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Cataclysm

* 2023
* 2018

**Cataclysm** is a Heavyweight robot jointly designed by **Team Food Fight** from Seattle, Washington, and **Team Bad Kitty** of Walnut, California that competed in RoboGames 2018 and 2023.

It is an invertible, box-shaped, four-wheeled, blue, pink, and white colored robot armed with a vertical flywheel, and a feeder wedge.

## Outside RoboGames

The early version of Cataclysm had been built to compete in China's King of Bots spin-off, *This Is Fighting Robots* and King of Bots season 2 under its original name of **Cat King**. It was eliminated before the tournament in TiFR and achieved joint second place in KOB 2. Cataclysm was entered to compete in Season 3 and 4 of the *Battlebots* reboot under the name **WAR Hawk** with varying levels of success. Furthermore, a second Cataclysm had been built to compete in China's King of Bots spin-off, *This Is Fighting Robots.*

MadCatter, from *Battlebots* World Championship VII, competed as the second version of Cataclysm in Robogames 2023. It reached Top 16 before losing to the runner-up in the show.

## Robot History

### RoboGames 2023

In its first fight, it faced a penguin-themed vertical spinner called The Emperor, winning by knockout after tearing a wheel off its opponent. Cataclysm proceeded to earn another win against Ziggy Jr., avenging a previous defeat to Lucky at RoboGames 2018, before reaching the overall final following further victories against Raging Scotsman and White Rabbit. This enabled it to face Manta, though it would sustain severe damage in the first match-up which prompted Martin Mason to forfeit the second. As a result, Cataclysm emerged as the runner-up of the 2023 heavyweight championship.

## Combat Record

* **Wins**: 7
* **Losses**: 4

## External Links

* Cat King (King of Bots)
* WAR Hawk (BattleBots)
* MadCatter (BattleBots)

## Trivia

* Cataclysm is the first King of Bots competitor to make a debut at RoboGames as the first episode, which featured Cataclysm aired before RoboGames 2018 begun.
Deep 6

**Deep 6** is a Lightweight robot from the United States that competed at RoboGames 2018. It is a box shaped robot armed with a massive 24 pound asymmetrical spinning disc, reminiscent of Backlash. Due to the energy stored in the disc, it suffered from gyroscopic forces, making it difficult to turn. It did OK, going 1-2. A heavyweight version of Deep 6 competed at *Battlebots 2019.* Deep 6 was a crowd favourite because of how unpredictable the spinner proved to be. It frequently launched itself across the arena.

## Robot History

### RoboGames 2018

Deep 6 took on Troublemaker in its first fight of the tournament. Troublemakers overhead bar looked like it wasn't working properly, and as it turned out it wasn't. Deep 6 broke on the first hit, which resulted in some gyrowalking but it eventually stabilized. Despite having no primary weapon, Trouble maker was able to get a nice push on Deep 6. It was forced on it's head and the disc bounced violently off the floor until it self righted. After more gyro walking and circling Troublemaker went on Deep 6 while they were close to one of the walls. This resulted in the front left corner of Troublemakers' top armor to be bent upwards from the collision. Despite the massive hit Troublemaker wasn't fazed by that hit. It rammed Deep 6 a few more times. Unfortunately one of the collisions sent Deep 6 flying and disabled Troublemaker. Deep 6 won by knockout and moved on to the winner's bracket round 2.

In its second-round match up Deep 6 drew Bigly, a vicious drum spinner. On the first collision of the fight, Bigly landed a huge uppercut. Deep 6 then went on the run but ended up sending itself into the wall. They went flying back to the other side of the box with massive force. Bigly gave them no time to rest and delivered another giant uppercut. This time Deep 6 was sent into the ceiling and bounced off the top. Both bots were knocked onto there heads after that hit and struggled to move. Deep 6 opted to spin there weapon down to try to get more control over the movement of the bot. However, this was an error and they were immobilized. Bigly won by knockout. This meant that Deep 6 was demoted to the loser's bracket.

For Deep 6's losers bracket fight, they were up against the undercutter Kasawari. It was clear that the weapon wouldn't spin up all the way for Deep 6. Even despite that they tried to rush Kasawari but were unable to connect. It seemed like Deep 6 might have been waiting to spin up the weapon when they had a hit lined up but they didn't. Kasawari eventually connected on a shot that landed Deep 6 in an awkward position. Since the disc was at such low speed, Deep 6 had no chance of self-righting. Meaning that Kasawari had ended their gold medal dreams.
Dandelion

**Dandelion** was a Hobbyweight robot built by Team Daisy that competed in ROBOLympics 2004, and the 2004 RFL Nationals. It was an invertible, six wheeled, red, yellow, and blue triangular shaped robot armed with a vertical flywheel. Dandelion performed decently in competition, winning the Bronze in 2004, however it failed to perform in following competitions, and was retired after the 2004 RFL Nationals.

## Robot History

### ROBOLympics 2004

   Dandelion's first match was against **Remus**.  This fight started with Dandelion coming out of its corner, and almost immediatly delivering a hit to the side of Remus. It repeated this a few times before Remus attempted to slam Dandelion into the wall, but wound up getting itself stuck. This allowed Dandelion to attack Remus, knocking it free.

After more hits from Dandelion, Remus got under Dandelion, and slammed it into the wall where both robots got stuck, causing the match to be paused to unstick the robots. After the match resumed both robots charged out of their corners, however Remus got stuck under a floor seam, and Dandelion attacked it from the rear.

   After several more attacks by Dandelion, a driving error by Remus caused it to wedge itself under the wall again. Dandelion attacked Remus, freeing it again, but also immobilizing the left half of its drivetrain. Dandelion then delivered a few more small hits before delivering yet another large one, this time sending Remus flying into the wall.

