Lightweight Bots

Nov 2001 BattleBots - San Francisco

November 4-11 | Took place on Treasure Island, San Francisco, CA

page updated on 3.12.02

unless otherwise marked, photos are by Jim Smentowski & Eric Sheeks Click any image for larger view


Bot Info Photo

401(k)

Retirement Plan
David Whitaker
Garden Grove, California

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Ramming Speed
Lost
14-31

A.W.O.L.

Team Black Op Six
Steven West
Pleasanton, CA

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Locomotion
Lost
16-29

ACK ACK

Truly Unruly Robotics
John Waldron
Sacramento, California

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Jack The Flipper
Won
TKO
2
Bulldog
Lost
KO

ACME Surplus Fighting Robot

Team ACMX
Jason Demerski
West Springfield, Massachusetts

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Bust-O-Matic
Lost
KO

Afterburner

Team Loki 1
Nola Garcia
Miami, Florida

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Agsma
Won
KO
2
Botilla the Hun
Won
KO
3
The Little Engine That Killed
Lost
21-24

 


Afterthought

Team Afterthought
Jim Sellers
Oregon, Wisconsin

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Crusher
Won
TKO
2
Slap 'Em Silly
Lost
0-45

Alpha Crusader

Crusader
Michael Obrien
Los Gatos, California

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Some Parts
Lost
11-34

Backlash

Team Nightmare
Jim Smentowski
Rohnert Park, California

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Junkyard Dog 2.0
Won
KO
2
Hexy Jr.
Lost
KO

 

 


Bad News

Team Exodus
Patrick Verner
Comstock Park, Michigan

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Paladin
Won
17-28
2
Rambite
Lost
KO

Bait

People in the Basement
Joe Ludwig
Seattle, Washington

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Critical Condition
Won
TKO
2
Chimera
Won
35-10
3
Low Blow
Lost
21-24

Bambino

Bambino
Steve Wilson
Titusville, Florida

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Rambite
Lost
18-27

 


BatRay

Team Think Tank
Ted Shimoda
Pasadena, California

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
SupercaliBotulistic
Won
30-15
2
Pursuer
Lost
19-26

Big B, The

Late Night Racing
Gary Gin
San Leandro, California

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Cold Chisel
Won
FF
2
Shockwave
Won
28-17
3
Space madness
Won
29-16
4
Fang
Won
29-16
5
Gamma Raptor
Won
KO
6
Das Bot
Won
33-12
7
Slap Em Silly
Won
35-10
8
Carnage Raptor
Won
26-19
9
Ziggo
Lost
21-24

Winner Lightweight Runner Up

Big Stick

The Doom Crew
Terry Wynn
Troy, Michigan

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Burning Metal
Lost
KO

Photo courtesy Don Sarver

Blood Moon Mark II

CACK
Jordan Hackney
San Luis Obispo, California

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Slap 'Em Silly
Lost
KO

Botilla the Hun

Team Mobot
Bruce Mobley
Wilmington, North Carolina

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Afterburner
Lost
KO

 

Bulldog

Computer Keyes
John Keyes
Woodway, WA

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Dialmondback
Won
FF
2
Ack Ack
Won
KO
3
Das Bot
Lost
KO

 


Burning Metal

Outlaw
Brett Bellmore
Capac, Michigan

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Big Stick
Won
KO
2
Wham! Bam!
Lost
22-23

Bust-O-Matic

Bust-O-Matic
Tom Lombardi
Trabuco Canyon, California

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
ACME Surplus Fighting Robot
Won
KO
2
Slap 'Em Silly
Lost
8-37

Carnage Raptor

Team Raptor
Bob Pitzer
Chandler, Arizona

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Whirligig
Won
KO
2
Low Blow
Won
32-13
3
Hexy Jr.
Won
KO
4
The Big B
Lost
19-26

Chewy

Zombie918
Alexi Drosos
Littleton, Massachusetts

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Project Y.A.W.N.
Lost
KO

Chimera

AVHS Robotics
Tom Hall
Pleasanton, California

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Bait
Lost
10-35

Claymore

Claymore
John Duncan
Cordelia, California

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
RoboMisDirection
Won
KO
2
Serial Box Killer
Lost
21-24

 


Cleprechaun

Cleprechaun
Michael Clepper
Corona, California

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Rolling Blackout
Lost
18-27

Cold Chisel

C-M Engineering
Bill Olson
Grover Beach, California

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
The Big B
Lost
FF

 

