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Here are the bots fighting at our next event!

October 26, 2024

Note: This list of competitors is not final and is subject to change!

Table of Contents - Bots only


1st Law

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Nathan Cai

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
309 5 13 4 9 2 2

22" of Monarchy

Weight class: 12lb

Main Driver: Gillian Doolittle

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
161 1 2 0 2 0 0

A.J. and O.J.

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Charlie Raskopf

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
569 1 2 0 2 0 0

Annihilation

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Kyle Tam

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
741 2 3 0 3 0 0

Story behind the name: Stock Peter Bar Kit with unique fork attachment using UHMW sheets, stainless steel wedge. Built by 9yr old Kyle and his Grandpa. Electronic testing by Keith.

Weapon: Spinning Drisk

About the bot: Its a 4WD vert, Peter Bar Kit by Peter Garnache, with customized front attachments.

This bot's experience level: It's never fought at any combat robotics competitions before!


ARES

Weight class: 30lb

Main Driver: Ryan Duarte

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
6 4 15 11 4 10 1

Name pronounced: (Air-eez) (Like the Greek god)

Story behind the name: ARES is the Greek god of war, and we intend to bring war to the box.

Weapon: Big Chungus (beater bar go brrr)

About the bot: ARES is the product a gargantuan team effort from MIT’s combat robotics club. We started the CAD in mid January and began making parts in early February. Here’s the rest of the team:
-Anhad Sawhney (Captain)
-Abi
-Tom
-Zoma
-Marlow
-Pablo
-Juan
-Miles
-Bella

This bot's experience level: It's never fought at any combat robotics competitions before!


BattleTots

Weight class: 12lb

Main Driver: Kevin Biagini

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
23 4 16 10 6 6 2

Name pronounced: Battle Tots

Story behind the name: It’s a multibot made up of mini versions on BattleBots

Weapon: Vertical Disk

About the bot: It’s made up of a redesigned Same Force with a new green friend

This bot's experience level: It's never fought at any combat robotics competitions before!


Bean Machine

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Andrew Welch

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
0 0 0 0 0 0

Bee-Roll

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Peter Lombardo

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
335 1 3 2 1 1 0

BeeForce

Weight class: 30lb

Main Driver: Zoe Lambert

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
19 2 8 5 3 3 1

Beetlejuice

Beetlejuice

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Ariel Smith

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
27 11 46 29 17 22 8

Story behind the name: Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice
It's showtime!

Weapon: Horizontal Spinner

About the bot: It started out as a vector kit and has been modified extensively. Each event sees a new version with new changes.

This bot's experience level: It's fought at NHRL before.


Bifurcator

Weight class: 30lb

Main Driver: Mike Sharpe

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
94 1 2 0 2 0 1

Bjorn

Weight class: 12lb

Main Driver: Daniel Botelho

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
39 1 4 3 1 0 0

Black Beans

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Justin Greenwood

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
375 3 8 2 6 2 4

Black Havoc

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Henry

Main Driver: Henry Welch

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
138 5 14 7 7 3 4

Black Jack

Weight class: 12lb

Main Driver: Andrew Davis

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
28 7 26 14 12 8 8

Story behind the name: I just kept the "Jack" theme going from my 3lb bots. I'll let you figure out how I ended up on the other part of the name.

Weapon: Vertical Disk

About the bot: It's a big version of my favorite 3lb'er, Jack Move. 4wd was a priority, and I wanted it to take hits.

This bot's experience level: It's fought at NHRL before.


Blindside

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Robert Walsh

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
99 4 16 9 7 7 0

Bloody Mary

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Mary Beth Carr

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
441 2 5 1 4 0 0

Bnyahaj

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Kevin Tang

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
569 1 2 0 2 0 2

BOLT

Weight class: 3lb

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
0 0 0 0 0 0

Buck Bumble

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Colin Lyman

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
738 2 4 0 4 0 1

BudgetBoi

Weight class: 12lb

Main Driver: Ryan Duarte

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
52 2 7 3 4 0 0

Story behind the name: It is meant to be cheap, and BudgetBoi just sounds cute!

Weapon: A unique lifter which actuates beneath the robot instead of overtop. In theory, this better protects it from opponents.

