Lisa Winter (born 1985 or 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.
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]
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]