Concretor

Deceptibots
Joe Sena
San Luis Obispo, California

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
General Gau
Lost
TKO

 


Crashius Clay

Team Green Machine
Steven DeZwart
Newport Beach, California

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Speed Bump
Won
30-15
2
General Gau
Lost
20-25

 


Critical Condition

Team Ares
Robert Moore
Dunedin, Florida

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Bait
Lost
TKO

Crusher

Team Attitude
Thomas Petruccelli
San Jose, California

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Afterthought
Lost
TKO

Daisy

Team Daisy
Derek Zahn
Boulder, Colorado

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Tiki Fire
Won
KO
2
Robo Master
Lost
22-23

 

Das Bot

Team Das Bot
Paul Mathus
Oakland, California

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Bulldog
Won
KO
2
The Big B
Lost
12-33

 


Photo Courtesy Michael Mauldin

Death By Monkeys

Team Death By Monkeys
Robert Farrow
Seattle, Washington

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Skid Mark
Won
23-22
2
Pursuer
Won
31-14
3
Sallad
Won
TKO
4
Ziggo
Lost
KO

 

Death Ray

Team Stingray
Simon Arthur
Doraville, Georgia

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Locomotion
Lost
13-32

Dr. Inferno Jr.

The Infernolab
Jason Bardis
Santa Barbara, CA

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Pursuer
Lost
TKO


Winner
LightweightRumble


Dracolich

Team Crash
William Bottenberg
Everett, Washington

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Gerbilov
Won
TKO
2
Hexy Jr.
Lost
KO

Dude of Destruction

Lightning
Steven Karp
Sacramento, California

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Little Hater
Lost
22-23

Eric The Red

Team Viking USA
Eric Dalnes
Santa Ana, California

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Space Madness
Lost
11-34

 


Fang

Team Bulldog
Brian Foote
Pacifica, California

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
The Big B
Lost
16-29

 

Firestorm

QuestorBotics
Tom Burbeck
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Ramming Speed
Won
25-20
2
Whirligig
Lost
TKO

Gamma Raptor

Team Raptor
Chuck Pitzer
El Segundo, California

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
The Big B
Lost
KO

 

Photo courtesy Don Sarver

General Gau

Team Goosebearys
William Garcia
Miami, Florida

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Robot X
Won
27-18
2
Concretor
Won
TKO
3
Crashius Clay
Won
25-20
4
Tentoumushi 7.0
Lost
KO

Gerbilov

Stendeck
John Loo
Santa Clara, California

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Dracolich
Lost
TKO

Herr Gepoünden

Zwölfpack XII
David Otto
Santa Ana, California

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Rambite
Lost
8-37

 

Hexy Jr.

Team WhoopAss Jr
Scott Ferguson
Woodinville, Washington

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Killer Stash
Won
KO
2
Little Piece of Hate
Won
KO
3
Dracolich
Won
KO
4
Trilobot
Won
KO
5
Backlash
Won
KO
6
Carnage Raptor
Lost
KO

Jack the Flipper

Methodical Robots
Steve Fikar
Niceville, Florida

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Little Punch
Won
30-15
2
Ack Ack
Lost
TKO

Jo Mama

Team Extreme
Norman Muzzy
Cedar Falls, Iowa

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
None Shall Pass
Won
33-12
2
No Tolerance II
Won
24-21
3
Some Parts
Won
23-22
4
UGV Scorpion
Lost
KO

 


Junkyard Dog v2.0

Team Dog House
Kenneth Demshki
Torrance, California

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Rolling Blackout
Won
TKO
2
Backlash
Lost
KO

 

 


Killer Stash

Killer Stash
Jason Hodge
Dixon, Illinois

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Hexy Jr.
Lost
KO

Land Mine
Team TNT2
Mark Talcott
Torrance, California

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Rama Lama Ding Bot
Won
23-22
2
Locomotion
Lost
21-24

 

 


Learning Curve

KE
Tim Cristy
Columbus, Ohio

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Rhode Hog
Won
27-18
2
Pursuer
Lost
13-32

Little Engine that Killed, The

Team Shenanigans
James Price
Nashville, Tennessee

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Little Wicked
Won
FF
2
Afterburner
Won
24-21
3
Scrap Daddy's Surplus
Lost
19-26