About the bot: BudgetBoi is a project to reduce the entry barrier to the 12lb weight class. Due to the vast amount of 3D printed parts, it only costs around $700. It will be open source, with the CAD being released before the end of the year along with documentation and a few videos.

This bot's experience level: It's never fought at any combat robotics competitions before!


Buffalo Wings

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Eli Davis

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
146 2 8 4 4 1 1

Story behind the name: It's just Hot Wings' cousin

Weapon: Arms that are hot on one end

About the bot: Buffalo Wings will be a test platform for a few big changes from Hot Wings.

This bot's experience level: It's never fought at any combat robotics competitions before!


Caldera

Caldera

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Glenn Boxell

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
1 22 99 64 35 40 19

Weapon: Horizontal spinner

About the bot: AR600 weapon, minibots name is Magma. 3rd season at NHRL

This bot's experience level: It's fought at NHRL before.


Caldera 12

Weight class: 12lb

Main Driver: Glenn Boxell

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
11 5 20 13 7 10 0

Story behind the name: I wanted to keep the name from my 3lb for recognition. I also have no imagination for names.

Weapon: Horizontal spinner.

About the bot: It is an upscaled version of Caldera. Only real differences are drive and battery placement.

This bot's experience level: It's fought at NHRL before.


Cattywampus

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Brandon Young

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
742 1 2 0 2 0 1

Cavaco

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Daniel Souza

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
251 1 5 3 2 1 0

Ceratops

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Bella Mazzucca

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
672 1 2 0 2 0 1

Chaos Upright

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Joshua Buttrick

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
374 3 8 2 6 1 2

Chaotic Destructor

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Bobby Putz

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
240 1 5 3 2 3 2

Chicken Bot Pie

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: David snipes

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
219 3 9 4 5 3 1

Story behind the name: It ended up looking like a slice of pie, so I ran with it

Weapon: Undercutter

About the bot: It's a TPU brick with a super heavy weapon.

This bot's experience level: It's never fought at any combat robotics competitions before!


Chippy

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Adam Buier

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
247 1 4 3 1 1 0

Story behind the name: It’s the name of our mascot “Chippy Wood” who’s goal it to prevent random lipo fires by making bots do a controlled burn of them

Weapon: Hammersaw

About the bot: It’s a hammersaw who’s goal is to get to the yummy electronics inside opposing robots and do a controlled burn of their Lipos

This bot's experience level: It's never fought at any combat robotics competitions before!


Cold Lightning

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Louis Spencer

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
214 3 9 4 5 1 3

Colossus

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Samuel Herman

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
380 1 3 2 1 2 0

This bot's experience level: It's never fought at any combat robotics competitions before!


Comet

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Connor Howard

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
42 4 16 11 5 6 1

Story behind the name: Named after my 1lb robot, but looks pretty different!

Weapon: Vertical Spinner

About the bot: Comet was made to be as simple as possible, but with constant upgrades and improvements, it has become my most complex robot. It now has the same amount of tournament wins as in match losses - 2, with GSCRL and MassDestruction. With a current match record of 19-2, its ready to fight!

This bot's experience level: It's fought at NHRL before.


Crush

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Chris Munrow

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
18 10 34 23 11 14 5

Story behind the name: My daughter named it


Daisy

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Alex Grant

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
0 0 0 0 0 0

Dimachaerus

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Beckett

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
32 4 18 13 5 8 2

Name pronounced: Dime-uh-kay-rus

Story behind the name: It's a dual-bladed drisk weapon and dimachaeri were Roman gladiators that fought with two swords at once. It came to my mind because I'm decently interested in ancient history.

Weapon: Dual-bladed vertical spinner (drisc)

About the bot: It started with a Peter Bar weapon kit and we custom designed a 4wd drive system around it. We now have custom blades, wheels, forks, wedgelets, the whole enchilada.

This bot's experience level: It's fought at NHRL before.


