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Cronos

**Cronos** was a robot that competed in Series 4 of Robot Wars, in a reverse wedge shape. It was the heaviest robot in its Heat and was made from parts from a dry cleaning machine, since the team worked in the laundry business. Cronos featured a pneumatic crushing arm running on airbags and capable of crushing 7500kg of force, with an armour piercing tip on the claw. It was designed so that when the crusher was down, the wedge would raise as a lifter, which was capable of lifting a double-decker bus.

Cronos was named after the Father of the King of the Greek Gods Zeus, Poseidon and Hades, following on from their entrant the previous year, Zeus.

Since both team members worked in laundry, it was noticed by Mark Raffle that, just 5 minutes after arriving at Robot Wars, parts from a washing extracter were missing and he could not understand why it was not working. In reality, captain Julian Raffle had borrowed parts to build the robot as he was desperate for parts and half the shops around the area were closed at the time.

## Robot History

After a poor start, Steg 2 started attacking Cronos and managed to flip it over but Cronos simply rolled back over. Cronos joined Crusader 2 in an attack on Steg 2, but was caught by Dead Metal. Crusader 2 shoved it back into the House Robot once it escaped. Cronos was unable to escape, and Sir Killalot came in and crumpled part of the front, before dropping Cronos into the pit of oblivion.

## Wins/Losses

* Wins: 0
* Losses: 1
Creepy Crawlies

**Creepy Crawlies** was a multibot which competed in the second season of BattleBots on ABC. It was created by a group of students from the University of Brighton, led by student Kelly Smith (not the one that built Psychotron) and assisted by Ian Watts of Bigger Brother, Little Sister, and Bull Dog fame. The robot is made up of 5 identical parts (named Fearwig, Cogroach, Buzzbot, Ladybite and Stag), each designed to look like an insect and equipped with a small horizontal crusher which could also move up and down. Unfortunately, the multibot was destroyed by Son of Whyachi early in the tournament.

## Robot History

Creepy Crawlies was one of twelve robots which was forced to compete in three-way melees in order to determine the final four robots of the bracket. In its match it was placed against Son of Whyachi and UltraViolent. Unfortunately, its swarm-style tactics never worked well as Son of Whyachi annihilated all but one of the robots in the rumble along with UltraViolent, which never moved, meaning that Son of Whyachi went through to the field of 48 after a devastating battle.

The Creepy Crawlies have all since been repaired and now feature plows in place of the pincers as they sit on display at Ian Watts' office.

## Wins/Losses

* Wins: 0
* Losses: 1
Cherry Bomb

**Cherry Bomb** was a Beetleweight robot built by Team Y, from Silverdale Washington that competed at Seattle Bot Brawl 9. It was a purple, four-wheeled, weaponless, box-shaped robot with a front wedge. Cherry Bomb did extremely well in competition, winning the championship, and going undefeated in battle.

## Robot History

### Seattle Bot Brawl 9

Due to a lack of entries Cherry Bomb was already in the Quarter-Finals by its first fight where it faced Melty B(eetle). It won this match, and next faced Daisy Star. It won this fight as well, and advanced to the Semi-Finals where it faced Raptor 2.2. It won this match, and was now in the finals where it faced Raptor 2.2 yet again. After a long, drawn out pushing match the judges ruled in favor of Cherry Bomb meaning that it became the Seattle Bot Brawl 9 Beetleweight Champion.

## Results

 Daisy Star
 Semi Finals
 Beetleweight Final

### Wins/Losses

* Wins: 4
* Losses: 0
Animus

Animus is a beetleweight robot that competed exclusively in the NHRL July 2021 event. It is armed with a large horizontal disc and captained by David Rush of BattleBots heavyweight Malice. Animus did very well, taking out 5 different robots, but not well-known ones. Animus made it far into the tournament before being stopped by Red Hawk.
Corporal Punishment

**Corporal Punishment** was Adam Clark's entry for Series 2 and 3 of Robot Wars. Out of Clark's robots, it competed the longest period of time, across two wars. During the Third Wars, Adam Clark and David Dempster also tried to qualify with their new robot called Bone, to compete alongside Corporal Punishment, however, Bone failed to qualify for the main competition.

## Robot History

### Series 2

Corporal Punishment was well driven into the Gauntlet, negotiating the ramrig but running into Dead Metal, who shoved it right back. However, Corporal Punishment dodged and ran to the end zone, the first to complete it in the heat.

In the Sumo, Corporal Punishment ran into Shunt's side, tires screeching in the heave. Shunt reversed away and fell off the edge, leaving Corporal Punishment victorious. Corporal Punishment had won the Sumo event in a faster time than Panic Attack, and progressed to the head-to-heads having placed first in both stages so far.

Against Disruptor, Corporal Punishment ran into the circular saw with its scoop, before reversing into the black wedge and pushing. However, it reversed into the CPZ and was immediately attacked by Matilda, Shunt and Sergeant Bash. Corporal Punishment resisted the damage, and escaped to ram Disruptor several more times. The battle went to the judges, with Corporal Punishment eliminated on the close decision.

Corporal Punishment also participated in the Internet Insurrection, during the Grudge Matches Special later on in the series. Corporal Punishment was placed up against Bodyhammer, Griffon and Killerhurtz. In the battle, Corporal Punishment started sluggishly, but joined Griffon in attacking the house robots. After Sergeant Bash was flipped by Griffon, Corporal Punishment was pinned down by the heavy remains of the overturned house robot. Adam Clark's machine couldn't break free, and was deemed immobilised, eliminating it from the battle.

