She's a Maniac

* AWS 67
* AWS 63
* AWS 62
* AWS 61

**She's a Maniac** is a competitor of AWS 61 all the way to AWS 67. It was a two-wheeled invertible robot armed with a horizontal disc and later a bar.

## Robot history

### AWS 61

She’s a Maniac competed in the very first battle of AWS 61, against Hot Rod, a robot armed with a soldering iron on a movable arm. Initially, She’s a Maniac delivered a succession of hits to Hot Rod’s front wedge without causing noticeable damage, but a hit to the side significantly bent the wedge and sent both robots across the arena in opposite directions. Coming together again, She’s a Maniac struck Hot Rod on the opposite side, spinning it away, before Hot Rod wedged underneath and brought the soldering iron down upon She’s a Maniac’s weapon motor.

Hot Rod’s weapon then made contact with She’s a Maniac’s disc, removing the tip and bending the iron, and allowing She’s a Maniac to escape. Another strike to Hot Rod’s side removed a tyre (which was later found wrapped around She’s a Maniac’s disc shaft), and sent She’s a Maniac flying across the arena and nearly over the wall into the pit. She’s a Maniac delivered another minor hit to a hobbling Hot Rod, before bending the wedge further. Hot Rod managed to get underneath She’s a Maniac briefly, but was unable to capitalise, and one further hit sent Hot Rod into the pit.

In the next fight, She’s a Maniac faced front-hinged flipper Fred. In one of the shortest fights of the event, Fred got underneath She’s a Maniac, flipping it into the wall, before turning and flipping it into the pit.

In the losers' bracket, She’s a Maniac faced a clusterbot in Rust in Pieces AW. From the start, each part of Rust in Pieces AW attempted to surround She's a Maniac, but it escaped before grinding away at the back of one half. Minor blows were inflicted on each half as the three robots manoeuvred, before She's a Maniac delivered a huge hit that launched one half across the arena, bouncing off a wall, and removing a tyre. The undamaged half of Rust in Pieces AW wedged underneath She's a Maniac, pinning it against the wall surrounding a pit, before releasing after a few seconds. She's a Maniac delivered a hit to the rear of that half, spinning it away, and then a big blow to one wheel removed the tyre. Seconds later, the other wheel was damaged, with the tyre flying off as it turned away. With one half of Rust in Pieces AW barely able to move beyond its circumference and the other limping, She's a Maniac delivered a series of minor hits, before getting too close to a wall, hitting it with the disc, and turning itself over. Whilst usually invertible, previous battle damage had bent part of She's a Maniac's frame, and the wheels were barely making contact with the ground. She's a Maniac narrowly avoided being counted out as it was just able to move outside its circumference, as one half of Rust in Pieces AW stopped completely. The remaining half attempted to push She's a Maniac, but the disc struck the remaining undamaged wheel, affecting its mobility further. She's a Maniac continued to display limited mobility as time ran out, with the surviving half of Rust in Pieces AW attempting to resuscitate its twin. The judges' decision went in favour of She's a Maniac.

She's a Maniac next faced The Smothership, a wedge. An initial hit to the wedge knocked The Smothership towards the corner. She's a Maniac came in again, clipping the side of The Smothership before driving into the wall. Moving to the other side, She's a Maniac hit The Smothership and the wall simultaneously, after which The Smothership failed to move again. She's a Maniac won by knockout.

This put She's a Maniac through to fight Tarantula, a robot with a combined grabber and lifter. She's a Maniac started slowly as Tarantula approached, and in attempting to strike Tarantula got stuck on its wedge. Tarantula pushed She's a Maniac towards the wall, lowered the grabber and attempted to lift it, but lacked purchase. She's a Maniac was released and spun in place, which allowed a repositioned Tarantula to lift it into the wall surrounding a pit. She's a Maniac knocked Tarantula back with its disc and attempted to maneuver to Tarantula's sides, but Tarantula forced She's a Maniac into the wall, grappling its rear and lifting its wheels off the ground. Tarantula forced She's a Maniac towards and into the pit, eliminating it from the competition.

## Wins/Losses

* Wins: 3
* Losses: 8