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How Do BattleBots Teams Use SOLIDWORKS?

By Sean O'Neill May 27, 2022
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How Do BattleBots Teams Use SOLIDWORKS?

SOLIDWORKS and BattleBots teams HyperShock and Witch Doctor join forces to bring you a first-ever SOLIDWORKS LIVE episode all about how BattleBots teams design and test their bots—live from a SOLIDWORKS user group network (SWUGN) meeting in Miami, Florida.

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Spoiler Alert: BattleBots Wins with SOLIDWORKS

By Cliff Medling April 19, 2022
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Spoiler Alert: BattleBots Wins with SOLIDWORKS

  Another amazing season of BattleBots has come to an end, and it seems to keep getting better every year, with more contestants, more bots blowing up, more high flips, and more…well, SOLIDWORKS teams making it further in the competition. 

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Inspiring Young Engineers with BattleBots and SOLIDWORKS

By SOLIDWORKS February 14, 2022
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Inspiring Young Engineers with BattleBots and SOLIDWORKS

Many top BattleBots fighting robot teams use SOLIDWORKS such as BiteForce, HyperShock, Witch Doctor, and SawBlaze. Read this post to learn why.

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BattleBots 2022- Team Malice and Rolling Blackout

By Cliff Medling January 27, 2022
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BattleBots 2022- Team Malice and Rolling Blackout

Team Malice will be on-air for Discovery Channel: January 13th, January 27th, February 24th. We should promote the blog the days before any of these dates.

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An Insiders Look at BattleBots Team HyperShock

By SOLIDWORKS January 14, 2022
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An Insiders Look at BattleBots Team HyperShock

One might say a BattleBots robot is ‘built to be destroyed.’ Not quite, but it can certainly feel that way at times when you’re watching the bots duke it out on the Discovery Channel. Check out how SOLIDWORKS helped Hypershock improve their front armor!

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Meet the Brains behind the Bots at SOLIDWORKS LIVE with BattleBots

By Cliff Medling July 6, 2021
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Meet the Brains behind the Bots at SOLIDWORKS LIVE with BattleBots

I’m going to assume that many of you reading this, at some point in your career or education, have designed or been on some sort of robotics team.  Robotics teams for students served as a great introduction to engineering and

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How SOLIDWORKS Visualize Helped P1 Evo Make it to BattleBots

By SOLIDWORKS April 23, 2021
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How SOLIDWORKS Visualize Helped P1 Evo Make it to BattleBots

Creating a photorealistic rendering of the final product in SOLIDWORK Visualize not helped other people understand what the robot will look like, but is also helped in getting accepted to BattleBots.

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BattleBots, BattleBots, and more BattleBots…

By Cliff Medling March 29, 2021
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BattleBots, BattleBots, and more BattleBots…

The current season of BattleBots is officially in the books. Read this blog to learn more about the teams behind these dueling robots and the role SOLIDWORKS played in their design.

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Cool Robots That Inspire Future Engineers

By SOLIDWORKS August 25, 2020
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Cool Robots That Inspire Future Engineers

BattleBots’ Team Witch Doctor is a fan favorite thanks to a robot with personality and a team (of humans) that encourages interest in engineering.

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The Value of a “Body Double” During the Coronavirus Pandemic

By SOLIDWORKS April 28, 2020
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The Value of a “Body Double” During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Double Robotics communication tools are more vital than ever as social distancing and isolation help prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

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The Best BattleBots Season ever??

By Cliff Medling October 3, 2019
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The Best BattleBots Season ever??

Is it just me, or was this the best BattleBots season ever?  More teams, and a lot of epic battles in the final 16 over the last two weeks.  This season we saw several new competitors entering the bot battleground

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Designing Outside the Box Turns into HUGE Wins [Podcast]

By Cliff Medling September 16, 2019
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Designing Outside the Box Turns into HUGE Wins [Podcast]

Jonathan Schultz is an entrepreneur and the Team leader for the BattleBots team HUGE. Jonathan made a name for himself in 2018 when he created a revolutionary new fighting robot. Listen in to hear his advice for any designer who wants to step away from the norm.

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BATTLEBOTS LIVE! Behind the Scenes

By Andrew Gross July 24, 2019
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BATTLEBOTS LIVE! Behind the Scenes

Go back stage (virtually) to get an inside glimpse at the action taking place as the bots begin their epic battles at BATTLEBOTS LIVE.

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How BattleBots SawBlaze Cuts through its Competition using SOLIDWORKS

By SOLIDWORKS November 20, 2018
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How BattleBots SawBlaze Cuts through its Competition using SOLIDWORKS

My name is Jamison Go and I am the team captain, primary driver, and one of the engineers for the BattleBot SawBlaze Team. Currently I am a R&D engineer at an additive manufacturing startup in the Burlington, MA. My experience

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Kicking Bot and Taking Names with BattleBots Champion Paul Ventimiglia – Ep4

By Cliff Medling October 8, 2018
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Kicking Bot and Taking Names with BattleBots Champion Paul Ventimiglia – Ep4

SPOILER ALERT! If you didn’t watch the BattleBots Championship finals this past Friday, you may want to before reading this blog… This past Friday night, I watched the BattleBots final four battle it out for the 2018 BattleBots Championship at

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