Dinky Bot

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Sophia Chen

Main Driver: Crew Member 02

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
188 5 12 5 7 3 6

Disc Jockey

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Stefan Colton

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
569 1 2 0 2 0 0

Division V4

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Seth Schaffer

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
105 2 8 5 3 4 1

Story behind the name: Division V4, while it may sound like an iteration of the prior design, is closer to a spiritual successor. This is the first time since V1.0 that essentially nothing is reused from the prior designs - different weapon diameter, wheel diameter, electronics, everything is new.

Weapon: Vertical Spinner

About the bot: Division V4 uses an experimental beta hubmotor which I plan to sell as an off the shelf weapon motor. This motor, called the RDY-5536 is 55mm diameter, 36mm long, about 1100kv and weighs just under 200 grams. It also has some other fun features I'll reveal closer to the event!

This bot's experience level: It's never fought at any combat robotics competitions before!


Doppelgator

Weight class: 12lb

Main Driver: Brooks Silber

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
30 3 11 6 5 2 1

Downpour

Weight class: 12lb

Main Driver: Ariel Smith

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
43 3 10 5 5 3 1

Story behind the name: Downpour is a play on the name Torrent/Torrential.

Weapon: Vertical drum/drisk

About the bot: Downpour is literally Torrent/Torrential in a different color. Donald joined Team Pandamonium and was nice enough to lend out his bot. It's my first 12lb and my first vert.

This bot's experience level: It's fought at NHRL before.


Dr. Popper

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Jordon Morrison

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
390 1 4 2 2 1 1

Drum Zero

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Martin Coursol

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
134 3 9 5 4 4 2

Weapon: Anti Gyro Drum

About the bot: There's an experimental extra shaft inside the weapon drum that spins in the opposite direction to reduce the gyro effect. The drum assembly weighs over 1lb.

This bot's experience level: It's never fought at any combat robotics competitions before!


Drumder Child

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Nate Franklin

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
52 3 13 9 4 4 0

Story behind the name: My other beetle is called Thunder Child and this bot is basically Thunder Child with a drum.

Weapon: Drum

About the bot: This is my first active weaponed beetle and first NHRL entry

This bot's experience level: It's never fought at any combat robotics competitions before!


Drunken Peasant

Weight class: 12lb

Main Driver: Sol

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
111 5 12 4 8 1 4

El tibio

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Carlos Antonio Dzohl Vega

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
435 1 3 1 2 0 1

Emperor

Weight class: 30lb

Main Driver: Gillian Doolittle

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
79 5 16 6 10 3 4

Story behind the name: I wanted to make a simple name that would stand out for a robot with this big of a weapon it needed a powerful name.

Weapon: Horizontal bar spinner

About the bot: It's over 20lbs of spinning mass with it's 24" long bar that spins at over 400 mph. It also has a mini bot called Jester which uses long forks to lift opponents.

This bot's experience level: It's fought at NHRL before.


ER Stingray 2

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Paul St. Amand

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
317 7 22 9 13 6 2

Falcon Zen

Weight class: 30lb

Main Driver: Ishmam Tahsan Masafi

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
105 1 2 0 2 0 0

Fang Tooth

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Jeff Harrison

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
441 2 5 1 4 1 1

Frogspawn

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Daphne Yan

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
329 1 3 2 1 0 0

Fry Cook

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Christian Muller

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
0 0 0 0 0 0

Gh-Astley

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Jonah Godburn

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
217 3 10 4 6 1 0

Ghastly

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: David Martellock

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
200 4 13 6 7 6 0

GHOUL

Weight class: 30lb

Main Driver: Paul Tortorici

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
40 1 3 2 1 2 0

Glacier

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Spencer Macri

Main Driver: Alison Powell

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
226 4 12 5 7 4 3

Grandeur

Weight class: 12lb

Main Driver: Linden Siegall

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
93 2 5 1 4 0 0

Hank

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Nathaniel

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
717 1 2 0 2 0 1

Heracross

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Dave Griffin

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
417 1 3 1 2 0 0

Hexahive

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Bobby Guy

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
335 2 5 2 3 2 0

Honey-Fied

Weight class: 12lb

Main Driver: Dominic Musolino

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
7 3 15 11 4 7 2

HoneyBadger

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Liam King

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
569 1 2 0 2 0 0

IDKWTFID

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Kevin Biagini

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
31 10 36 19 17 9 8

Name pronounced: I Dont Know WTF I'm Doing

Weapon: Drisk

About the bot: this is the 4th version and so far the most successful

This bot's experience level: It's fought at NHRL before.