At the end of the series, Corporal Punishment was nominated for the Sportsmanship Award but lost out to Plunderbird 2.

### Series 3

Corporal Punishment returned for the Third Wars, this time, replacing the wire frame scoop with a solid flipper weapon. In the first round of the main competition, Corporal Punishment was drawn up against a newcomer to Robot Wars in Ally Gator. In the battle, Ally Gator slid beneath Corporal Punishment almost straight away, keeping its wheels off the ground for the entirety of the battle, Corporal Punishment was unable to break free, and Ally Gator couldn't take the advantage and finish off Adam Clark's machine, making for a very dull bout. Towards the end of the battle, house robots Matilda and Sir Killalot tried to free Corporal Punishment from the top of Ally Gator, but were unable to do so. After the match had ended, Sir Killalot freed and overturned Corporal Punishment. The battle went to a Judges Decision, which in a 2-1 split, which Craig Charles found controversial, declared Ally Gator the victor.

## Results

 Sumo
 Semi-Final
 Internet Insurrection
 UK Robot Wars Series 3 | Heat H

## Wins/Losses

* Wins: 2
* Losses: 3
Cookie (Norwalk)

## Overview

Cookie is a beetleweight ring spinner with shuffler motion instead of wheels. It went 0-2 at its only competition to date.

## Fight history

### Norwalk Havoc Robot League May 2021

#### Cookie vs Hyena

The fight started with both bots spinning up and Hyena stranding Cookie on its side and flipping it several times. Cookie was counted out and the win went to Hyena.

#### Rumble

The fight started with everyone spinning up, Nitro Hornet going after Shreddit No, and an unknown antweight shooting its fireworks. Spartan was then deflected by BOOOORING and Shreddit No went after the remains of the rocket antweight. Nitro Hornet then went after Spear, but couldn't do anything. Shreddit No then flipped Nitro Hornet and tore a wheel off of Spear. BOOOORING then took advantage of Spartan's lack of drive and deflected it to the center of the arena. The rest of the fight passed with all of the now weaponless robots doing what they can to score points. The fight went to a judges decision where no winner was announced.

## Fight record

 Hyena | Loss
 Rumble

Overall record: 0-3
Cyborg

**Cyborg** was a large humanoid shape walker robot that appeared in the Heavyweight Sprint event in the 2003 Techno Games and was the successor to Critter which appeared the year before with no success.

The team appeared in Robot Wars with the robot Ajjay

## Robot History

Cyborg was up against Scuttle B² again, this time they wanted revenge and were determined to "stomp on its head". As Scuttle sped away, Cyborg was left behind slowly creeping forward but whereas the faulty Scuttle managed to keep going at a fast pace and eventually crossed the line at a time of 00:16:68 seconds, Cyborg had only gotten a metre away from the starting line.

## Wins/Losses

* Wins: 0
* Losses: 1
Body Slam

**BodySlam** was a Heavyweight robot built by Team Malicious that competed at RoboGames 2005, and ComBots Cup I. It was a four wheeled, wedge shaped robot armed with a lifting plate at the front. BodySlam did not do well in competition, losing most of its fights before being completely destroyed by Last Rites in its final match, after which it was carried out in a trashbag and retired.

BodySlam also attempted to enter ROBOLympics 2004, however it did not show up, and neither did the teams Superheavyweight entry Revision Z.

## Robot History

### RoboGames 2005

BodySlam's first match was against Sewer Snake. It lost, and was sent to the loser's bracket where it faced Wedgebot. It won this match, and faced I.C.B.M. It won this fight as well and advanced to the next round where it faced SJ. It lost this fight, and was eliminated from the competition.

### Combots Cup I

BodySlam's first match was against CycloneBot. It won this, and advanced to the next round where it faced Vicious Circle. It lost this fight, and was now in the loser's bracket where it faced Last Rites. This fight started with BodySlam coming out of its starting area, and making contact with Last Rites. This didn't do much, and BodySlam attacked again.
This time however Last Rites took a large chunk out of BodySlam, this did not deter BodySlam however as it slammed top speed into Last Rites once more, getting even more of itself destroyed in the process. It then took another shot at it, this time sending sparks, and debris everywhere, and disabling Last Rites blade. BodySlam then attempted to lift Last Rites, however its weapon was so badly damaged it was unable to do anything.

Both bots continued bumping into each other before Last Rites eventually shoved BodySlam into the wall where one half of its drivetrain broke down. Last Rites blade then started working again and slammed into BodySlam sending pieces flying everywhere, in short BodySlam was completely destroyed, tapped out, and left the arena with assistance of a trashbag, eliminating it from the tournament.

## Wins/Losses

* Wins: 3
* Losses: 4

I.C.B.M
 ComBots Cup I
Last Rites
CVC Embedded

**CVC Embedded** was a robot from Thailand that competed in the first Seacon War of Steel. It was a blue, two-wheeled, pyramid-shaped robot armed with a vertical flywheel on the top. CVC Embedded did decently in competition, reaching Round 2 of the competition with a 2-1 win/loss record.

## Robot History

### Seacon War of Steel 1

CVC Embedded's first match was against Ninmungkorn. This match started with CVC Embeded moving out of its square, however Ninmungkorn wasnt moving. CVC Embeded then started nudging it, and it eventually started working. However the weapon was not working on either robot, and CVC Embeded wedged under Ninmungkorn as CVC Embeded finally spun up, turned around, and delivered an attack to Ninmungkorn.

Ninmungkorn then rode up on CVC Embeded's wedge, and was flipped by the laters spinning flywheel, but it could run inverted, and drove away. However Ninmungkorn then drove to the center of the arena, and stopped moving again, and was counted out.

