Our Interview with New Tantrum Co-Captains Ginger Schmidt and Alex Grant!

This week on the podcast, we’re catching up with Tantrum’s two newest co-captains, Ginger Schmidt and Alex Grant! Ginger and Alex have both built really interesting robots earlier in their careers, through FIRST Robotics, and then later, in competitions like NASA’s Robotic Mining Competition. They’ve been competing with Tantrum since the 2018 season, and are taking over as co-captains this season, as Aren Hill moves on to captain the new flipper bot Blip.   This week’s combat robotics news: Nuclear Blast returns as Blacksmith’s title sponsor: https://www.facebook.com/Teamhfa/posts/333486438324744  Blade’s newest weapons test: https://www.facebook.com/TeamORBY/posts/809490279718787  Captain Shrederator t-shirts on sale: https://www.facebook.com/spinwinning/posts/4188894404542767  Duck selling S3 and S4 top plates to pay some bills: https://www.facebook.com/BlackandBlueRobotics/posts/229144039225865  Gary Gin’s 39-degree slushies: https://www.facebook.com/freeshippingbot/posts/203377245118483  Hydra after day 1: https://www.facebook.com/Whyachi/posts/4670831022929676  HiJinx back patches for sale for $52: https://www.facebook.com/HiJinx.BattleBot/posts/431758841709160  2021 HUGE reveal: https://www.facebook.com/BattleBotsHuge/posts/893545631251311  Norwalk Havoc picks up SendCutSend as a sponsor: https://www.facebook.com/NorwalkHavoc/posts/398978141583601  Lucky drive test: https://www.facebook.com/tkorobotics/posts/248359583960753  P1 and hamfish: https://www.facebook.com/AberrantRobotics/posts/1040794716752882  Riptide’s blurry insides: https://www.facebook.com/riptidebattlebot/posts/125727346475894  SawBlaze’s fly-over: https://www.facebook.com/SawBlazeBattlebots/posts/237345518398870  Shatter’s 2021 kit reveal: https://www.facebook.com/BotsFC/posts/252172276911588  Skorpios is selling poker chips: https://www.facebook.com/SkorpiosBattleBot/posts/239018178234145  Uppercut 2021 reveal: https://www.facebook.com/UppercutBattlebot/posts/355363642590996  Witch Doctor design reveal: https://www.facebook.com/witchdrshaman/posts/3945365232234948    Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/behindthebots Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts Tell a friend about the show; we really appreciate your support!