Dandelion then continued delivering small hits to Remus, which kept driving into the wall before Dandelion's weapon broke. Now without an active weapon, Dandelion turned around, and slammed Remus into the wall. Dandelion's disc then started working again, and it attempted to free Remus, however once it had freed its opponent it became clear that Remus had stopped working, and was counted out.

    This put Dandelion into the next round where it faced **Snitch**. It won this match, and advanced to the quarterfinals where it faced **Scratch**. It won this match as well, and advanced to the semifinals where it faced **Solaris**. This match started with both robots colliding weapon to weapon, with Dandelion popping Solaris into the air. Solaris retaliated by delivering a massive hit that sent Dandelion flying, and landing upside down.

Dandelion then attempted to get away, but Solaris followed this up with another hit, sending it flying again. Solaris followed this up with four more hits, each one sending Dandelion flying. Dandelion then went weapon to weapon with Solaris, this resulted in Dandelion's weapon quitting.

Now weaponless Dandelion attempted to shove Solaris, which simply sent it flying instead. However shortly after this, Solaris's weapon stopped working as well, and the rest of the fight became a shoving match dominated by Solaris. Dandelion lost the resulting Judges decision, putting it in the loser's bracket final where it faced **Mr. Shadow**. It lost this match, and was eliminated from the competition, taking home the Bronze Medal.

### Wins/Losses

* **Wins:** 4
* **Losses:** 4

Snitch
Scratch
 2004 RFL Nationals
Scratch
CatKong

* 2023
* 2017

**catKong** was a Middleweight robot built by **Team Bad Kitty** that competed at RoboGames 2017. It was a two-wheeled, black, box-shaped robot with a feline theme, armed with a powerful flywheel. However it was also quite unrelaible, with its weapon breaking down in nearly every fight, and even failing to drive prior to a fight with The Blender causing it to forfeit.
Despite all these issues it still managed to place fourth after losing to NIGHTHAWK in the loser's finals. Due to the one robot rule for RoboGames 2018 catKong was waitlisted due to Team Bad Kitty entering **Cataclysm**into the 220lb division. However it made its return in 2023 where it made it to the Middleweight final. It will also appear at a Proving Grounds fight along with The Mortician to fight DOOM.

## Robot History

### RoboGames 2017

   catKong's first match was against **MANDiii**, This match started off well for catKong, as it quickly put its speed and agility to good use, getting behind MANDiii and ripping chunks off of it.

catKong then delivered a blow to MANDiii, nearly sending it out of the arena. catKong immediately gave chase, delivering another hit that flipped MANDiii. This hit also caused the flywheel of catKong to cease, and catKong shoved MANDiii around the arena until time ran out. Unsurprisingly the judges gave the decision to catKong which advanced to the Round of 24 where it faced **The Blender**.

Unfortunately for catKong it had taken far more damage in its fight against MANDiii than Team Bad Kitty had anticipated and when the team put catKong in the arena to fight Blender, only the weapon would turn on, but the drive was not working. This caused Team Bad Kitty to forfeit the match to UT Dallas Combat Robots.

"*We were getting together from our last fight, and well we were rushed in, we were actually in the grinding area when they called us in and said you're up in a fight. Like uh oh, then we put it in, turned it on, and the weapon worked, the drive did not but the last match the drive worked, but the weapon did not. Thus is the way of the robots* "
— Brandon Antillon perplexed as to why his robot wasn't working during the post-fight interview with Dr. Kiki

This put it into the losers' bracket where it faced the beautifully machined, but highly unstable bar spinner **T-800**. This match started with catKong spinning up to full speed before charging at T-800. However it missed, and promptly slammed into the wall, this mistake allowed T-800 to get up to full speed.

This would not matter as catKong then charged T-800, causing it to pull a Mauler Dance. T-800 went flying as a result of this, and flipped onto its back, losing its spinning bar in the process. Unable to self-right without its spinning bar, T-800 tapped out giving catKong the win by KO.

"*And the first hit sends T-800 onto its head, and there goes the spinning bar*"
— Scott Robinson on T-800's self-destruction.
This win meant that catKong moved on to the Round of 16 where it faced **Sliver King**.

## Results

* **Wins:** 10
* **Losses:** 5
Guillotine

**Guillotine** was a Lightweight robot built by **Team Widowmaker** that competed at the 2015 RoboGames, Combots Cup VI, and VII, as well as the ComBots Texas Cup. It was a multi-colored, invertible, two-wheeled robot, armed with an angled titanium spinning disc, and a rear plow that could be swapped out for a wedge if needed. Guillotine did not do well in RoboGames finishing with career record of 6-8, and after RoboGames 2015 it was retired, and replaced with the much more successful **Tastes Like Burning**.

## Combat Record

### Wins/Losses

* **Wins:** 6
* **Losses:** 8

Spinnerbait Jr.
 ComBots Cup VI
Tire Bot
 ComBots Cup VII
 RoboGames 2015
K2

## Outside of RoboGames

Guillotine was originally built for BattleBots Season 2.0 as **Widowmaker** as a vertical bar spinner rather reminiscent of Nightmare, and returned in Season 5.0 with the look that would ultimately evolve into Guillotine.
Mega Melvin

**Mega Melvin** is a Heavyweight robot built by **Bots FC** from Brooklyn, New York which appeared in the 2017 RoboGames. It is a white, and silver, box-shaped robot armed with very powerful axe driven by two powerful brushless motors. For mobility Mega Melvin had four omni-wheels.

Mega Melvin went into RoboGames as a crowd favorite, 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.

Unfortunately Mega Melvin suffered a very bad draw against a new, and improved Polar Vortex in its first fight, and never really recovered, failing to win a single fight. Mega Melvin was initially registered for RoboGames 2018, however it was dropped out by the team in favor of Doomba as Mega Melvin was slated to be in China for King of Bots 1.5 near the time of RoboGames 2018. It is also at Battlebots 2019-2020 with a bot called **Shatter!**

## Robot History

### RoboGames 2017

   In its first match it fought **Polar Vortex**. This match started with Mega Melvin strafing around the arena before delivering an axe blow to Polar Vortex's tire. However after a few more axe blows, Polar Vortex managed to get around to the side of Mega Melvin, and flip it with its spinning flywheel.

