Deadblow

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Deadblow (1999)
Details
Made by Grant Imahara
Name Deadblow
Year of manufacture 1999
Series BattleBots
Type/Class Middleweight
Propulsion Electric
Weapon Air powered hammer[1]
Weapon details 3/8" solid titanium - 1500 psi[1]
Control system 1 R/C unit
Competition results
Years active 1999-2002
Tournament wins 0
Special wins 2 Rumble wins
Win/lose record 7/6
Ranking 2
Dimensions
Construction
Material 6061-T6 aluminium[2]
Propulsion 2x 12V DC Wheelchair motors[3]

Deadblow is a combat robot built and driven by Grant Imahara.[4] It competed in BattleBots in the middleweight division using a fast pneumatic hammer as its weapon.[1] Deadblow won 2 rumbles and was ranked number 2 among middleweights, right after Hazard. Afterwards, it went on with Grant to help in some experiments in the television series MythBusters and is now regarded as a permanent member of the Build Team.

Use on MythBusters

Deadblow has been used on MythBusters several times, most notably in the myth that you can smuggle things across the Canadian Border by turning off your headlights, in which he was temporarily renamed Blinky (after Jessi Combs asked the robot's name), where he played the role of an oncoming car's headlights. He has also been used in multiple other myths on the show, including the Beat the Guard Dog episode where he played the part of a robotically controlled cat.

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "WEAPONS SYSTEM 2000". Team Deadblow. Retrieved 3 March 2011. 
  2. ↑ Imahara. "FRAME 2000". Team Deadblow. Retrieved 3 March 2011. 
  3. ↑ "Drive system". Team Deadblow. Retrieved 3 March 2011. 
  4. ↑ "TEAM DEADBLOW CREW". Team Deadblow. Retrieved 3 March 2011. 

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