Team Terrortops

Team Terrortops are an active BattleBots team who debuted in World Championship VII with their robot of the same name.
The team is comprised of six members brought together by a history of competing in VEX Robotics events.https://www.gofundme.com/f/terrortops-compete-in-battlebots In their two most recent championship events prior to BattleBots, they earned the Excellence Award given to the best overall team, as well as the highest driver skills score.https://www.terrortops.com/Team Terrortops entered BattleBots as one of the few true rookie teams, with only one team member having prior experience on the show. Despite this, they were able to score a debut win against Slammo!, piloted by veteran builder Craig Danby. They followed this up with a second win, this time over Dragon King.
== Outside BattleBots ==
Ben Burton, Sophia Musk-Burton and Ramon Morales of Team Terrortops signed up to RoboGames 2023 with Terrortops, keeping its BattleBots name.
In its first fight, it took out Lay-Z-Bot in spectacular fashion. Terrortops then faced Bunny Liaw and White Rabbit in Round 2, but lost by 21-12 judges' decision. Terrortops returned with a win against Jason Vazquez and King Crab, but lost to Manta in unfortunate circumstances following a serious arena breach in which neither robot was at fault and nobody was hurt.
==Team Members==
===Ben Burton===
Terrortops co-captain and weapons operator, Ben Burton attended a previous BattleBots season as a spectator having initially applied a meltybrain design called Dizzy, and has previously built a 60lb robot called Lil Dizzle. Born in the United Kingdom, he moved to California as a teenager and was 19 years old during filming for World Championship VII. 
=== Sophia Musk-Burton ===
Sister to Ben Burton, Sophia Musk-Burton is Terrortops' other co-captain and designated driver. Her experience in driving comes from VEX Robotics competitions, where she became accustomed to operating four-wheel drive vehicles. Due to her experience with arcade drive, she was appointed driver of Terrortops.https://www.youtube.com/live/y2DcYwEUm7k?feature=share&t=6321
===Victoria Tomozei===
Victoria Tomozei was formerly part of Uh-Oh Robotics and Axolotl during BattleBots World Championship V and is responsible for the Terrortops branding and aesthetics, while also largely contributing to the construction of the robot.
==Robots==
Name	Weight Class	Season
Terrortops
Murphy	Heavyweight
Heavyweight	World Championship VII
World CHampionship VIII
==Win/Loss Record==
*Wins: 2
*Losses: 0
==See Also==
* Terrortops on Instagram
*Terrortops on Facebook
*Team Terrortops' website
==Trivia==
*According to Zach Lytle, Team Terrortops were the first rookie team to pass all BattleBots safety inspections on the first attempt.
*Sophia Musk-Burton is one of only two designated female drivers for World Championship VII, the other being Lucy Du of Valkyrie.
*In Episode 8 of World Championship VII, Chris Rose erroneously stated Ben Burton was Terrortops' driver and Sophia Musk-Burton controlled its weapons.
==References==
Category:BattleBots Teams
Category:RoboGames 2023 Competitors