Illusion

Weight class: 12lb

Main Driver: Matthew Marini

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
0 0 0 0 0 0

IMPAKT

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Lars Elliott

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
16 5 24 18 6 13 4

Instant Regret

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Crew Member 04

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
301 8 24 10 14 7 8

Jack Move

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Drew Davis

Main Driver: Andrew Davis

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
191 16 64 36 28 14 13

Jackalope

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Gwen McGuire

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
569 1 2 0 2 0 0

Name pronounced: it's a mix of "Jackrabbit" and "Antelope," so a long "O" at the end

Story behind the name: Jackalopes are the chimeras of the Old American Western Frontier, with the body and speed of a rabbit and the horns and strength of an antelope. Similarly, Jackalope (the robot) is designed to me extremely fast, and has the horns of a lifter bot with the strength of a hubmotor vert as well. Two in one!

Weapon: Either the Vert or the Lifter, depending on which one works better.

About the bot: She's been a passion project for about the past six months, and has gotten me to practice numerous skills from urethane casting to PCB design to 2.5D machining and even some custom hobby machining on a lathe! Jackalope is my first full combat bot, and I definitely wanted ti to be an ambitious project that I can continue to refine for a long, long time.

This bot's experience level: It's fought at other competitions, but this is its first time at NHRL.


Jot

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Max Morningstar

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
175 3 10 5 5 1 0

Weapon: Undercutter

About the bot: After two events of struggling with Jot as a undercutter thwacking bigwheel bot, I decided to simplify things by removing the thwacking tail and turning the bot into a pure undercutter

This bot's experience level: It's fought at NHRL before.


Kamino

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Aaron Taggart

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
124 6 21 12 9 11 5

Story behind the name: It is the clone planet from Star Wars

Weapon: Beater

This bot's experience level: It's fought at NHRL before.


Karl

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Jacob Kent

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
314 5 16 6 10 3 2

Weapon: Drum spinner

About the bot: Karl has a drum spinner for a weapon that is powered by a brushless motor. It is a 4-wheel brushless drive and the body is made out of TPU, CF Nylon, and 7075 Aluminium. There is also a multi-bot made out of TPU with a 7075 Aluminium wedge.

This bot's experience level: It's fought at NHRL before.


KaZaA Lite

Weight class: 30lb

Main Driver: Joshua Rhinehart

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
23 3 13 7 6 1 3

Killer Wail

Weight class: 12lb

Main Driver: William Marchese

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
112 5 16 6 10 3 2

Kinda Average

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Matt DeLyser

Main Driver: Crew Member 09

Main Driver: Crew Member 06

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
197 3 10 4 6 2 5

KittyKat

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Jonathan Wong

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
685 1 2 0 2 0 0

Kneebiter

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Dave Hurt

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
57 7 23 14 9 10 3

Story behind the name: You're a jerk Dent, a complete kneebiter! A reference to Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Weapon: Spinny drum of dooooom!

About the bot: Forged carbon fiber armor, TPU chassis, and all machine work was done by myself!

This bot's experience level: It's fought at NHRL before.


Little Bob

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Nick Andreas

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
40 5 23 15 8 7 2

About the bot: Little Bob was our first foray into robot combat in January 2024. We've been very lucky in drawing into tournaments, and somehow have managed a 12-6 record heading into October. We've constantly been updating the bot since January, but v3 now has the biggest changes, with a custom chassis replacing the Black Frost EVO kit, and Repeat Max v2 replacing the Mega Sparks for the drive. It's been a great run thus far, but after coming up short of prime time twice at the hands of Loopy and Chainsaw Kitty, we hope October is finally the time to make it to the final 8, and maybe even qualify a rookie beater bar. Might as well dream!

This bot's experience level: It's fought at NHRL before.


Mako

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Julian Papasian

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
6 6 29 22 7 10 0

Name pronounced: May-Ko

Weapon: A 4.5 inch overhead saw

About the bot: It spins a saw fast, then brings it down on opponents in an effort to cut through top plates, wheels, etc.