Round 2 of the match started the same way, with Ninmungkorn not moving, and eventually getting started after a nudge by CVC Embeded. This time however once Ninmungkorn got started it became clear that it was stuck in forward drive, and eventually drove into the wall where it stopped moving. The drive issues then sorted themselves out temporarily, and Ninmungkorn got away from the wall, but then started spinning in place, this continued until Ninmungkorn eventually drove itself in the pit.

CVC Embedded then moved onto Round 2 where it faced Kaiten. This match started with Kaiten bolting out of its square, CVC Embedded then got under Kaiten, and started shoving it around. Kaiten escaped, and got under CVC Embedded, and held it off the ground. Unable to escape CVC Embedded was then counted out, and eliminated from the competition.

## Results

 2

### Wins/Losses

* Wins: 2
* Losses: 1
Brimhur

**Brimhur** was a low box wedge shaped robot that competed in Series 3 of Robot Wars. It was an invertible four wheel drive machine, one of five invertible machines in the first Heat of The Third Wars. The bodyshell was made of 3mm thick aluminium and its weapon was a hardened steel spike, powered by a pneumatic ram. Brimhur's electronics were custom designed by team member Paul Mainwaring. It also had sharpened cutters on each of its wheels, presumably to be a reference to the use of wheel spikes on Roman Chariots, as seen in the film "Ben Hur", which also inspired its name.

Brimhur lost its only battle against Weeliwako, and was one of the many Series 3 competitors that did not return in any other Series.

## Robot History

Brimhur's first battle started very slowly as Weeliwako tried to turn into Brimhur, but Brimhur managed to hit Weeliwako a few times with its spike. However Weeliwako then came on the attack, landing a couple of axe blows on the top of Brimhur. Brimhur then pushed Weeliwako against the arena wall, but its opponent continued to land axe blows. Brimhur pushed Weeliwako into Sir Killalot's CPZ, but Weeliwako seemed to be stronger as it pushed Brimhur back onto the flame pit, where Brimhur became immobilised. The House Robots then came in and Shunt axed a large hole into the top of Brimhur and actually lifted Brimhur up when it retracted its axe. Shunt continued to attack Brimhur until cease was called, which meant Brimhur was out of the competition.

## Wins/Losses

* Wins: 0
* Losses: 1
Chinese Aegis

**Chinese Aegis** (Simplified Chinese: 中华神盾) is a Heavyweight robot that contested the inaugural *King of Bots* competition built by two ex-Chinese Navy members. It is a blue, and white shell spinner. For mobility it used two electromagnetic tank tracks. However to save weight its armor was thin, and it took a while spinning up. As a result of this it lost its only match to Grill Judge in the Round of 48.

## Robot History

### King of Bots Season 1.0

Chinese Aegis's first, and only match was against event favorites Grill Judge, this match started with both bots spinning up. Chinese Aegis then delivered a blow to Grill Judge's wedge, unfazed Grill Judge retaliated getting Chinese Aegis into a corner, and delivering a blow that shredded its side armor. After this Chinese Aegis stopped moving, and was counted out, and eliminated. Unfortunately Chinese Aegis was not selected for a wildcard, so their tournament ended here.

### Wins/Losses

* Wins: 0
* Losses: 1
Chimera (Lightweight)

Not to be confused with the Beetleweight robot that entered into the 2004 NPC Charity Open.

    **Chimera** was a lightweight robot built by a high school team from California which fought in Season 3.0, Season 4.0, and Season 5.0 of BattleBots. It was a two-wheeled wedge-shaped robot armed with a pneumatic flipping arm and a circular saw which later made way for a horizontal flywheel. Unfortunately, the robot was not the most reliable, breaking down in two of its three battles, and never won a battle in BattleBots.
Creeping Death

**Creeping Death** was a robot that competed in the Heavyweight category at the 1995 US Robot Wars. It was a wedge-shaped robot with tracks, side-spikes and a stabbing lance that shot out of a tube mounted next to the right track. It took on and lost to DooMore after it appeared to break down after firing its weapon just once and moving backwards briefly.

## Results

 Heavyweight Melee 1
The Master

## Wins/Losses

* Wins: 0
* Losses: 2
Con Fuoco

**Con Fuoco** was a Beetleweight robot from Shawnee, Kansas. It was a two-wheeled, black, invertible robot armed with two spinning bars, and a rear plow. It is unknown where or if this robot ever competed. However it is known that it was built, so it more than likely competed at at least one event.

The robots name likely came from the Classical Music term *Con Fuoco* which means to "Perform music in a firey manner"
Bit Schlapp

**Bit Schlapp** was a middleweight robot which competed in the final season of *BattleBots*. It was a red dome-shaped full-body spinner with two hooks to deal damage. It performed decently in competition, reaching the round of 128 in its only season.

Team member Jerry Serafin would go on to compete on the BattleBots reboot with Chronos.
Chopper (Caustic Creations)

*For other robots with the same name, see Chopper (disambiguation).*

## Overview

"*Well you know what they say, when Chopper's around sparks fly and bots die. So you best watch your back, Kangaroo Jack!*"
— The Chopper captain, Anthony Meyer insults *Destruct-A-Thon* host Steve Judkins during their introduction
**Chopper** is the name of a heavyweight robot built by Zach Goff of Caustic Creations. It is one of twelve ShowBots to feature in the live show *BattleBots: Destruct-A-Thon*.

It is a two-wheel drive robot with a steep front wedge and metal tubing to protect vital components. Chopper's primary weapon is a large bladed axe which can attack from overhead, and theoretically assist it in self-righting if flipped over.

