BattleBots Finals Congrats (spoiler!)

[Karthik]

Originally Posted by Jared Russell

Congrats to Aptyx Designs on the win! Something to think about...

Paul Ventimiglia has won two FRC World Championships (190 in 2007, and 254 in 2014), two BattleBots World Championships (Brutality in 2009, and Bite Force in 2015), and a NASA Centennial Challenge (with Moonraker 2.0).

These are three of the most prestigious robotics competitions in the world, and winning all three of them (two of them twice) is an unrivaled accomplishment.

Thanks for pointing this out, Jared. What an unparalleled resume for Paul. Congratulations on yet another huge accomplishment. We're all excited to see what you tackle next!

[JB987]

And kudos to IFI and VEX for all of their Battlebot sponsorships...they 'get it'.

[Tweedy399]

Will biteforce be at Chezy Champs?

[Kevin Leonard]

What my friend pointed out to me (whether it's manufactured drama or not), is that while some of the competitiors would get salty when they lost or cocky when they won, Paul was always calm, cool, collected and professional.

It made him easy to root for. Congrats to Paul and Bite Force on winning The Giant Nut!

[Rachel Lim]

Congratulations Paul and Aptyx!

After some of our team meetings a couple of us would watch through a few matches and then discuss who we though would make it on. We always enjoyed watching Bite Force compete, and I'd look for the matches where it competed for us to watch. I'm sad this week will be our last time doing so, but it's definitely what I've been hoping we'll get to see.