This blow completely busted Mega Melvin up, and left its axe mechanism disabled. Mega Melvin was then counted out, and lost by KO.

It went to the losers bracket and lost to an Megalodon, it started off sluggish but managed to get a few hits. However after a slam, Mega Melvin became immobile, it tried to activate itself by smashing its hammer up and down but it was counted out and lost.

## Results

### Wins/Losses

* Wins: 0
* Losses: 2

## Outside RoboGames

Mega Melvin attempted to enter Robot Wars Series 9 and later Series 10 but failed to qualify.

Shortly after construction, an earlier version of Mega Melvin fought at the Orlando Maker Faire 2016, competing in the HW Sportsman Class. There, it fought several battles against opponents such as Old Iron, and Colson Doctor, Toxic BARista, with the event serving as a test session for the robot's drive systems and axe.

In 2017 Mega Melvin (renamed as Blue) competed in the Chinese televised Robot Combat competition King of Bots., where it finally bucked the dreaded beta Curse, going 2-1 and reaching the Round of 16 where it ultimately lost to **Two BBQ**.

## Honours

1. ↑ As RoboGames 2018 had no axe robots registered Mega Melvin still holds the title.
New Attitude

**New Attitude** was a Lightweight built by **Tom Petruccelli** that competed in ROBOLympics 2004, and RoboGames 2005, as well as the 2004-2005 RFL Nationals. It was a invertible two-wheeled Red, Silver, White, and Blue weaponless wedge robot. New Attitude did very well winning the Silver at ROBOLympics 2004, and placing third at the 2005 RFL Nationals.

New Attitude was retired after the 2005 RFL Nationals, and sadly Tom Petruccelli would die of a heart attack just five years later, he was 76 years old.

## Combat Record

### Wins/Losses

* **Wins:** 17
* **Losses:** 8

The Big Bologna
Chimera 2.0
1st Abe Lincoln on the Moon
Hadoouuu Ken
Wipe Out #2
 2004 RFL Nationals
Wiped Out
Hexy Jr.
VD4.0
 RoboGames 2005
Wipe Out
The Big B
Come to Mama
Hexy Jr.
 2005 RFL Nationals
Hexy Jr.
Wipe Out

## Outside of RoboGames

New Attitude competed at BattleBots as **The Crusher** where it reached the quarterfinals in Season 2.0. After BattleBots was over New Attitude, still called The Crusher at this point competed at Steel Conflict 3, where it placed third.
Dark Pounder

**Dark Pounder** was a Antweight built by **Team Dark Forces** that competed in RoboGames 2007. It was a sleek, low, Black, rounded wedge robot, armed with a single toothed vertical flywheel, Dark Pounder did very well in the competition, winning the Gold Medal in its only appearance, after losing into the first round against **Black Wedge**, and working its way through the losers bracket.

Dark Pounder is still competing to this day, although it is vastly different from the Dark Pounder that entered RoboGames.

## Combat Record

### Wins/Losses

* **Wins:** 10
* **Losses:** 1

Fidget
The Ladys Bot
Dark Siren
Pooky
Baby Blaster
MC Pee Pants
Revert
Dark Blade (x2)

## Trivia

* Dark Pounder is one of 19 Gold Medalists to not return to defend their championship the year afterwards, the others being: **Helios**, **Ziggy**, **Super Megabyte**, **Nasty Attitude**, **Smashbox**, **Ntertainment**, **Wallop**, **Ugly Duckling**, **Surgical Strike**, **Dark Pummeler**, **Pyromancer**, **Nano Nightmare**, **Happy Ending**, **One Fierce Roundhouse**, **Orion**, **Tiny Terror**, **Raptor 2.2**, and **UnMakerBot**.
KingGo

**KingGo** was a robot from South Korea that competed at ROBOlympics 2004's MiraSot 5.5 event.  It is unknown how many robots the team had on it and no photos are known to exist. KingGo did poorly in competition, losing both of its games. Despite this it won the Bronze Medal by default as it was one of only 3 robots to compete.

## Robot History

### ROBOlympics 2004

KingGo lost both of its games to **RobyGo**, and the **Dortmund Droids** and won the Bronze by default.

## Wins/Losses

 Dortmund Droids | Consolation Final

* **Wins:** 0
* **Losses:**2
Double Rainbow Party

**Double Rainbow Party** was a Heavyweight robot that competed at RoboGames 2011 & Combots Cup V. It was a red shell spinner with 8 teeth. Double Rainbow Party didnt preform well. Losing all four of its fights

## Combots Cup V

Double Rainbow Party's first fight was against The Great Pumpkin. Great Pumpkin came out fast as Double Rainbow Party was getting up to speed. The Great Pumpkin stopped Double Rainbow Party from spinning. Double Rainbow Party appeared to have issues as it was spinning but not driving well. The Great Pumpkin continued to push Double Rainbow Party around until Double Rainbow Party's driver tapped out. The Great Pumpkin won by Tap Out, and Double Rainbow Party was shoved down into the losers bracket where it faced Ragin Scotsman.

Ragin' Scotsman was instantly on Double Rainbow Party shoving it into walls preventing Double Rainbow Party from spinning up. Within the first minute, Double Rainbow Party starting smoking up. Eventually something sparked from under Double Rainbow Party which hindered it even worse. Ragin' Scotsman continued pushing and ramming Double Rainbow Party until time ran out. The judges gave the obvious win to Ragin' Scotsman. This eliminated Double Rainbow Party from Combots V

## RoboGames 2011

Double Rainbow Party's first fight of RoboGames 2011 was against Touro Maximus. This fight was rather uneventful, after a big initial contact that sent both bots flying into separate sections of the arena. Both bots were plagued with issues as Touro's drum wasnt functioning and Double Rainbow Party wasnt driving well. Although Double Rainbow Party inflicted several hits to Touro Maximus, Touro Maximus was the more aggressive and controlled and won the Judges Decision. This knocked Double Rainbow Party down into the loser's bracket where it faced Gruff.

