BattleBots S5 Postseason Reflections with Kraken Captain Matt Spurk

<p>This week on the podcast, we catch up with the captain of everyone’s favorite nautical monster-themed BattleBot, Kraken captain Matt Spurk! We talk toughness and reliability, judging, and what’s ahead for the bot and the team.</p> <p> </p> <p>PLUS! Behind the Bots listeners get 5% off the <a href='https://store.cerobots.com/'>Kraken merch store</a> using code "behindthebots".....for real!</p> <p> </p> <p>This week’s combat robotics news:</p> <p> </p> <ul><li style="font-weight:400;">BattleBots Basement Fight: HiJinx vs. Tracer</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">BuildersDB is down for the foreseeable future</li> </ul> <ul><li style="font-weight:400;">Axolotl plushies are shipping: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/axolotlbattlebot/posts/194634832429758'>https://www.facebook.com/axolotlbattlebot/posts/194634832429758</a> </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">How to Build a Duck: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/BlackandBlueRobotics/posts/124111263062477'>https://www.facebook.com/BlackandBlueRobotics/posts/124111263062477</a> </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Meet the Giant Nut (in New Zealand): <a href='https://www.facebook.com/oyesrobotics/posts/1571115769752779'>https://www.facebook.com/oyesrobotics/posts/1571115769752779</a> </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Extinguisher on the front page of their local paper: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/ExtinguisherBattlebot/posts/841622459752937'>https://www.facebook.com/ExtinguisherBattlebot/posts/841622459752937</a> </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Gamma 9 internals: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=2540178406292113&id=1802165200093441'>https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=2540178406292113&id=1802165200093441</a> </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">BattleBots referee John Remar as James Bond: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/realghostraptor/posts/2969397193292553'>https://www.facebook.com/realghostraptor/posts/2969397193292553</a> </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">HiJinx’s shop space: <a href='https://www.facebo