Chopper also has rear-mounted spark shooters which emit bright sparks out from behind it as it drives, which last about twenty seconds once activated before dying out.

Although early images saw it with standard wheels, the official photo of Chopper on the website shows it with bright red tires.

As with all other ShowBots, Chopper is standardized to use OYES switches made by Team End Game, as well as lithium iron phosphate batteries as opposed to lithium polymer batteries. The latter was enforced to reduce the risk of hazardous fires during shows.

Chopper's team plays the role of a heel within the show, dressing as bikers/tough guys and insulting both the hosts and the audience. They have a humorous rivalry with co-host Steve Judkins, whom they often mock for being Australian, and since at least mid-May have begun to make bets with him regarding the outcome of their matches: if they lose, they must sing "I'm a Little Teapot" to the audience, whereas if they win Steve must perform the song.

Although Chopper acquitted itself well in the early shows, even earning a Main Event billing alongside Witch Doctor at one point, its performance has gone downhill since, resulting in them frequently having to sing. Chopper's most frequent opponents are Whiplash and Bronco.

## Results

* Wins: >0
* Losses: >1

## Trivia

* Chopper and Nightmare were present as display pieces for the Anime Las Vegas show in April 2023.
* Chopper's introduction music is Rollin' by Limp Bizkit.

## References

1. ↑ Public message from Team HyperShock's Kyle Awner in the Out of the Arena Discord server
ButtY

#### ButtY vs Vlad

The fight started with ButtY getting under Vlad and flipping it onto its side. ButtY then pushed Vlad around the arena and into the pit.

#### ButtY vs Bobblebot

The fight started with both bots inching towards each other and ButtY swiftly dispatching Bobblebot into the pit.

#### ButtY vs Wank Tank

The fight started with Wank Tank trying to outmaneuver ButtY who was having none of it and quickly corralled Wank Tank into the pit.

#### ButtY vs Beast of Bodgeville (1)

The fight started with both bots approaching each other slowly before ButtY got a hold of Beast of Bodgeville and casually pushed it into the pit.

#### ButtY vs Beast of Bodgeville (2)

The fight started with both bots approaching each other before locking horns in an extended shoving match that ended with Beast of Bodgeville in the pit.

#### ButtY vs Nanobit Warrior

The fight started with both bots charging at each other before Nanobit Warrior used its unpredictability to flip ButtY. ButtY couldn't self right and was counted out, crowning Nanobit Warrior the fleaweight champion.

#### Rumble 1

The fight was chaos, but ButtY managed to win by shoving its opponents into the pits.

#### Rumble 2

ButtY was stuck under the wall and flipped by Nanobit Warrior.
Black & Blue (Featherweight)

*Not to be confused with Black & Blue (Heavyweight)*

**Black & Blue** was a Featherweight robot that notably contested the War in the Wolds Charity Event in November 2002. It was a two-wheeled box with four castor wheels and a vertical spinning disc, it fought in at least two battles but lost them both.

## Robot History

### War in the Wolds 2002

Black & Blue's first known fight was against **Rampage**, **Katnip**, **Mephisto** and **Argh**, with Katnip declared the winner. Its second fight saw it take on **Gladiator**, **Flybot**, **Kitty**, Katnip, **Cutlet**, Rampage, **Micro-Mute** and Argh, this time, Kitty was declared the winner.

## Results

Katnip
Mephisto
Argh!
 Rampage
Katnip
Argh!
Gladiator
Flybot
Kitty
Cutlet
Micro-Mute

### Wins/Losses

* Wins: 0
* Losses: 2
Blastwave

## Overview

Blastwave is an antweight 4WD drum spinner made by Kepler Electronics. It went 0-2 at the 2019 Kilobots Nationals due to being drawn up against two reliable robots from the same team for its first two fights. It did only a little better at Minnesota Combat Robotics August 2021 with a new design, but never reached its potential.

## Fight history

### Kilobots XLIII

#### Blastwave vs Lobotomy

The fight started with both bots spinning up and Lobotomy knocking off Blastwave's weapon belt and tearing the bottom plate off. The fight was called due to Blastwave's battery now being exposed to attack.

#### Blastwave vs Taserface

The fight started with both bots spinning up and Blastwave grinding away at Taserface. Taserface then countered with a shot that tore out Blastwave's weapon axle. The rest of the fight was Taserface grinding away at Blastwave. Eventually, Taserface forced Blastwave into the red hazard which launched it into the wall. The fight went to a judges decision where Taserface won.

### Minnesota Combat Robotics August 2021

#### Blastwave vs Trash The Dragon

The fight started with both bots spinning up and Trash The Dragon throwing one of Blastwave's wheels off. Trash The Dragon then started wailing on Blastwave and tore off a second wheel before mysteriously dying. Trash The Dragon was counted out and the win went to Blastwave.

#### Blastwave vs Lil Twisty

The fight started with Lil Twisty spinning up and immideately tearing a wheel off Blastwave and ripping the lids off, forcing the TKO.

#### Blastwave vs Pronghorn

The fight started with Pronghorn spinning up and effectively one-shotting Blastwave.

## Fight record

 Taserface | Loss
 Minnesota Combat Robotics August 2021
 Lil Twisty | Loss
 Pronghorn | Loss

Overall record: 1-4
Close Enough

**Close Enough** was an American competitor that fought in Season 1 of Robot Wars: Extreme Warriors. It was driven by Team Critter from Omaha, Nebraska. The robot was a large petrol-gas driven rambot with spiked teeth sticking out of all sides. At 53 inches (134 cm) in width, it was one of the widest robots in Robot Wars ever, but failed to make any progress in the series as the machine lost both battles it was in. Team Critter also fought in the second season with The Termite.

