March 3, 2008
Official Tournament Announcement
Team D.W. Robots will be holding a robot tournament on Saturday July 12th 2008 in Bloomsburg, PA. It will be held inside the Columbia Mall, in the center court of the mall. Mark your calendars!

This will be a very professional looking event, complete with lighting and sound, held at a nice indoor venue, open to the public, with media attention. I hope you will all help make it a success! We will be running 150g fairyweights, 1lb antweights, 3lb beetles, and 12lb hobbyweights.

I'm still working out some minor details, but almost everything is set in stone. We will be using the former House of Slackers arena. If you have any suggestions or questions, please e-mail me with your thoughts at jr1189(at)jlink(dot)net.

Please check and bookmark the Tournament Page for more information. Registration IS OPEN via The BuildersDatabase. Register for the Bot Blast today!

February 18, 2008
Motorama 2008 RESULTS
Wow, what an amazing weekend in Harrisburg! Motorama 2008 provided some of the best matches (in all weight classes) and the most friendly group of builders ever assembled. Even though we didn't win first place, we had a super time.

We took two 2nd place finishes - Aggravator took 2nd in the Beetles and Rebound tied for 2nd in the Fairies. Upchuck had some tough draws in the Hobby bracket (3 undercutters!) but still ended up going 3-2 with its only two losses coming to each of the Smith's Scot bots. Concussion went 2-2 in the Ants but had wins over Team Slacker's Always and Sweet Revenge.

Everyone put on a real great show for the fans, and the spectator stands were pretty full for all of Saturday and most of Sunday. Congrats to the winners this weekend, as NOTHING came easy! A full event report can be found on our Event Page and some of our match videos are up on the Videos Page.

September, 30 2007
PennBots Fall 2007 RESULTS
We're back from PennBots Fall 2007 event held Saturday at Yellow Breeches Middle School. Aggravator now has earned it's SECOND event win. Aggravator went undefeated winning 3 straight matches. Then Aggravator convincingly won the beetleweight rumble in less than 30 seconds... See the video! Rebound also made it's debut, and did well but not as well as I had hoped. Rebound did pick up one round win and placed 4th.


Receiving Aggravator's 1st Place award from Mr. Bechtel

We had a great time. Mr. Kelley, Mr. Bechtel, and all the other people helping out made this event a fun one. We will definitely be back. Also thanks to Mrs. Kelley for making sure we all had great food to eat! It was fun, competitive, and relaxing at the same time. Congrats to all the other winners from PennBots, and to everyone for making it a sucessful event.

July 1, 2007
House of Slackers 2 RESULTS
We are back from HOS2 held by team Slackers United in Glen Rock, NJ. Everyone had a great time, and Upchuck earned it's first event win! Aggravator took 2nd in the beetleweights.

Robots and Event pages have been updated! Thanks to everyone who came to HOS2 and had a great time hanging out, eating pizza, and (occasionally) fighting some robots!

May 20, 2007
H.O.R.D. RESULTS
We are back from the 2007 HORD event, and Aggravator once again did great. We did not win, but Aggravator still did a great job slamming other bots around and pushing them into the pit! Aggravator made it to the loser bracket semi-finals before being eliminated.

Updates to the robots and events pages are posted. An event report link can be found on the Events page. I also changed the format of the robot's page to give each bot it's own page. Videos will be posted later in the week when I have time to edit them. Also, check out the new robot logos.

April 15, 2007
UNYRB-5 RESULTS
We are back from the Upstate NY Robot Battle and I am proud to say the Aggravator WON the beetleweight class! I went undefeated and had 4 wins, over some good ranked robots. Event report is posted and videos are up on their respective pages. The Robots page has also been updated to include Aggravator's statistics and a build report.


Receiving Aggravator's 1st Place award from John the event organizer

I received many compliments about how strong, fast, and solid Aggravator is, and how aggressive my driving was. I credit all of Aggravator's power to BaneBots with their incredible gearmotors and speed controls! Aggravator was truly a fan-favorite, nicknamed "Speedy" by all the kids in the audience. I had an awesome time at the event and got to meet a bunch of great new people. Our next event may be the H.O.R.D. event next month in Ohio. I'll keep you all updated!

I also received news today that BotsIQ team Malicious Intent once again won the BotsIQ Nationals in Miami,FL with MaXimum Impact. VerteX came in 4th place. Great job team MI! I'm proud to say that I got my start in combat robots by being a member of your team. Keep up the great work!

February 18, 2007
Motorama 2007 RESULTS
Motorama ended today and even though Upchuck didn't win the tournament, we still unleashed alot of destruction, had some great matches, and made many friends. Upchuck finished the tournament 3-2 in 5th place and made it to the semi-finals of the winners bracket before its first loss.

Visit the Event Page to read all about it.