Behind The Scenes: BATTLEBOTS Season 7 (Day 1)

[@bluecat2991]

It's weird to see Mad Catter's captain being so amicable and charming! I like it!

[@tristanwegner]

What do you mean? He is always charming, just with much more force.

[@chickens-yt]

He's an awesome guy. He just likes to put on a show

[@TheTrooperMB]

It's a blast to see Daniel smiling and having fun with the Minotaur team with all of what happened recently .. Can't wait to see Triton 's weapon but in the other hand I feel bad for Deep 6 being rejected compared this huge anchor man..

[@TheSuperPlayer707]

Daniel passed so heavy times… I really hope this competition could be a way to overcome his loss…

[@danzo5521]

what happened recently?

[@jimiyu.]

@@danzo5521 he lost several family members to covid

[@danzo5521]

@@jimiyu. Thank you

[@TheSuperPlayer707]

@@jimiyu. a cousin, an uncle and recently his mother

[@kbidols]

Thank you Zach for filming and uploading this video and hopefully the ones that comes after. It is always such a pleasure to get a behind the scene look of the event before it starts. Hopefully the event goes well and everyone is safe from injury, illness and other things. Goo luck to all the teams and crews involved.

[@porynog]

Very few things make me feel as good as videos of the pits in a brand new BB season, seeing the new designs and the new competitors

[@gregoryhancock6057]

Our guess on Minotaur's wheel... 18lbs! Love your coverage, guys!

[@SkorpiosBattlebot]

Timestamps For Mobile Users: 0:54 Triton 2:30 Minotaur 5:43 Beta 8:30 Quantum 9:32 Horizon 11:06 Big Dill 11:52 Starchild

[@BigFatWedge]

Pin dis comment ples :p

[@calebrobotart]

It's great to see Marco back for team Minotaur and Daniel so happy. In fact, it's nice to see all the teams happy and goofing around. Also, how is Horizon underweight?!?!

[@Paytrolah]

28.1 lbs! Also Quantum looks GORGEOUS cant wait to see it in action!

[@slippanda6801]

Where is best of huge

[@Paytrolah]

@@slippanda6801 discovery messing with my vids trying to get them to reply to my emails rn

[@BigFatWedge]

@@Paytrolah Also there is no best of Huge cause it’s extremely boring :P

[@SoBeGoldSven]

Everytime I see Marco Meggiolaro I feel so happy - because when is he not smiling? Best of luck this season, Skorpios squad!

[@bonquiqui5168]

My guess is that the drive mount on Minotaur is around 29.2 pounds, also I love the sand green color on Starchild!

[@bennyfisher9157]

Jason Marston is working with John Reid!? That's awesome!

[@cygnusinfinity5126]

Skyline/Horizon AND Starchild!?! I am HYPED for these rookies!!! As for the minotaur drive pod, I'll throw in a guess of 23 pounds. I had been thinking 13 initially but with 0 actual experience of working with mechanical parts of that size I've been scared off by the range others are guessing in!

[@OverlordZeroULTIMA]

Wishing you all the best of luck this year! I'll miss SubZero, but I heard that some of his team will be with Lock-Jaw piloting Spitfire! I'm even more pumped now!

[@codyphillips1821]

These are awesome to come back to knowing everything that happens in the season

[@samybendali854]

It's so good to see Marco back with minotaur this year. One of my top 3 bots to win the nut this year. Awesome. BTW, I'm guessing 35 pounds for the wheel and motor.

[@darthandrew2036]

Man it's so good to see the builders all together again for another season. Can't wait for Season 7!! As for the drive pod, I'd say it weights around 25.4 lbs.

[@teamstorm5578]

My guess for Minotaurs drive pod weight is 20lbs

[@amtarelik422]

Those topology-optimized parts from that British team look like fell from paradise

[@bami2]

Can't wait to see the results in like 8 months

[@starry53]

And seeing some bots preparing for Season 7 is quite intriguing as I saw some rookie bots and some returned bots like Skorpios (of course), Quantum, HUGE, etc.

[@liamwood687]

3.8kg Great video awesome to see some behind the scenes!

[@l32barney]

My wife and I are looking forward to more battle bots. We have been fans for years. Scorpios for the WIN!