This bot's experience level: It's fought at NHRL before.


Mareep

Weight class: 12lb

Main Driver: Jaaron Leibson

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
119 1 3 1 2 0 0

Story behind the name: It is from the family of Minun and Plusle, from Zoe Lambert so I wanted to keep the family name theme going as it is a single one of them as a 12 lb.

Weapon: Vertical Spinner

About the bot: It is currently a recolored Energizer, but will become its own unique entry at the next event it attends.
It utilizes a fully custom hubmotor designed by Zoe Lambert

This bot's experience level: It's never fought at any combat robotics competitions before!


Mark

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Ethan Green

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
436 1 3 1 2 0 0

MasterBlaster

Weight class: 12lb

Main Driver: Owen Cokley

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
158 1 2 0 2 0 0

MERP!

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: derick miceli

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
194 4 12 6 6 1 2

Mind Flayer

Weight class: 12lb

Main Driver: Brandon Young

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
160 2 4 0 4 0 1

Minor Threat 5

Weight class: 12lb

Main Driver: Luke Grell

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
13 6 23 14 9 11 2

Story behind the name: I had heard the song/band before and I thought it would make a good robot name.

Weapon: Vertical disk

About the bot: Minor Threat 5 is quite heavily armed and armored and has a powerful drive and large battery. It ends up very dense to make this happen.

This bot's experience level: It's fought at NHRL before.


Minun and Plusle

Weight class: 12lb

Main Driver: Zoe Lambert

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
46 4 10 5 5 3 0

Story behind the name: The colors are red and blue and the pokemon are red and blue. I thought the robots are cute in design and the pokemon are some of my favorite. With them being a pair, it seemed like a perfect name.

Weapon: Minun and Plusle are the same exact robot with the same weapon. The weapon is a 3/4 thick 5 inch vertical disk on a 1250kv hub motor on 4s that leads to it storing 1400 joules of kinetic energy. The hub motor is designed from scratch and made entirely by Honey Cracked team members with in house tools.

About the bot: Minun and Plusle are equal weight vertical disk multibots where Plusle is driven by Zoe from team Honey Cracked and Minun is driven by Matt from Team Defective. Team Defective and Team Honey Cracked are working in collaboration to create fun robots and have become good friends.

This bot's experience level: It's fought at NHRL before.


Minuscule

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Corey Nason

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
441 1 3 1 2 0 0

Misdirected Aggression

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Thomas Kenney

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
114 2 7 5 2 3 1

Name pronounced: It should be spoken with anger

Weapon: Horizontal spinner

About the bot: This is the fourth iteration of Misdirected Aggression. The previous versions were built in 2009, 2010, and 2013. It is still using the original weapon motor from the 2009 version, that's survived fifteen years and dozens of fights.

This bot's experience level: It's fought at other competitions, but this is its first time at NHRL.


Mister Roper

Weight class: 30lb

Main Driver: Tony Clifton

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
52 4 11 4 7 1 1

Story behind the name: Norman Fell never saw a camera lens he didn't love, so... Same.

About the bot: Everything in the bot is metal, except the handle, which is business casual.

This bot's experience level: It's fought at NHRL before.


Moccasin

Weight class: 30lb

Main Driver: Cody Graham

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
31 3 11 6 5 3 0

Money Shot

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Craig Leblanc

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
192 7 19 9 10 6 6

Story behind the name: I enjoy fun names with alternate meanings depending on the situation. Also with Money in the name it can have a great theme around it.

Weapon: 6 inch Asymmetrical vertical spinner

About the bot: It's vibrant, flashy, can't be missed inside the cage. Also there are roughly 25 dollar signs incorporated into the design.

This bot's experience level: It's fought at NHRL before.


Monkfish

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Rachel deGuzman

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
8 3 20 17 3 13 1

Story behind the name: There are only so many fish that can walk, and most of them have crummy names, so choices are limited

Weapon: Horizontal spinner

About the bot: It's a huge blue shuffler harnessing the magic of TPU

This bot's experience level: It's fought at other competitions, but this is its first time at NHRL.


