Spot — Server Management Bot

Spot is the official server management Discord bot for the UWTSD Esports Society. Named after the Boston Dynamics Spot robot dog based in the Robotics Lab at the IQ Building, UWTSD Swansea.

Overview

Field	Detail
Bot name	Spot
Named after	Boston Dynamics Spot robot dog
Physical location	Robotics Lab, IQ Building, UWTSD Swansea
Platform	Discord (discord.py 2.x)
Language	Python 3.13
Database	PostgreSQL (via SQLAlchemy async + asyncpg)
Hosting	Railway (europe-west4)
Status	Active — in development

Background

The UWTSD Esports Society was founded with the goal of running the society like a proper esports organisation. The committee decided to replace all third-party Discord bots (MEE6, Carl-bot, etc.) with two custom-built bots — one for server management and one for competitive esports.

Spot was chosen as the name because the real Boston Dynamics Spot robot lives in the Robotics Lab at UWTSD Swansea, operated by the Robotics team. Society President Orin (Barney) and supervisor Simon (Techurai) both work closely with the physical robot, making it a natural fit.

Spot was built by Orin (Barney) and is supervised in the lab by Simon (Techurai).

Features

Feature	Description
Verification	Ticket-based student verification system
Moderation	Warn, mute, kick, ban with full logging
Free Games	Automatic free game alerts from Epic and GamerPower
In-Character Responses	Keyword-triggered personality system
Announcements	Formatted embed panels for rules, links, announcements
Game Profiles	Link gaming accounts (Riot, Steam) with auto rank fetch
Role Panels	Button/select-menu self-assign role panels
Support Tickets	Private ticket channels with transcripts
Server Stats	Auto-updating voice channel member counts

Planned Features

• AI Integration — Spot's keyword responses will be replaced with a live AI assistant (pending Anthropic API budget)
• XP & Levelling — chat activity rewards
• Giveaways — button-enter giveaway system
• University Events Feed — automated university event posts
• Twitch Notifications — go-live alerts for society streamers

Relationship to Atlas

Spot and Atlas are sister bots — both named after Boston Dynamics robots, both built for UWTSD Esports. Spot handles general server management. Atlas handles the competitive esports side.