Horizon - Combat Robot

SPOILERS AHEAD! WATCH EPISODE 5 OF PRO LEAGUE! 🦀🦀🦀

Just when you thought BattleBots Pro League couldn’t get any more unpredictable, Calypso joins the battle against Disarray, from the wonderful folks at Wildcat Robotics!!! 🤩🦀

After a very… middling debut at Faceoffs, and a second performance that we can’t even talk about yet, Calypso came into Pro League with a lot to prove, and no guarantee that we would have a chance to prove it.

Despite a limited amount of time to work on the robot, we made sure that we were ready to fight for every filming session, on the off chance that someone would need to drop out. We put brand new, custom weapon speed controllers from Chiralight in the bot, and we were spinning up like a DREAM. 💭 If we had the chance to fight, we were going to be a menace!

Then, suddenly, that IF disappeared. Tombstone had to drop out, and WE had to fill in! (No pressure!)
Knowing that we had massive shoes to fill, we went into this fight ready to prove that we’re more than an alternate! We’re the real deal!! 💪😤

Though Disarray proved itself to be incredibly tough during its fight against Magnitude, we were able to disable its drive early on, get it flipped over, and wreak havoc on its self-righter and right side until they tapped out! A quick and efficient statement win for the crab, catapulting us to the top of the Group B leaderboard! 🦀🦀🦀

Calypso scuttled away from that fight pretty much unscathed, taking home one of Disarray’s broken wheels, and a mangled piece of their name plate from their top armor.

Our next fight is against Magnitude… keep your eyes , because you won’t wanna miss any of the ground-shaking action!!! 💕🦀

Team Horizon and Calypso are proudly sponsored by:
Rapid Axis
Serra Laser & Waterjet
Polymaker
The RoboDome | Seattle's Combat Robotics Center
Repeat Robotics
And ESH Security!
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Thank you, Ray. We won’t let you down. ❤️
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We’ll have a post detailing Calypso’s debut fight with Disarray tomorrow.
For now, we’ll leave you with this:
It’s not lost on us that we were asked to step into the shoes of a giant. We’re gonna fight like hell to show you guys that we’re capable of running.❤️

Keep your eyes , you won’t want to miss what’s next!!!
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Team Horizon and Calypso are proudly sponsored by:
Rapid Axis
Serra Laser & Waterjet
Polymaker
The RoboDome | Seattle's Combat Robotics Center
Repeat Robotics
And ESH Security!
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Life’s a beach, and we’re playing in the sand 😎🦀

Calypso’s all ready for Open Sauce We’re in Cypress Hall with the rest of the BattleBots! Come on by, we’d love to meet you!! :)

Team Horizon and Calypso are proudly sponsored by:
Rapid Axis
Serra Laser & Waterjet
Polymaker
Repeat Robotics
The RoboDome | Seattle's Combat Robotics Center
And ESH Security!
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Rapid Axis took the gamble on us both, will they win big with Jackpot’s Pro League debut??? 🎰🎰🎰

Find out TODAY at 1:00 PM PST!!!

Rapid Axis have been one of our ride-or-die sponsors since WCVII, always helping us bring our crazy ideas to life with their incredibly high-quality machined parts. When Jeff told us he was looking to have more machined parts on this new version of Jackpot, it was a no-brainer for us to recommend Rapid Axis. If Calypso wasn’t going to be in the main competition, we wanted them to be represented by a team unafraid to push boundaries, and who we knew would best take advantage of what Rapid Axis has to offer. That’s Jackpot, baby!!! ❤️❤️❤️🎰🎰🎰

So, what do you think? Will Copperhead get de-fanged? Or will Jackpot end up rolling snake eyes? The answer will be coming up… .

PUT US IN, COACH!!! Calypso’s ready and raring to go! Just listen to that crab… purr? (We might need to workshop that one.)
As one of the few alternates for Pro League, we have to be ready and willing to fight at any moment!
Whether or not we end up fighting remains to be seen, but it could be coming up… 🦀🦀🦀

Team Horizon and Calypso are proudly sponsored by:




And ESH Security!
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Hey , did we get here too early? 😅🦀

Oh yeah by the way Calypso’s at Pro League! Yes, we’re an alternate, and YES, we’re ready to go at a moment’s notice! Hope the rest of you guys finished your robots! ;)

More announcements will be coming up , so stay tuned!

SPOILERS AHEAD FOR OUR FIGHT AGAINST ROUNDHOUSE! YOU HONESTLY SHOULD’VE SEEN THIS FIGHT BY NOW, A NEW EPISODE OF FACEOFFS IS OUT TODAY!

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Well, it wasn’t pretty, but we got a win.
Roundhouse () was the bot we were honestly most afraid of. Their massive bar and flamethrower is a scary combo. Even if we survived the bar, there was every possibility our 3D Printed battery boxes would be melted by the flamethrower, but we just had to try our best.
On this day, the bot was ready on time, we had time to test, and finally, we felt like Calypso was working the way we wanted…
Fight starts, it’s really good, but then one of our drive sides starts acting up. A sprocket is bent on one four front wheels, a chain falls off, a keyway shears elsewhere. We’re crab walking, but not well. Roundhouse loses a wheel, and then a weapon belt, we’re still moving, the weapon’s still spinning. Time’s up. It’s a blur…
… and then, it’s announced that we’ve won. It’s a euphoric moment, as every last bit of the past 6 weeks of nonstop build finally pays off…
And… we’re gonna do it again? And… MANTA’s gonna be there? Oh boy…
But, as always, all of that and more will be coming up… 💞🦀
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Team Horizon and Calypso are proudly sponsored by:




And ESH Security!
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SPOILERS AHEAD FOR OUR FIGHT WITH MAD CATTER! DON’T SAY WE DIDN’T WARN YOU!!!

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Ok yeah, de-clawed the crab, BUT DID YOU SEE US GETTING UNDER THEM?!?!? CALYPSO‘S ACTUALLY SHOWING WHAT IT CAN DO?!?!? And not only did our weapon take a chunk out of their wedge, but it bent in one of Mad Catter’s uprights! Had that exchange gone slightly different, we’d have a completely different result on our hands! 🤩✨
… B U T, we’re in the reality where Catter knocked off our weapon, and sent it up into the air, coming back down, ricocheting off the floor and into the glass, where it took a fairly significant chunk out of the thick polycarbonate walls of the battlebox. 😅
You wanna know what caused that? Our weapon shaft had inconsistent heat-treating. Yep. That’s it. Where it should’ve been a certain hardness all the way through, the shaft that broke was different hardnesses throughout. And like, yeah, that sucks, but it happens. We opted once again to play dead after the big hit, instead of keeping the fight going. Everything worked in the robot, but we were down one of our most important protective pieces, so decided to play it safe and put on as good of a final fight as we could!!!
And the recap for our final fight will be coming up… !!! 💞🦀

Team Horizon and Calypso are proudly sponsored by:




And ESH Security!
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