[@Buzzsawsports]

Did Martin get some sort of anger management class someone like that cause he ain’t crazy he’s usually crazy wheelbarrels kind of proof that in the tournament of champions you guys broke Martin Mason

[@davidli782]

Believe it or not he is not off the walls crazy during every moment of his life

[@RennieAsh]

He probably had some catnip

[@tamarahamaker7734]

If you watched king of bots season 2 he flips between his character and himself

[@daniellesliemarshall]

Great to see everyone back at it! Hope BB welcomed you all back with open arms and static proof flooring! Seen Spectre and Quantum up close before but its always lovely to see that beautifully machined bot. Just stunning no matter what part of it you're looking at Starchild: That's not Huge, that's massive! Always interesting to see how teams allocate weight And speaking of weight ... 34lbs for the wheel and motor assembly

[@NifesTheCat]

So sick to see the lower weight class bots scaled up. Horizon and Star Child look beautiful.

[@ConstantlyDamaged]

Cool to see the Minotaur guys when they don't have their hardcore game-faces on. Heck, it's great to see everyone in a more chill mode than the viewers normally see them.

[@TechiesRSA]

I am soo happy to see Beta back , watching from here in the UK it makes me really happy.

[@sodziarzz]

Same

[@sodziarzz]

Also you wrote this at 11pm

[@TechiesRSA]

@@sodziarzz yeap it was within minutes of this vid being posted. I have notifications on for @Scorpios Battlebot

[@OliversAviationvideo]

Thats one heck f a catch. John Reid is a legend of fighting robots.

[@mr.roboto8324]

I just started watching battlebots a few months ago. I watched robot wars when I was younger. I've been watching the crap out of the show. It's very interesting to see behind the scenes.

[@jonathanf2392]

still crazy we're getting a s7, I cannot wait. And Marco is back on the minotaur team!!!!!!!!!

[@tristanwegner]

8:34 Wow, these organic shapes look highly optimized by some software! I wonder what they used.

[@johnnicholson2144]

These behind the scene films are the best

[@MongooseJakeNerf]

I'm just glad Beta could make it, one of my favorite bots and John's been making them forever it seems, as a kid I loved Terrorhurtz on Robot Wars! Going to guess about 27 lbs for the motor and wheel assembly for Minotaur.

[@jacksnodgrass4346]

The sides for / on Minotaur look IMPRESSIVE....

[@A_Bird]

lol, those chariot-style spikes on Starchild. Put some full-on Swangas on there to add more strength to the wheels as well!

[@areshuang110]

Can’t wait to see you guys next week in Vegas!

[@hyperlashbattlebots]

I’ll be excited to see you compete! Hopefully I see you on Tuesday or Wednesday

[@spasticmuse4262]

Cats LOVE spinach!!! You just have to feed it to the gerbil first...😹

[@mariocastanares2011]

13.1542 Kilograms....Minotaur looks great with those monolithic side armor....

[@TheSuperPlayer707]

Man… this season will be nuts, maybe on the same level as 2019 season (despite of the lacking of Tombstone :/). Looking at the most (if not all) of the internation teams back again made me really happy and excited! *And for the quiz:* I heard the Minotaur's drive was around *28 pounds,* but it could be lighter now. Nevertheless, I'm sticking on *28 pounds.*

[@Pseudoscience-is-a-scam]

It’s ok. We have a replacement Tombstone in the form of Triton :)

[@Molson-xg9hs]

It’s (almost) Robot Fighting Time! Always neat to see the behind the scenes stuff from the teams. As much as TV creates characters and storylines, these teams truly support and understand each other’s struggles and successes.

[@monkeseeaction21987]

"This is huge!" "No this is not huge!"

[@dupadupadoo69]

With tombstone not competing this season I’m hoping Triton performs just as well if not better. Looking forward to seeing Horizon. It looks like a giant helicopter blade with two horizontal spinners on each end. Also Can’t wait to see Starchild as well. Using its full body to swing its spinner is a cool concept. Definitely not just a huge clone.

[@BotFansUnited]

These videos make me smile ear to ear. :)

[@Nerd_Bird]

Nah that one half of Minotaur's drive totally 20.3lbs Thanks for the preview! I can't wait to see everything in person!!

[@traqqi]

The new robots look sick!

