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Their goal is to earn a top 16 ranking and qualify for the post-season where there will be knockout rounds until a winner-take-all fight to crown the 2018 BattleBots World Champion. This season, 55 robots weighing a maximum of 250 pounds have the chance to fight up to four times each. Episode 15 featured YouTube star Simone Giertz as a guest judge. Lisa Winter 2015 captain of team Plan X and 2016 captain of team Mega Tento is a guest judge as well. Episode 9 featured former BattleBots sideline correspondent Alison Haislip as a guest judge.
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For episode 7, Grant Imahara from Mythbusters and NASA systems engineer Bobak Ferdowsi, who worked on the Mars Landing, were guest judges. The guest judge (episode 3) was special effects "guru" Frank Ippolito. The current judges are the former Battlebots "bad boy" Derek Young, esports "maven" Naomi Kyle, and legendary roboticist Mark Setrakian.