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Elevate

**Elevate** is a Scottish featherweight robot which competed in the 2018 *King of Bots* UK International Championships. Entered by Edinburgh-based Team Triforce, it had a very limited run of success, initially forfeiting its first qualification round against Amnesia and Strix after not being ready in time to fight. Elevate managed to compete in its remaining melees, but lost to Nigel Barrage due to issues with its drive belts, and Nelly the Ellybot following a knockout blow from Telekinesis, despite landing critical damage to the latter. As a result, it was eliminated from the 2018 UK International Championships.

Elevate also fought in one eight-way whiteboard battle, but suffered more traction issues, resulting in it getting flipped over by Impact in the opening seconds. As a result of not being able to drive upside-down, it was counted out, and later sustained a blow from the drum of X-303 which re-righted it.

## Design

Elevate was a four-wheel drive, box-shaped robot equipped with a front-mounted spinning drum. The drum, weighing 3.5kg, featured two black single-toothed discs and was designed to rotate at 14,000rpm, with a maximum of 10,500rpm being recorded during testing. Elevate’s design also incorporated a 20mm aluminium chassis, with 4mm HARDOX 500 and 2mm titanium panels being used for armor. The robot's top speed was claimed to be 25mph according to its statistics card, although Elevate was not able to demonstrate this capability due to the issues it faced in combat.

## Results

### Wins/Losses

* Wins: 0
* Losses: 4

## Outside King of Bots

Prior to building Elevate, Team Triforce constructed a heavyweight full-body spinner, **Triforce**, which was intended to appear in the rebooted series of *Robot Wars*. Utilising an invertible design with a rim spinner and an omni-directional drive system with three pairs of wheels, it was initially not selected to compete in Series 9, but successfully entered and attended filming for Series 10. Planned to participate in the fourth heat of the series, Triforce encountered mobility issues while testing in the main arena, and withdrew from Series 10 as a result.

In mid-2019, Team Triforce completed **Elevate 2**, boasting a large 5kg drum with top speeds of over 10,000rpm. It debuted at *Robodojo* in July 2019, although issues with its weapon plagued it throughout the event, and it lost its four fights to Drumroll, Get Shrekt, Captain Jack Spinnah and Burnout. Elevate 2 returned for the UK Featherweight Championship in 2019, but lost all four of its fights in its heat to Amnesia, Revolver, Blunt Force Trauma 3 and Plastic Fantastic, only collecting a win by default over Virus. However, it instead managed to win the Tag Team title, alongside Forge Master II.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/TeamTriforceUK/posts/1959826677648627
2. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/TeamTriforceUK/posts/1959826677648627
3. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/TeamTriforceUK/photos/a.1627650834199548/1947697615528200/?type=3&theater
4. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/TeamTriforceUK/posts/1970486056582689
5. ↑ http://www.fightingrobots.co.uk/threads/14026-team-triforce-featherweight-drum
Ghost No. 1

Ghost No. 1 in the pits

**Ghost No. 1** was a Chinese heavyweight robot which competed in the *King of Bots* 2019 Opening Battle. Representing the red team, it fought one head-to-head battle against Tánshè, but lost after having its entire weapon assembly shear off following an attack by the Season 1.5 runner-up.

A featherweight version of Ghost No. 1 also competed in various live events held by *King of Bots*, with a reasonable amount of success.

The robot was succeeded by Cracked Sword, which competed in *King of Bots II*, finding greater success than Ghost No. 1.

## Design

Ghost No. 1 was an invertible, two-wheel drive robot with a gray chassis and red wheel rims. Its weapon was a horizontally-mounted bar spinner, painted blue, which proved capable of causing considerable damage during its only battle. The shape of Ghost No. 1, along with its exposed wheels, gave it a passing resemblance to other invertible horizontal spinners of its kind, notably the *BattleBots* 2016 champion Tombstone, and other *King of Bots* entries such as Knife Legend.

## Robot History

### 2019 Opening Battle

Ghost No. 1 was one of ten heavyweight robots which attended the 2019 Opening Battle, where it competed as part of the red team. There, it fought one head-to-head battle against British entry – and Season 1.5 runner-up - Tánshè.

Ghost No. 1 left its starting position tentatively, negotiating its way across the arena before driving towards and dodging Tánshè in the center. Turning round near the circular saws, it pursued Tánshè for a few seconds, only to be collected and driven under by the Team Legion machine. Unfazed, Ghost No. 1 approached
Tánshè again, but was unable to hit the latter again immediately. After spinning around, it drove towards and into the front of Tánshè, gouging a sizeable hole through its opponent's flipper in the process. However, Ghost No. 1 recoiled following this attack, flipping itself violently into the grinders. As a result, it was pressured towards the corner spikes by Tánshè, and briefly got impaled on them as its bar spinner began rotating again.

