Behind the Scenes at BattleBots Season 4

[@shallendor]

It is so hard to believe that this is the same spunky girl i saw as a teen, back in the old days of Battlebots! The fact that they are using past competitors as judges is great, since they know how Battlebots work!

[@brianzander7042]

Most underrated material in Battlebots? How about rubber? From tires to isolation mounts, padding, armor (Warhead vs Chomp S3) and even electrical insulation. No other material, that I can think of this instant, performs in so many different critical roles.

[@MiniRockerz4ever]

underrated would be something only a few robots use, even though it's good

[@brianzander7042]

@@MiniRockerz4ever No, that would be "underutilized". Rubber is underrated because it's often considered trivial, boring or taken for granted and its significance is rarely discussed. There's your English lesson for the day.

[@eishiba3916]

id say paper

[@FennecFox53]

@@brianzander7042 you got them 2 crossed

[@jeffbrownstain]

The kids who get to take part in things like this are some of the luckiest imaginable. They're all so charming and intelligent, I wish that all children could have such opportunities. I know a lot of people who wouldve benefited greatly by being exposed to more of this high level thinking at a young age, myself included

[@teamgetwreckedcombatrobots776]

Amazing video. Really nice to see the competitors answering questions we wish we could ask them in person. Can’t wait to see more of season 4!

[@101rotarypower]

That was very good Lisa, more content like this please.

[@alexandsimba]

I'm addicted to BattleBots this season. Many thanks to all you folks in production and working behind the scenes. We usually thank the fighters and teams competing in the replays, but the production quality has been amazing this season.

[@Kethlak]

Hey, I was at the first 6 sessions this year, and I wish I'd had the chance to say this in person: You are an amazing, inspirational person. It's so awesome to see girls/women in robot combat, and I'm so glad you're still involved in helping keep the sport alive. Thanks for doing what you do!

[@maceosikes]

Really appreciate this kind of content!

[@G4m3m4st0r]

This Lisa is a legend, I don't understand how you don't have much much more subscribers yet. Thank you for taking us backstage Lisa! There's not much time for that during the actual show so it's cool to see that here. :) Would love to see more of this kind of footage since it's fun and informative. Sometimes I'd wish I could see the bots battle for real, but maybe a part of the 'tv magic' is gone then, however it must still be a superb sight to see. Don't think I'd see myself ever going over there. :') Watched the first new episode a few days ago as I didn't realize the new season started already. I was pleasantly surprised to see you back as a judge, you're the coolest judge they ever had in my opinion. :D The new season also kicked off like fireworks, it was a good show. Especially Quantum was cool to see actually, it seems to be inspired off the old Razer they had on the Robot Wars show, even the wheels are coloured blue... And that the bot managed to use that much force to pierce through the armour was something I was longing for to see for a long time. The (effective) crushers don't seem to be there in high numbers. But do you think you'll return to battling yourself in the foreseeable future? Or aren't there any plans for that for now? Would be awesome if you did return however, I'd 'vote' for you to get to the giant nut, even though it's a tough job to get there. And would you rather do the backstage talks like in this video instead of being the judge in the show? They can use your expertise though. I just hope that Battlebots has many years to come and doesn't get axed like Robot Wars earlier. :/ But something tells me if they quit, it will not be forever, there is a certain charm to these shows and to me the only real tv-worthy fun entertainment shows we still have left today. By the way, I'm third? :-) Have a wonderful day! PS: Hope you're doing well regarding the diet you have to follow now, but you appear to be very healthy so that's a good sign.

[@dansimonson3716]

Ahh Lisa Winters you are simply the best!

[@EleanorPeterson]

