RoboCast #157 — BattleBots: Pro League 2026 - Round 1 Review [w. Aren Hill]

Episode Title: Off the Richter Scale Welcome back to the RoboCast! We're back to review the second round of the BattleBots Pro League with Team Magnitude's Chad New! This encompasses all 12 fights from episodes 5-8, so if you haven't seen them yet, watch BattleBots first and come back and hear what we have to say about them!

Episode Title: Prologue to Pro League

Welcome back everyone, ourselves included, to the RoboCast! Today, we visit Bristol to see what kinds of mayhem the beetleweights are cooking up in February's BBB Beetle Brawl hosted by Bristol Bot Builders. This episode may be a slightly different spin on our usual fight-by-fight review format; instead, we three chose nine robots and builders to discuss what we like about their machines and how the event went for each. Joining us today to cover this event is BBB crew member and captain of Two-Headed Death Flamingo, Craig Croucher, who we thank for blessing us with aggressive pink. 🦩 We hope you enjoy it! Oh and before I forget, here are links to the event recording.Livestream: https://youtu.be/Sw8PrSl26I8Fights only: https://youtu.be/ncrPL-5Ki5Q Also, thanks to Jamie Waller-Jones / Bangers Down West for allowing us to use their lovely pit photos in our video. You can find them here:https://www.facebook.com/daniel.wj.18https://www.facebook.com/bangers.down.west21 Chapters:0:00 – Intro8:14 – Fan Questions for Craig21:15 – Abracagrabra25:37 – Paradigm Spin29:47 – EMP mk. 336:16 – The Mangler45:13 – Disk-Combobulator51:32 – Propane59:11 – Attitude Adjuster1:09:24 – Home Improvement1:15:00 – Schism1:25:58 – Reptile Dysfunction (Honorable Mention)1:28:38 – Final Questions & Outro Follow us on Social Media:https://twitter.com/TheRobocasthttps://www.facebook.com/TheRoboCast Check out the audio-only version wherever you get your podcasts!https://therobocast.podbean.com/ Steve’s Pages:https://www.youtube.com/@AmericanKilljoyhttps://twitter.com/AKJofficialhttps://www.instagram.com/stevetheamericankilljoy/ Jevan’s Pages:https://www.facebook.com/WorldOfWoodrowYouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/@WorldofWoodrowhttps://twitter.com/RoboticWoodrow David’s Pages:https://www.youtube.com/@Davidofsmeg https://www.instagram.com/davidofsmeghttps://www.facebook.com/Johtorobotics Don't forget to check out Bristol Bot Builders here, too!https://bristolbotbuilders.com/https://www.facebook.com/groups/bristolbotbuildershttps://www.instagram.com/bristolbotbuilders/https://twitter.com/bristolbotbuild

Hey everyone and yes what you read is true, this really is the final episode with Sam as host of the RoboCast!I just want to say from the bottom of my heart, a massive and heartfelt thank you. The support shown to the pod has been magical over the last 7 and a half years, and I sincerely hope that you show Steve, Jevan & David the same respect and courtesy that you’ve shown me!It's been an absolute privilege, and hopefully see you round ❤

The dust has settled on the regular season of BattleBots, but now it’s time for Champions 2! In this podcast, myself, WorldofWoodrow & DavidofSmeg talk our way through the final episode of BattleBots Champions II! Joining us for this podcast is Jack Barker, co-captain of End Game!