List of minor Robot Wars contestants (UK)
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The List of minor Robot Wars contestants page is a list of the contestants in the seven regular UK series of Robot Wars and the two "Extreme" tournaments, other than the winners and other notable robots.
For full lists of the results in each tournament, see Results of Robot Wars tournaments.
[edit] 101
101 was a tracked invertible robot. The weapon system was comprised of a CO2-powered spike which fired automatically when a target came into range. The control system was also fitted with a sensor to reverse the steering and direction if the robot was inverted. It competed in Series 3-5. The furthest it got was in Series 3, where it was knocked out in Round 5 by Hypno-Disc.
[edit] 13 Black
13 Black was a robot that competed in Series 5-7. It was a 2-wheel drive robot armed with two horizontal spinning discs. In Series 5, 13 Black lost on a judges' decision and were out in the first round. In Series 6, they reached the series semi-finals so they got the 7:th seeds for the Seventh Wars.
[edit] 259
259 was a competitor in Series 6 that won the Best Design Award. It had a huge 12-inch flywheel. It was eliminated in Round 2 by Wild Thing.
[edit] Aggrobot
Aggrobot was a robot that competed from Series 3-7, most well known for defeating Razer.
[edit] Anty B
Anty B was the antweight category winner in Extreme II . In its melee, it fell underneath the Mini Floor Flipper, but in the final, it was the only one left standing.
[edit] Arg
Arg was the Featherweight category winner in the Extreme II tournament.
[edit] Atomic 2
Atomic 2 was a competitor in Series 4,5 and 7 and made the Semi Finals once. It has one of the most powerful flippers seen in the tournament.
[edit] B.O.D (Blades of Destruction)
Blades of Destruction was a robot that competed in Series 7.
[edit] Barbarous 2 "N" A Bit
Barbarous, Barbarous 2, and Barbarous 2 N A Bit were competitors on Robot Wars. Barbarous 2 was the only robot the team ever made to pass Round 1. Barbarous lost to Panic Attack 3, Brabarous 2 lost to Hypno-Disc, and B2NAB lost to Leveller 2 & Tetanus Booster. B2 took part in the Robot Wars Extreme II Challenge Belt, losing to Iron Awe 2.0, Terrorhurtz and VADER. It is made of plastic, and is the shape of 2 Washing machine drums. It is striped Red & White.
[edit] Beefcake
Beefcake was the Extreme I Featherweight Champion. However, all it actually did was touch its opponent (RC Warrior) before it was immobilised. The House Robots then destroyed Beefcake.
[edit] Behemoth
Behemoth was a competitor robot created by Anthony Pritchard, Michael Pritchard and Kane Aston that took part in all series except Series 1 and continues to compete in the UK robot competitions including the recent 2006 UK championships where they were seeded third.
[edit] Bigger Brother
Bigger Brother was a contestant from series 3-7. In series 3 the robot's name was Big Brother. Its best result was coming 2nd Place in Series 5, therefore receiving Seed 2.
[edit] Black & Blue
B&B were the only clusterbots to enter Robot Wars: Series 7. They both had spinning drums, and were beaten by FireStorm 5 in Round 1.
[edit] Bulldog Breed
Bulldog Breed was a competitor in series 3 to 7, plus both Extreme tournaments. The basic look of the robot(s) was a bulldog on the front with a Union Jack colour scheme, although in series 3 it was equipped with two circular saws. Its best result was in Series 7, where it reached Round 5.
[edit] Cassius Robot Series
This was a series of robots that competed in Series 1 (Recyclops), Series 2 (Cassius), and Series 3 (Cassius 2).
[edit] Chompalot
Chompalot, fitted with a grappling claw, was a competitor in Series 6, where it was never too successful, but won the Iron Maidens category in Extreme I.
[edit] Comengetorix/Vercingetorix
Comengetorix and Vercingetorix were competitors on Robot Wars Series 2-6. It competed in Series 2-4 with Vercingetorix, coming 6th place in The Annihilator. From RE1-Series 6 it competed with Comengetorix and took part in competitions such as The Tag-Team Terror in RE1, and a vengeance against Bigger Brother in RE1.
[edit] Combat Ant
Combat Ant was the Robot Wars Extreme 1 antweight champion. In Robot Wars Extreme 2 it came in 3rd Place, after Pants and Anty B immobilised It.
[edit] Corkscrew
Corkscrew and Corkscrew 2 were a contestant on Robot Wars that reached the heat final in Series 5. It was a full-body spinner with blades on the side.
[edit] Cronos
Cronos, a robot fitted with a crusher, competed in Series 4.
[edit] DTK
DTK was the Series 7 Featherweight champion. It is the featherweight of Dantomkia.
