11-year-old is youngest ever 'BattleBots' team captain Alison Rice, The Washington Post Feb. 22, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3Tyler Nguyen , right, and teammate Sawyer Hellen bring their Perfect Phoenix robot into the arena for a "BattleBots" match. The TV show pits remote-controlled robots against each other in timed matches.Daniel Longmire/BattleBotsShow MoreShow Less 2of3Sparks fly as Perfect Phoenix defeats Atom#94 on "BattleBots." Tyler Nguyen's team will be featured Feb. 25 in its first tournament match. The team that wins five rounds will take home $10,000.Daniel Longmire/BattleBotsShow MoreShow Less 3of3 As Tyler Nguyen entered the "BattleBots" arena in California last fall with his 206-pound combat robot, Perfect Phoenix, he kept waiting for his alarm clock to shake him out of his slumber.