Sparks flew as Ghost No. 1's spinner hit the wall, and the robot itself broke free from the spikes. Ghost No. 1 hesitated for a few seconds, before driving out of the corner and being collected by Tánshè once more. This time, it was scooped and pushed towards the wall by Tánshè, which promptly threw Ghost No. 1 upwards into the air. Ghost No. 1's spinner clipped the top of Tánshè as it landed, causing its entire weapon assembly to break off; the robot itself also began short-circuiting as it twitched beside the wall spikes. Effectively dismantled at this stage, Ghost No. 1 was thrown against the wall several times by Tánshè, before being fully counted out. As a result, it lost its solitary battle to Tánshè via knockout.

## Results

### Wins/Losses

* Wins: 0
* Losses: 1

## Trivia

* Although it is unclear if this was intentional, the name of Ghost No. 1's successor (Cracked Sword) may be a reference to the way Ghost No. 1's blade shattered in battle.
Binky

**Binky** is a British featherweight robot which competed in the 2018 *King of Bots* UK International Championships. Entered by Ian Botwright of Team Conker, it won each of its opening qualification rounds by knockout, scoring the maximum number of points available and finishing that stage joint-first with Amnesia, Hell's Angel and Get Shrekt. Binky continued its successful run with victories over Sabre20 and Get Shrekt, reaching the Quarter-Finals as a result. However, it was eliminated at that stage upon losing to Amnesia, when its bar spinner malfunctioned after being flipped upside-down by the Team Immersion machine.

Binky also competed in the eighteen-way Gladiator battle, held towards the very end of the 2018 UK International Championships, but lost to Aegis.

## Design

Binky is a white, two-wheel drive robot armed with a set of interchangeable vertical spinners. These weapons included a single-toothed flywheel and an asymmetrical bar spinner, both of which proved capable of causing severe damage and throwing opponents over. Binky’s chassis incorporates a set of forked tips on either side of its weapon mount, which can be fitted with an optional set of metal plates to breach ground clearances.

## Robot History

### King of Bots UK 2018

   Binky's first match was against Blunt Force Trauma Remix, and Red Hot Tilly Pecker. This match started off with all three bots leaving their starting positions. However almost immediately Blunt Force Trauma Remix emitted a puff of smoke, and stopped moving entirely.

Red Hot Tilly Pecker then started shoving Binky around as it was struggling to get up to speed. Red Hot Tilly Pecker then pressed the pit release, and delivered a flurry of axe blows to Binky, but the axe stopped working after this exchange, and backed away where it got itself stuck on Blunt Force Trauma Remix, and was immobilized giving Binky the win by KO, and 4 points.

## Results

### Wins/Losses

* Wins: 5
* Losses: 2

## Outside King of Bots

Ian Botwright, alongside son Alex Botwright compete on the featherweight live circuit, also running their own events in North Yorkshire starting from November 2018, Robodojo.

At the team's own event in November 2018, the *Robodojo* Autumn Featherweight Championship, Binky emerged as the champion of the full combat event. At the January 2019 *Robodojo* event, Binky only fought in whiteboard battles, causing significant damage to Barróg, while Binky entered the main competition in March 2019, but lost its three battles. Binky entered the sportsman division of the May 2019 *Robodojo* event, without the use of its spinning disc, replacing the withdrawal Scrapster. It entered the full combat division in July 2019, throwing both Plastic Fantastic and Graffiti out of the arena to collect two wins, but was also thrown out of the arena by X-303 and Disturbance.

Binky returned for the FRA UK Featherweight Championship 2019, but without any great success, losing to Satanix, Pressure Point Mk II and Toothless.
Burning Twin Star

**烈焰双星** (**Lièyàn shuāngxīng**, directly translating to **Flaming Twins** or **Flame Double Star**, also referred to as **Burning Twin Star**, **Flaming Double Star** or **Flame Twin Stars** (Mech+)) was a multibot from Urumqi, Xinjiang, China, which competed in the inaugural season of *King of Bots*. Its only appearance saw it eliminated in the first round on a Judges' decision, against Thunderstorm.

Burning Twin Star was captained by two Chinese students from western Universites, one from the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom, and one from the New Hampshire University in New Hampshire, USA.

## Design

Burning Twin Star was a two-part multibot. Each segment was an invertible, six-sided box-shaped robot driven by three omniwheels mounted in a triangular layout, both featuring distinctive front end designs and weaponry.

The black and red segment was a simple rammer with a pointed front wedge shape. Concealed within the wedge was a small flamethrower, used to cause heat and fire damage to opponents. The white, gold and blue segment, assigned to be the 'highly offensive' half, was armed with a vertical drum spinner.

## Robot History

### King of Bots (Season 1)

Appearing in Episode 2, Burning Twin Star fought Thunderstorm in its first-round battle.

Prior to the battle, Thunderstorm’s team captain failed to check the robot’s bar spinner before entering the arena - as a result, Thunderstorm fought with its weapon disabled. The weaponless Thunderstorm approached and bumped into the black part of Burning Twin Star, before pushing the white part into one of the grinders. The black part of Burning Twin Star attempted to attack Thunderstorm, only for Thunderstorm to get underneath, turn and ram it into the grinder mount. The impact immobilised the black part of Burning Twin Star, which Thunderstorm pushed into the grinder before it and the white part rammed each other. Sparks flew from the white part’s drum, but Thunderstorm kept pushing it into the spikes, grinders and circular saws until time ran out – the white part of Burning Twin Star had also been flipped over prior to Thunderstorm’s final attack. The battle went to a Judges’ decision, which ruled against Burning Twin Star.