Morning Shot

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Cassandra Coursol

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
94 2 10 6 4 3 1

Morningstar

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Nick Grumski

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
391 1 4 2 2 1 0

Mrs Buff

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Aidan Rose

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
378 1 3 2 1 2 0

Name TBD

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Joseph Tang

Main Driver: Jackson Min

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
203 2 7 3 4 0 1

Nergal

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Eric Novick

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
553 1 3 1 2 0 1

Onna-musha

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: DeeDee Jezsu

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
97 4 15 8 7 4 2

Name pronounced: Onna

Story behind the name: Onna-musha (女武者) is a term referring to female warriors in pre-modern Japan. These women fought in battle alongside samurai men. They were members of the bushi (warrior) class in feudal Japan and were trained in the use of weapons to protect their household, family, and honour in times of war.

Weapon: Peter bar

About the bot: Peter bar kit, with a front wedge

This bot's experience level: It's never fought at any combat robotics competitions before!


Panda

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Aidan Ablai

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
0 0 0 0 0 0

Paradox

Weight class: 12lb

Main Driver: Ashley Kissel

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
86 2 5 1 4 1 1

Pawsitively Hissterical

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Tom Farkas

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
385 6 15 5 10 1 7

Story behind the name: It looks like a cat, and I like puns

Weapon: Boisterous Exuberance

About the bot: PAWS SMASH!!!

This bot's experience level: It's fought at NHRL before.


Pegasus

Weight class: 30lb

Main Driver: Davi Parreira

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
24 1 4 3 1 3 0

Pinevictus

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Alex Wang

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
225 6 16 4 12 2 7

Pleco

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Chris K

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
0 0 0 0 0 0

Pocket Aces

Weight class: 30lb

Main Driver: Jeffrey Waters

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
81 1 3 1 2 0 0

Story behind the name: Pocket Aces is "a pair of aces in Texas Hold'em poker that is considered one of the best hands a player can be dealt."

Weapon: Cam Lifters

About the bot: Its ace from BattleBots but with more armor.

This bot's experience level: It's never fought at any combat robotics competitions before!


Poly whiip v2

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Dj

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
283 2 6 3 3 1 1

power on

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Max renas

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
221 3 10 4 6 2 0

Weapon: Egg beater

This bot's experience level: It's fought at NHRL before.


Pretty Fly

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Tim Hebert

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
282 2 7 3 4 0 1

Púca

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: David Small

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
77 4 15 9 6 7 4

Name pronounced: Poo-ka

Story behind the name: Like most of my robots, "Púca" comes from Celtic folklore. Púcas are shapeshifting horses similar to Kelpies (the name of my other beetle).

They most commonly take the shape of a sleek black horse with luminescent golden eyes. While Kelpies are murderous in nature, Púcas lean more towards mischievous. Kelpies will entice humans to ride them with the intention of devouring them while Púcas just give their riders a wild and terrifying ride to mess with them.

Weapon: Drum Spinner

About the bot: Púca is a scaled down version of my 12lb drum spinner "Son of Kram", but instead of a stacked disk drum, Púca uses a single piece of hardened 4130 for its drum.

This bot's experience level: It's never fought at any combat robotics competitions before!


Questionable Choices

Weight class: 12lb

Main Driver: Mark Liu

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
18 3 11 8 3 6 0

Rebound

Weight class: 12lb

Main Driver: Tom Nguyen

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
61 2 7 3 4 0 0

Redline

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Chris Capps

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
109 2 7 5 2 1 2

Rhino

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Christian Lambie

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
67 3 13 8 5 3 3

Story behind the name: While designing I noticed when the blade is angled it resembles a Rhino’s horn. The bot also was designed to have a good amount of armor.

Weapon: 4.5 inch vertical spinner

This bot's experience level: It's fought at NHRL before.


Root Locus

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Mikhail Khrenov

Main Driver: Delaynie McMillan

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
685 3 6 0 6 0 4

This bot's experience level: It's fought at NHRL before.


Rouge Wave

Weight class: 12lb

Main Driver: Justin Fossum

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
0 0 0 0 0 0

Sasquatch

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Seth Janchar

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
330 2 5 2 3 2 1

Story behind the name: Sounds cool and nobody took it yet

Weapon: 6 inch vertical spinner

About the bot: We are NOT Chainsaw Kitty

This bot's experience level: It's fought at NHRL before.


