Riptide Battlebot

Flashback Friday - to High School. Ethan Kurtz talks about the design of his 12th grade Vex robot. This bot won 48 consecutive matches that year, including winning states, a national championship and Google's national event twice –right before COVID closed down Vex Worlds. It was then that Ethan decided to get into combat robotics.

High School Vex Summary, Ethan Kurtz's review of his 12th grade Vex Robot - From the 2020 Archives Ethan Kurtz won 58 consecutive matches in 12th grade at Vex. He won the Google Championship twice, a State Championship and an International Championship. ...

Ethan discusses, with a young builder, how Riptide's unique weapon geometry helps to get that bite.

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A young builder asks, "How Does Riptide's Weapon Get That Bite?" Riptide Battlebots Outreach A question comes from a young robotics builder during an outreach visit with Felix and Ethan at Rolling Robots in Palos Verdes.With an average knockout time ...

What an awesome fight! We’re extremely proud of Felix for stepping up and making our team proud, and congratulations to Copperhead / Poison Arrow - BattleBot for putting an end to our 6 fight KO streak! While we would’ve loved to push onwards to the Giant Nut, we’re grateful for the learning opportunity this season gave us and we’ll be back next year with improvements to our robot and team overall. Thank you to all our fans for supporting us throughout the season, and we hope to make you even more proud next year!

We're proud to announce that we're sponsoring our first ever combat robotics event, the Texas Aimbots Spring Showdown, which is happening TODAY! Hosted by our electronics lead and weapons operator Sid, the Spring Showdown is a fully livestreamed and casted insectweight event held on the beautiful campus of Texas A&M University in College Station. Check out the livestream here! https://www.youtube.com/live/V6MZ6hHAuEY?feature=share.

Texas Aimbots Spring Showdown 2023 (Sponsored By Team Riptide) The Texas Aimbots Spring Showdown is an insectweight robot combat event hosted at the Texas A&M campus in College Station by Texas Aimbots, Texas A&M’s premi...