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  • Rose: LET THE BOT BATTLE BEGIN!

  • Narrator: IN THE Battlebox ARENA,

  • ARMOR IS SHREDDED, SPARKS FLY,

  • AND ROBOTS ARE TORN TO PIECES.

  • -WHOA! -SKORPIOS' HAS COME OFF.

  • Narrator: WHEN THE SMOKE CLEARS,

  • THE TEAMS ARE LEFT WITH THE CARNAGE THAT REMAINS.

  • -OH! -WOW!

  • Narrator: TODAY, TEAM MONSOON GOES UP IN SMOKE,

  • AND TEAM BOMBSHELL GOES NUCLEAR.

  • CAN THEIR BOTS BE REPAIRED IN TIME FOR THE NEXT FIGHT,

  • OR WILL THEIR CHAMPIONSHIP DREAMS END HERE?

  • THIS IS "BattleBots: RESURRECTION."

  • THE MEMBERS OF TEAM BOMBSHELL, LED BY CAPTAIN MICHAEL JEFFRIES,

  • ARE VETERAN BattleBots BUILDERS.

  • THEIR BOT IS A TOUGH VERTICAL-DISK SPINNER

  • WITH AN INTERCHANGEABLE WEDGE

  • AND A SET OF SOLID DOUBLE WHEELS.

  • IN THEIR LAST FIGHT AGAINST THE INFAMOUS YETI,

  • THEY WORKED THEIR DRIVE OVERTIME

  • AND CAUGHT FIRE BY THE END OF THE MATCH.

  • Rose: BOMBSHELL, WHICH IS SMOKING!

  • Florian: OH, IT'S ABOUT TO GO UP IN FLAMES!

  • WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF ANOTHER FIGHT

  • HAPPENING WITHIN A MATTER OF HOURS,

  • THEY OPEN UP THE BOT OUTSIDE TO ASSESS THE DAMAGE.

  • Jeffries: SO, WE JUST LOST A FIGHT.

  • LOOKS LIKE WE BURNED UP

  • A COUPLE OF OUR DRIVE CONTROLLERS.

  • Farmer: YEP.

  • BATTERY'S SLID AROUND A LITTLE BIT.

  • -HOW'S THE MOTOR? -HOT AS...

  • [ LAUGHTER ] -THAT WAS HOT.

  • LET'S PULL THIS PANEL.

  • THIS IS A BENT SHAFT, ISN'T IT?

  • YEAH.

  • Farmer: SO, THIS IS FIRE-RESISTANT FOAM

  • THAT WE HAVE INSIDE THE BOT TO PAD ALL OF THE BATTERIES,

  • ALL THE ELECTRONICS, 'CAUSE THAT HAPPENS.

  • THE PUSHING MATCH AT THE END THERE,

  • SO THAT MOTOR GOT TOO HOT,

  • AND IT COOKED THE ELECTRONICS.

  • Narrator: THERE IS ONE SPOT REMAINING

  • IN THE "BattleBots" QUARTER FINALS,

  • AND SIX TEAMS ARE ELIGIBLE.

  • IN ORDER TO BREAK THE TIE FAIRLY,

  • THE PRODUCERS HAVE ORGANIZED A SIX-BOT RUMBLE

  • TO DECIDE WHO WILL TAKE IT.

  • BOMBSHELL HAS JUST LEARNED

  • THAT THEY WILL BE A PART OF THE LAST CHANCE BATTLE,

  • BUT THEY'LL NEED TO CLEAN UP THE FIRE DAMAGE

  • AS WELL AS INSTALL A BRAND-NEW, MORE-POWERFUL WEAPON

  • IF THEY WANT TO STAND A CHANCE

  • IN THE BOX WITH THAT MANY BOTS.

  • Farmer: THEY GOT SOME GOOD HITS ON RIGHT ON IT,

  • RIGHT THERE ON US.

  • I'M GLAD IT WAS HERE AND NOT A LITTLE FURTHER BACK.

  • IT WOULD'VE EVENTUALLY GOTTEN THAT OTHER WHEEL WITH IT.

  • Farmer: IT'S NOT QUITE STRAIGHT LIKE IT USED TO BE.

  • IT STILL RUNS.

