MegaBots Inc., making the world more epic, one giant robot at a time, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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Website - megabots.com

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MegaBots Inc. on Wikipedia

Co-founder and CEO - Matt Oehrlein

Co-founder - Gui Cavalcanti

Co-founder - Brinkley Warren

Co-founder - Andrew Stroup

Projects:

Giant Robot Tournament

Giant Fighting Robots

 

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MegaBots Mark I Cannon Test Fire

Published on Nov 7, 2014

The MegaBots team took the Mark I to a secret location somewhere in Boston and tested out the cannon on a junker. The MegaBall, a 6 inch, 3 lb, paint filled custom projectile, was fired at 120 mph causing massive damage to the vehicle. Check us out and support our Kickstarter!

 

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MiniMegaBot Design Challenge Trailer

Published on May 14, 2015

In January of 2015, MegaBots and Autodesk partnered up to challenge makers from around the world to design the armor plating for miniature humanoid robots, to turn them into example MegaBots.

Yavuz Selim Balcioglu and Casper Hofstede won the contest with WingLord and Spectre. In this video, we introduce you to the designs, the robots, some of our team, and Autodesk's Pier 9 makerspace, where we're building the robots in preparation for the San Mateo Maker Faire.

 

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We're making a giant robot documentary!

Published on Sep 9, 2015

If we meet our funding goal, we're going to create a documentary about how to build giant robots by following Team USA in the giant robot duel! You can donate to our Kickstarter

Greg and Trey of BattleBots and Grant Imahara have given us a ton of advice on how to navigate Hollywood over the past few weeks, and we're excited to announce that we've teamed up with a world-class production company to produce a documentary about us if we meet our crowdfunding goal!

 

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Article "MegaBots raises $2.4 million to create league of human-piloted, giant fighting robots"

by Lora Kolodny
May 10, 2016

 

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Engineering as Sport with Gui Cavalcanti and Matt Oehrlein of Megabots at Disrupt SF

Published on Sep 14, 2016

Gui Cavalcanti and Matt Oehrlein of Megabots sit down with Lora Kolodny to discuss their vision for a league of human-scale fighting robots, whether the Mk II counts as a true robot, and the capacity of their work to inspire enthusiasm for STEM.

 

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MTT: Jon "Snackable" Gulko

Published on Dec 26, 2016

We're starting a new series: Meet The Team! Every Monday, you'll get to learn a little bit more about the engineers, fabricators, and other team members that are making the giant robots from science fiction come to life.

We're starting off with Jon "Snackable" Gulko. He enjoys long walks on post-apocalyptic beaches, using giant mechs to unscrew stuck pickle jars, and commuting.

 

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Lyra "Mechwarrior Princess" Levin (Meet The Team)

Published on Jan 2, 2017

It's Monday, and time to meet a new team member! Meet Lyra "Mechwarrior Princess" Levin. When she's not designing the roll cage and torso of the Mk.III, she performs in a circus, designs ways for the Mk.III to dispense cats, and dreams of using the Mk.III to destroy all the cars on her commute to work.

 

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Miles "Laserbeam Unicorn" Pekala (Meet The Team)

Published on Jan 9, 2017

It's Monday, and time to meet a new team member! Meet Miles "Laserbeam Unicorn" Pekala. When he's not working on the electrical and control system of the Mk.III, he's building go-karts, making (smaller) combat robots, and designing awesome costumes for theater. He imagines using the Mk.III for both shopping AND world domination.

 

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Dan "Goose" Pederson (Meet The Team)

Published on Jan 23, 2017

Meet Dan "Goose" Pederson! He's a mechanical engineer here at MegaBots who's working on the Mk.III's weapon systems. His hobbies include capoeira, cleaning hydraulic fluid off of himself, and not watching "Top Gun" (apparently).

 

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Tim "Victor" Bogdanof (Meet The Team)

Published on Feb 6, 2017

Meet Tim "Victor" Bogdanof! A special-ed-teacher-turned-mech-fabricator (...what?), Tim enjoys using angle grinders and working with stainless steel. Which makes him a definite weirdo in our book.