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.
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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.
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VERY DANGEROUS.
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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."
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