[@honroy1950]

hey look it's that upstart builder of the beetleweight Shifty now at battlebots, what a step up for his career

[@kbidols]

Oh so Jason is now teaming up with John on Beta? GREAT!!! Finally Battlebots is getting as exciting as it used to be. Many legendary faces are participating. YEAY!!!

[@JoeChat55]

Love this behind the scenes look! Glad to see Minotaur is back!

[@CylitheraGreywolf]

Calling 12 kilograms. Looking forward to seeing all the action!

[@blinkdagger4393]

This is a very hype season for all of us. Seeing the old robots like Beta coming back is very exciting and also the new rookie bots like the huge look a like makes me more "can't wait" feeling. Sadly Tombstone didn't make it but I'm hoping we'll see Ray billing coaching Perfect Phoenix. Goodluck Skorpios and to all teams participated. And about the question from Minotaur. It probably weighs for like 26.4 lbs.

[@toxicdragon323]

Wow..I didn't know there would be a season 7 this soon! I'm so hyped! As for minotaur's wheel pod...I'd say it's around 20 pounds.

[@grapploct2796]

It’s so cool to see sneak peaks of all these new robots

[@thehutch4823]

My guess is 27.7 pounds, he had to use a bit of muscle to move it around but he still held it with 1 arm. Also awesome to see Starchild. Also nice to see a two headed death flamingo shirt.

[@stonefish98]

That's not really a lot to go on... Aren Hill just ran while holding Beta :)

[@breecheese]

SO glad to see Marco this year! he brings me so much joy.

[@101rotarypower]

Same, He is such a good front man to balance that team, hoping to see a strong run🤞

[@TheSuperPlayer707]

Marco it's possibly one of the kindest people I've ever met on a Robogames conference. I always see him as the heart of the group. Last year, despite of Junior doing it amazingly well (apart from the WD fight which the nerves almost beat him), I feel the team wasn't the same without master Meggiolaro on the front.

[@camclark7046]

My guess is 15 kilograms for Minotaur's wheel and drive. Thank you so much for creating these builder blog episodes. Seeing behind-the-scenes and learning about the people who create these destructive machines makes the whole experience so much more fulfilling. We were so hoping to be at the taping in Vegas this year, but life got in the way. The blog videos will have to suffice. Keep up the good work and all the best to Skorpios ove the next 2 weeks.

[@shadyvito]

Such a great video! I love to see behind the scenes.

[@SkorpiosBattlebot]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@TheDistur]

They made a giant star child?? Amazing.

[@djstr0b3]

Wish you guys all the best! Hope Huge will do better this year as well.

[@askylibrarianoftheoceans4102]

Calling it now - Starchild vs HUGE will happen, even if it's only a vengeance in Vegas fight

[@yeetusmcdeletus8954]

My guess is around 40-45 lbs, all things considered Edit; I was also really hoping we could see DOOM today, that's the rookie I'm most excited for. If they're there, tell them "ya boi sends his kind regards"!

[@TherealNightowl]

Great video 🎉 some interesting new bots. Drive pod of Minotaur’s 27.0 lbs

[@inthegreensquare]

Heck yes, my favorite robot minotaur along with so many great robots that i cant wait to see on TV! Imma guess around 25.45 pounds (Talking to the Horizon team on my podcast was so much fun too btw. Glad they got to be in this vid!)

[@JusticeJargon]

Beta and Minotaur! I'm guessing 35lbs. Super excited to see Quantum back too!

[@jackboulter4901]

An awesome first behind the scenes video:))

[@Shonta06]

Ill be watching your matches! First time seeing this bts and It feels awesome to see all the people. 😅

[@whoovesphd1]

Well those motors themselves don't weigh that much to my knowledge. The wheel and hub would be the heavy part and Minotaur has a lot of weight into that weapon and chasis. 23.1 lbs would be my guess....and the fact that Aaron can just casually lift up BETA makes me wonder what its weight is without the weapon and armor....btw how are the pit floors this year? Still electrifying?!?? :D ALSO FINALLY HEAVYWEIGHT STARCHILD IN THE ?FLESH?!!! Dang I want to go to Vegas now

[@levertigo2665]

damn, Horizon looks good, along with the other bots

[@Ivander_K]

what a wholesome moment

[@ruvimsemenyuk8224]

Looks like huge and blacksmiths got busy and star child is the result of it lol

[@TonyTonyChoppered]

I'm going to guess 26.5lbs Quantum is so slick I love it

[@maartendekok2537]

30.2 pounds, and minotaur looks so good this year, and how cool looking is horizon.