Team Critter also fought in Robotica with The Tick.

## Robot History

Close Enough was involved in the US championship against Mad Cow, Manta, Rosie The Riveter, Rippa Raptor and Tiger Cat. It tried pushing Manta at the start, but then broke down and was never seen again during the rest of the battle, which Manta won.

Close Enough also fought in the House Robot Rebellion, where it faced loanerbot Silver Box. However, it had electrical problems when hit at the start by Silver Box, and was counted out, before being placed on the floor flipper, and onto the flame pit, where its engine caught fire.

## Wins/Losses

* Wins: 0
* Losses: 2
Black Ops

**Black Ops** was a heavyweight robot which competed in Seasons 3.0 and 4.0 of BattleBots. It was a two-wheeled robot originally armed with two spiked wedges before being replaced with two retractable arms. It didn't perform well in competition, losing its first fight in both appearances.

The Team who built Black Ops also competed in the superheavyweight division with Proto-Type 4, the middleweight division with M.I.A. and the lightweight division with A.W.O.L., the first two never bothered to compete again after losing in round one.

## Robot History

### Season 3.0

Black Ops's first opponent was Chewbot. Chewbot won by KO at 1:02 and Black Ops was eliminated.

### Season 4.0

Black Ops's opponent this season was Deathstar. The bots hit each other many times, Death Star's saws making impressive sparks, but not doing much damage even on the surface. Black Ops had a hard time pushing Death Star, and after getting sawed on for about a minute, Black Ops had a spontaneous failure and died. Death Star won by KO.

## Wins/Losses

* Wins: 0
* Losses: 2
Blazing Hot Wheels

## Overview

**烈焰风火轮** (romanized as **Lièyàn fēng huǒ lún**, translating to **Blazing Hot Wheels**) was a robot from Chongqing, China, which fought in the first season of *King of Bots*. In its only appearance, it lost its first-round battle to Japanese entry Ninja General on a Judges’ decision, after sustaining damage from the arena hazards.

## Design

Blazing Hot Wheels was a gray, square frustrum-shaped robot with a cylindrically-shaped turret on top. The turret and served as the mount for the robot’s primary weapons – three circular cutting discs mounted on movable arms on the robot’s front and sides. The front arm was capable of being lowered and raised via a cable mechanism, allowing Blazing Hot Wheels’ front disc to attack opponents of different heights. Blazing Hot Wheels also featured an LED board on its turret which displayed its name and other scrolling messages in Chinese scripture, as well as four metal prongs on its front edge to help get underneath opponents easier and prevent them from driving away.

## Robot History

### King of Bots Season 1.0

Blazing Hot Wheels competed in Episode 2, where it fought the Japanese clusterbot Ninja General in the first round.

In the opening seconds, it slowly advanced towards the blue part of Ninja General and rammed into the red part, but soon backed itself into one of the grinders. As Blazing Hot Wheels turned around, the grinder tore off its left disc, which continued spinning on its axle. After this, it lingered near the circular saws, its right disc making contact with one of the saws as they rose out of the floor. Blazing Hot Wheels sustained a rear-on ram from the red part of Ninja General as well as damage to its right-hand side from the circular saws; seconds later, it pushed the blue part of Ninja General into the wall spikes before grinding away at the latter’s spinning weapon.

The two robots separated, with Blazing Hot Wheels bumping into the wall and reversing just as a nearby hammer swung down. It collected and pushed the red part of Ninja General back in the process, although not without briefly catching fire as it accidentally drove over the flame jets. Blazing Hot Wheels’ saw lowered, sparks flying as it damaged the robot’s own left-most prong. It continued to sustain pressure from Ninja General and pushed the blue part back again in the closing seconds, with the battle going to a close Judges’ decision. The decision went against Blazing Hot Wheels, eliminating it from the competition.

## Results

* Wins: 0
* Losses: 1

## Trivia

* Alternative translations for Blazing Hot Wheels' name have included **Hot Wheel**, **Flaming Wheel**, **Flame Wheel** and **Flames Hot Wheels**.
	+ Hot Wheels is the name of a popular brand of toy cars, though it is unknown whether this inspired the robot's fully-translated name.
Broadside (BattleBots)

## Overview

**Broadside** is a robot designed by **ARC Robotics** which applied for Discovery Season 6 of the *BattleBots* reboot, who had previously attempted to compete a season prior with Jekyll & Hyde.

It was originally designed to be two-wheel drive, though became four-wheel drive in a later CAD. In both designs, Broadside sports a large cannon protruding from the top of the bot. Much like Double Jeopardy, its plan of attack was to use its low profile to fire "3-5" metal slugs measuring 2.5" x 5" at its opponent, at speeds of up to 250mph.

A broadside is the side of a ship which houses cannons used in naval warfare to attack and sink an enemy target.

On May 18 2021, ARC Robotics revealed a radical redesign of the initial CAD, which included the aforementioned four-wheel drive, orange tires, black motifs on the body and two claw-like forks mounted to the front. However, the comment on the team's Facebook page revealing progress on Broadside's CAD also confirmed that the team had been rejected. Later that same day, the team formally announced they had not been accepted for the 2021 *BattleBots* season in a separate social media post.

