Team Ribbot

World Championship VII
WC VI
WC V
WC IV

Participation Information

Discovery Seasons

World Championship IV
World Championship V
World Championship VI
World Championship VII

Other Events

BattleBots: Champions I

Team Information

Team Members

Nick Sorensen (Captain)
David Jin (WC IV-WC VII)
Christian Cooper
Tim Bell
Andrew Mularoni
Zeke Andreassen
Alex Johnson
(WC V-Present)
Lucas Buermeyer
(WC V-Present)
Nick Hom
(WC V-Present)
Karl Ehlers
(WC IV-WC V)
Danny Lu
(WC IV-WC V)
Cam Collins
(WC IV-WC V)

From

Somerville, MA
(formerly Worcester, MA)

Other Names

Team WPI (WC IV)

Team Ribbot, formerly known as Team WPI, is an active team who have competed in every BattleBots season since World Championship IV with their heavyweight entry, Ribbot.

The team is made up of Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) students, a Massachusetts-based research university. Led by WPI Robotics Club president David Jin, Team Ribbot earned a quarter-final finish in World Championship V.

Ribbot returned for BattleBots: Champions I, qualifying for the Golden Bolt tournament after an impressive display in its bracket, capped off with a win over BattleBots: Bounty Hunters winner Lock-Jaw. However, it lost in Round 1 of the Golden Bolt episode to eventual champions End Game.

Team Ribbot bested their 2020 finish in World Championship VII, even despite losing their first three Fight Night battles. After advancing into the tournament with a low seed, the Ribbot team made the semi-finals for the first time by overcoming Team Whyachi and Hydra, but were stopped in their tracks by eventual champion SawBlaze.

Team Members[]

David Jin[]

Captain of Team Ribbot, David Jin also drives Lucy Du's 12lb robot HotLeafJuice as well as competing with 30lb horizontal spinner STF. He also competes with a 3lb drum called Wasp, which has had a lot of success in National Havoc Robot League events. He debuted fellow 3lb beetleweight Polywog in 2020, becoming the #1 ranked 3lb robot a year later. More recently, Jin has fought with another 3lb robot called Nuktuk.

In September 2024, it was announced that he would be relinquishing the role of captaincy for future seasons.^[1]

Nick Sorensen[]

Present for each of Ribbot's seasons to date, Nick Sorensen also competes in the National Havoc Robot League with a 30lb robot called STF, which stands for "Save the Frogs!" , referencing the team's partnership with the organization of the same name.

He is the current captain of Team Ribbot in the absence of David Jin.

Lucas Buermeyer[]

Joining Team Ribbot in 2020, Lucas Buermeyer also fights in National Havoc Robot League competitions with his 3lb beetleweights, Steel Mountain and Sepi01, the latter being ranked #5 against all 3lb NHRL competitors ahead of the March 2023 event.

Cam Collins[]

Joining in 2021, Cam Collins has also fought at National Havoc Robot League with a 3lb vertical spinner called Kickstart, which placed second in the all newcomers' event in January of 2023.