Close Shave

## Overview

**Close Shave** was an antweight robot that was due to compete in the Antweight Championship during the first series of Robot Wars Extreme. Its main weapon was a crushing arm.

"*The crushing arm can cleave straight through other antweights*"
— Robot Wars Extreme: The Official Guide
However, Close Shave did not appear in the actual tournament, although the reasons behind this are unclear. An antweight with a crushing arm did compete in the form of Razzler.

According to the official guide, the team had built an "army" of antweights, of which Close Shave was supposedly the strongest. None of these other robots were seen on the televised show either.

Close Shave has, however, been successful in the AWS, beating Team Panda a few times, Combat Ant, Buzzant, Diced Carrot and the University of Reading at events before retiring. It won AWS2 and came 3rd in AWS3. - http://www.antweight.co.uk/winners.htm

Alan Parkin has also built other antweights such as **Plod** and **GrassBox**.

Close Shave did win the Antweight category at *Robots@War* 2000. -https://web.archive.org/web/20031212180033/http://robotsatwar.com/

 Robot History

### AWS 2

In its debut, it first fought Pants, where it won.

The next fight was against Ickle Xno. The battle only lasted six seconds before Close Shave won the match.

The third fight was against Cannon Fodder where it won once again.

The final fight was against Bodge which it won, making Close Shave unbeaten.

### AWS 3

The reigning champions returned to face Pants and Osiris where it qualified for the next round after Osiris was eliminated.

In the second round Close Shave fought TyrAnt. It won and progressed to the next round.

In the third round it fought Pants again, but this time it lost and as a result went through to the Third Place Playoff.

In the Third Place Playoff, Close Shave faced Cannon Fodder where it won and got third for the competition.

Close Shave also fought in a series of side events. It fought in a melee against Get Out Of The Way, Diced Carrot, Cannon Fodder, DragStar and Little Nipper. Not is known, except that Diced Carrot eliminated one of the robots by pushing them off. In the end, both Close Shave and Get Out Of The Way won.

It then fought in a Team Battle against Pants, Get Out Of The Way, Little Nipper, Combat Ant, and DragStar. Close Shave won alongside Pants, Little Nipper and Combat Ant.

The last side event Close Shave fought in was the Tag team, where it was partnered with Pants. Their first battle was against Little Nipper and Combat Ant, where they lost.

The second battle the team fought was against Little Nipper and Combat Ant again, where they lost once more.

The third fight was against Cannon Fodder and Grassbox. Here the team won their first match of the Tag Team.

The fourth fight the team faced was once again against Combat Ant and Little Nipper. Unlike their previous fights, this lasted the full two minutes and went to a judges decision, who awarded Little Nipper and Combat Ant the win.

The fifth fight they faced was against Cannon Fodder and Grassbox again, and once more they won.

The last fight the team were in was against Get Out Of The Way and DragStar, where they won once again. Overall, Close Shave and Pants came second.

### AWS 4

In the first round, Close Shave fought A.P.C. and Buzzant. The battle started off well for Buzzant who managed to rip one of Close Shave's wheels off before turning attentions to A.P.C. and attempted to damage it. After around five hits with the flywheel the impact had caused Buzzant to flip onto its back where it was unable to self right, a close call for Close Shave.

In the second round, Close Shave faced TyrAnt and Ickle Xno where both TyrAnt and Close Shave qualified for the next round.

In the third round Close Shave fought A.P.C. again, where they lost.

Close Shave, once again, fought in the Tag Team, partnered with Odyssey. Their first battle was against FlipANT and Antagonist where they lost.

The next fight was against Pants and Combat Ant where they won.

The final battle was against Ickle Xno and A.P.C. where they lost.

### AWS 5

In the first round it fought Pants and Buzzant, Close Shave lost the match and was eliminated.

### AWS 6

In the first round it faced Anto 3 where it lost.

### AWS 7

In the first round it fought War Pog, Tank Top, and Type-0 where it qualified alongside Type-0.

In the second round it fought Anteater and Last Chance Saloon. Not much is known about the fight in general other than Close Shave's crushing claw was slightly damaged during a brief chase with Anteater. It qualified alongside Anteater.

In the third round it faced Pants and Phantom. Not much is known about the fight, except at one point Close Shave managed to get behind Pants and grab hold of it before pushing Pants off the arena, eliminating it.

In the fourth round Close Shave faced Psycho Ant and Resurrector. Psycho Ant seemed to have had issues and didn't seem to move as the battle began, this left it open for an attack from Resurrector who slammed in and wedged underneath. Close Shave then attacked Resurrector as Psycho Ant sprang to life and accidentally drove off the edge.

In the Quarter Finals, Close Shave faced Anteater again, and Anticyclone. Close Shave and Anteater attempted to gang up on Anticyclone by performing a pinser movement and attacking from both ends. However, Anteater pushed Anticyclone and in turn Close Shave towards the corner and the edge of the arena. As a result, Anteater pushed Close Shave off the arena.

## Results

* Wins: 19
* Losses 8
* Draws: 1