Aug 11, 2026 · 36 min · 13 segments
We all know that lithium-ion batteries can overheat, ignite, and sometimes even cause explosions when damaged—now imagine those batteries in robots built to smash each other apart. That's the reality…
Edward RoskiGuest
Jesse RomanHost
Robert BarrGuest
You know, you've got a pretty state-of-the-art arena now in Las Vegas, from what I understand, but have you had, over the years, have you had any, like, safety close calls or anything like that where things seemed particularly sketchy, or ...
I, you know, we've really evolved with the, uh, with the technology that's come out.
Um, I think w- we've been, um, done things way before, and we still to date do things way before, uh, anybody's ever noticed or even asked us to.
Um, so the fire department, uh, the fire people have always been pretty, um, you know, pretty hands-off with us, um, because of the, the steps that we take to, uh, not, um- Have a problem.
Uh, if we do have a fire in the box, it goes through these massive tubes, goes out into a giant filtration system.
Um, so the air we're actually putting back into the atmosphere is actually all filtered.
Uh, and that lithium smoke, if you wanna call it that, is, um, isn't, isn't going out into the system.
And we have all kinds of safety rules, but we don't, we, li- ba- lithium batteries are not allowed in the arena, um, at all.
Until they go into that robot, there's a period of time they must be hooked up and remain in that robot before they come into the building.
And they're only in between the door of the building and the battle box, uh, for a very short period of time before, you know, they...
At that point, we know they're stable because of their five, 10 minutes or whatever being hooked up, and, uh, we know there's no shorts or anything.
You know, you've got a pretty state-of-the-art arena now in Las Vegas, from what I understand, but have you had, over the years, have you had any, like, safety close calls or anything like that where things seemed particularly sketchy, or ...
I, you know, we've really evolved with the, uh, with the technology that's come out.
Um, I think w- we've been, um, done things way before, and we still to date do things way before, uh, anybody's ever noticed or even asked us to.
Um, so the fire department, uh, the fire people have always been pretty, um, you know, pretty hands-off with us, um, because of the, the steps that we take to, uh, not, um- Have a problem.
Uh, if we do have a fire in the box, it goes through these massive tubes, goes out into a giant filtration system.
Um, so the air we're actually putting back into the atmosphere is actually all filtered.
Uh, and that lithium smoke, if you wanna call it that, is, um, isn't, isn't going out into the system.
And we have all kinds of safety rules, but we don't, we, li- ba- lithium batteries are not allowed in the arena, um, at all.
Until they go into that robot, there's a period of time they must be hooked up and remain in that robot before they come into the building.
And they're only in between the door of the building and the battle box, uh, for a very short period of time before, you know, they...
At that point, we know they're stable because of their five, 10 minutes or whatever being hooked up, and, uh, we know there's no shorts or anything.
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