Little Hater

KillerBotZ
Mark Kottlowski
San Jose, California

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Dude of Destruction
Won
23-22
2
Slap 'Em Silly
Lost
22-23

Little Piece of Hate

Team Violence
Lionel Vogt
Dunwoody, Georgia

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Hexy Jr.
Lost
KO

Little Punch

Green Iguana
Thomas Beaver
Lake Helen, Florida

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Jack the Flipper
Lost
15-30

Locomotion

Silicon Valley Destruction Company 2
David Hall
San Jose, California

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Death Ray
Won
32-13
2
A.W.O.L.
Won
29-16
3
Land Mine
Won
24-21
4
Serial Box Killer
Lost
8-37

Low Blow

Basher of Bots
Wray Russ
Brentwood, California

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Bait
Won
24-21
2
Matts Bammer
Won
KO
3
Toe Crusher
Won
TKO
4
Carnage Raptor
Lost
13-32

Manic Aggressive 2.0

Team Final Jeopardy
Eric Sporer
Brooklyn, New York

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Whirligig
Lost
KO

Matts Bammer

Fast Electric Robots
Jeff Vasquez
Oak Park, California

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Low Blow
Lost
KO

Mouser Classic

Team Catbot
Fon Davis
San Francisco, California

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Slap 'Em Silly
Lost
21-24

No Tolerance II

No Tolerance Combat Robotics
Stefan Nock
Baltimore, Maryland

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Jo Mama
Lost
21-24

 


None Shall Pass

Webtrends
James Bean
Beaverton, Oregon

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Jo Mama
Lost
12-33

 

Nsyncerator

Tatar
Eric Stoliker
Burbank, California

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Rambite
Lost
KO

 

 


Paladin

Team Batteraizees
Justin Chou
Oak Brook, Illinois

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Bad News
Lost
17-28

 


Project: Y.A.W.N.
(Your Absolute Worst Nightmare)


Team JaGGeD
Joshua Howard
Sacramento, California

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Lobotomizer
Won
FF
2
Chewy
Won
KO
4
Rolling Blackout
Lost
KO

Pursuer

Pursuer
Darren Mackenzie
St. Petersburg, Florida

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Learning Curve
Won
32-13
2
BatRay
Won
26-19
3
Wedge-O-Matic
Won
38-7
4
Dr. Inferno Jr.
Won
TKO
5
Death By Monkeys
Lost
14-31

Rama Lama Ding Bot

Team Kirwan
John Hoffman
Poway, California

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Land Mine
Lost
22-23

 


Rambite

Robotic Death Company
John Mladenik
Escondido, California

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Bambino
Won
27-18
2
Nsyncerator
Won
KO
3
Bad News
Won
KO
4
Herr Gepounden
Won
37-8
5
Sallad
Lost
15-30

Ramming Speed

Team Clobber
Joseph Fieber
St. Francis, Wisconsin

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
401 (K)
Won
31-14
2
Firestorm
Lost
20-25

Rhode Hog

Team Clam Bot
Michael Thombs
Portsmouth, Rhode Island

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Learning Curve
Lost
18-27

 


Rim Tin Tin

Team Solo
Dan Watts
New Hyde Park, New York

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Whirligig
Lost
19-26

 

Robo Master

Robo Master
Jim Yeh
Piedmont, California

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Daisy
Won
23-22
2
UGV Scorpion
Lost
19-26

 


RoboMisDirection

RoboSaga
Suni Murata
San Diego, California

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Claymore
Lost
KO

Robot X

Team Blaze
Edward Robinson
Las Vegas, Nevada

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
2
UGV Scorpion
Lost
19-26

 

Rolling Blackout

Team Overload
Mike May
Healdsburg, California

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Cleprechaun
Won
27-18
2
Project Y.A.W.N.
Won
KO
3
Junkyard Dog 2.0
Lost
TKO

 


Sallad

Team Sallad
Dallas Goecker
Concord, California

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
UGV Scorpion
Won
27-18
2
Rambite
Won
30-15
3
Death By Monkeys
Lost
TKO

 

Scrap Daddy's Surplus

Scrap Daddy
Mark Bradford
Houston, Texas

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
She Fights Like A Girl
Won
27-18
2
YU812
Won
23-22
3
Little Engine That Killed
Won
26-19
4
Wedge of Doom
Lost
21-24