[edit] Dantomkia
Dantomkia is a robot that competed in series 6,7 and Extreme II. The name Dantomkia is taken from creator Michael Lambert's childrens names, Daniel, Thomas and Kia. It is also famous for being the only robot to flip 2-time Champion Chaos 2 out of the arena.
[edit] Derek
Derek & Derek 2 were contestants on Series 5 & 6.
[edit] Disc-O-Inferno
DOI was a competitor on Robot Wars Series 4, 6 and 7 with a flywheel, which won them the second annihilator in Robot Wars Extreme Series 1. It also made the Heat Final of Series 6, losing to Bigger Brother.
[edit] Dome
Dome was a robot that competed in Series 5.
[edit] Dominator 2
Dominator 2 was a robot that appeared the first time on Robot Wars Series 3. The robot is made of titanium and has a powerful pneumatic axe as weapon. However, the tyres are vulnerable to attacks from the side.
[edit] Evil Weevil
Evil Weevil, which competed in series 3 and 4, was a fibreglass beetle robot, armed with three pronged electric operated lifting spikes.
[edit] Firestorm Series
There were a total of five robots in the Firestorm series, which competed through series 3 through 7. The rough design of the robot, which was reused for each one, was a wedge driven by two wheels in the back, minimizing ground clearance on the front. On the front surface of the robot was a flipper mechanism, a slow bar on the first robot which was superseded by a quicker panel flipper on the later four, which served as the main weapon. Their best result was 3rd in Series 3 (FireStorm), 5 (FireStorm 3) and 6 (FireStorm 4). They also competed in Series 2 with Groundhog, toppling Sir Killalot.
[edit] Fluffy
Fluffy was a competing robot in series 5 to 7, and won the Best Newcomer Award in series 5. It had a spinning axe.
[edit] Gemini
Gemini was a contestant on Series 4 & 5. It was the first Clusterbot to appear on Robot Wars. Gemini would enter the arena as one robot, but then the two halves of Gemini would split and proceed to work independently to win. Each half was equipped with a flipping arm. In practice however, the clusterbot theory did not work very well. It also got its own minibot and was featured in the 5-Pac minibot set with Tornado, FireStorm 3, Shunt and Sgt Bash.
[edit] Gianto
Gianto was a featherweight robot which entered Series 7. It weighed about 12kg and had a helicopter bale on the top and a sideways flipper.
[edit] Gyrobot
Gyrobot was the first full body spinner to compete in Series 7 of Robot Wars. It was conked out in Round 2 by the Grim Reaper.
[edit] IG-88
IG-88 was a competitor on Robot Wars Series 7. It had a spinning axe. Everyone in the heat was scared after it bossed Round 1, and desecrated King B, but was defeated by Dantomkia in 8 secs! Its name probably originates from the bounty hunter droid, IG-88 from the film Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.
[edit] Indefatigable
Indefatigable was a competitor in Series 4 with a forklift.
[edit] Iron Awe series
The Iron-Awe robot series competed in Series 4-7. Iron-Awe had an axe, and Axe-Awe/Iron Awe 2.0/2.1 had an axe and flipper duo.
[edit] Kan-Opener
Kan-Opener was a competitor from Series 5-7. It won 2 separate annihilator championships, and was fitted with pincers.
[edit] Kat 3
Kat 3 was a competitor on Robot Wars with an axe. It also competed in the Series 7 special event, the Axe Attack, and has competed before with two versions of a robot called KaterKiller.
[edit] Killertron
Killertron is a robot that competed in Series 1, 2, 4 and in Robot Wars Extreme. The robot was very striking with its wheely-bin lid armour, pink colouring and large pick-axe for a weapon. It was built by Richard Broad and his friend Abdul and the team consisted of Richard, Abdul and his son Ian.
[edit] King Buxton series
The King Buxton Robot Series was a series of robots on Series 2-5 and Series 7. It reached the semi-finals of Series 2.
[edit] Knightmare series
The Knightmare robot team competed in Series 4,6 and 7.Their robots include Knightmare, Spirit of Knightmare, Raging Reality and Raging Knightmare. They reached the semi-final in Series 7 with RK. Raging Knightmare was soon sold to Team MAD after the team retired.
[edit] Little Fly
Little Fly was a contestant on Robot Wars Series 4. It was invertible and was made out of steel. It is grey with yellow stripes around the sides. They also competed in Series 3 with Flip Flop Fly. The robot was armed with a spinning bar at the front.
[edit] M2
M2 was a competitor on Robot Wars Series 7 with a flipper. It reached the Series Semi-Finals defeating Shell Shock, VADER, the seeded Pussycat and Tiberius 3 in its path, but then lost to Atomic 2.
[edit] Major Tom
Major Tom 1-3 were competitors on Robot Wars. Major Tom had a simple wedge, MT2 had a front circular saw, and MT3 had a pop-out hydraulic ram. MT2 competed with Bigger Brother in the Tag Team Terror.