Excellent - thanks for the upload! It must be difficult both for you and the competitors conducting an informal (i.e. unrehearsed) interview when there are people nearby, eavesdropping, hanging on your every word, trying to pick up technical details and sneaky operational secrets about their opponents' problems and concerns. ;-) I like this 'workshop' stuff. It brings home the fact that there are people behind the famous machines, not just disinterested video-game programmers with £70,000 graphics workstations; or a film special-effects department with an unlimited budget. These are real people. Look, they're wearing safety goggles! You can just imagine all of those late nights and dropped spanners and skinned knuckles and stale doughnuts and pints of builder's tea (milk, seven sugars) that have gone cold... A lot of people new to robot combat (possibly fans of online gaming where the 'physics' isn't necessarily too realistic), may be unaware of the real-world forces that a modern bot has to withstand. These are 250 lb machines, some of which swing 60 lb kinetic weapons at 200 mph. Think about that for a second, guys! Have you ever picked up a real sledgehammer? What did the head weigh - nine pounds? Eleven? Or was it a proper one of, say, 16 lbs? Hmm. And how fast could you get that head moving? 25 mph? 40 mph, maybe? That wouldn't even put a dent in a modern bot's armour. The robot 'Duck!' would laugh at such a puny effort. Another point: when viewers new to robot combat tut and sneer and criticise builders for not having their machines 100% reliable and battle-ready, it's important to realise that they may not have actually tested them. What, really? Yes, really. Why? Because they CAN'T test them (fully) outside a very expensive combat arena or very expensive weapons-test box. These machines are insanely, frighteningly powerful, and lethally dangerous. They CANNOT be tested properly at home. Oh, checking the drive and steering is safe enough, but everything changes once the main weapon is engaged and run up to speed. Weird things can happen. Unstoppable bits of high-grade tool steel can come loose and trash your neighbour's £200,000 Lamborghini. Or take your kid's head off. Speed controllers can melt; LiPos can explode; servos can freeze; drive sprockets can jam; chains can stretch; welds can fail; weapons can have balance issues. Who knows? Nobody does, and you won't know either, till your bot's been tested fully. By which time it's too late to change things, because it'll be in the combat arena. Two minutes later your lovely bot will be strewn all over the floor in shattered, smoking (costly) fragments. Aw, poo. So... the first bit of useful feedback roboteers get about their building skills and their new robot's durability is after it's been hit - repeatedly - by a 60 lb, 200 mph sledgehammer. Hmm. Yep, we definitely needed to cushion that receiver better. And we needed to support the radio aerial connection with silicone rubber. And the front armour plating needed three more rubber isolation shock-mounts. And the drive chains needed to be fully enclosed, with opposed, sprung aluminium-flanged idler pulleys 8" apart. And the main safety-link needed double duct-taping to stop it coming loose after the bot landed badly after being flung 15 feet into the air. Darn it, why didn't we test that link thing at home? Er, we tried to, but we couldn't hit it hard enough. Well why didn't we just throw the robot up in the air and let it crash-land on the concrete floor a few times? Because it takes two people just to LIFT a 250 lb bot safely, never mind throw it 5 yards into the air. Sigh. Do you want a stale doughnut?

[@LisaWinterX]

True true true!!

[@paulsrobotics]

Great video, thanks!

[@TheBigAyland]

Gabe Stroud on team Duck? He demands Greatness

[@foggy2825]

Wow Lisa ur one of my favs, one of my fav battles bots too, TENTOMUSHI! So glad u a judge, and all the old competitors are judges too. I would love vlad the impaler’s driver as a judge 😂

[@fabfabby]

Love Gary Gin's shirt.

[@scootergeorge9576]

Shirt great are.

[@MrGeanfilms]

Thanks for showing us more about Season 4 of the Lisa Battlebots! I watch you in Battlebots deis from when I was a little girl :)

[@wishicouldarduino8880]

I'm glad to see you are back awesome video I don't build battle robots but I did build the duce robot you look really good glad to see you are felling better!

[@Hedgemonkey5]

Good to see Gabe again!

[@ratheonhudson3311]

I always wondered why they used exposed wheels. Sometimes, like Bronco, you have lots of wheels but the enemy wastes time attacking them because they can drive without a number of wheels

[@BellyLover06]

Well it requires extra weight to add armor around them.

[@joeytv7466]

Will u be back with mega tento next season of battlebots?

[@LisaWinterX]

As of yet there is no announcement of a 5th season. Stay tuned!

[@abilayananmathivanan6190]

Waitin for your next video

[@petebates6576]

The Shatter team is most of the old Wrecks team. I love their robot but it hasn't done so well... Yet...

[@teamtiki]

lumber! Wood is the most undervalued building material. light, strong in compression, and cheap!

[@lordsludge5678]

that and rubber tbh

[@brianzander7042]

I also answered rubber. Thoughtful answer as wood is undervalued, but used less than rubber.

[@scailliet]

Has anyone ever used wood on a heavyweight robot?

[@lordsludge5678]

@@scailliet theres many

[@guerillarice1129]

Shatter looks really cool

[@scootergeorge9576]

Great hair color. Very similar to my '65 Mustang. Ford called it "Vintage Burgundy."

[@blackops8996]

👎

[@scootergeorge9576]

@@blackops8996 - What?

[@michaelschorr7728]

I love the shenanigans going on behind them at 9:16

[@krystalharwood6359]

It's Judge Lisa!

[@jonlima9897]

Lov u lisa! From Brazil! ;-)

[@jonathanf2392]

Season 4 has been great so far I think it was awkward for Hal Rucker to stand next to Lisa Winter.

[@robo9466]

Jonathan F why would it be awkward??

