Lisa Winter (born ) is an American
engineer
Engineers, as practitioners of engineering, are professionals who invent, design, analyze, build and test machines, complex systems, structures, gadgets and materials to fulfill functional objectives and requirements while considering the l ...
,
roboticist
Robotics is an interdisciplinary branch of computer science and engineering. Robotics involves design, construction, operation, and use of robots. The goal of robotics is to design machines that can help and assist humans. Robotics integrat ...
, 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.
In 1996, she joined her father in building robots for
battle
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competitions.
She attended
Miramonte High School
Miramonte High School is a public high school located in Orinda, California, United States. It is part of the Acalanes Union High School District. The school has a college-preparatory program, with 15 Advanced Placement courses offered.
Histo ...
, 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. It is one of the ten campuses in the University of California syste ...
(UCSC) with a
Bachelor of Arts
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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'' 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 ''
BattleBots''. She competed in seasons 1 through 7, and was a judge for seasons 8 through 11.
[First episode in each season she appeared in:
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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 late-night talk show hosted by Jay Leno that first aired from May 25, 1992, to May 29, 2009. It resumed production on March 1, 2010 and ended on February 6, 2014.
The fourth incarnation of the ...
'' 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
Mattel
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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
The Marine Mammal Center
The Marine Mammal Center (TMMC) is a private, non-profit U.S. organization that was established in 1975 for the purpose of rescuing, rehabilitating and releasing marine mammals who are injured, ill or abandoned. It was founded in Sausalito, Califo ...
in Marin, California.
She is a vegan.
References
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American roboticists
Women roboticists
21st-century American actresses
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
University of California, Santa Cruz alumni