[edit] Milly Ann Bug
Milly Ann Bug competed in Series 2-4 and was an articulated robot with a separate head and body. The weaponry was wooden mandibles and a mini-flywheel.
[edit] Mortis
Mortis was a robot that competed in the first four series of Robot Wars. It was a robot armed with a rapidly-firing axe with a tanto style blade in the first and second series, but in the third series was given an additional lifting arm to overturn other robots.
[edit] Mousetrap
Mousetrap was a robot that competed in Series 4-5. Mousetrap is armed with a spring-loaded trap, and the armour is made from steel and lexan. The trap weapon is very powerful and it uses high pressure CO2 to snap over. The robot was created by Stan Launchbury and Jason Launchbury.
The best season for the Mousetrap in Robot Wars was Series 4, when it got through to the series semi-finals by surviving the first round and then taking out Sumpthing and Little Fly. However, in the semi-finals there was a fight between Mousetrap vs. Stinger. Both robots went on the attack early, but then Mousetrap got some cable hanging at the side, and the robot was immobilized and lost.
The Mousetrap team also competed in Robot Wars Series 3 with the robot Triterobot.
[edit] Mute
Mute was voted the most acrobatic robot in the whole of Robot Wars. It has a backwards flipper at the front, and a 12cm rear flipper. It was runner up in The New Blood Championship in Robot Wars Extreme 2. It was most well known for defeating Behemoth. It has also defeated robots such as Judgeshred 3.0 and Roobarb. A noticeable thing is that it has only ever lost to experienced robots (Firestorm 5 & Storm 2). They have also claimed Shunt's axe as "Rubbish". It has only ever lost 2 times, and won 7 Times.
[edit] Napalm
Napalm competed in Series 2,3 and 5, and was a relatively large robot with a large snowplow on its front and two joined parallel axes on its back. The robot's armor was of a meshy appearance, and the entire thing had a rather rusty appearance. For its slow speed, weak weapons and unimpressive armor, Napalm has been repepatedly cited as one of the worst competitor in the show's entire run, despite achieving a semi-final placing in Series 2 and never losing Round 1 of any major UK tournament.
[edit] Nemesis
Nemesis was a robot which competed in the first two Series. In Series 1 it had a pneumatic Spike. In Series 2 it had a sword and cutting Blades.
[edit] Plunderbird series
The Plunderbird Robot Series were a series of robots which competed from Series 1 to Series 5. They sported various weaponry in each series.
[edit] Psychosprout
Psychosprout was a competitor in the first series of Robot Wars. It was based on a hamster ball with a remote controlled car replacing the hamster.
[edit] Pussycat
Pussycat was the runner-up of Robot Wars Series 4, and International champion. It is also notable for being disqualified for using a hardened steel blade in series 3. It also got its own minibot and pullback with moving circular saws. It could also be said that it always lands on its feet!
[edit] Rick
Rick was a competitor with a flipper and a 7' Hole Saw. It competed in Robot Wars 5 and 7, and also in the Minor Meltdown competition in Extreme 2.
[edit] Ripper
Ripper was a contestant in Series 7 that had interchangeable weaponry. It had a featherweight called Rip.
[edit] Robochicken
Robochicken was a competitor in Series 4-7 with a conjointed flipper and axe/spinner.
[edit] Roger Plant Robot Series
The Roger Plant Robot Series was a series of three robots, The Mule, The Big Cheese, and Wheely Big Cheese. They were created by roboteer Roger Plant and competed in Series 2-5. One notable fight in Series 5 had Wheeely Big Cheese, which had a large front pneumatic flipper, flipped Axe Awe a record 15 ft. out of the ring in a fight which lasted only 12 seconds.
[edit] S3
S3, with a large flywheel competed in Series 5 and 6, reaching the series semi-finals, both times one battle away from the grand final.
[edit] Sir Chromalot
Sir Chromalot was a competitor on Series 3-Robot Wars Extreme 2. In Series 3 it had a drill, and in Series 4 onwards it had a flipper. The 3rd Wars version was playable on Robot Wars: Metal Mayhem. It took part in the Robot Wars Extreme 2 Challenge Belt. It has never got past Round 2 in the wars, neither has it lost Round 1.
[edit] S.M.I.D.S.Y.
S.M.I.D.S.Y. was a competitor from series 3 onwards. It was an invertable robot with a pair of jaws that could lift or crush other robots, and a rear spinning disc. It's best result was making it to the Heat Final in the 4th and 5th Wars, where it lost out to Panic Attack and Chaos 2. Its name is an acronym of Sorry Mate I Didn't See You.
[edit] SPAM
SPAM was a competitor in Series 6. It has a static spike and was never too successful.
