We built a BattleBot. It's terrifying.

Sign up for Nebula for just $4/month to watch the the extended version of this video right now: https://nebula.tv/videos/strangeparts-how-we-built-a-250-lb-battlebot We built the 250 lb combat robot Switchback for the latest season of BattleBots (2022) with a team of 11 engineers. With an 80 lb drum spinner on the end of a 180 degree articulating arm, Switchback is full of engineering challenges. And we had only 3 months to get it working… You can watch the Switchback fights here: https://youtu.be/tEYcgFJ4xbE https://www.discoveryplus.com/video/battlebots/slash-and-burn https://www.discoveryplus.com/video/battlebots/edges-wedges-and-wheels https://www.discoveryplus.com/video/battlebots/to-the-victor-go-the-spoils You can follow Team Switchback on Facebook and Instagram: https://www.facebook.com/switchbackontv https://www.instagram.com/switchbackontv A huge thanks to all my Switchback teammates: Greg Needel Christina Needel David Yanoshak Amanda Morrison Orion DeYoe Gabby DeYoe Frank Lima Phil Luetchford Parker Holloway Wolf Thomas Noah Santoni Music in this video: Dust till Dawn - Dusty Decks (Licensed through http://bit.ly/epidemic-sp) 3house - Ooyy (Licensed through http://bit.ly/epidemic-sp) Like Shadows (Instrumental Version) - Ooyy (Licensed through http://bit.ly/epidemic-sp) my reverie - bomull (Licensed through http://bit.ly/epidemic-sp) Hemisphere - Ooyy (Licensed through http://bit.ly/epidemic-sp) Rock Steady - Henrik Andersson (Licensed through http://bit.ly/epidemic-sp) Nanda Devi - Ooyy (Licensed through http://bit.ly/epidemic-sp) my reverie - bomull (Licensed through http://bit.ly/epidemic-sp)