloscope Cynthia:…
Robot: Photon Storm Type: Crusher Team: Team Storm Ed Hoppitt (Captain), Tim Bence, Andrew Marchant, Alan Young Hometown: Woodbridge, UK Sponsors: VMware UK Ltd Website: Team Storm twitter.com/teamstormuk Builder: Ed Hoppitt Job: IT Architect Years competing: 16 years Favorite tool: Precision Adjustment Tool (aka Hammer) Favorite robot: Beta Interesting fact: Ed, our team captain, currently…
Robot: Plan X Type: Vertical Spinner with Modular Defense Systems, Partner Robots and a Brain Team: Robot Action League Lisa Winter, Mike Winter, Lauren Winter, Tackett Austin Hometown: Berkeley, CA Sponsors: No Sponsors Website: facebook.com/PlanXrobot Builder: Lisa Winter & Mike Winter Job: Lisa: Project Manager at Sproutling Mike: Designing Autonomous Robots Years competing: 20 years…
Robot: Poison Arrow Type: Drum spinner Team: CaustiCreations Zachary Goff (Captain/Main driver), Casey Kuhns (Builder/Fabricator), Ian McMahon (Builder/Fabricator), Gabe Staples (Drone Builder/Drone Driver), Hana Goff (Graphics) Hometown: Houston, TX Sponsors: Arrow Electronics Website: facebook.com/CausticCreations Builder: Zachary Goff Job: Project engineer for oil and gas equipment manufacturing Years competing: 14 years Favorite tool: Arc Welder Favorite robot: Battlebot: Ziggo…
Robot: Preying Mantis Type: Grappler Team: Nuclear Radiation Mutation Aliaksandr Iuleu, Sasha Robocop (Captain), Jenny Cheung, George “Stretch” Myers, Curtis Wilson, Adam Vasilakis, Leanne Cushing, Jason Chrisos Hometown: Boston, MA Sponsors: Roboteq, stober, Pavlok, MassChallenge, txyz Website: txyz youtube.com/user/txyzinfo Builder: Sasha Robocop Job: Robotics Engineer Years competing: Rookie Favorite tool: Oscilloscope Favorite robot: T1000 Interesting…
Robot: Radioactive Type: HammerBot with Articulated Driving Pods Team: Make Robotics Kane Aston, Anthony Pritchard, Kevin Cleasby, Ted Pritchard Hometown: Hemel Hempstead, UK Sponsors: Curvature Group, OptiPower Website: makerobotics.com facebook.com/MakeRobotics facebook.com/RadioactiveRobot Builder: Kane Aston Job: IT Manager and Drone Pilot Years competing: 17 years Favorite tool: Cordless Power Drill Favorite robot: Wall-E Interesting fact: Stat…