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What to Bring

So you’ve spent the last week frantically trying to get your bot ready for this next event, and now you’re sleep deprived and trying to get everything packed. You end up spending precious time trying to remember what you need to bring rather than sleeping. Here’s how to reduce how much time you spend searchingContinue reading “What to Bring”

A Servo Primer

Servos are a great way to add an active weapon to your basic wedge robot. They are extremely easy to integrate and can really help tip the judges decisions in your favor. You can use them for lifters, clamps, and even hammers. The only (kinda) challenge with using servos is powering them and even thatContinue reading “A Servo Primer”

So you think you can bot?

Or you at least want to. The BattleBots that you see flying around the arena are purpose built machines by builders with years, sometimes decades, of experience building combat robots. You may be thinking that there is no way you could get involved, but you’d be surprised how truly easy it is to get started.Continue reading “So you think you can bot?”

Prepping for COB

CE Robots is gearing up for Clash of the Bots (COB) in Gastonia, NC. This is one of our favorite events (okay the next event is always our favorite). But this is the only event on the East coast with Bot Hockey. We will be attending with 2 ants, 1 beetle, and a 12 poundContinue reading “Prepping for COB”

Where have we been?

A lot of exciting stuff has happened over the past quarter at CE Robots. I started a new job working for NASA in Florida, which required a move. Unfortunately we had to cancel the robot fighting at Jekyll*Con this year, which was a major bummer, but there are new projects in the works. Coming thisContinue reading “Where have we been?”

The End of the BattleBots Season

BattleBots 2016 is complete. What a great season. Congratulations to…wait you’ve seen the finale, right?…If not head on over to http://www.abc.com/shows/BattleBots where you can check out all the fights including the finals. I won’t spoil the ending, but Bite Force totally wins. Congrats Paul.

Hello world!

Welcome to CE Robotics. We’re glad you joined us, and we’re even more glad to be here. Stay tuned to this site for exciting news on the latest Combat Robotics adventures, and be sure to tune it to BattleBots on ABC at 9EST to check out some of our amazing friends battle to the deathContinue reading “Hello world!”