Gruff came out with its rear wedge first and was able to push around Double Rainbow Party who was unable to mount an attack. Eventually Double Rainbow Party got stuck up against the wall which resulted in a time out. Once Double Rainbow Party was freed, it appeared to not be working, and Double Rainbow Party tapped out. Giving Gruff the win and eliminating Double Rainbow Party from RoboGames 2011

## Wins/Losses

* Wins: 0
* Losses: 4

 RoboGames 2011
Gruff
S-236 Fuchs

**S-236 Fuchs** was a 1lb Combat robot which competed in RoboGames 2023. It was a 4 wheel drive and mainly made out of 3d printed plastic and resin with its weapon mount being made out of metal. For weaponry S-236 Fuchs was equipped with a powerful vertical spinner, if flipped S-236 Fuchs could self-right due to a clamshell design srimech located on the back of the robot.

Despite all these impressive stats S-236 Fuchs lost all of its matches in the form of quick, destructive knockouts, presumably due to bad draws.

## Robot History

   S-236 Fuchs first match was against the namesake of the Thagomizer style design and started with Thagomizer spinning up and swinging its tail spinner into the side of S-236 Fuchs. This flipped the Japanese machine over forcing S-236 Fuchs to use its srimech, however it was clear that hit had done serious damage to its drive as it was now barely able to move with a good chunk of the rear of the robot ripped off.
 S-231 Fuchs vs SideKick (Grudge Match)

### RoboGames Record

SideKickSideKick (Grudge Match)

* **Wins:** 0
* **Losses:** 3

## Trivia

* S-236 Fuchs along with NeeBoMan were the first two combat class robots from Japan to compete at RoboGames
	+ Furthermore they were the first two non heavyweight robots from the country with the other two being **Iron Eagle** which competed in the Comedy Central run of *BattleBots* and **Ninja General** which competed on the Chinese show *King of Bots*.
	+ In addition to this the two entries meant that RoboGames 2023 1lb competition had the most Japanese entries into a Robot Combat event up to that point.
Washburn RS

The Washburn **RS** was a short lived model introduced in 1987. The RS-10 was discontinued in 1989, and the RS-8 in 1990.

There is a lot of misinformation floating around about this model, including claims that it was made in the USA with production supposedly limited to 1,100 units. These claims are easily debunked by looking at the selling price when new; it cost around the same as similarly equipped Samicks at that time, whereas similarly equipped American-made guitars were significantly more expensive. It was also advertised as "remarkably affordable" by Washburn. Furthermore, Washburn's US custom shop did not exist until 1992. Washburns built in Japan by Kasuga used a serial number with a "K" prefix, whereas the RS used Samick's format. Interestingly, the serial numbers were etched into the control cavity cover.

This model spawned a Samick-branded version known as the PRFB-402.

## RS-8V

* **1988:** $549.90 MSRP
* **1989:** $649.90 MSRP

**Body:**

* Solid Mahogany body with arched top
* Spoon Cut
* Belly carve
* Polyester finish

**Neck:**

* Set-in Mahogany neck with stacked joint
* CarboniteTM Ebonol fretboard
	+ Acrylic Chevron inlays
* Washburn headstock
* Silk-screened Washburn logo
* 24 frets
* 25.5" scale

**Electronics:**

* Two EMG Select humbuckers
* 3-way mini-switch
* 1 Vol, 1 Tone

**Hardware:**

* Black hardware
* Gotoh tuning machines
* Triangular truss rod cover
	+ "RS-8V" hot stamp
* Black Bell knobs
* "600T" Licensed Floyd Rose locking tremolo
	+ Locking saddles
* Zero fret locking nut

**Finishes:**

* Pearl White (PW)
* Metallic Blue (MBL)
* Black (BK)
* Pink (P)

## RS-10V

* **1988:** $599.90 MSRP
* £350 Street

**Body:**

* Solid Mahogany body
* 2-piece bookmatched flamed Maple arched top
* Spoon Cut
* Belly carve
* Polyester finish

**Neck:**

* Set-in Mahogany neck with stacked joint
* CarboniteTM Ebonol fretboard
	+ Abalone dot inlays
* Washburn headstock
* Silk-screened Washburn logo
* 24 frets
* 25.5" scale

**Electronics:**

* Two EMG Select humbuckers
* 3-way mini-switch
* 1 Vol, 1 Tone

**Hardware:**

* Chrome hardware
* Gotoh tuning machines
* Triangular truss rod cover
	+ "RS-10V" hot stamp
* Black Bell knobs
* "600T" Licensed Floyd Rose locking tremolo
	+ Locking saddles
* Zero fret locking nut

**Finishes:**

* Natural (N)
* Translucent Red (TR)
* Translucent Blue (TBL)
* Cherry Sunburst (CS)
2EZ

**2EZ** was a Lightweight owned by **Team Moon** that competed in RoboGames 2008. It was a four wheeled, Magenta robot armed with an angled horizontal bar spinner. 2EZ did not do well in competiton, losing its only match to **K2**, and forfeiting its other match. 2EZ never made another RoboGames or ComBots appearance after this dismal performance, and was retired.