Serial Box Killer

Minimal Control
Matthew Garten
Goleta, California

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Claymore
Won
24-21
2
Wham! Bam!
Won
23-22
3
Locomotion
Won
37-8
4
Ziggo
Lost
KO

She Fights Like a Girl

Team Sunshine Factory
Raymond Roberts
Southfield, Michigan

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Scrap Daddy's Surplus
Lost
18-27

Shockwave

Team SMC
James Arluck
Goleta, California

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
The Big B
Lost
17-28

 


Skid Mark

Team Half-Life
Robert Everhart
Mount Airy , Maryland

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Death By Monkeys
Lost
22-23

Slap 'Em Silly

Fat Cats
William Sauro
Tiburon, California

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Bust-O-Matic
Won
37-8
2
Little Hater
Won
23-22
3
Blood Moon Mark II
Won
KO
4
Mouser Classic
Won
24-21
5
Afterthought
Won
45-0
6
The Big B
Lost
10-35

SnowFlake

Team Toad
Michael Mauldin
Irwin, Pennsylvania

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Whirl Wep - EEL Brain
Won
KO
2
Ziggo
Lost
KO

Some Parts

Raybotics
Ramon Ebert
San Diego, California

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Alpha Crusader
Won
34-11
2
Jo Mama
Lost
22-23

Space Madness

Obelisk
Matt Lukes
Independence, Kentucky

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Eric The Red
Won
34-11
2
The Big B
Lost
16-29

 


Speed Bump

BotBashers
Joseph Murawski
Beaverton, Oregon

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Crashius Clay
Lost
15-30

 


SupercaliBotulistic

Big Bang Robotics
Jay Johnson
Tallahassee, Florida US

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
BatRay
Lost
15-30

T.D.M.

X-plane Refugees
Lester Knox
Lancaster, California

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
YU812
Lost
KO

Tentoumushi 7.0

Robot Action League - Lisa
Lisa Winter
Walnut Creek, California

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
General Gau
Won
KO
2
Wedge of Doom
Lost
KO

Tiki Fire

Team Tiki
Micah Leibowitz
Santa Cruz, California

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Daisy
Lost
KO

 


Toe Crusher

Coolrobots
Christian Carlberg
Santa Monica, California

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Low Blow
Lost
TKO

Trilobot
Lungfish Technologies
Phil Putman
Houston, Texas

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Hexy Jr.
Lost
KO

 


Twist of Fate

Team Twist of Fate
Alan Thompson
Santa Cruz, California

 

DID NOT COMPETE


UGV Scorpion

American Iron
Brett Dawson
Poulsbo, Washington Kitsap

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Vermicous Kenid
Won
36-9
2
Robo Master
Won
26-19
3
Jo Mama
Won
KO
4
Sallad
Lost
18-27

Vermicous Kenid

F - 8
Jared Sexty
San Francisco, California

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
UGV Scorpion
Lost
9-36

Wedge of Doom

Team Hazard
Tony Buchignani
Los Angeles , California

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Scrap Daddy's Surplus
Won
24-21
2
Tentoumushi 7.0
Won
KO
3
Ziggo
Lost
KO

Wedge-O-Matic

Bot Boyz
T im Anderson
Granite Bay, California

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Pursuer
Lost
7-38

 


Wham! Bam!

TeamPeril
Bruce Eddie Switzer
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Burning Metal
Won
23-22
2
Serial Box Killer
Lost
22-23

Whirl Wep - EEL Brain

Robot Action League - Mike
Michael Winter
Walnut Creek, California


Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Snowflake
Lost
KO

Whirligig

The Wireless Robot Co.
Jeremy Franklin / Jim Smentowski
San Rafael, California

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Rim Tin Tin
Won
26-19
2
Manic Aggressive 2.0
Won
KO
3
Firestorm
Won
TKO
4
Carnage Raptor
Lost
KO

Yellow Jacket

Dynamic Duo
Dave Sandel
East Moriches, New York

Did Not Compete

YU812

Team Whyachi
Terry Ewert
Dorchester, Wisconsin

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
T.D.M.
Won
KO
2
Scrap Daddy's Surplus
Lost
22-23

Ziggo

Team Ziggy
Jonathan Ridder
San Jose, California

Square
Fight
Opponent
Result
Score
1
Snowflake
Won
KO
2
Serial Box Killer
Won
KO
3
Wedge of Doom
Won
KO
4
Death By Monkeys
Won
KO
5
The Big B
Won
24-21


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