Lisa Winter

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. She eventually became the Robot Wars middleweight world champion. 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.

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.

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 in Marin, California. She is a vegan.