Robot: Splatter Type: Articulated Spinning Disc Team: Fast Electric Robots Jeff Vasquez – Team Captain, Fabricator, Machinist, Welder Matthew Vasquez – CAD Designer, Builder, Driver Jason Vasquez – Builder, Secondary Weapons Operator Debbie Vasquez – RoboMom Hometown: Thousand Oaks, CA Sponsors: Molex, GoEngineer, Crane Technology, Towers Metalworks, ShutterEaze Website: facebook.com/teamfast.electricrobots Builder: Jeff Vasquez Job: Senior…
Robot: Stinger: The Killer Bee Type: Lifter, Flipper with Flamethrower Team: Team PlumbCrazy Matt & Wendy Maxham Hometown: Sacramento, CA Sponsors: Apex Dynamics, Inc., CareFree Tire Website: facebook.com/StingerTKB Builder: Matt & Wendy Maxham Job: Matt: Production Supervisor at Western Integrated Technologies Wendy: Regional Accounting Manager at Hearst Television Years competing: 13 years Favorite tool: Millermatic…
Robot: Stinger: The Killer Bee Type: Lifter Team: Team PlumbCrazy Matt Maxham (Captain), Wendy Maxham (Batteries specialist, support), Tony Osladil, Jeff Gomez Hometown: Sacramento, CA Sponsors: Sierra College – Career and Technical Education, Apex Dynamics, USA, Care Free Tires Website: facebook.com/StingerTKB Builder: Matt Maxham Job: Matt: Production Supervisor at Western Integrated Technologies Wendy: Regional Accounting…
Robot: SubZero Type: Launcher Team: Team Hammertime Jerry Clarkin (Captain/Builder/Weapons), Logan Davis (Driver), Alex Horne (Builder/Fabricator), Brady Davis (Drone Driver/Gopher), Reginald Wilson (Weapons for Drone) Hometown: Malvern, PA Sponsors: MaxAmps, Motion Controls, Penn College of Technology, Vantec, HeliBatics Website: Team Hammer Time facebook.com/mechasubzero Builder: Jerry Clarkin Job: Automotive catalyst evaluation technician, former automotive mechanic Years…
Robot: Sweet Revenge Type: Bar Spinner Team: Rock, Paper, Scissors Nola Garcia, Billy Garcia, Elizabeth DeZulueta, Alan Crockwell, Julian DeZulueta, Olivia Garcia-Velez, Meagan Carpintero, Elisa Baena, Sabrina Tamames, Sara Dwyer, Catalina Rincon, Alexis Viduretta, Regina Morfin, Manuela Guyot, Crisitna Mackle, Caitlin Dowell-Esquivel, Nadya Ganem, Emilie Martinez, Cecelia de Armas, Lourdes Magolnick, Natalie Batlle, Alessandra Mackle,…
Robot: Tombstone Type: Bar spinner (horizontal) Team: Hardcore Robotics Ray Billings (Captain), Rick Russ (Pit boss), Justin Billings (son, assembly/disassembly), Brittney Heindel, Susan Billings Hometown: Placerville, CA Sponsors: Keysight Technologies, Tormach, NPC Robotics, VEX Robotics Website: facebook.com/Hardcore-Robotics Builder: Ray Billings Job: Engineering Technician at Intel Corporation Years competing: 15 years Favorite tool: Tormach PCNC 1100…
Robot: Tombstone Type: Bar Spinner Team: Hardcore Robotics Ray Billings, Justin Billings, Rick Russ Hometown: Placerville, CA Sponsors: NPC Robotics, Innovation First International Website: hardcorerobotics.com Builder: Ray Billings Job: Engineering Technician at Intel Corporation Years competing: 14 years Favorite tool: Welder Favorite robot: Alcoholic Stepfather Interesting fact: Ray started out in mechanical sports, racing go-Karts…
Robot: UltraViolent Type: Launcher Team: TI Joe Andrew Peterson (Captain/Driver), Joshua Kramer (Fabricator), Alex Pardo (Fabricator), John Peterson (Strategy), Gary Peterson (Strategy) Hometown: Blacksburg, VA Sponsors: Titanium Joe Website: facebook.com/ultraviolentbattlebot Builder: Andrew Peterson Job: Senior Research Scientist – Virginia Tech Years competing: 4 years Favorite tool: Waterjet, Dremel, Google Favorite robot: The Robot from “Robot…
Robot: Ultimo Destructo Type: Launcher Team: Carnage Robotics Sean J. Irvin (Captain), Monte Keen, Don Price Hometown: Valkaria, FL Sponsors: Keen Machine & Sheetmetal, Harris Corporation, Welding by Theo Website: Carnage Robotics facebook.com/Carnagerobotics Builder: Sean J. Irvin Job: By day, Sean works as a Precision Mechanism design engineer for Harris Corporation. In a nutshell, Sean designs…
Robot: Warhead Type: Articulated Drum Spinner with Lifting Arms & Tail and Chewing, tearing, biting dinosaur head of doom… It’s the Warhead evilution Team: Team Warhead Simon Scott (Captain), Ian Lewis, James Vandervelden Hometown: Poole, UK Sponsors: Optipower, Scorpion Motors, C & M Mould Tools, Metalex, Pavalux, The Hydraulics Company Website: facebook.com/WarheadRobot Builders: Simon Roy…