Ferocity

Ferocity is a heavyweight robot from Team Seek & Destroy which applied to compete in Discovery Seasons 5 and 6 of the BattleBots reboot.
It is a low profile, eight-wheel drive robot designed to look like a large dragon. Its weaponry comes in the form of an 18" horizontal spinning bar made from 6061 aluminum and fitted with AR400 steel teeth. The bar is mounted to a rotating turret, similar to that of the 500lb rebuild of Chomp. At one end is its primary weapon, which could swipe at opponents from either side, and the other end sports a curved, defensive wedge.
With changes to rules surrounding weight bonuses for non-wheeled robots ahead of the fifth season, Ferocity was originally designed to weigh "350-400lbs" (375lbs on Ferocity's website) and feature a unique walking mechanism.https://www.facebook.com/groups/RobotCombat/posts/2876427025974452 However, after disagreements with Greg Munson and the selection committee, Ferocity's original drive setup was deemed too similar to a shufflebot to be granted the walker bonus of up to 500lbs.
Team Seek & Destroy is co-captained by Julia Chernushevich and Antoine Trabulsi, both of which have extensive BattleBots experience with Red Devil. Antoine Trabulsi originally entered Comedy Central Season 3.0 of BattleBots with lightweight Archangel before joining Ravi Boolalal and Lycan in ABC Season 2 of the reboot. Julia Chernushevich also competed in the 2016 season with Bucktooth Burl before joining Team Black and Blue to assist with Marvin and DUCK! in Discovery Seasons 4 and 6 respectively.
Despite considerable work being completed on Ferocity, travel restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the team having to withdraw from the season. The team intended to reapply for Discovery Season 6, but opted against it due to a six-week emergency lockdown in Ontario, Canada being enforced at the time.
In spite of this, co-captain Julia Chernushevich was present alongside Hal Rucker and daughter Hannah with DUCK!.
==See Also==
*Ferocity's website
*Ferocity on Facebook
== Trivia ==
* Each of Ferocity's eight wheels is independently driven.
* Ferocity features eleven motors in total: eight for drive, two for its turret system and one more for its bar spinner.
==References==
Category:Heavyweight Robots
Category:BattleBots Competitors
Category:Foreign Robots
Category:Canadian Robots
Category:Animal Based Robots
Category:Robots armed with Spinning Bars
Category:Robots armed with unique weapons
Category:Robots that dropped out