  • I THINK I OWNED A CAR LIKE THIS IN HIGH SCHOOL.

  • WHEN IT'S BENT LIKE THAT,

  • IT'S A WHOLE LOT MORE FRICTION IN THAT BOT.

  • AND RIGHT AT THE END THERE, THAT REMOTE CONTROLLER,

  • THAT'S ALL SHE WROTE AND MAGIC SMOKE CAME OUT.

  • WE CAME WITH THREE WEDGES --

  • ONE'S A LITTLE BIT LIGHTER,

  • SO IT'S GONNA ALLOW US TO PUT THE OTHER WEAPON ON.

  • IT'S TWICE AS MUCH HITTING POWER.

  • WE HAD DAMAGE TO A MOTOR, WHICH PROBABLY CAUSED DAMAGE

  • TO THIS MOTOR-SPEED CONTROLLER

  • AND BLEW OUT THE DRIVING TRANSISTORS, OR FETs.

  • BUT, FORTUNATELY, NO FIRE IN THE BATTERIES.

  • THAT'S A LOT HARDER TO CLEAN UP AND A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE.

  • Narrator: TEAM MONSOON, LED BY CAPTAIN TOM BREWSTER

  • OF THE U.K., WEREN'T SO LUCKY.

  • THEIR VERTICAL BAR SPINNER

  • WITH A TOP SPEED OF AROUND 250 MILES PER HOUR

  • WAS STILL NO MATCH AGAINST TEAM SON OF WHYACHI'S

  • POWERFUL HORIZONTAL WEAPON.

  • THEY TOOK A HARD HIT EARLY ON AND WATCHED IN HORROR

  • AS THEIR BATTERIES BURST INTO FLAMES.

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  • -THOSE WERE BATTERIES. -THOSE ARE THE BATTERIES.

  • -THEY DISINTEGRATED. -SO, ONE COOL THING IS,

  • THE BATTERY'S APPARENTLY START TO GO TO A MILLION PIECES

  • WHEN THEY BURN RATHER THAN JUST ONE LUMP.

  • Brewster: OH, MY GOD. IT GOT ABSOLUTELY WRECKED.

  • -THERE WE GO. -THAT'S A LITTLE BIT CRISPY.

  • Narrator: WITH LESS THAN A DAY BEFORE THEY FIGHT AGAIN,

  • TOM AND HIS TEAM TAKE MONSOON BACK TO THE PITS

  • TO DO A FULL ASSESSMENT OF THE MAJOR REPAIRS THEY NOW FACE.

  • SO, THAT'S WHAT WHYACHI DID.

  • WE HAVE A SPARE BULKHEAD SECTION.

  • OUR WEAPON BAR IS NOW A LITTLE BIT BENT.

  • THAT SHOULD NOT HAPPEN, REALLY.

  • THE BATTERIES WENT UP IN SMOKE. BUT, INTERESTINGLY,

  • I JUST WENT OVER TO THE WHYACHI GUYS

  • AND BOUGHT A COUPLE OF SPARE BATTERIES OFF THEM --

  • THE GUYS THAT DESTROYED THEM.

  • THE MAIN WORRY FOR US IS THE CHASSIS.

  • AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S KIND OF, UH,

  • A BIT BENT.

  • THIS SHOULD BE FLAT, RIGHT?

  • AND -- YEAH.

  • WE'RE GONNA TAKE OUT ALL OF THE ELECTRONICS.

  • I'VE ALREADY STARTED THAT.

  • RORY FROM THE PREDATOR TEAM

  • IS JUST CHECKING OUT OUR MOTOR

  • THAT LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT BE DAMAGED.

  • LOOK AT THIS. THIS IS --

  • THAT'S 35 MILLIMETERS OF HARDENED STEEL,

  • AND IT'S BENT.

  • HOW MUCH WAS THIS, SAM?

  • Sam: ABOUT 600 QUID.

  • ABOUT 600 QUID, THERE YOU GO.

  • SOME TEAMS COME HERE WITH, LIKE, THREE ROBOTS.

  • AND WE JUST COULDN'T REALLY AFFORD THAT,

  • SO WE'VE BROUGHT WHAT WE COULD AFFORD.