[@ZerotheWanderer]

Wide Huge should be called "MASSIVE"

[@Kualinar]

It looks like Triton's weapon count for a good 60% of the bot's mass.

[@riderpride8740]

Happy to see so many teams there! I’d say that drive pod weighs about 23.47 pounds as a guess. Go Skorpios!

[@mjv-racing]

Random guess on Minetaur's drive gear/wheel - 31.57lbs 👍👍. Keep up the great work blogging - super interesting and fun!

[@lilsunny7399]

So someone made an Axelbot with a spinner on an arm, that'll be fun to see if it controls well. I'm imagining Stinger from Robot Wars with a small disc/bar spinner instead of the mace.

[@wizardbuilds207]

So exciting to see this many robots in one place again! I think that the wheel motor is 11 pounds and 6 ounces.

[@creativbuildr]

Some crazy FEA was done on that bot with hair! 30.2 lbs for that wheelio of minotaur

[@plunderbird]

Awesome I'm excited for day 2

[@gsterneman]

17 pounds. What an amazing start. I can't wait to see how all these bots come together!

[@johnscarborough4746]

18lb 4oz. Great closeups!

[@jerretringler1462]

Minotaur is my favorite bot of all time! That’s my boy! I bet that wheel and other parts weigh about 25 pounds!

[@arlingtontrains7]

Great stuff! Keep these videos coming!😎

[@SkorpiosBattlebot]

Thanks! Will do!

[@solowingpixy8297]

I'd say the drive and wheel assembly shown by the minotaur team weighs about 15-25 pounds at max 30 pounds.

[@caelestio]

35.5 pounds and a limitless amount of heart. I love that Team!

[@TheColinputer]

Kinda funny to think you have to get your radio controlled death machine through 'safety' (yes i do realize its more about electrics being protected. Fail safes in place, covers on sharp parts etc) As for the weight of minotaus drive pod. Im gonna guess 12KG (26.45LB)

[@gruff619]

I'll say 26.5lbs. great walkabout, look forward to watching more.

[@Dcop2]

This is the definition of hype!! now I just want to see the whole season ASAP. Oh, and Minotaurs wheel pod weighs probably 26.2 lbs

[@archwaldo]

12:05 that's not HUGE, that's MASSIVE.

[@tygrawr]

Lovely to see all the teams. It is great to see the teams that couldn't make it last year. Looking forward to these behind the scenes videos. Thanks for sharing. For my guess, 23.3 pounds

[@tymcneer]

My guess... The drive unit weighs 10 kg/22 pounds. As a note, if this comes to me, it will be placed as a prize in our Dec 3 event

[@doctatofu]

I’m gonna guess and say that wheel weighs about 32 pounds.

[@Outland9000]

A drive module on Minotaur weights about.... 12.2kg!

[@OG_McBudd]

27.5pds! Good Luck to Everyone this year!

[@RiderLeangle2]

Going to guess 34.3lbs, the motor itself probably is the lightest part but that beefy gearbox and the solid rubber tire on that hub of some metal are probably the bulk of the weight. I almost feel like I'm highballing this guess but being a compact bot like Minotaur makes me think they do have some room to work with for a beefy drive. Also I don't think this has anything to do with the giveaway but I'm guessing TPU for those hairs on Quantum, if it's some kind of plastic, flexible, has a little bit of shine but not much, and potentially 3D printed, that's what's standing out in my head. Also can I just say heavyweight Starchild and Horizon look amazing? Maybe this is the NHRL fan in me but I'm so glad to see them scaled up

[@YashGuptaaaa]

My guess is 35-36 pounds. We use a similar assembly for our middleweight bot and it weighs around 17 pound, keeping in mind what they mentioned in the riobotz tutorial, I think it will be a pretty close call (30-30-25-15)

[@Lilleh__]

Looks like Aren wants to recruit Beta into his team.

[@Ossimsauce]

It weighs exactly one bracket run off a judges decision

[@chadrobbins6889]

I'm going to guess 22.3 lbs. For Minotaur's wheel. So much fun to see the robots for this season.