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Orbitron
Step into the future of robot combat with Orbitron.
Orbitron
Autonomous Combat
Turning the BattleBox into an AI testing ground
Orbitron is an ambitious milestone in BattleBots history: a fully autonomous, AI-driven heavyweight competitor.
Built in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, by brothers Steven and Peter Szczeszynski, Orbitron nearly eliminates the need for a traditional human driver.
The robot relies on computer vision, real-time localization, and automated path-planning software to understand its environment and decide how to attack.
Powered by dual spinners and a three-wheel omnidirectional drive system, Orbitron is designed to react, maneuver, and strike faster than the limits of human reaction time.
Builder Spotlight
Steven & Peter Szczeszynski
Orbitron · Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Brothers Steven and Peter Szczeszynski built Orbitron to explore what happens when software becomes an active competitor inside the BattleBox.
Their autonomous system combines computer vision, localization, path planning, and multidirectional movement to make decisions at machine speed.
Orbitron Highlights
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Autonomy
AI Pioneer
Orbitron is one of BattleBots’ first fully autonomous, software-driven heavyweight combat robots.
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Collaboration
Hacksmith Sponsored
Orbitron was developed in collaboration with Hacksmith Industries and its global YouTube audience.
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Builders
World Champion Team
Steven and Peter Szczeszynski are former first-place FTC World Championship winners.
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Performance
Sub-Human Reaction Time
Orbitron is programmed to attack and change direction faster than the average 250ms human reaction time.
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