Lisa Winter (born ) is an American

engineer Engineers, as practitioners of engineering, are professionals who Invention, invent, design, build, maintain and test machines, complex systems, structures, gadgets and materials. They aim to fulfill functional objectives and requirements while ...

roboticist Robotics is the interdisciplinary study and practice of the design, construction, operation, and use of robots. Within mechanical engineering, robotics is the design and construction of the physical structures of robots, while in computer s ...

, and television personality. She is best known for her work on the television series ''

BattleBots ''BattleBots'' is an American robot combat television series and company. The show is an adaptation of the American Robot Wars competitions hosted in the mid–late 1990s by Marc Thorpe, in which competitors design and operate remote-controlled ...

'', where she competed with numerous robots and is currently a judge.

Early life

Growing up in

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, from an early age Winter expressed an interest in robotics. In 1996, she joined her father in building robots for

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competitions Competition is a rivalry where two or more parties strive for a common goal which cannot be shared: where one's gain is the other's loss (an example of which is a zero-sum game). Competition can arise between entities such as organisms, individ ...

. She attended

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, and went on to graduate from the

University of California, Santa Cruz The University of California, Santa Cruz (UC Santa Cruz or UCSC) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Santa Cruz, California, United States. It is one of the ten campuses in the University of C ...

(UCSC) with a

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degree.

Robot competitions

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

''Robot Wars''

Winter first competed in 1996, when she was 10 years old, at ''

Robot Wars Robot Wars may refer to: Film and television * ''Robot Wars'' (film), 1993 ** ''Robot Wars'' (soundtrack) * ''Robot Wars'' (TV series), a British TV competition, 1998–2004 and 2016–2018 ** '' Nickelodeon Robot Wars'', a U.S. TV game show ...

'' in San Francisco. Her robot was called "Dough Boy", and consisted of an aluminum base and horizontally spinning blades. She eventually became the ''Robot Wars'' middleweight world champion.

''BattleBots''

Winter has been a part of every season of ''

''. She competed in seasons 1 through 7, and was a judge for seasons 8 through 12.First episode in each season she appeared in: * * * * * * * * * * 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 ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno'' is an American television talk show broadcast by NBC. The show is the fourth and sixth installment of ''The Tonight Show''. Hosted by Jay Leno, it aired from May 25, 1992, to May 29, 2009, replacing ''The Ton ...

'' to demonstrate their robots and perform a mini fight.

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

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Personal life

Winter is on the board of directors for Women In Robotics. She also volunteers her time to make "hat tags" for

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. She is a vegan.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Winter, Lisa American roboticists Women roboticists 21st-century American actresses Year of birth missing (living people) Living people University of California, Santa Cruz alumni