## Robot History

### RoboGames 2008

K2's only match was against Team Velocity's fearsome vertical spinner **K2**. This fight started with both bots spinning up to speed, once they collided 2EZ's blade got ripped off by K2. 2EZ then got under K2 a few times before K2 popped it in the air, K2 repeated this attack a few times before delivering a hit that flipped 2EZ, and it tapped out. Due to the damage sustained in the fight with K2, 2EZ was forced to forfeit its second round match, but to whom it forfeited is unknown, 2EZ never made another RoboGames appearance after this, and was promptly retired, its poor showing likely being a key factor in this.

## Combat Record

### Wins/Losses

* **Wins:** 0
* **Losses:** 1

???? (forfeit)

## Outside of RoboGames

2EZ was originally built in 2002 for the first Lazy Toad Robot Combat Club & Grille event where it lost both of its battles. 2EZ then competed in the first Battle Beach event where it became the Lightweight champion. 2EZ then competed in the Steel Conflict hosted Triangle Series Nationals as **Snot Rocket** going 1-2 before competing in the SWARC hosted Robot Rebellion 5.1 where it became the eventual runner-up.
Pig Newton

**Pig Newton** was a BEAM Speeder from California that competed at ROBOlympics 2004. It was based off of circutry by Wilf Ritger of Solarbotics. Pig Newton did very well in competition, winning the Gold Medal in its only appearance.

Despite this success Pig Newton did not return for any following competitions, as despite registering for RoboGames 2005-2007 it did not show up. The robots name was likely a pun on the snack "Fig Newton".
Devastator

Devastator was a featherweight robot built by **Team Hellfire Labs** that competed in RoboGames 2007. It was a two-wheeled box-wedge robot armed with a powerful Pneumatic flipper, capable of throwing robots several feet into the air. Devastator performed decently in the competition, winning one fight before it got completely destroyed by Killabyte. Team Hellfire Labs also built **Huntsman**, **Fury Jr.**, and **Vendetta Jr.**

## RoboGames History

### RoboGames 2007

**Devastator**'s first fight was against **Double Barrel**.

The first 40 seconds of this fight consisted of both bots maneuvering around the arena, with Devastator trying to position itself for a flip. Eventually, Devastator managed to get that flipping arm underneath Double Barrel and get in a flip. Double Barrel rotated through the air numerous times before landing on the floor. Devastator flipped itself in that exchange, so it self-righted. Double Barrel decided to run away from Devastator after that, not wanting to be flipped again. However, Double Barrel made a slight hesitation, and Devastator took advantage and flipped it out of the arena. Devastator won by knockout.

Devastator moved on to face **Killabyte**.

The fight started, and Killabyte was able to spin up to full speed before Devastator could get to it. Killabyte then struck Devastator a few times, spinning Devastator around. Killabyte managed to get some distance from Devastator and deliver a massive hit, knocking Devastator out cold. The entire left side of Devastator was all crooked and bent out of place, and Devastator tapped out.

This eliminated Devastator from the tournament.

## Combat Record

**Wins:** 1

**Losses:** 1
Dagger

Dagger was a 220 lb combat robot that competed in Robogames 2016. It was built by the founder of the wiki, his dad and little brother. It had an axe that was very powerful. Although it did not perform well in competition loosing to OverEasy and Swamp Thing but won against Vlad by forfeit.

## Robogames 2016

Dagger was planned to fight Over Easy at first, but then it was suppose to fight Swamp Thing, But then it changed again it said it had to go against Vlad The Impaler II. When Dagger was ready to fight and went to the arena, the girl who was telling people when they went told Team Dagger that Vlad forfeited.

### Wins/Losses

* Wins: 1

* Losses: 2

Swamp Thing
Disko Inferno

**Disko Inferno** was a middleweight robot that competed in RoboGames 2005. It was a four-wheeled robot armed with a horizontal spinning disc and a rear lifting wedge, bearing a great resemblance to Hypno-Disc. It performed decently, racking up an equal amount of wins and losses.

The robot was built by Jason Bardis of Dr. Inferno Jr. and Towering Inferno fame, who would go on to build an evolved version of this robot in the reboot season of BattleBots, known as **The Disk O' Inferno.**

## Combat Record

#### Wins/Losses

* Wins: 2

* Losses: 2

Botfly
Doom on you!
Hurricane

**Hurricane** was an Antweight competitor that was built by **Team Misfit** that competed in ROBOLympics 2004. It was a Black, two-wheeled invertible robot armed with a horizontal flywheel that the team claimed could get up to 20,000 RPM. However as no pictures of Hurricane with the disc are known to exist, it is assumed that it showed up to the event weaponless. This cost Hurricane, and it only performed decently as a result, going 2-2 in its only event.

## Combat Record

### Wins/Losses

* Wins: 2
* Losses: 2

Ripple
Jimmy Crack Corn
Crashfest

**Crashfest** is a Beetleweight robot built by Roboert Rund which is currently waitlisted for RoboGames 2023. It is a yellow and red robot armed with a lifter powered by a 35kg electric servo. For movement Crashfest has two custom wheels, driven by a BotKits 2WD system.

Armored heavily in thick TPU with two AR500 forks up front, Crashfest is noted for being a very strong robot, rarely losing by KO, even withstanding more than one blow from a Featherweight spinner with a walker bonus at another event. However it has had issues with losing its lifter, and wheels in the past.

## Outside RoboGames

Crashfest is most noted for its championship run at Norwalk Havoc Robot League's May 14'th 2022 event, as well as the aforementioned run in with featherweight spinner **Depth Charge** at the July 16'th event.
Frankinbot

"*Frankinbot was built out of scrap metal, and donated parts. They wanted to see if they could make a competitive robot for as inexpensive a price as possible.*"
— Scott Robinson
 **Frankinbot** is a Heavyweight robot built by the Reno Robot Club that competed at RoboGames 2017. It is a two-wheeled, invertible, gray, box-shaped robot armed with two counter rotating horizontal spinning bars. Frankinbot was built on the cheap entirely out of scrap, and did not do too well in competition, losing both of its fights.