Scab Armour

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Crew Member 07

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
117 10 24 9 15 5 8

Scrambled

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Grant

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
130 9 30 14 16 7 6

Sir Spinny

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Evan Bhimji

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
49 4 16 11 5 5 1

Weapon: Beater Bar

About the bot: This is our first bot and it premiered at the Jan’24 new bots tournament

This bot's experience level: It's fought at NHRL before.


SLAM PLAN

Weight class: 12lb

Main Driver: Brendan Steele

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
8 1 6 6 0 6 0

Story behind the name: The plan is to slam, instead of ram

Weapon: Slam

About the bot: You're all not ready for it

This bot's experience level: It's fought at other competitions, but this is its first time at NHRL.


Sliced Bread

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Dillon Deveno

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
102 4 16 9 7 4 1

Story behind the name: In our first design, the robot’s weapon was made from several slices of material, so we chose the name Sliced Bread. We’ve since changed the weapon but decided to keep the name. If nothing else, when we lose we can tell our opponents “they must be the best thing since Sliced Bread.”

Weapon: Vertical spinner / beater bar

About the bot: Sliced Bread is a 4W drive vertical spinner. It’s our first attempt at a custom build after fighting in 2023 with a 2W Fingertech beater bar robot called Dumb Drum.

This bot's experience level: It's fought at NHRL before.


Snorkles The Elephant

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Maximillian Ansonoff

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
569 1 2 0 2 0 0

Son of Kram

Son of Kram

Weight class: 12lb

Main Driver: David Small

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
58 6 20 10 10 7 6

Weapon: A drum made out of stacked AR500 disks bolted together

About the bot: SOK is known for its AR500 "stack" drum and its indestructible TPU side "pickles" that take over 22 hours to print!

This bot's experience level: It's fought at NHRL before.


Spicy Toucan

Weight class: 30lb

Main Driver: Teddy Rapelyea

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
69 2 4 1 3 1 3

Spin Cycle

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Brian Feeney

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
506 2 5 1 4 0 0

Spinny Boi 3000

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Peter Molzer

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
729 1 2 0 2 0 0

Sprocket Man

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Kyle Vedder

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
569 1 2 0 2 0 0

Stag Beetle bot

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Michael Cross

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
148 10 38 20 18 9 10

Name pronounced: Stag

Story behind the name: A Stag beetles live in the abandoned industrial complexes eating dead wood and old machine parts as a larva. When they mature into their adult bodies they are a combination of machine and Stag Beetle.

Weapon: Vertical spinning tooth

About the bot: It's a temperamental bug cyborg.

This bot's experience level: It's fought at NHRL before.


Steggy

Weight class: 12lb

Main Driver: John Flaacke

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
21 2 8 6 2 3 2

Stickler

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Jeffrey Shulenburg

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
440 3 7 1 6 1 1

Story behind the name: Building my first plastic ant robot of a similar design, I remarked that its weapon looked like a couple twigs, so it became Twiglett (also referring to the british snack food). When I moved up to the 3lb weight class with the same design, I decided to keep the naming scheme, graduating from twig to stick. Stickler

Weapon: 800 gram 7075 aluminum weapon drum with titanium impactors

About the bot: Full body drum design, similar to Pepe Silvia. At Rochester, the drum was driven by a planetary gearbox built into the frame, since then its changed to a tangential weapon drive driven directly off the brushless motor housing to increase reliability and simplify repair. Drive is a pair of shuffler pods to gove stickler that much more weapon weight

This bot's experience level: It's fought at NHRL before.


Supreme Ruler

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Jeffrey Waters

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
2 4 22 19 3 4 1

Name pronounced: Supreme Ruler

Story behind the name: It originally has aluminum rulers as it's lifters and was going to have a color scheme of North Korea.

Weapon: Rotatory Lifter

About the bot: Supreme is 1 of 3 bots in the world that use the rotatory lifter as it's primary weapon. Supreme is also the only rotatory lifter that is not a mini bot for another robot.

