Blendo

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Blendo is a combat robot designed and built by Jamie Hyneman. Adam Savage wired the electronics and control systems.^[1]

It first competed in the second Robot Wars competition in San Francisco (1995). Blendo had the first effective implementation of the full-body kinetic energy spinner weapon that became important in the game.^{[citation needed]}

The robot had a shell made from a wok and was spun by a lawnmower engine. Blades attached to the shell caused grievous damage to its opponents, removing bodywork and in some instances causing them to be thrown over the Lexan safety shields into the audience. After two fights it was deemed too hazardous to compete by the event supervisors and the insurance company. It was given co-champion status in exchange for withdrawing from the competition.^[2]

Blendo would later compete in several BattleBots competitions. However, Blendo had little success in BattleBots as it would often damage itself during battle.

Blendo's creators, Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage, now host the Discovery Channel series MythBusters, which also features fellow combat robot competitor Grant Imahara.

Blendo is an inaugural member of the Combat Robot Hall of Fame.