06/04/2026
Over the next few days we will be doing a little Meet the Team of 2026 Proleague and many of these members you'll see in different combinations as we travel about for the rest of thr 26 and 27 season. First up we have Brandon Upshaw on the right of the photo. Brandon is a master machinist and head design engineer at MIP a multi million dollar machine shop in Covina California that machines RC car hop up parts and tools. MIP is also one of our house sponsors that will continue to help Cobalt and machine parts, an invaluable asset in the space of combat robotics. Brandon comes from the competition world of RC and was an accomplished racer in his younger years. Brandon is an invaluable asset to the team being able to recognize deficiencies in design and find solutions for those deficiencies on the fly and make components on the spot. Thank you Brandon for being part of Team Cobalt! Next up is Dane King on the Left, Dane is Brandon's brother in law and is a welder / fabricator as a hobbiest and media manager by trade. Though Dane had not been in BattleBots before or worked on Cobalt. He was able to jump right in and be super valuable in getting Cobalt up and running between fights. Appreciate both Brandon and Danes help at this year's fights and can look forward to seeing them both here at future events.
