Robot Archetype Series Deep Dive: Melty Brains, Shell Spinners & Ring Spinners

About this episode

The episode explores complex robot archetypes through interviews with teams behind notable robots.

We're diving into some archetypes that will leave your head spinning as they are some of the most complex to build. I spoke with the teams behind The Greatest Challenge, Chonkiv and Event Horizon/Singularity about each of their robots and how they stack up against each other. If you ever wanted to learn more about these archetypes or if you are thinking of designing one yourself - this is a perfect episode to check out!

People in this episode

Host: Christine G

Topics covered

• robot archetypes
• designing robots
• robot competitions
• interviews
• technology

Keywords

• robot archetypes
• The Greatest Challenge
• Chonkiv
• Event Horizon
• designing robots
• robot competitions

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Greatest Challenge, Chonkiv, Event Horizon, Singularity

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