Maker Faire

ComBot Cup Contestants

Combat robot "BAMBI" Bryan Cochran , John Mills , Melissa Mize , Michelle Rivero , Rolando Iglesias , Tommy Osburn

Combat robot "Beer Bash" Robot Fight Club
Beer Bash is a combat robot made from a beer keg supplied by Lagunitas Brewing Company. His motto is "Drink Then Fight." Beer Bash's keggeyness has allowed him to achieve many victories in coolness, though few in reality.

Combat robot "Brutality" Colleen Shaver , Paul Ventimiglia

Combat robot "Crocbot" Lance Richards , Lealan Swanson

Combat robot "Enforcer X" Joseph Murawski , Pam Murawski

Combat robot "Exile", "Sweet Knocker", "The Bomb", "The Ladies Bot", and "Rock and Roll" Daniel Chatterton , Kevin French , Orion Beach , Zachary Lytle

Combat robot "Full Smash" Catherine Houdek , George Montplaisir , Phil Houdek

Combat robot "Lil Bit Wacky" Chris Baro , Daniel Baron , George Baron , Stass Baron

Combat robot "Little Black Box" Brian Anderson , Kyle Wiens , Luke Soulesv

Combat robot "LNW" Greg Schwartz , Travis Schwartz

Combat robot "Old No. 7" Bob Girardi , Kenny Girardi

Combat robot "Plasma Plus" Stephen Felk

Combat robot "SJ" Ken Stevens , Richard Van Noy , Robert Stellhorn , Scott Kincaid
SJ is a high ranking contender in the 220 pound combat robot class. He is the 2004 national champion! SJ is also one of the oldest active robots. This is the "11th" version in six years.

Combat robot "Stewie" James Arluck , Joe Sena

Combat robot "Stumpy" and cleaning robot "Rosie the VacBot" David Wiley , Helen Wiley

Combat robot "The Big B" Christina Gin , Dave Needle , Gary Gin , Stan Shepard

Combat robot "Ultra Wedgie" Jeremy Garrett , Mikael Garrett

Combat robots "Angry Asp", "Pipe Wench", and "Sewer Snake" Team PlumbCrazy
Sewer Snake is the #1 ranked Heavyweight robot of all time (32 wins, 7 losses). It is the reigning ComBots Cup champion, and the RoboGames international champion.

Combat robots "CycloneBot" and "Texas Heat" Eliot Barker , Gary Mathiesen , Jeff Hayashida , Mark Demers , Michael Worry , Mohan Gurunathan , Robert Frankovich , Tim Bayne

Combat robots "Doom on you!" and "Sabretooth 6.0" Jeff Vasquez

Combat robots "Homer", "pooky", and "Unkown Avenger" David Liaw

Combat robots "Last Rites" and "The Mortician" Hardcore Robotics
Team Hardcore's specialty is combat robots with very high kinetic energy spinning weapons. Our two entries are The Mortician, which is a 120 pound Middleweight, and Last Rites, which is a 220 pound Heavyweight.

Combat robots "Original Sin" and "Pirinah 2" Al Anderson , Anna Perry , Dennis Lackey , Jim Perry , Kevin Perry , Robert Jensen

Combat robots "Progenitor" and "Prime" C. Walsh

Combat robots "Pushy Little Bugger" and "Cannon Fodder"; BEAM robots "Perihelion" and "Pooter"; and Mary Anne Slocum , Terry Slocum

Combat robots "Tanto" and "Anto" Craig Danby , Derek Danby

Combat robots "UBRuined" and "DracUCLA" Anna Davitian , David Meisenholder , Dennis Tran , Jeff Odonohue , John Propst , Robert Glidden , Steven Snyder

Combat robots "Unblinking Eye" and "The Bob-omb" Jeffrey Scholz , Mark Scholz , Peter Scholz

Combat robots "Vicious Verdict" and "Devil's Advocate" Basher Of Bots
Vicious Verdict is an all-electric combat robot, driven by wheelchair motors and using an electric motor to power its 3 foot long steel blade. This blade spins just above floor level, undercutting the tires and undercarriage of other robots.

Combat robots "Whos Your Daddy" and "Come to Mama" Buffy Yeh , Forrest Yeh , Jim Yeh

Combat robots Fear Factor" and "Fear Factor Sr. 2" Dan Wiley , Ron Palmer