Halo

**Halo** is a robot made by Team Serious Cybernetics that competed in the second series of Bugglebots.

## Design

Halo is a two-wheel drive meltybrain spinner comprised of a large, aluminium ring within which the robot's electronics are mounted inside lightweight, 3D-printed housings.

As a meltybrain spinner, Halo utilises custom electronics which combine on-board accelerometers and an external infrared beacon to achieve controlled movement around the arena whilst spinning at full speed.

## Robot History

### Bugglebots Season 2

Halo made its debut against horizontal crusher Hold My Beer. The fight started with Halo spinning up and Hold My Beer being tentative. Hold My Beer waited for the pit button to activate and then opened the pit. Hold My Beer then tapped Halo who then bounced off the wall and back into Hold My Beer, throwing it across the arena in the process. Hold My Beer then lost drive on one side and the next hit from Halo almost chopped off a wheel. Hold My Beer was counted out and the win went to Halo.

Here, Halo was drawn up against clusterbot Rust in Pieces. The fight started with Halo hockey pucking around the arena. The black half of Rust In Pieces then pinned Halo to the pit button. Halo then hockey pucked onto the pit as it became active and was dropped in by the white half.

This loss relegated Halo to the second chance rumble, where it faced off against fellow Round 2 fallers Bourbon, Gear Down For What?!, Unconscious 514, Daedalus, Drizzle, AnnieRUOK, The Apprentice, Sir Lance-a-Frog and Wajoo, with the winner taking part in the subsequent Rumble-Bee for a place in the Final.

The fight started with everyone spinning up and Bourbon killing Gear Down For What?! and taking off a wheel from Unconscious 514 simultaneously while Halo lost a wheel from being hit into the wall by Daedalus. Drizzle then faceplanted while AnnieRUOK chopped off one of Daedalus' wheels, and Gear Down For What?! and The Apprentice were counted out. Sir Lance-a-Frog was then shot into the wall by Daedalus and attacked Halo without skipping a beat while Drizzle managed to right itself only to have Halo launched into it. Unconscious 514 was then counted out as Bourbon got Halo stuck on the wall. Drizzle then pressed an attack on AnnieRUOK only to have Sir Lance-a-Frog swoop in and make Drizzle shoot itself onto the corpse of Unconscious 514. Halo was counted out and was eliminated from the rumble, which was ultimately won by Daedalus.

Representing the USA, Halo took part in the UK vs Rest of the World competition held at the end of the series, where it was drawn up against Sir Lance-A-Frog once again. The fight started with Halo spinning up and hockey pucking around the arena due to Lance-a-Frog's pushing power. The repeated wall hits caused Halo to self destruct by ejecting its electronics. Halo was counted out and Sir Lance-a-Frog won a point for the UK.

## Results

### Wins/Losses

* Wins: 1
* Losses: 2

## Outside Bugglebots

    Halo has competed in two other events in the United States. In 2018 it managed to take second place in Battles at Maker Faire Orlando 2018, losing to **Spinner Spinner Chicken Dinner**, while winning one match and losing two at Robot Ruckus at Maker Faire Orlando 2019.

## External Links

* Halo on the Ultimate Robot Archive
* Team Serious Cybernetics on the Ultimate Robot Archive