{"id":46214,"date":"2021-03-29T08:00:30","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T12:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/?p=46214"},"modified":"2021-03-23T16:05:03","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T20:05:03","slug":"battlebots-battlebots-and-more-battlebots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2021\/03\/battlebots-battlebots-and-more-battlebots.html","title":{"rendered":"BattleBots, BattleBots, and more BattleBots\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/bb_blog_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Another season of BattleBots on the Discovery Channel has come and gone.\u00a0 It was another fascinating year, with more robots than ever, and some great bouts.\u00a0 In case you missed it (no spoiler alerts here), I would highly recommend watching.\u00a0 We cheered on all of the many teams using SOLIDWORKS, and enjoyed seeing many new faces (teams) fighting in the arena this year.<\/p>\n<p>We have many resources to learn more about several of the BattleBots teams that, like many of you, use SOLIDWORKS, and have shared their experiences with us.\u00a0 I have met many of the teams personally, and it really is a fascinating group of people\u2014who live and breathe design and engineering\u2014but also all enjoy helping others, whether it\u2019s helping their local high school robotics team, or mentoring others; they are certainly a like-minded, passionate group of individuals.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve collected a list of resources and interesting stories to share (blogs, podcasts, and customer stories) for you.\u00a0 I think you\u2019ll find some interesting back stories and insights:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Podcasts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Kicking Bot and Taking Names with BattleBots Champion Paul Ventimiglia<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2018\/10\/born-to-design-podcast-battlebots-2018-champion.html\">https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2018\/10\/born-to-design-podcast-battlebots-2018-champion.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>From Fighting Robots to Helpful Robots with Marc DeVidts<\/strong>:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2019\/04\/born-to-design-podcast-from-fighting-robots-to-helpful-robots-with-mark-devidts.html\">https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2019\/04\/born-to-design-podcast-from-fighting-robots-to-helpful-robots-with-mark-devidts.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Designing Outside the Box Turns into HUGE Wins<\/strong>:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2019\/09\/born-to-design-podcast-designing-outside-the-box-turns-into-huge-wins.html\">https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2019\/09\/born-to-design-podcast-designing-outside-the-box-turns-into-huge-wins.html<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-46213 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/bb_blog_3-615x410.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"615\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/bb_blog_3-615x410.jpg 615w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/bb_blog_3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/bb_blog_3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/bb_blog_3-728x485.jpg 728w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/bb_blog_3.jpg 1430w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Customer Stories:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Team Saw Blaze: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solidworks.com\/story\/team-sawblaze\">https:\/\/www.solidworks.com\/story\/team-sawblaze<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Team Witch Doctor: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solidworks.com\/story\/cool-robots-inspire-future-engineers\">https:\/\/www.solidworks.com\/story\/cool-robots-inspire-future-engineers<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Team Hypershock:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solidworks.com\/story\/team-hypershock-optimizes-robot-designs-functionality-efficiency-and-mojo\">https:\/\/www.solidworks.com\/story\/team-hypershock-optimizes-robot-designs-functionality-efficiency-and-mojo<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Blogs:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>The Best BattleBot Season Ever?<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2019\/10\/the-best-battlebots-season-ever.html\">https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2019\/10\/the-best-battlebots-season-ever.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>BattleBots LIVE! Behind the Scenes<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2019\/07\/battlebots-live-behind-the-scenes.html\">https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2019\/07\/battlebots-live-behind-the-scenes.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>How BattleBots SawBlaze Cuts through its Competition using SOLIDWORKS<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2018\/11\/how-battlebots-sawblaze-cuts-through-its-competition-using-solidworks.html\">https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2018\/11\/how-battlebots-sawblaze-cuts-through-its-competition-using-solidworks.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>The Value of a \u201cBody Double\u201d During the Coronavirus Pandemic:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2020\/04\/the-value-of-a-body-double-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic.html\">https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2020\/04\/the-value-of-a-body-double-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong>BattleBots Final \u2013 Four SOLIDWORKS-Designed Bots Duke it Out<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2018\/10\/four-solidworks-designed-bots-duke-it-out-in-battlebots-final.html\">https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2018\/10\/four-solidworks-designed-bots-duke-it-out-in-battlebots-final.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Get Ready to Robo Rumble at SOLIDWORKS World 2017<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2017\/02\/get-ready-robo-rumble-solidworks-world-2017.html\">https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2017\/02\/get-ready-robo-rumble-solidworks-world-2017.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>What We Learned from BattleBots Season 2 (2016)<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2016\/12\/learned-battlebots-season-2.html\">https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2016\/12\/learned-battlebots-season-2.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>BattleBots Arms Itself with SOLIDWORKS:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2016\/07\/battlebots-arms-solidworks.html\">https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2016\/07\/battlebots-arms-solidworks.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>CAD\u2019s Role in Engineering Next Gen Robotics and BattleBots Champions<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2015\/08\/cads-role-in-engineering-next-gen-robotics-and-battlebots-champions.html\">https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2015\/08\/cads-role-in-engineering-next-gen-robotics-and-battlebots-champions.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>BattleBots as a Teaching Tool: An Interview with Champion Donald Hutson<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2015\/08\/battlebots-as-a-teaching-tool-an-interview-with-champion-donald-hutson.html\">https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2015\/08\/battlebots-as-a-teaching-tool-an-interview-with-champion-donald-hutson.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Ladies and Gentlemen, It\u2019s Robot Fighting Time!<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2016\/07\/ladies-gentlemen-robot-fighting-time.html\">https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2016\/07\/ladies-gentlemen-robot-fighting-time.html<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The current season of BattleBots is officially in the books. Read this blog to learn more about the teams behind these dueling robots and the role SOLIDWORKS played in their design.<\/p>\n... <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2021\/03\/battlebots-battlebots-and-more-battlebots.html\">Continued<\/a>","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":46211,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2402,3,26,826,14,18],"tags":[2058,453,848,1384,19],"class_list":["post-46214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-3d-printing","category-community","category-customer-stories","category-dassault-systmes","category-design","category-solidworks","tag-battlebots","tag-customers","tag-robotics","tag-robots","tag-solidworks-2"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46214","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=46214"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46217,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46214\/revisions\/46217"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}