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Cool Robots That Inspire Future Engineers

By SOLIDWORKS August 25, 2020
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Cool Robots That Inspire Future Engineers

BattleBots’ Team Witch Doctor is a fan favorite thanks to a robot with personality and a team (of humans) that encourages interest in engineering.

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The Value of a “Body Double” During the Coronavirus Pandemic

By SOLIDWORKS April 28, 2020
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The Value of a “Body Double” During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Double Robotics communication tools are more vital than ever as social distancing and isolation help prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

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The Best BattleBots Season ever??

By Cliff Medling October 3, 2019
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The Best BattleBots Season ever??

Is it just me, or was this the best BattleBots season ever?  More teams, and a lot of epic battles in the final 16 over the last two weeks.  This season we saw several new competitors entering the bot battleground

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Designing Outside the Box Turns into HUGE Wins [Podcast]

By Cliff Medling September 16, 2019
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Designing Outside the Box Turns into HUGE Wins [Podcast]

Jonathan Schultz is an entrepreneur and the Team leader for the BattleBots team HUGE. Jonathan made a name for himself in 2018 when he created a revolutionary new fighting robot. Listen in to hear his advice for any designer who wants to step away from the norm.

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BATTLEBOTS LIVE! Behind the Scenes

By Andrew Gross July 24, 2019
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BATTLEBOTS LIVE! Behind the Scenes

Go back stage (virtually) to get an inside glimpse at the action taking place as the bots begin their epic battles at BATTLEBOTS LIVE.

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How BattleBots SawBlaze Cuts through its Competition using SOLIDWORKS

By SOLIDWORKS November 20, 2018
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How BattleBots SawBlaze Cuts through its Competition using SOLIDWORKS

My name is Jamison Go and I am the team captain, primary driver, and one of the engineers for the BattleBot SawBlaze Team. Currently I am a R&D engineer at an additive manufacturing startup in the Burlington, MA. My experience

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Kicking Bot and Taking Names with BattleBots Champion Paul Ventimiglia – Ep4

By Cliff Medling October 8, 2018
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Kicking Bot and Taking Names with BattleBots Champion Paul Ventimiglia – Ep4

SPOILER ALERT! If you didn’t watch the BattleBots Championship finals this past Friday, you may want to before reading this blog… This past Friday night, I watched the BattleBots final four battle it out for the 2018 BattleBots Championship at

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BattleBots Final – Four SOLIDWORKS-Designed Bots Duke it Out

By Cliff Medling October 3, 2018
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BattleBots Final – Four SOLIDWORKS-Designed Bots Duke it Out

I cannot imagine that you are not already aware, but the 2018 Season of BattleBots is coming to an end.  The Final Four will be fighting it out this Friday on the Discovery Channel.  I know I’m excited, as I

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Get Ready to Robo Rumble at SOLIDWORKS World 2017

By Mike Fearon February 1, 2017
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Get Ready to Robo Rumble at SOLIDWORKS World 2017

For the first time ever at SOLIDWORKS World, student teams will fire up their robots to battle for the title of Robo Rumble champion.

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What We Learned from BattleBots Season 2

By Cliff Medling December 5, 2016
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What We Learned from BattleBots Season 2

With Season 2 of BattleBots on ABC now playing internationally, it’s time to start thinking about Season 3.  Many teams are gearing up for another year and hoping to make the cut.  We have had a great opportunity to go

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Talking to BattleBots Team Reckless

By Cliff Medling November 14, 2016
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Talking to BattleBots Team Reckless

With BattleBots growing even more popular after Season 3 on ABC, more competitive robots are eager to enter the arena. A newcomer to the field for Season 3 (hopefully) is UTA Combat Robotics with its robot: Reckless. This is a

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Ladies and Gentlemen, It’s Robot Fighting Time!

By Andrew Gross July 20, 2016
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Ladies and Gentlemen, It’s Robot Fighting Time!

SOLIDWORKS Senior Technical Manager Andrew Gross takes you inside the BattleBots Arena for a first-hand look at what it’s like to experience the carnage live!

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BattleBots Arms Itself with SOLIDWORKS

By Cliff Medling July 5, 2016
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BattleBots Arms Itself with SOLIDWORKS

If you’re not familiar with BattleBots®, you may want to look into it. Its small teams of engineers, designers, robot enthusiasts who get together and build robots built to destroy other robots. ABC is now into its second season of

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CAD’s Role in Engineering Next Gen Robotics and BattleBots Champions

By Mike Fearon August 21, 2015
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CAD’s Role in Engineering Next Gen Robotics and BattleBots Champions

Note: this is final post in a two-part interview series with robotics engineer and visionary Donald Hutson. Read part one to learn how programs such as BattleBots and FIRST Robotics are introducing students to the exciting side of engineering. If

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BattleBots as a Teaching Tool: An Interview with Champion Donald Hutson

By Mike Fearon August 14, 2015
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BattleBots as a Teaching Tool: An Interview with Champion Donald Hutson

Listen to the latest podcast interviewing the 2018 Battlebots Champion Paul Ventimiglia How do you engineer the next major breakthrough in robotics? Chances are your first answer wasn’t pitting robots in a CPU-to-CPU battle to the kill screen, but BattleBots

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