After winning the TechCrunch Hardware Battlefield at CES in January, Ales and Marko brought home the Metal Man, a friendly robot that has been with us through thick and thin in the last year. He’s been with us while we worked day and night to make all the Cubes you pre-ordered and shipped them to over 50 countries around the world. He’s watched the team grow, move to a new location, and face daily challenges of a hardware startup.

This December, we started talking about returning the Metal Man to the TeachCrunch team, so it can go into the hands of the next Hardware Battlefield winner. We think this got our Metal Man a bit worried. Check out the video below to see his reaction.

Don’t worry, little guy. We’re sure whoever wins the Battlefield is going to take really good care of you!

To see which hardware startup will have the pleasure of hosting the Metal Man over the next year, be sure to tune into the Hardware Battlefield broadcast on January 6 – 9, 2015.

P.S.: Don’t miss the bonus scene with Bob, the MakerBot. He’s been helping us with prototyping and team morale by 3D printing anything from Cube parts to various lucky charms. Bob also joined the team after we won the TechCrunch Battlefield, thanks to the generosity of MarkerBot.