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Vegas Combat Robotics, sometimes shortened to VCR, are an active BattleBots team who have competed in every season since World Championship V with their heavyweight entry, JackPot.
Based in Las Vegas, Nevada, the team behind JackPot were considered the home representatives with the BattleBots filming location changing to Vegas in 2021.
The team have also competed at BattleBots Proving Ground with JackPot, fighting seasoned horizontal spinners Gigabyte and Bloodsport as well as rookies Disarray and Rescue Force during the live show, BattleBots: Destruct-A-Thon.
Outside BattleBots[]
The team competed in RoboGames 2024 with a renamed version of JackPot called BlackJack. The team advanced past Swamp Serpent and Black Dragon before losing to Manta. It beat Terrortops in the loser's bracket but was eliminated after losing to eventual runner-up Ragin Scotsman.
Team Members[]
Jeff Waters[]
Captain of Vegas Combat Robotics, Jeff Waters has competed with combat robots since 2018 and has driven JackPot in each of its battles.
He has built a 3lb robot called Off Track, which inspired JackPot's original design, and also captains Team Plan B Robotics. Another 3lb beetleweight robot of his called Supreme Ruler won the August 2023 3lb National Havoc Robot League championship and accompanied JackPot for the team's Proving Ground battle against Bloodsport. Supreme Ruler entered the 3lb division of RoboGames 2024 where it won the gold medal. Other robots built by Jeff Waters include Wumbo and Red Rocket.
By day, he works as a plumber in Las Vegas.
Jason Woods[]
Originally competing with Slingshot, Jason Woods returned to BattleBots in 2020 with his vertical spinner as captain of Team KYMERA and Tracer. Following rejection the following season, he joined Team VCR and brought his cam lifter minibot, Needle, with him. Needle now runs under the name Ace and has accompanied JackPot in many of its battles since Woods' arrival.
Robert Stehn[]
Present for all of JackPot's BattleBots competitions to date, Robert Stehn is the designated weapons operator and an electrical technician by day.
Shea Johns[]
Team manager and fabric engineer Shea Johns has also been part of Team VCR since their debut season. She is largely responsible for much of JackPot's casino theming and merchandise. Alongside Jeff Waters, she briefly joined the Skorpios team during the 2022 re:MARS all:STARS event. She was confirmed to be joining Triton ahead of World Championship VII.[1] However, she would also remain a named member of JackPot.
Outside of BattleBots, she competes in the National Havoc Robot League with a bristle drive shell spinner called Cookie, and an upscaled version named Big Cookie. She has also served as driver of Dustin Esswein's Depth Charge.
Kat Waters[]
Wife to Jeff Waters, Kat joined the Vegas Combat Robotics team officially ahead of World Championship VII and leads in merchandise and both the team and the robot's aesthetics. In the live show BattleBots: Destruct-A-Thon, she used to operate the Slot Machine demonstration robot and perform post-fight interviews after each of its billed fights against the ShowBot version of Nightmare. Kat Waters was also present for the team's Proving Ground fights in 2023.
She runs a Las Vegas-based hair salon business and also works for Destruct-A-Thon, helping both with costumes and props for the live show as well as microphones for the crew.[2]
Robots[]
| Robots | Weight Class | Season |
|---|---|---|
| JackPot | Heavyweight | World Championship V World Championship VI World Championship VII BattleBots Proving Ground BattleBots FaceOffs |
Win/Loss Record[]
- Wins: 16
- Losses: 11