Team Icewave, previously known as Team UI, are a semi-active team who competed in four BattleBots World Championships with their heavyweight entry bearing the same name.
Under a former team name, Marc DeVidts' team also entered Edge into the BattleBots IQ 2002 as well as Season 5.0 on Comedy Central. He would later collaborate with Victor Soto to build Vault for the 2009 Pro Championship, which entered under the Team UI name.
Team Members[]
Marc DeVidts[]
- "It probably all started when I was about 8 or 9 years old. You know, I'd just take apart random things – TVs, and VCRs, and things like that. I saw BattleBots on TV, and it was... I said, "I had to do that!" It was meant for me."
- — Marc DeVidts during World Championship I
Team founder Mark DeVidts was inspired to compete in BattleBots after watching the original Comedy Central seasons in his youth. This led to the creation of Edge which competed in the final Comedy Central season and several BattleBots IQ competitions. He would later assist with scoring during the 2009 High School, Collegiate and Pro Championships.[1]
In 2011, DeVidts co-founded the Silicon Valley start-up company Double Robotics, who specialize in producing the Double series of 'telepresence robots' for telecommunication purposes. One of these robots was briefly showcased during Icewave's VT segment in the first episode of World Championship I, as DeVidts explains the influence of his early BattleBots career in helping him start this business venture.[2][3]
As briefly mentioned by Chris Rose in World Championship I, DeVidts also created LED suits for music artists including Deadmau5 and The Black Eyed Peas.
- "I want to show the 17-year-old who's watching this show at home that they can actually do this, too. And it will ultimately lead to something really great, like, potentially owning your own business, if that's what you want to do."
- — Marc DeVidts during World Championship I
Robots[]
| Robot | Weight Class | Season |
|---|---|---|
| Edge | Middleweight | BattleBots IQ 2002 Season 5.0 |
| Vault | Heavyweight | 2009 Pro Championship |
| Icewave | Middleweight | 2004 NPC Charity Open BattleBots IQ 2004 (as Goliath) BattleBots IQ 2005 BattleBots IQ 2006 Cisco Party 2006 BattleBots JavaOne 2007 |
| Heavyweight | World Championship I World Championship II World Championship III re:MARS all:STARS 2019 BattleBots: Bounty Hunters World Championship VI BattleBots: Champions I World Championship VII (Not selected) |
Win/Loss Record[]
- Wins: 32
- Losses: 19
See Also[]
Trivia
- Team UI's 2009 Pro Championship entry Vault was a joint effort between Marc DeVidts and Victor Soto. The pair reunited in 2022 as DeVidts joined Team Revolution for World Championship VII.