"*We're going to continue to develop this system over the next few months, with an emphasis on making it next-level. Next season, we hope!!*"
— ARC Robotics outline their plans to compete in the 2022 season.
In April 2022, ARC Robotics teased an updated CAD, dubbed **Broadside MK2**. This version sports its cannon weaponry mounted to the sides rather than the front. The cannon sits between each drive wheel, each of which is now fully armored. Broadside MK2 also features an axe and large front wedge, though the latter is not pictured. Despite the progress, the team did not confirm or deny applying for World Championship VII.

Outside of *BattleBots*, members of the team are regular competitors on the UK live scene, having competed at *Robodojo* and *Extreme Robots* events in the past. One of their robots, **Big Dave 3**, is a heavyweight drum spinner which intended to compete in *Robot Wars* prior to its cancellation.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/battlebots/comments/eptowk/team\_arcs\_jekyll\_hyde\_renders\_details/
2. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/battlebots/comments/nf7us3/comment/gyl4ejw/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web2x&context=3
3. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/ARCRoboticsUK/photos/pcb.4021981357919017/4021980921252394/
4. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/ARCRoboticsUK/photos/a.1208147289302452/5027566034027206
Caliban (UK)

*For the American Battlebots Competitor, see Caliban (US)*

**Caliban** was a small cylinder shaped robot built from a bolted dexion frame that was entered in Series 2 of Robot Wars. It dramatically ended its Gauntlet run after débuting house robot Sir Killalot picked it up while Caliban was spinning and the weapons exploded. Caliban has the title of being the worst performing robot in the history of The Gauntlet as it only covered a distance of 0.2m.

Caliban could have been the first Full Body Spinner to take part in a televised showing of Robot Wars, but the team took off the body spinner to use its top mounted flail, so its body spinner was never seen in action. Interestingly, as well as the first Full Body Spinner, the team would also enter the first large vertical spinner in UK Robot Wars, Daisy Chopper, in Series 3, also failing to qualify for Series 4.

Jackson Wallop, a robot similar in design to Caliban's flail form, was entered by Team Battlebot in Series 7.

There was also a Caliban 2 listed for entry in The Third Wars, however this is likely to have been renamed Daisy Chopper, or scrapped in favour of it.

## Robot History

Caliban took part in the first heat of the Second Wars. In the Gauntlet stage of the heat, Caliban chose the House Robot (right-hand side) route and displayed poor steering control. It firstly drove into a spike, then hit the three meter distance marker, later knocking it off the side wall, before running into Sir Killalot, who picked it up by its own weapon and overturned it, pushing it backwards until just after cease was called. Caliban finished poorly, with a run of just 0.2 metres. Apparently Sir Killalot also cut away one of their wheels, although this was never shown on TV. According to Oliver Steeples, the Caliban team also complained that the Gauntlet was fixed just to show off the strength of Sir Killalot, but again this wasn't shown on television.

## Wins/Losses

* Wins: 0
* Losses: 1
Blue (US)

**Blue** (Chinese: 蓝调) is a Heavyweight robot built by Bots FC from Brooklyn, New York which contested the inaugural King of Bots competition. It is a white, and silver, box-shaped robot armed with very powerful axe driven by two powerful brushless motors. For mobility Blue had four omni-wheels.

Blue is essentially Mega Melvin with a heavier hammer and more armor thanks to the increased weight limit compared to RoboGames, and is a crowd favorite in the western robot combat scene, mainly due to its impressive technical specifications, powerful weapon which rivaled that of RoboGames Superheavyweight Gold Medalist The Judge, and hype that had built up around the machine on Reddit during its construction.

## Robot History

### King of Bots Season 1.0

In the first round, Blue faced flipper EarthShaker. Blue won this fight and advanced to the round of 24.

In the round of 24, Blue faced vertical spinner Thunderstorm. To prepare for the fight, Blue added additional armor to the front of the robot. Thunderstorm, on the other hand, had removed its front wedge. Thunderstorm's builder had originally planned to add extra armor to the top of the robot, but was unable to, possibly due to putting the robot over the weight limit. As the fight began, Blue charged forward while Thunderstorm turned around in place spinning its weapon up. Blue hit Thunderstorm with its hammer and pushed Thunderstorm into the corner, and a belt of some kind appeared to fall out of Thunderstorm. Both Blue and the arena hammer began to pound on Thunderstorm, with Blue getting its hammer wedged in the crack between the weapon and the body of Thunderstorm. Thunderstorm and Blue backed out of the corner, with Thunderstorm turning to go face to face with Blue. Thunderstorm got its weapon spun up again but appeared to be having drive issues, as Blue began to circle it, waiting for Thunderstorm to make a move. Blue then went head on with Thunderstorm, pushing it back into the same corner, where the arena hammer dropped directly onto Thunderstorm's weapon, disabling it. Blue began to hammer Thunderstorm repeatedly, and Thunderstorm seemed to have stopped working entirely, only occasionally twitching. This wasn't enough to avoid being counted out, giving Blue the victory by knockout.

In the round of 16, Blue faced vertical spinner Grill Judge. Blue lost this fight and was eliminated from the tournament. In the TV edit, this was shown as a knockout, but in actuality the fight had gone to the judges as Blue had not been counted out before the match ended.

### Results

* Wins: 11
* Losses: 3
Chip

**Chip** was a Welsh Tug of War and Sumo entrant from Techno Games 2002 and was a competitor from the Seventh Wars of Robot Wars. Chip also fought in the New Blood Championship during the second series of Robot Wars Extreme, reaching the second round before becoming immobilised by Thor.

