Tungsten

Tungsten was a robot from the United Kingdom, which competed in Season 1.5, the debut of This is Fighting Robots. It was built by Team Carbide, former Robot Wars champions, and up-scales Sam Smith's featherweight Shard. The influence of Gabriel Stroud allowed Tungsten to be chosen by the female presenter of the show.
==Design==
Tungsten is based upon Sam Smith's featherweight Shard, and features a large vertical spinning disc. Its wedge is steep, and the robot is driven by two wheels at the rear. An overhead axe is also equipped to the top of Tungsten, as an additional means of attack while also offering a self-righting mechanism.
==Robot History==
===This is Fighting Robots (Season 1.5)===
Tungsten was initially unnoticed by the celebrities when they were building their teams of robots, but as Tánshè had already been selected by the female presenter, its captain Gabriel Stroud was able to convince the presenter to pick Tungsten, using the success of Carbide in Robot Wars as justification. After she agreed, Tungsten joined a team alongside Spectre, Tánshè and Megabyte.
==Results==
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===Wins/Losses===
*Wins: 0
*Losses: 0
==Series Record==
==Outside King of Bots==
Dave Moulds has also participated in ABC's two rebooted series of BattleBots, both as part of Team Carbide and with different teams. In Season 1, he joined Team Robo Challenge when they attempted to enter with Beta, although Beta could not compete due to parts being lost in transit.
Dave Moulds and Sam Smith later produced a heavyweight for Season 2 of ABC's BattleBots, Cobalt, armed with an axe-like asymmetrical bar spinner. In its first battle, Cobalt was drawn against Season 1 quarter-finalist, Overhaul. Its spinner quickly reached top speed at the start, and a series of attacks on Overhaul's sides caused Cobalt to deflect away constantly. One hit and a loose set screw caused Overhaul to lose drive on one side, putting Cobalt through to the round of 32, further than Photon Storm, Team Storm's rebuilt version of Sam Smith's former heavyweight Tiberius. In the round of 32, Cobalt fought newcomer, wildcard recipient and eventual Season 2 runner-up, Bombshell. It tried to ram into Bombshell's overhead bar spinner rear-first to open up an opportunity to attack, but Bombshell's blade repeatedly cut through Cobalt's tires, hampering its mobility. While Cobalt managed to tear one of Bombshell's side panels off, it was eventually immobilised and eliminated after Bombshell continued to damage its tires. Due to BattleBots filming clashing with the filming of This Is Fighting Robots, Cobalt did not enter the next season of BattleBots, which will air on the Discovery Channel.
Team Carbide are most well-known for entering the UK show Robot Wars, where they reached the final two of the competition on three occasions with their robot Carbide. This was also an invertible robot armed with a bar spinner, differentiated by its green-and-black color scheme, and symmetrical bar. In Series 8, it knocked out The General and Bonk in its Group Battle, before losing to Terrorhurtz in its next battle. Despite this, Carbide won consecutive matches against Nuts and Behemoth to qualify for the Heat Final, where it once again defeated Behemoth, winning the heat. In the Grand Final, it put Shockwave in a state of disrepair, and defeated both Thor and Apollo in the next round, only suffering its second loss to TR2. Carbide had won enough battles to qualify for the Grand Final, but after suffering damage across its previous battles, Carbide lost the use of its bar spinner in a rematch with Apollo, and lost the Judges' decision, finishing as the runner-up.
Carbide returned for an even more successful Series 9, quickly defeating Trolley Rage and Meggamouse in the first round. It defeated Apollo, Crackers 'n' Smash and Coyote in sequence to qualify for the Heat Final, where it collected its third win over Apollo. In the Grand Final, Carbide continued its undefeated run, immobilizing Concussion in the first round; Aftershock, Eruption and Ironside3 in the second, before knocking out Eruption again to win the UK Championship.
Entering Series 10 as the defending champion, Carbide suffered a near-loss in battle with Gabriel 2 and Big Nipper, but nevertheless qualified to defeat Aftershock and Eruption in its newest heat win. In the first round of the Grand Final, Carbide suffered a shock loss to Nuts 2, but after defeating Rapid in the redemption round, Carbide avenged its earlier loss to Nuts 2 with a knockout win. Once again in the final, Carbide faced Eruption, but on this occasion, it lost the Judges' decision, again relegating Carbide to runner-up position.
Tiberius.jpg|Tiberius in Robot Wars Series 4
Tiberius II.jpg|Tiberius in Robot Wars Series 4
Tiberius II.jpg|Tiberius 2 in Robot Wars Series 5
Tiberius III S6.jpg|Tiberius III in Robot Wars Series 6
Tiberius III S7.jpg|Tiberius III in Robot Wars Series 7
Tiberius 4.jpg|Tiberius 4 on the live circuit
Sam Smith had previously competed in the classic series of Robot Wars with his vertical crusher, Tiberius. In Series 4, Tiberius emerged victorious in a melee over Evil Weevil 2, but broke down in the second round against Little Fly. Tiberius 2 competed in Series 5, and defeated Monad, but lost to the seeded Panic Attack. Tiberius III was built for Series 6, and lost its first battle to Supernova, but regardless won the University Challenge special in the second series of Robot Wars Extreme, by defeating Fluffy, C.V., and Infinity. In Series 7, Tiberius III escaped its melee against Shell Shock and Vader despite offering little input, and soundly defeated Roobarb, but despite its early lead, Tiberius III lost to M2 when it was flipped into the pit. While Robot Wars was off-air, Sam Smith built Tiberius 4, with a radically improved crusher. At the 2006 UK Championships, Tiberius defeated Steel Sandwich, and pitted Tough as Nails, but eventually lost the battle when Tough as Nails escaped the pit and put Tiberius in the same positionhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3f6YVzPh-eA.
Turbulence.jpg|Dave Moulds as a member of the Turbulence team in 2006
360.jpg|360
540.jpg|540
720.jpg|720
722.jpg|722
On the live event circuit, Dave Moulds won the 2006 FRA Heavyweight UK Championships with the heavyweight flipper Turbulence. He has also fought with various featherweight robots since 2002. He has fought with various different versions of Turbine, armed with a flipper, which has since been retired. In full-combat events, Moulds has fought with a few spinner-wielding robots. These include:
*360, a featherweight version of Hypno-Disc, with a horizontal flywheel.
*540, a six-wheeled box-shaped robot with an interchangeable eggbeater and rammer configuration. The robot has since been bought and renamed Disturbance.
*720, an octagonal-shaped robot armed with a spinning drum, now owned and renamed Sabre20 by Team Legion.
*722, an improved version of 720 with a similar paint scheme to Carbide, which finished runner-up at the 2017 FRA Featherweight International Championships.https://www.facebook.com/EruptionRobot/photos/a.1534128606888788.1073741829.1505115533123429/1732457900389190/?type=3&theater 
Sam Smith also fights in live featherweight events with NST, a horizontal bar spinner, and Shard, a vertical flywheel which inspired the design of Tungsten. Both robots have proved considerably successful; NST won the 2012 Featherweight UK Championships and the 2015 UK Featherweight Annihilator, while Shard recently finished tenth at the 2017 FRA Featherweight International Championships.
==References==
==External Links==
*Carbide - Robot Wars UK Champions Facebook page
*Team Carbide Twitter
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Category:Robots from the United Kingdom
Category:Robots with vertical flywheels
Category:Robots with Bladed Axes