{"id":42127,"date":"2019-10-03T13:29:38","date_gmt":"2019-10-03T17:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/?p=42127"},"modified":"2019-10-03T13:29:38","modified_gmt":"2019-10-03T17:29:38","slug":"the-best-battlebots-season-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2019\/10\/the-best-battlebots-season-ever.html","title":{"rendered":"The Best BattleBots Season ever??"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Is it just me, or was this the best BattleBots season ever?\u00a0 More teams, and a lot of epic battles in the final 16 over the last two weeks.\u00a0 This season we saw several new competitors entering the bot battleground as well as many of our favorites we have enjoyed seeing duke it out over the years.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/biteforce-and-lockjaw-2019.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"637\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve had the privilege to get to know many of the people involved with Battlebots over the years, as most of the teams behind these battling bots use SOLIDWORKS. I enjoy hearing how they work to improve their designs every year, often working on how to overcome a loss against an opponent who knocked them out in an earlier event.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to hear more from BattleBots team leaders, I have three podcasts that can provide some behind-the-scenes insights. You can listen to their stories by clicking on the links below.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Paul Ventimiglia (Team Bite Force): Kicking Bot and Taking Names<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/502562331&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Marc DeVidts (Team Ice Wave): From Fighting Robots to Helpful Robots<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/597221247&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jonathan Schultz (Team HUGE): Designing Outside the Box turns into HUGE Wins<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/681787298&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Be sure to check out all of the Born to Design podcasts, and subscribe below so you will never miss an episode:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/solidworks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone colorbox-39485\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/soundcloud-button.png\" alt=\"Soundcloud\" width=\"115px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/2jVW4hy7TG12CcDpqFqmgD#_ga=2.253466441.1355142135.1544219121-05d85400-65a6-11e8-b2a2-edcb4dfbff9a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone colorbox-39485\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/spotify-button.png\" alt=\"Subscribe to Solidworks Podcast on Spotify\" width=\"115px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/born-to-design-solidworks-podcast\/id1436186801?mt=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone colorbox-39485\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/itunes-button.png\" alt=\"iTunes\" width=\"115px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/podcast\/born-to-design-solidworks-podcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone colorbox-39485\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/stitcher-button.png\" alt=\"Stitcher\" width=\"115px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/music\/m\/Ivcwqfkjkyhfsfhb7kerpfbiqoe?t=Born_To_Design_-_SOLIDWORKS_Podcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone colorbox-39485\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/googleplay-button.png\" alt=\"Listen on Google Play Music\" width=\"115px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tun.in\/pjarc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone colorbox-39485\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/tunein-button.png\" alt=\"TuneIn - Solidworks Podcast Page\" width=\"115px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/castbox.fm\/channel\/Born-To-Design-SOLIDWORKS-Podcast-id1419075?country=us#_ga=2.253466441.1355142135.1544219121-05d85400-65a6-11e8-b2a2-edcb4dfbff9a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone colorbox-39485\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/castbox-button.png\" alt=\"Subscribe to Solidworks Podcast on CastBox\" width=\"115px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/overcast.fm\/itunes1436186801\/born-to-design-solidworks-podcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone colorbox-39485\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/overcast-button.png\" alt=\"Subscribe to Solidworks Podcast on Overcast\" width=\"115px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>All of the BattleBots contenders also work as designers and engineers, as entrepreneurs and CTOs, using their SOLIDWORKS skills to design not only fighting robots, but new innovative new products that span all industries from medical devices, virtual presence, transportation, and more.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a fascinating community filled with many intelligent and down-to-earth people, and the fame of being well-known on the Discovery Channel has not gone to their heads.<\/p>\n<p>If you haven\u2019t had a chance to watch BattleBots Season 2019 on the Discovery channel, I suggest you should \u2013 it\u2019s the best year yet (in my opinion), and (one small spoiler alert hint) a SOLIDWORKS-sponsored team wins again this year.<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in starting to build your own robot, there are many resources online.\u00a0 Check out this \u201cGetting Started\u201d infographic we created as well:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/howtobuildakillerrobot_final.png\" width=\"800\" height=\"5863\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is it just me, or was this the best BattleBots season ever?\u00a0 More teams, and a lot of epic battles in the final 16 over the last two weeks.\u00a0 This season we saw several new competitors entering the bot battleground<\/p>\n... <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2019\/10\/the-best-battlebots-season-ever.html\">Continued<\/a>","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":42125,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[101,18],"tags":[2058],"class_list":["post-42127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-born-to-design","category-solidworks","tag-battlebots"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42127\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}