## Robot History

### Extreme 2

After failing to qualify for 4 consecutive main competitions, Team Xenomania finally featured on the televised show as Chip was entered into the New Blood Championship of the second series of Extreme. In the first round of its heat, Chip was placed up against the Series 6 entrants Edge Hog and the 2 mph walkerbot RT81. In the battle, Chip hit Edge Hog with its disc in the early stages of the fight, while RT81 was out of the picture. The damage caused by Chip was enough to immobilise one half of Edge Hog's drive system, so Chip activated the pit release button. However, despite having immobilised Chip, RT81 was pushed into the action by Mr. Psycho, where Chip and Edge Hog attacked it, causing the walkerbot to catch fire and break down. It was ruled that Chip and Edge Hog would go through to the second round.

Chip had technical problems with its disc, so it had to be removed for the second round and replaced with a static spike, making it look similar to the original Tornado. It was drawn against Thor, and a single hammer blow from the future New Blood Grand Finalist stopped Chip dead, before it was fried on the flame pit and eliminated from the New Blood Championship.

### Techno Games 2002

It beat Mighty Mouse quite easily in the first round of the Sumo, but drove off the ring against Storm Chaser after Chip nearly winning. It then beat Hell Bound to win the third place spot in the Sumo and the Bronze medal.

It lost to British Bulldog in round 1 of the Tug of War.

### Series 7

After four series of failing to qualify for the main competition, Team Xenomania finally reached the Robot Wars main competition. Chip participated in Heat N and was placed up against the number 6 seeds Spawn Again, Revenge of Trouble & Strife and the Dutch entrant NEATer Machine in the first round of the heat. In the battle, Chip spent its few seconds in the Seventh Wars retreating away from Spawn Again, towards the arena side wall. It tapped NEATer Machine with its disc, but did not appear to damage the Dutch robot. As Chip moved into the arena centre, Spawn Again closed in and tossed it high into the air and straight out of the arena, eliminating it from the competition.

## Wins/Losses

* Wins: 3
* Losses: 4
Chomp (Team LungFish)

**Chomp** was a heavyweight robot built by Team LungFish which competed in Season 3.0 of BattleBots. It was a shark-like robot with four omni-directional wheels and armed with a front crushing jaw and a rear pickaxe. It didn't perform well in competition, losing its only match against I-Beam.

Team LungFish also built middleweight entrant Mongus for Seasons 4.0 and 5.0, as well as lightweight Spwack for Season 5.0. They also applied for ABC Season 2 with a robot called Double Dutch, but were rejected.

## Robot History

Chomp's first and only match in Season 3.0 was against I-Beam. I-Beam constantly hits Chomp on the head as Chomp tried to eat it. Eventually Chomp got stuck on an arena wall and I-Beam won by KO at 1:45 and Chomp was eliminated from the tournament.

## Wins/Losses

* Wins: 0
* Losses: 1
Bot Named Sue

Bot Named Sue was a middleweight robot which competed into the NPC Charity Open in 2004. It was a silver wedge-shaped robot armed with a circular saw on an arm similar to S.O.B. It didn't perform well in competition, losing both of its matches.

The team who built Bot Named Sue had converted Summoner into Bot Named Sue, which was more successful.

It was most likely named after the Johnny Cash song, A Boy Named Sue.
Blue Steel (US)

*For the Canadian antweight, see Blue Steel (Canada)*

**Blue Steel** was a middleweight robot which competed in the final season of BattleBots. It was a sliver wedge-shaped robot armed with a vertically-spinning blade. It didn't perform well in competition, losing its first match against Fusion.

It was built by Team Lunch Money, which also built the superheavyweight Little Pink Butterfly of Doom.

The builders are Greg Gibson and Eric Sheeks. Greg Gibson later went on to build other robots, such as Stewie which performed well at RoboGames. The team also competed in Season 2 of ABC's BattleBots reboot with the more successful Yeti.

## Robot History

Blue Steel's only match was against Fusion. Fusion won by KO and advanced to the next preliminary round, while Blue Steel was eliminated from the tournament.

## Results

BattleBots Season 5.0
Division
of 512

## Wins/Losses

* Wins: 0
* Losses: 1
Circuit Breaker

**Circuit Breaker** was a heavyweight robot built by Team Circuit Breaker which competed in the final four seasons of the original run of BattleBots. It was a robot with a sloped circular body made from a titanium-composite air turbine (which made its armor much stronger than most other robots) and armed with a spinning mace for Season 2.0, a full-body spinning shell for Season 3.0, and an overhead spinning bar for the final two seasons of competition. It didn't do well in battle, only winning one fight, but it made a television appearance in the Season 2.0 consolation rumble.
Blue Streak

**Blue Streak** was a middleweight robot which competed in Season 2.0 of BattleBots. It was a blue box-shaped robot which was armed with actuated lifting spikes. It didn't perform well in competition, losing its first battle to Spaz. However, it made a television appearance in the middleweight royal rumble.

## Robot History

Blue Streak passed through the first round by a bye and advanced to the next round against Spaz. In the beginning, Blue Streak was being hit by Spaz's spike and was being pushed onto the killsaws, but Blue Streak escaped and drove itself onto another set of killsaws. Spaz kept on hitting Blue Streak with its spike and pushing it until it lost a drive chain. Both robots slammed into each other one more time before the time ran out. Spaz won on a 33-12 judges decision and Blue Streak was eliminated.

Blue Streak wasn't done, however, as it entered in the middleweight royal rumble in the end of the tournament. In the beginning, Blue Streak was rammed by Blade Runner and started spinning around in circles. Blue Streak then got hit by by Deadblow and Instigator. Blue Streak was then pushed against the spike strip and it stayed there for the rest of the rumble.

