Biography:Lisa Winter

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Short description: Engineer, roboticist, and television personality
Lisa Winter
Lisa Winter - What Robot Would You Like to Build.jpg
Winter in 2017
Born1985/1986 (age 37–38)[1]
Alma materUniversity of California Santa Cruz (Bachelor of Arts)
Occupation
  • Roboticist
  • Television personality
  • Engineer
Known forBattleBots
Websitewww.lisaxwinter.com

Lisa Winter (born 1985/1986) is an American engineer, roboticist, and television personality. She is best known for her work on the television series BattleBots, where she competed with numerous robots and is currently a judge.

Early life

Growing up in Wisconsin, from an early age Winter expressed an interest in robotics.[2] In 1996, she joined her father in building robots for battle competitions.[3] She attended Miramonte High School, and went on to graduate from the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) with a Bachelor of Arts degree.[1]

Robot competitions

She was a part of the team "Robot Action League".[4]

Robot Wars

Winter first competed in 1996, when she was 10 years old, at Robot Wars in San Francisco.[5] Her robot was called "Dough Boy", and consisted of an aluminum base and horizontally spinning blades.[5][6] She eventually became the Robot Wars middleweight world champion.[7][1]

BattleBots

Winter has been a part of every season of BattleBots. She competed in seasons 1 through 7, and was a judge for seasons 8 through 12.[8][9] Her BattleBots include: Tentoumushi, Mr. Squeeky, Plan X, and Mega Tento.

In 2000, Winter and fellow competitor Christian Carlberg appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno to demonstrate their robots and perform a mini fight.[10][11]

Career

After graduating from UCSC, she worked part time for her father's robotics company before being hired by an industrial design company. She cofounded Robot11, a smart toy company, in 2011. In 2013, she designed a social wearable device for Kwame Corp. As of 2020 she is the Engineering Project Manager at Mattel.[1][12]

Personal life

Winter is on the board of directors for Women In Robotics.[13] She also volunteers her time to make "hat tags" for The Marine Mammal Center in Marin, California.[14] She is a vegan.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Bowles, Nellie (December 24, 2013). "West Berkeley hobbyist wins attention, funding for invention". SFGATE. https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/West-Berkeley-hobbyist-wins-attention-funding-5091606.php. 
  2. ↑ "Lisa Winter Goes Back to Her Maker Roots on BattleBots - Make". September 2, 2016. https://makezine.com/2016/09/02/lisa-winter-goes-back-maker-roots-battlebots/. 
  3. ↑ "Battlebots: Father and Daughter Join Forces". https://purpleclover.littlethings.com/entertainment/4781-family-fights-bots-together/. 
  4. ↑ "A 'Bot to Beat". Nickelodeon Magazine. June–July 2021. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "At Robot Wars, combatants rush at one another with buzz saws and axes. And the crowd roars.". Los Angeles Times. August 20, 1997. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-aug-20-ls-24028-story.html. 
  6. ↑ "#STEM10: Meet Robot Builder Lisa Winter" (in en). November 22, 2017. https://amysmartgirls.com/stem10-meet-robot-builder-lisa-winter-e983794813f2. 
  7. ↑ Menzel, Peter; D'Aluisio, Faith (January 16, 2000). Robo Sapiens: Evolution of a New Species. MIT Press. ISBN 9780262632454. https://books.google.com/books?id=fckSugaOJQ8C&q=lisa&pg=PA205. 
  8. ↑ First episode in each season she appeared in:
    • "BattleBots 101". BattleBots. Comedy Central.
    • "BattleBots 201". BattleBots. Comedy Central.
    • "BattleBots 301". BattleBots. Comedy Central.
    • "BattleBots 404". BattleBots. Comedy Central.
    • "BattleBots 513". BattleBots. Comedy Central.
    • "BattleBots 601". BattleBots. ABC.
    • "BattleBots 703". BattleBots. ABC.
    • "BattleBots 809". BattleBots. Discovery Channel.
    • "BattleBots 901". BattleBots. Discovery Channel.
    • "BattleBots 1001". BattleBots. Discovery Channel.
  9. ↑ "BattleBots: The cast – BattleBots". https://battlebots.com/cast/. 
  10. ↑ Stone, Brad (November 1, 2007). Gearheads: The Turbulent Rise of Robotic Sports. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9781416587323. https://books.google.com/books?id=Ycn_iAHDhnIC&dq=lisa+winter+robot&pg=PA187. 
  11. ↑ Benson, Michael (January 16, 2002). Fighting Robots: A Guide to Radio Controlled Combatants. Citadel Press. ISBN 9780806523729. https://books.google.com/books?id=WxvygmLjJmIC&dq=tonight+show+jay+leno+lisa+winter&pg=PA7. 
  12. ↑ "25 women in robotics you need to know about – 2016 - Robohub". robohub.org. https://robohub.org/25-women-in-robotics-you-need-to-know-about-2016/. 
  13. ↑ "Women in Robotics names inaugural board members". August 17, 2019. https://www.therobotreport.com/meet-inaugural-board-members-women-in-robotics/. 
  14. ↑ "New Hat Tags Improve Animal Care While Leading the Way Toward a Greener Future | The Marine Mammal Center". https://www.marinemammalcenter.org/news/new-hat-tags-improve-animal-care-while-leading-the-way-toward-a-greener-future. 

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