This bot's experience level: It's fought at NHRL before.


Synthesis 30

Weight class: 30lb

Main Driver: Corey Nason

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
55 8 21 8 13 8 8

Taking Suggestions

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Vincent Briamonte III

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
245 4 11 5 6 2 1

Talos

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Todd Rogers

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
441 1 3 1 2 1 0

Taurine

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Gabe Detter

Main Driver: Gabriel Detter

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
87 7 24 12 12 8 1

Story behind the name: I was drinking allot of monster while I was designing it


Temporal Terror

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Adam Smith

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
207 3 9 4 5 4 3

the arena floor

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: zenith parsec

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
717 1 2 0 2 0 1

The Box Office Standard

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Daniel Beyer

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
422 1 3 1 2 1 0

The Power Of Friendship!

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Kekoto Maane

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
79 2 9 6 3 1 0

Story behind the name: Anime

Weapon: Overhead Drills

About the bot: For this event, one of the two bots will be driven by me, the other will be driven by Jaaron Leibson

This bot's experience level: It's fought at NHRL before.


The Throngler

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Brighton Lee

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
88 2 9 6 3 2 0

Name pronounced: It sounds how it looks, have fun with it, it's meant to be a funny name!

Story behind the name: Its a funny name that I saw in an internet meme several years ago. I wanted to name my robot something that announcers could have fun with.

Weapon: 5" diameter 1/4" thick Horizontal spinner

About the bot: The Throngler is not meant to be a Thagomizer style robot whose strategy is to whip around and hit the opponent's side, but rather a 2-in-1 robot that I can switch between driving like a wedge and driving like a horizontal as needed, cancelling the type advantage from most other robot designs. The weight is split fairly evenly between the weapon module on the front and the defense module on the back, so the center of mass is right over the wheels, making it very maneuverable. The most recent iteration has been to 4 events and fought 21 times without being knocked out (or even being close to knocked out). I look forward to seeing if that trend continues with NHRL caliber competition!

This bot's experience level: It's fought at other competitions, but this is its first time at NHRL.


TurboFIEND

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Dima

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
9 3 18 16 2 6 0

Name pronounced: Last time, he was Turbo "friend." Now he is a FIEND!

Story behind the name: Originally, the bot is formless goopy slime. When he takes on the form of a friendly control bot, he's "Turbofriend." When he has a vicious weapon and a desire for violence, he's "TurboFIEND."

Weapon: Vertical spinner

About the bot: Those little dark nubbins in the front are eyes.

This bot's experience level: It's fought at other competitions, but this is its first time at NHRL.


Uch Funt

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Crew Member 09

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
562 11 35 14 21 10 11

UniBean

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Ellie Welch

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
0 0 0 0 0 0

v0

Weight class: 30lb

Main Driver: Eitan Schneider

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
92 1 2 0 2 0 1

Verticalizer

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Joey Chua

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
187 3 12 6 6 1 5

Story behind the name: It’s a Thagomizer-style bot but with vertical weapons

Weapon: Dual beaters

About the bot: FingerTech beater bars are the most normal weapon. By using two, Verticalizer is more normal than average.

This bot's experience level: It's fought at NHRL before.


Voxel v1

Voxel v1

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Mike Schorr

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
3 12 55 36 19 13 12

Story behind the name: Voxel v.1 is the original version of Voxel, and was given to me as a gift from my son Michael so that I could compete at NHRL.

Weapon: Custom 4140 beater

This bot's experience level: It's fought at NHRL before.


Wajoo

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Tim Bouwens

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
229 1 5 3 2 2 2

Warhard XXL

Weight class: 30lb

Main Driver: Jonathan Juarez

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
17 3 10 6 4 6 2

WEATHER REPORT

Weight class: 12lb

Main Driver: Cary Weaver

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
49 3 10 5 5 2 1

Wicked Wedge

Wicked Wedge

Weight class: 3lb

Main Driver: Remy deGuzman

Rank Events Fights W L KOs KO'd
46 6 24 14 10 6 4

Weapon: Electric lifter (now a servo)

About the bot: Wicked Wedge derives all of its power from the magic of TPUing all of the things

This bot's experience level: It's fought at NHRL before.