## Wins/Losses

* Wins: 0
* Losses: 2
Crock

**Crock** was a heavyweight robot that competed at the Long Beach 1999 BattleBots event. It was a robot built to look like a crocodile (hence the name) armed with a lifting jaw. It did not perform well in its only season, losing both of its battles and being retired afterwards.

## Robot History

Crock received a bye in the first round and was up against Monster, however Monster won by knockout and it was now against Kill-O-Amp 2 who won, eliminating Crock.

## Results

 Round of 16
 Loser's Bracket Quarter-final

## Wins/Losses

* Wins: 0
* Losses: 2
Capital Krabs

## Overview

Capital Krabs is a 2WD plastic antweight drum made by Team United Nations. It did not live up to the Team UN reputation and went 0-2 at its first competition.

## Fight history

### A December To Dismember

#### Capital Krabs vs Ruin

The fight started with both bots spinning up and Capital Krabs throwing Ruin around the arena before losing its weapon. Capital Krabs then pushed Ruin around the arena with its rear wedge until it randomly died and was counted out, giving the win to Ruin.

#### Capital Krabs vs Spin Dr.

The fight started with both bots spinning up and Capital Krabs landing two shots before losing its weapon again. Capital Krabs then resorted to deflecting Spin Dr. around the arena with its rear wedge. Spin Dr. kept wailing oin Capital Krabs and ended up completely killing it. Capital Krabs was counted out and the win went to Spin Dr..

## Fight record

 Spin Dr. | Loss

Overall record: 0-2
Bolt (Battlebots)

## Overview

Bolt was a heavyweight robot from Australia which applied for the fifth season of the *BattleBots* reboot on Discovery. It was to have been built by Ben of Team Panic who was part of the Gemini team in Season 4, and was to be a scaled up version of Team Panic's featherweight, Very Very Obvious. The design was a two-wheel driven, black robot with a giant angled bar, shaped like two lightning bolts with a more complex lightning pattern on top of the bar, two electric warning sides on the front, and High Voltage near the top. Unfortunately, confirmed by Ben on his channel, it was confirmed that it was rejected due to "the silhouette being too boring" as well as travel and funds, so it was rejected.
Bite Me

**Bite Me** was a featherweight competitor at the 1996 US Robot Wars competition. It was a two-wheeled invertible circular robot with a plough-shaped wedge and two articulated arms, designed to grab and hold an opponent to win by pin. These jaws turned out to be remarkably fragile and had to be rebuilt after each fight.

## Robot History

### US Robot Wars 1996

Bite Me's first fight was against the wedge-with-lifter robot Arsenic. Bite Me spent most of the match holding on to Arsenic and pushing it around the arena. Eventually it was able to win by pinning Arsenic in the corner to win by pinning. During this fight Bite Me's jaws were badly damaged, but were repaired for the next fight.

Bite Me's second fight was against Black Sheep. Bite Me was easily able to get behind Black Sheep and push it into a corner of the arena to win by pin. In the process, Bite Me's jaws were damaged again.

Bite Me's third fight was against Spike. For this fight the wrecked jaws were removed and replaced with static ones, as the mechanism for opening and closing the jaws was damaged beyond repair. During this fight Spike was able to get its lifting fork underneath Bite Me and jammed the spikes on the fork into the open spokes on Bite Me's wheels. Bite Me stripped out the gearboxes in its drive motors trying to get free and was immobilized as a result.

## Results

1996
Division
 2
 Quarter-Final
 Featherweight
Melee 2
Yo Mama!
 Featherweight
Melee 5
Edgar the Hate Bug
Gigan
Mad Dog
Nezumi
P.A.T.
Ziggy
determined to be
immobile at the end
of this melee round.

## Wins/Losses

* Wins: 2
* Losses: 2
Crudity Model

## Overview

Crudity Model is a 2WD wedge with a slam cam on top made by Team Panic for the featherweight class.

## Fight history

### RoboWars Nationals 2016

#### Crudity Model vs Mr Mangle

The fight started with Mr Mangle spinning up and Crudity Model charging at it. Mr Mangle then popped Crudity Model in the air before throwing it across the arena. Crudity Model the got a lucky reflect that flipped Mr Mangle onto its side. Mr Mangle couldn't self right and was counted out, giving the win to Crudity Model.

#### Crudity Model vs Shiny

The fight started with Shiny spinning up and Crudity Model getting in its face. The fight was like that until Shiny got around to the side of Crudity Model and flipped it against the wall. Crudity Model couldn't self right nd was counted out, giving the win to Shiny.

#### Crudity Model vs Prowler

The fight started with Prowler getting a grip on Crudity Model and attempting to bring down the saw, but Crudity Model got away. The entire fight was like that. The fight went to a judges decision where Prowler won.

#### Crudity Model vs Mr Mangle vs Prowler

The fight started with Mr mangle spinning up and Prowler going after Crudity Model before Mr Mangle popped it up and threw it into the wall. Mr Mangle then landed powerful shots on Crudity Model that tore out its baseplate and battery and flipped it. Mr Mangle won by KO.

## Fight record

 Shiny | Loss
 Prowler | Loss
 Mr Mangle, Prowler

Overall record: 1-3
Black Wedge

**Black Wedge** was an Antweight robot from Denmark that competed in the 2007, and 2008 RoboGames. As its name implied, it was an invertible, black trapezoidal wedge, with no active weapons. Black Wedge did well in RoboGames, never failing to win at least two fights per event, and taking home the Bronze Medal on its final appearance.

## Results

### Wins/Losses

* Wins: 13
* Losses: 6