  • NEXT TIME.

  • IF THERE ARE ANY SPONSORS WATCHING,

  • SPONSOR MONSOON, YEAH?

  • GIVE US SOME MONEY.

  • Narrator: MEANWHILE, TEAM BOMBSHELL IS PREPARING

  • FOR THE SIX-BOT RUMBLE THIS AFTERNOON

  • BY CHANGING UP THE DESIGN OF THEIR ROBOT.

  • Carroll: SO, THE ALUMINUM RAILS USED TO STICK UP ABOVE THE DISK.

  • WE FOUND THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GET FLIPPED UPSIDE-DOWN,

  • SOMETIMES THAT MAKES US GET STUCK

  • WHERE WE CAN'T KEEP DRIVING.

  • SO THIS TIME, WE CUT THEM OFF.

  • THAT ALSO SAVED US A LITTLE BIT OF WEIGHT

  • SO WE COULD GO UP TO OUR HEAVIER DISK,

  • WHICH HAS A LOT MORE ENERGY.

  • AND THEN, IT'S TESTING WEAPON AND GETTING IT DIALED IN.

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  • LET'S DO IT.

  • ♪♪

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  • I STILL DON'T LIKE IT. IT'S FIGHTING.

  • Farmer: WE CAN UP THE CURRENT WITH THE SMALLER DISK ON IT.

  • LET'S TURN IT OFF. KILL THE MOTORS.

  • MAKE SURE NOTHING'S GETTING TOO HOT.

  • I'M GONNA BE GENTLE WITH IT.

  • WE'RE NOT LETTING OUT THAT SMOKE.

  • I DON'T WANT TO SPEND ANOTHER FOUR HOURS

  • REBUILDING THIS THING.

  • Hammer: THE PROBLEMS WE'RE HAVING --

  • IT'S WHAT'S CALLED COGGING WITH THE MOTOR,

  • WHERE THE MOTOR DOESN'T QUITE CATCH RIGHT.

  • SO WE'RE TRYING TO ADJUST THE SETTINGS

  • AND THE MOTOR CONTROLLER TO GET IT TO SPIN UP

  • AND RUN RIGHT SO WE CAN -- WE CAN REALLY GET IN THERE FAST

  • AND DO SOME DAMAGE IN THE NEXT FIGHT.

  • WE CAN'T FIGHT WITH A SPIN-UP TIME LIKE THAT.

  • NO. LET'S GO PUT A SMALL BLADE ON IT AND CALL IT.

  • Narrator: WITH TIME RUNNING OUT BEFORE THE RUMBLE,

  • MICHAEL AND HIS TEAM MAKE THE DECISION TO SWITCH BACK

  • TO THE PREVIOUS, LESS-POWERFUL WEAPON

  • IN EXCHANGE FOR THE SECURITY OF KNOWING IT WILL SPIN UP.

  • AS THEY HEAD OUT TO THE Battlebox,

  • AN EXHAUSTED TEAM MONSOON GETS THEIR BOT BACK IN ONE PIECE.

  • THE CHASSIS IS NOW MOSTLY IN SHAPE.

  • WE'VE TAKEN OUT OUR SPARE ARMOR, THE SPARE WEAPON BAR,

  • THE SPARE WEAPON BULKHEAD SECTION.

  • TIM HAS REWIRED THE ENTIRE ROBOT.

  • SARAH'S MADE A BRAND-NEW BATTERY BOX.

  • WE'RE NEARLY AT THE POINT WHERE WE CAN DO A BIT OF A TEST.

  • AND THEN, WE'LL BE VERY HAPPY.

  • Narrator: WITH THEIR FIGHT LESS THAN AN HOUR AWAY,

  • TEAM MONSOON INSTALLS THEIR NEW ARMOR AND WEAPON,

  • THEN GETS IN THE TEST BOX

  • TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING RUNS SMOOTHLY.

  • ♪♪

  • THIS IS OUR LAST SHOT OF THE FINAL 16,

  • SO WE'RE GOING ALL OUT.

  • TIMING THE WEAPON TO MAKE SURE IT SPINS UP QUICKLY

  • IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PARTS OF THE TEST PROCESS.

