BattleBots S6E4 Recap with HotLeafJuice captain and SawBlaze team member Lucy Du!

This week on the podcast, we’re interviewing HotLeafJuice captain and SawBlaze team member Lucy Du! Lucy is a mechanical engineer who got her bachelors and masters degrees at MIT, and went to work for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory before returning to MIT to earn her PhD. Her research currently focuses on the field of Biomechatronics, which studies ways to merge people with machines.   Combat robotics fans know Lucy for HotLeafJuice, a 12-pound undercutter that she built last year and dominated with at Norwalk Havoc, taking home two first-place finishes in qualifiers before winning the Golden Brett and $12-thousand dollars cash at the Norwalk Havoc Finals in December. She’s competed on every season of BattleBots to date — starting with the legendary Team JACD in 2015, and helping launch Team SawBlaze the following year This week’s interview is brought to you by MaxAmps and their new line of “Max Combat” batteries. These battle-ready batteries are available for 1-, 3-, 12-, and 30-pound bots and feature a custom wrap with your team’s logo, internal hard skins for extra protection, and puncture resistant wire sleeves. Check them out at maxamps.com   This week’s combat robotics news: Blacksmith interviewed on Behind the Battle: facebook.com/hexbug/posts/10158346459006666  Blade uses HiJinx’s lathe: facebook.com/TeamORBY/posts/891840118150469  Blade’s recap of their Skorpios fight: facebook.com/TeamORBY/posts/891598581507956  Glitch posts a good meme: facebook.com/glitch.battlebots/posts/150209827378472  Glitch’s recap of their Ghost Raptor fight: facebook.com/glitch.battlebots/posts/149779227421532  HUGE launches a papercraft version of their bot (!): facebook.com/BattleBotsHuge/posts/972232626715944  HyperShock goes deep on brushless motors: facebook.com/HyperShockTV/photos/a.1626817397536137/3039740732910456  Jackpot vs. Malice commemorative merch: facebook.com/JackPotBattleBots/posts/432246211931742  Kraken’s behind-the-scenes photos at Robot Ruckus: facebook.com/KrakenBattleBot/posts/347812870678330  Kraken launches “How to Build a Kraken” series: facebook.com/KrakenBattleBot/posts/344317161027901  MadCatter auctioning off its top plate from SawBlaze main event: facebook.com/badkittyrobots/posts/440500607774065  MadCatter recap of SawBlaze main event: facebook.com/badkittyrobots/posts/440464444444348  Malice auctioning off its back panel: facebook.com/malicebattlebot/posts/492118585650349  Malice recap of Jackpot fight: facebook.com/malicebattlebot/posts/491451575717050  Overhaul addresses odd choice to run forks in Ribbot fight: facebook.com/EqualsZeroRobotics/posts/4800471786656350  P1 selling battle-damaged parts online: facebook.com/AberrantRobotics/posts/1133972284101791  SawBlaze recap of MadCatter main event: facebook.com/SawBlazeBattlebots/posts/333996855400402  Skorpios addresses Blade fight: facebook.com/SkorpiosBattleBot/posts/328608599275102  Craig Danby unveils new Apex: facebook.com/teamdanby/posts/602053877814479  Tombstone auctioning off battle-damaged parts: facebook.com/TombstoneBot/posts/342487237882815  Whiplash auctioning off battle-damaged parts: facebook.com/FastElectricRobots/posts/339770334821782  Team Whyachi behind-the-scenes hype video: facebook.com/Whyachi/posts/5159513480728092    Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/behindthebots Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts Tell a friend about the show; we really appreciate your support!