## Robot History

### RoboGames 2017

   Frankinbot's first ever match was against a new, and improved **Whiplash**. This match started with both robots spinning up to speed, Whiplash then popped Frankinbot into the air with its flywheel, getting under it before lifting it. Frankinbot then got away but Whiplash gave chase, and lifted it again, this time against the wall where Frankinbot was counted out, and immobilized.

This put it in the loser's bracket where it recieved a bye before facing **Sabre-X**, this match started with both robots spinning up to speed. Sabre-X then started chewing up the sides of Frankinbot, but Frankinbot turned, and clipped a wheel of Sabre-X taking said wheel out of comission. This caused some slight problems with Sabre X's mobility, but not enough as Sabre-X promptly resumed ripping up the sides of Frankinbot.

"*Frankinbot got a surprising hit there, looks like Sabre-X has a little bit of immobility.*"
— Mark Elam

   Sabre-X then slammed Frankinbot into the wall, dislodging one of its weapon chains, now with only one weapon operational Frankinbot was defenseless as Sabre-X started chewing up its rear armor. Sabre-X then slammed the front of Frankinbot with its flywheel, dislodging the remaining weapon chain. This left Frankinbot completely weaponless as Sabre-X proceeded to rip into it some more.

Sabre-X then backed away, however its weapon motor started smoking soon after this, now with both bots weaponless the fight devolved into a pushing match. Sabre-X then proceeded to slam Frankinbot around the arena for an entire minute before getting under it, and ramming it into the wall. This nearly flipped Frankinbot, Sabre-X then shoved Frankinbot around some more as the final seconds of the match ticked down. The judges ultimately decided the match in favor of Sabre-X, meaning that Frankinbot was eliminated from the competition.

### RoboGames 2018

Frankinbot was waitlisted for RoboGames 2018, and it remains to be seen if the robot will get a spot in the competition.

### Wins/Losses

 bye
 Sabre-X | Round of 24

* **Wins:** 0
* **Losses:** 2
* **Byes:** 1
Botfly

**Botfly** was a Middleweight robot built by Team Maggot that competed at RoboGames 2005, and 2007, as well as ROBOLympics 2004. It was a four wheeled, red, and gray, invertible robot armed with a Pneumatic flipping arm. Botfly did very well in competition, never failing to make the quarterfinals in each event it competed in.

The team that built Botfly also built BattleBots competitor **Maggot** however it was much less successful than Botfly.

## Robot History

### ROBOLympics 2004

Botfly's first match was against **Who's Your Daddy**. It won this match, and advanced to the next round where it faced **Whirlwind**. It lost this match, and was now in the loser's bracket where it faced **Tuka The Cat**. It won this fight, likely by KO, and advanced to the next round where it fought **Krushinator**. It won this fight as well, and faced **Stewie**. It won this match, putting it in the quarterfinals where it faced **Bad Attitude**. It won this, and was now in the second quarterfinal against **Another Boring Wedge**. It lost this match, and was eliminated from the tournament.

### Wins/Losses

* **Wins:** 12
* **Losses:** 6

Tuka The Cat
Krushinator
Stewie
Bad Attitude
 RoboGames 2005
Whiz!
 RoboGames 2007
Maxo
Warranty Void if Broken
DracUCLA
SubZero
Quicksand

**Quicksand** was a beetleweight robot that first competed in Robogames 2016. It was built from a Trilobite kit, and was armed with an aluminum wedge. The robot had an Egyptian motif, designed to look like a Nile crocodile with a desert vista on top. Custom features included a segmented swishing tail made from pieces of aluminum connected with cable ties, wheel guards cut into three pieces instead of one, and side bumpers made from a bicycle tire. The desert vista was made from Crayola Model Magic with a combination of figurines and handmade decorations - palm trees being the only constant in the various versions. The "quicksand pit" was incorporated to provide access to the power switch. This decoration was removed for fights against robots with flipping capabilities, to allow invertibility. A gold scale was painted on the snout for every win the robot achieved.

## Robot History

### RoboGames 2016

Quicksand's Robogames debut fight was against PHS9. Quicksand got underneath early, and slammed PHS9 into the wall a few times, briefly getting the robot caught on its "Danger" sign before inverting it. It then carried its opponent over to the wall with a hard hit, that left PHS9 stuck on its back, immobilized. Next, Quicksand faced Red Dragon. The match was a fairly even in the first minute, however, Red Dragon managed to get underneath Quicksand and drop both its wedge and tail underneath the body, meaning it was high-centered when it tried to go in either direction. From then on, Quicksand struggled to get underneath, and Red Dragon dominated the match. Quicksand got itself stuck in the gap between the floor & wall in the final seconds, and the judges' decision went against it.

Quicksand also participated in two exhibition matches. The first was a grudge match against Mondo Bizarro. Quicksand started off tentatively pushing it around, having the lower clearance working in its favor. However, a hit from Mondo's drum caused its wedge to lock in the "up" position. Mondo struck the exposed wedge-hinge and flung Quicksand out of the arena. The two robots then teamed up for a tag team battle against Medow and Robot Fighter. Quicksand's speed controller was improperly calibrated, and the robot could only move intermittently. However, one of the D2 kits drove out of the arena, and Mondo pushed out the other, making Quicksand technically the co-winner. Mondo kicked it around before pushing it out of the arena and taking a bite out of its desert decoration, which had fallen off. One of the D2 kits managed to boost the other back into the arena, and push out Mondo.

## Combat Record

### Wins/Losses

* **Wins:** 4
* **Losses:** 4

Medow and Robot Fighter *(with Mondo Bizarro)*
 RoboGames 2017
Mini Maloney
Cavaco
Riddle Box

Riddle Box was a robot built by Team Shogun to compete in the 2010 RoboGames event. Riddle Box was a Superheavyweight 4 wheel drive invertable push bot with no active weapons. Despite losing both of its fights Riddle Box wound up taking home Silver in its only event due to it being one of only two bots entered into the SuperHeavyweight division. Following the 2010 event Riddle Box was retired as RoboGames discontinued its SuperHeavyweight division, and as it was the last event running that weight class. This left Riddle Box with nowhere to compete.