[edit] Splinter
Splinter was a competitor in Series 4-5. Created by Team Ivanhoe, it had a front scoop and two horizontal axes. Splinter reached the semi-finals in Series 4, but Hypno-disc took out Splinter in Round 4 by completely trashing the whole robot using its spinning weapon. Splinter returned in Robot Wars Extreme. It came 3th Place in the First Annihilator.
[edit] Shell Shock
Shell Shock competed in Series 3 and 7. It was armed with a spiked hammer.
[edit] Spawn series
The Spawn robot series was a series of robots built for Robot Wars by Darren Ball, Graham Warner and Luke Jackman. Series 3 - Scutter's Revenge, Series 4 - Spawn of Scutter, Series 5,6 and 7 - Spawn Again.
[edit] Spikasaurus
Spikasaurus was a robot built to participate in Series 4. It lost in the first round, but won the Northen Annihilator.
[edit] Spin Doctor
Spin Doctor was a full body spinner robot, and was the first to cause vital damage to house robot Matilda. It competed in Series 2.
[edit] Steel Avenger
Steel Avenger was a contestant in Series 3-5 and also Series 7.
[edit] Steg Robot Series
The Steg Robot Series was a series of robots built for Robot Wars by Peter Rowe, Danny King and Richard Francis for Series 3-5. The Series 3 robot was called Steg-O-Saw-Us and was armed with a lifting 'tail', although its main weapon was brute force. The Series 4 robot was called Steg 2 and was equipped with a rear flipper. The Series 5 robot was called 3 Stegs 2 Heaven and was equipped with a spinning cutter.
[edit] Stinger
Stinger was a "wheeliebot" where all the mechanics were inside, while the weapons is a hammering/spinning pendulum axe. It came 4th Place in Series 4, and from then on, always lost the heat final. It never competed in Series 7, as of a club that other competitors such as Kim Davis and Vincent Blood joined. It also took part in a house robot rebellion once with Plunderbird 5 and Scorpion and lost to Shunt, Dead Metal, and the late arrival of Matilda. Other American robots have copied such as The Master.
[edit] Storm 2
Storm 2 was a robot built for the series 7. It weighed 100kg and was built by Ed Hoppit, Tim Bence and Meral Colach. Its top speed was 23 mph, it was fitted with a lifting arm on the front and used its speed to push robots around the arena.
[edit] Suicidal Tendencies
Suicidal Tendencies was a competitor on Robot Wars and BattleBots. There were three versions of it; the first had a spinning drum, the second had an axe and forklift and the first had a crushing arm.
[edit] Thermidor 2
Thermidor 2 was a robot that competed in Robot Wars Series 4-7, and Series 3 with Thermidor. It was the first robot to ever throw two robots out of the arena in the same fight defeating Behemoth and Stinger in a mayhem. It had a high pressure flipper and cutting claws. Thermidor just had claws. It is very vulnerable to spinners though because of exposed wheels (and they are too big to miss!). It is based around the design of a lobster and was playable in Robot Wars: Extreme Destruction. It can also be noted that if Kronic the Wedgehog is in the Heat, it wins the Heat, and if Kronic isn't in, it loses Round 1. On the statistics board, its weakness is fragile armour. Its quickest defeat was in Series 7 against Typhoon 2, and its quickest was against Napalm 2. Their pincers weren't very effective but the flipper was. It was said to have a better Robot Wars Extreme than The Actual Championships. It also won The Flipper Frenzy, getting the first flip in on Sgt Bash. On the Robot Wars website, it was rated 7/10, and on the Robot Wars: Extreme Destruction website, it was rated 5/10. also, it is noticable that whenever it makes the Heat Final, it meets the robot it qualified with in Round 1. The team members are Ian Harvey and Shane Lock. Thermidor has never got past Round 4. Also, in the Series Semi-Finals (if it gets there), it always loses to a Grand Finalist (Pussycat & Typhoon 2)! A pullback toy was planned, but cancelled after the Series was cancelled. The same goes with Behemoth! T2 is a crowd favourite.
[edit] Unidentified Rotating Object
Unidentified Rotating Object was a full body spinner competitor in Series 7. It didn't win a single battle.
[edit] Wild Thing
Demon, Thing II, Wild Thing and Wild Thing 2 were competitors on Robot Wars. Demon had a spike, Thing 2 had a hatchet, Version 1 of Wild Thing had a lifter, version 2 of Wild Thing had a flywheel and Scrimech, and Wild Thing 2 had a flywheel. Every robot made the Series Semi-Finals except for Demon.
[edit] VADER
VADER was a plexiglas made robot with a flywheel that took part in Robot Wars Series 6-7 and the Challenge Belt, that once made the Series 6 Heat Final.