  • AND TOM IS LOOKING FOR IT TO REACH ITS MAX SPEED

  • IN UNDER SEVEN SECONDS.

  • ♪♪

  • VERY DANGEROUS.

  • ♪♪

  • ALL RIGHT, THEN.

  • SUCCESS...

  • VAGUELY.

  • Tauheed: IT'S ROBOT-FIGHTING TIME!

  • [ ALARM BLARES ]

  • Narrator: BOMBSHELL WON THE LAST-CHANCE RUMBLE

  • IN A CONTROVERSIAL JUDGES' DECISION,

  • AND DESPITE LEAVING THE Battlebox UN-OPERATIONAL,

  • NOW MUST FACE ANOTHER FIGHT WITH THE REIGNING CHAMP,

  • TOMBSTONE, IN UNDER 30 MINUTES.

  • Hammer: AFTER THE RUMBLE, WE TOOK TOOK THE BOT APART,

  • TOOK A LOOK AT OUR GEARBOXES.

  • ONE OF THEM HAD SHEARED A KEY, SO WE GOT THAT REPLACED,

  • GOT THE GEARBOXES REBUILT.

  • IT'S LIKE TRYING TO PUT PANTYHOSE ON IN THE DARK.

  • I WOULDN'T KNOW TO PUT PANTYHOSE ON IN THE DARK

  • OR WITH THE LIGHTS ON, TO BE HONEST.

  • I THINK WE'RE ALL ON THAT ONE.

  • SO, HAVING LOOKED AT THE RUMBLE VIDEO,

  • WE LOST DRIVE RIGHT WHEN WE GOT CHUCKED INTO THE SCREWS.

  • SO I'M WONDERING

  • IF THE CONNECTION CAME LOOSE IN THE CONTROLLER.

  • WE CAN JUST LINK UP THE DRILL BATTERY.

  • DISCONNECT THAT SIDE, NECESSARILY.

  • CAREFUL, CAREFUL, CAREFUL.

  • THAT'S BAD.

  • Narrator: HAVING ACCIDENTALLY SHORTED

  • ONE OF THEIR BOT'S CONTROLLERS,

  • AND WITHOUT ANY SPARES ON HAND,

  • THE 10 MINUTES THEY HAVE LEFT BEFORE THE FIGHT

  • MIGHT NOT BE ENOUGH.

  • LET'S START PULLING IT.

  • Jeffries: SO, WE RAN AROUND THE PITS,

  • FOUND SOMEONE WHO WAS WILLING TO GIVE US A SPARE,

  • AND WE'RE GETTING THAT INSTALLED NOW

  • AND PROGRAMMED TO THE RIGHT SETTINGS FOR THE BOT.

  • -THAT'S HOW IT GOES. -YEAH, THAT'S HOW IT GOES.

  • IT'S ROBOTS.

  • THINGS BREAK, AND YOU FIX THEM.

  • AND WHEN YOU RUN OUT OF SPARES, YOU ADAPT.

  • Jeffries: NOW WE JUST NEED TO PUT THE ARMOR ON AND HEAD OUT.

  • I'M SORRY, GUYS. WE'RE RUNNING TOO CLOSE.

  • -YEAH, WE KNOW. -COMING IN, COMING IN.

  • Narrator: THE BOT IS PATCHED UP.

  • BUT WITHOUT A FULL TEST ABLE TO BE PERFORMED,

  • BOMBSHELL MUST HEAD TO THE SCALE

  • TO MAKE SURE IT'S STILL UNDER THE 250-POUND LIMIT.

  • -WHOO! -245.5.

  • Narrator: DESPITE THEIR LACK OF TIME AND SPARE PARTS,

  • BOMBSHELL SOMEHOW MAKES IT OUT OF THE PITS ON TIME

  • AND HEADS TO THE BOX FOR A REMATCH

  • WITH ONE OF THE SCARIEST BOTS IN THIS COMPETITION,

  • TOMBSTONE.

  • WILL THEY BE ABLE TO PULL OUT AN UNDERDOG VICTORY?

  • AND WILL MONSOON'S REPAIRS BE ENOUGH?

  • FIND OUT ON "BattleBots."

  • ♪♪

Rose: LET THE BOT BATTLE BEGIN!

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