## Combat Record

Wins: 0

Losses: 2

## Trivia

* Riddle Box is one of only two robots to win a Silver Medal without winning a single fight in an event it placed second in, the other being Sewer Snake.
* Furthermore Riddle Box is the only bot to have done so that never won a single fight during its career.
Pyromancer

**Pyromancer** was a Featherweight built by **Killerbotics** that competed in the ComBots Texas Cup, and RoboGames 2009. It was a Red, four-wheeled, invertible robot with twin wedges at the front, a plow at the rear, and it was armed with a flamethrower. Pyromancer did very well in both of its events, going undefeated during its time at RoboGames/ComBots

## Robot History

### ComBots Texas Cup

There was only one other Featherweight entry for the ComBots Texas Cup, **Mitch**. Not much is known about this match, however Pyromancer won, and with that was the Featherweight champion of the ComBots Texas Cup.

## Combat Record

### Wins/Losses

* **Wins:** 7
* **Losses:** 0

 RoboGames 2009
Killabyte
Mitch
SnakeByte
The Bully (x2)

## Outside of RoboGames

Pyromancer also entered Mechwars 10, and the 2008 Rotunda Rumble where it went undefeated as well.

## Trivia

Pyromancer was originally built by **Team Moon**, however it never saw action under that team as for one reason or another it was sold to Killerbotics after completion.

Pyromancer never lost a battle once in its entire three year career racking up a 12-0 record before retiring after RoboGames 2009, with over half of those wins at RoboGames or ComBots.
Kitbot

## Overview

Kitbot is a 2WD wedge made by Fingertech Robotics (you can find it on the Fingertech Robotics Youtube channel). It is the predecessor to the well known and widespread Viper kit. In other words, this robot is the original Viper kit.

## Fight history

### Robogames 2013

#### Kitbot vs Robort

The fight started with Kitbot rushing Robort and flipping it. Robort self righted and was paraded around the arena by Kitbot. Robort lost control and drove into one of the push outs.

#### Kitbot vs Bucktooth

The fight started with a box rush from Kitbot and Bucktooth bouncing all over the arena. Bucktooth was stuck on its back and immediately pushed out by Kitbot.

#### Kitbot vs Micro Maloney

The fight started with both bots being tentative before Kitbot drove over Micro Maloney. Kitbot then pinned Micro Maloney in the corner, but Micro Maloney quickly escaped. Kitbot then slammed Micro Maloney into the walls of the arena. Micro Maloney recovered and attempted to push Kitbot out. Kitbot juked Micro Maloney and Micro Maloney drove out.

#### Kitbot vs The Bomb

The fight started with The Bomb spinning up and flipping Kitbot. The Bomb kept up the pressure and eventually threw Kitbot out of the arena.

#### Kitbot vs Captain Crunch

The fight started with Kitbot missing its initial rush and being lifted by Captain Crunch. Captain Crunch carried Kitbot to the push out and dumped it in.

## Fight record

 Bucktooth | Win
 Micro Maloney | Win
 The Bomb | Loss
 Captain Crunch | Loss

Overall record: 3-2
HP-1081

While the **Longhorn** was inspired by the Danelectro Guitarlin, the distinctive body shape dates all the way back to the invention of the Lyre around 2500 B.C. By the mid-1800s, guitars with Lyre arms began to appear.[1] Part of what makes these different from most guitars is that they have 31 frets, as opposed to the typical 20-24.

 Part of the Professional Series, the Longhorn was made in Japan by Matsumoku. Early models had the Hondo II Script logo and "Professional Series" on the truss rod cover. In the first few months of 1981, they began switching to the new Sunrise logo and a gold-plated truss rod cover. They were produced only from late 1980 through 1981, although they were sold until 1983.

## HP-1081

* 1980-1981
* $469.95 MSRP (1983)

**Body:**

* Solid Ash body

**Neck:**

* Bolt-on 3-pc Maple neck
* Rosewood fretboard with dot inlays

* Deluxe headstock
	+ Silk-screened Script logo
	+ Silk-screened Sunrise logo (1981)

* 31 frets
* 25.25" scale

**Electronics:**

* One MMK-45 humbucker
* Coil tap mini-switch
* Phase In/Out mini-switch
* Battery-powered 3db boost mini-switch
* 1 Vol, 1 Tone

**Hardware:**

* Chrome hardware
* Brass nut
* Schaller-style tuners
* Headstock-matching truss rod cover
* Gold speed knobs
* Brass vintage-style bridge

**Finishes:**

* Walnut (WA)
* Metallic Bronze (BZ)
* Cream Sunburst (CS)

## H-1181

* 1980 - 1981 / 1983
* $489.95 MSRP (1983)

**Body:**

* Solid Ash body

**Neck:**

* Bolt-on 3-pc Maple neck
* Rosewood fretboard with dot inlays

* Deluxe headstock
	+ Silk-screened Script logo
	+ Silk-screened Sunrise logo (1981)

* 24 frets
* 34" scale

**Electronics:**

* One DiMarzio Model P bass pickup
* Phase In/Out mini-switch
* 1 Vol, 1 Tone

**Hardware:**

* Chrome hardware
* Brass nut
* Headstock-matching truss rod cover
* Gold speed knobs
* Brass vintage-style bridge

**Finishes:**

* Walnut (WA)
* Metallic Bronze (BZ)
* Cream Sunburst (CS)

## H-1182

Double-neck, 4 & 8 string bass model.