[@jonathanf2392]

@@robo9466 remember the last chance rumble? And did you watch obsidianmadmen video? If not... well, a podcast with Hal Rucker revealed that he was "furious" with that JD so he went up to Lisa Winter and asked "what could I have done to win the fight, I was pushing around the struggling bots, all 5 bots were dead then suddenly bombshell came back alive." And then she said to him "oh, there was no way you would have won the fight, no matter what you did."

[@robo9466]

Jonathan F oh haha! I can’t wait for the upcoming episode tonight

[@mandcracing7477]

How old were you when you started building robots Lisa?

[@LisaWinterX]

When I was 10 I built and competed in the US Robot Wars :)

[@mandcracing7477]

@@LisaWinterX I love robots and want to compete in Battlebots, can you please bring Mega Tento back?

[@bowserjr.]

M and C Racing She built Mega Tento (Tentomushi). Zoe Stephenson built Chomp.

[@M8RTX]

Hey, could you please make a tutorial based on your "How To Build A Robot" video where you show us how to program a robot with a pc and the rx?

[@LisaWinterX]

The great thing about these types of robots is that you don't need programming :)

[@M8RTX]

Yes, but I want to program a game, so I must do it ^^. And whould also be nice to use the keyboard for driving

[@Phil-S8]

Is it weird that in season 5 all the explosions and flying parts are happening right next to you for some reason lol

[@LisaWinterX]

In Season 5 I sat right behind the blue square, and that's where the robots usually end up after a box rush. We had to spread out due to covid precautions. I didn't know it'd be so exciting!

[@Phil-S8]

@@LisaWinterX Hey thanks for replying! It's honestly the highlight of a pretty rough day for me. It was very cool to get a more in depth look at the judging in the last Battlebots episode (Bloodsport/Gruff and Copperhead/Mammoth). Best of luck with everything ✌️

[@simonmbatha3800]

I love it

[@TheNaziKiller1]

I am working on a home project and have some questions about circuits and electronics can you help me ?

[@ruanvisser7592]

what are you having trouble with? I may be able to help.

[@LisaWinterX]

Ask away!

[@sundownplay7089]

When’s your new video

[@wishicouldarduino8880]

Have you thought about building another robot lately?

[@kryonight2869]

I just realized there are two DUCK's

[@butchs.4239]

I think everybody learned in season 3 that you'd better have multiple spares for everything. Having a complete second bot means you can still compete when the primary is being repaired.

[@Escadeus]

What's been happening in the last 11 months?!

[@LisaWinterX]

Insanity! Hospital visits, moving, pandemic... but BattleBots is committed to having a Season 5 so keep watching! :)

[@brokenchalk1607]

Could I get into robot combat with a robotics engineering degree?

[@LisaWinterX]

You could, but you also don't need to have an engineering degree. I'm gonna guess and say that maybe 40% of competitors don't.

[@robertwood6297]

what's your favorite tool?

[@LisaWinterX]

They're each great for one thing, which is why I have so many! LOL. The grinder is pretty darn useful and fun.

[@robertwood6297]

If a hot chick asked me what's my favorite tool, I would blush

[@robertwood6297]

Do more videos. You're a creative, energetic, delectable, enthusiastic inventor with an inquiring mind.

[@robertwood6297]

So far, my endeavors at making a robot consist of assembling one out of empty cigarette boxes in my bedroom. As an avid smoker it's quite a large project.

[@robertwood6297]

are you planning on building another robot?

[@MrGeanfilms]

Shatter

[@LetsGoPens528]

Who remembers Mega Tento

[@LisaWinterX]

Me!

[@LetsGoPens528]

I also remember Plan X

[@LetsGoPens528]

That brain tho! Lol

[@deadloduggan3580]

Totally had a hard crush on her when I was a kid

[@vlamir1966]

Go ahead Minotaur

[@wishicouldarduino8880]

Duce 'ee keeps insisting you come see him on my channel I said duce your a show bot Lisa builds battle bots but the robot keeps insisting you come watch him I think he's putting up a front for you or something lol😁🌞👍

[@daddydeadlo9675]

Had a huge crush on lisa winter since i was 11

[@blackops8996]

🤮

[@Johnno9989]

Lisa is such a smart lady. If we was residing in the same country, I'd date her.

[@RennieAsh]

Johnno9989 so you’re saying that Winter is coming and you know nothin’ Johnno ;-)

[@Johnno9989]

@@RennieAsh I didn't say anything about that.

[@RennieAsh]

@@Johnno9989 It's a joke that you didn't get :) Which is actually fitting XD

[@MattOehrlein]

First

[@piratebones]

Matt's first. Let it be known.