* $1,275.95 MSRP (1983)

**Finishes:**

* Metallic Bronze (BZ)
* Cream Sunburst (CS)
DLS

The **DLS** was Samick's double-cutaway Les Paul style model. It was introduced in 1997 as a part of the Artist Series, and discontinued in 2001.

**Related:**

* LS

## DLS-450

**Body:**

* Solid Nato double-cutaway body w/ arched top
* "Tiger Tail" flame Maple veneer

**Neck:**

* Set-in Nato neck w/ scarf joint
* Rosewood fretboard with acrylic trapezoid inlays
* Deluxe headstock
* Ornate Mother of Pearl Artist logo inlay
* 14o headstock pitch
* 22 frets
* 24.75" scale

**Binding:**

* Single-ply body (front) and neck

**Electronics:**

* Two mini-humbuckers
* 3-way switch
* 2 Vol, 2 Tone

**Hardware:**

* Chrome hardware
* 16:1 ratio lubricated, die-cast tuning machines
* Headstock matching truss rod cover
* Amber Bell knobs
* Tune-O-Matic style bridge with stopbar tailpiece

**Finishes:**

* Cherry Sunburst (CS)
Jimmy

**Jimmy** was a Junior Middleweight built by **Team Tofurkey** that competed in ROBOLympics 2004. It was a Gray two-wheeled invertible wedge shaped robot with no active weapon. Jimmy did well winning the Silver Medal in its only event.

## Robot History

### ROBOLympics 2004

Nothing is known about Jimmy's fights in ROBOLympics 2004, what is known was that the Junior Middleweight competition was a round robin type event. Jimmy's first fight was against **The Mortician** it won this, and was next up against former BattleBots competitor **Mow Blow**. Jimmy lost this fight, and would be placed next up against **Voodoo Child** which it won.

Jimmy's next opponent was the double wedge of **Dolor**, and Jimmy won this match as well. Jimmy then faced **Caustic Creations** first RoboGames drum spinner **Mean Green Fight'n Machine**, winning this fight meant it was now up against **The Mortician** again, this time for the title. Jimmy lost this fight, and that meant that it was now the Silver Medalist, Jimmy would not return the next year, and ROBOLympics 2004 would turn out to be its second to last event ever as it retired following the 2004 Southwest Division Championships.

## Combat Record

### Wins/Losses

* **Wins:** 4
* **Losses:** 2

Voodoo Child
Dolor
Mean Green Fight'n Machine
The Mortician
SB

The Sebring **SB** models are a line of Strat copies, which made up the bulk of Sebring's lineup.

These models are based on the Hondo H-7600 line.

## SB-10

* 1987-1990
* $189.50 MSRP (1988)

**Body:**

* Contoured laminate body
* Belly carve
* Polyurethane finish

**Neck:**

* Bolt-on Rock Maple neck
* Rosewood "skunk stripe"
* Rosewood fretboard with dot inlays
* Black headstock face
* 22 frets
* 25.5" scale

**Electronics:**

* One angled, uncovered X-14 humbucker
* Master Volume, push/pull coil tap

**Hardware:**

* Chrome hardware
* Metal knob
* Bullet style truss rod
* Vintage-style 2-point tremolo

**Finishes:**

* Black (BK)
* White (WH)
* Red (R)

## SB-30K

"KKT" 2-point Licensed Floyd Rose tremolo, locking nut and black hardware.

## SB-100

* 1987-1990

**Body:**

* Contoured laminate body
* Belly carve
* Polyurethane finish

**Neck:**

* Bolt-on Rock Maple neck
* Rosewood skunk stripe
* Rosewood fretboard with dot inlays
* Black headstock face
* 22 frets
* 25.5" scale

**Electronics:**

* Three X-13 single coil pickups
* Black plastic pickup covers with "VMI" silk-screen
* 5-way switch
* 1 Vol, 2 Tone

**Hardware:**

* Gold or Black hardware
* Single-ply, 11-screw pickguard
* Vintage-style 2-point tremolo

**Finishes:**

* White w/ Black hardware (W)
* Carbon Fibre w/ Black hardware (CF)
* Jade Green w/ Black hardware (J)
* (C)

## SB-200

* 1987-1990

**Body:**

* Contoured laminate body
* Belly carve
* Polyurethane finish

**Neck:**

* Bolt-on Rock Maple neck
* Rosewood "skunk stripe"
* Rosewood fretboard with dot inlays
* Black headstock face
* 22 frets
* 25.5" scale

**Electronics:**

* Two X-14 humbuckers
* Black plastic pickup covers with "VMI" silk-screen
* mini-switch
* 1 Vol, 1 Tone

**Hardware:**

* Chrome or Black hardware
* Metal knobs
* Bullet style truss rod
* Vintage-style 2-point tremolo

**Finishes:**

* Red w/ Chrome hardware (R)
* Blue w/ Chrome hardware

## SB-300

**SB-300K** features "KKT" 2-point Licensed Floyd Rose tremolo and locking nut.

* 1987-1990

**Body:**

* Contoured laminate body
* Belly carve
* Polyurethane finish

**Neck:**

* Bolt-on Rock Maple neck
* Rosewood skunk stripe
* Rosewood fretboard with dot inlays
* Black headstock face
* 22 frets
* 25.5" scale

**Electronics:**

* Two X-13 single coil pickups and one X-14 humbucker
* Black plastic pickup covers with "VMI" silk-screen
* 5-way switch
* Coil tap mini-switch for humbucker
* 1 Vol, 2 Tone

**Hardware:**

* Chrome, Gold or Black hardware
* Single-ply, 11-screw pickguard
* Vintage-style 2-point tremolo
* "KKT" 2-point Licensed Floyd Rose tremolo w/ locking nut

**Finishes:**

* Black w/ Chrome hardware
* Black w/ Gold hardware
* Red w/ Gold hardware (R)
* Silver w/ Gold hardware
* Jade Green w/ Gold hardware (J)
* Gold hardware (C)