## Results

### Wins/Losses

* Wins: 0
* Losses: 1

## External Links

* Burning Twin Star on the official *King of Bots* website (Chinese, archived)
Sea Wolf

Sea Wolf

"*Though old, we keep learning. Though old, we keep having fun and creating.*"
— Yu Tongyun's motto (Mech+ subtitles)

**海狼** (romanized as **hǎi láng**, translating to **Sea Wolf**) was a heavyweight robot entered into *King of Bots* Season 1 by the **Old Captain** team (Mech+: **Team Old Captains**). Built by a group of retired naval technicians, it was defeated by Residual Wind in the first round.

## Design

Sea Wolf was a white and blue robot with a rounded top plastic bodyshell, decorated on each side by a 'wolf' logo. The robot's most distinctive feature was its use of Mecnaum wheels for locomotion, allowing it to move in any direction without it needing to turn. Sea Wolf was armed with a rear-hinged four-bar lifting arm, painted dark brown and orange. While capable of turning other robots over, the front-mounted weapon did not function as a self-righting mechanism.

## The Team

"*We've been looking for a place to contribute our remaining energy. King of Bots is perfect for us.*"
— Yu Tongyun, Sea Wolf's captain (Mech+ subtitles)

The Old Captain team was comprised entirely of retired naval technicians from Jiangnan Shipyard, Shanghai, lead by 72-year-old captain Yu Tongyun. Alongside Huang Genfa, Gong Zhen, Lin Qiongying and Hua Jieyuan, the entire line-up shared a combined age of over 400 years along with the highest average age of any team competing in Season 1, at 'over 70 years old'. The team had a collective background in shipbuilding at Jiangnan, as well as in being design and robotics teachers immediately following their retirement.

"*The designing, making and programming of [Sea Wolf] were all done by us. We have decades of experience. We're not messing around.*"
— Yu Tongyun (Mech+ subtitles)

## Robot History

### Season 1

In the first round, Sea Wold faced off against Residual Wind. The opening seconds of the battle saw Residual Wind spinning its bar up to speed, while Sea Wolf aimlessly spun around next to its starting square. Residual Wind's first contact did little to trouble Sea Wolf, barely scratching its lifting arm. However, Residual Wind slashed into Sea Wolf shortly after, when the hard-to-control style of Sea Wolf saw it expose itself.

Residual Wind's drone then got involved with a use of its flamethrower. Residual Wind itself then came in, and once again ripped into Sea Wolf's armour. After a minor attack to the side of Sea Wolf, Residual Wind came in with a big hit that shattered the back-left corner of Sea Wolf. This attack left Sea Wolf struggling for movement, which allowed Residual Wind to close in with another attack, and one which left Sea Wolf immobilised. Sea Wolf was counted out, and Residual Wind progressed to the next round, while Team Old Captain mourned for their robot in an emotional finish to the episode.

## Results

### Wins/Losses

* Wins: 0
* Losses: 1

## Trivia

* Along with Blue, Sea Wolf was the first robot to use Mecanum locomotion on a televised robotic combat show since Sweeney Todd in *Robot Wars* Series 8, aired two years prior.

## External Links

* Sea Wolf on the *King of Bots* website (Chinese, archived)
Sorceress

> “This little minx will be sure to put a spell on you, because 'you're mine'!”
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Sorceress is a rare hero from Mountain Peak. She's a medium sized, very light and very fast mage.

She Hexes nearby enemy heroes every friendly turn. Hexed enemies will take increased damage. The Hex ability combines well with fast heroes that are more likely to deal damage multiple times per turn.

**Stats**
Fat-Head Fish

**胖头鱼** (romanized as **Qiánxíng zhě**, meaning **Fat-Head Fish**, also referred to as **Fish Bighead** by Zhejiang STV) was a Chinese competitor robot which competed in *King of Bots II*. Despite its striking design, Fat-Head Fish was not selected by any celebrities during the first stage of the competition, relegating it to a four-way rumble against Pot of Love, Po Feng and Twin Panthers, where despite disabling Pot of Love's weapon, Fat-Head Fish was immobilized and lost the fight.

## Design

Fat-Head Fish was a robot designed to resemble a large fish, and was armed with an overhead bladed axe, intended to deliver blunt force trauma damage to robots directly in front of it, and also allow the robot to self-right. The front wedge of Fat-Head Fish was extremely steep, and was designed to deflect dangerous weapons such as horizontal spinners, with the rest of the robot being noticeably bare in terms of armor. This broad wedge was not fully attached to the side of the robot, not unlike the designs of Vulcan and Emerald, and mostly covered the entire length of the robot, with only the rear being particularly exposed. However, Fat-Head Fish suffered a major defensive weakness in its two wheels being completely exposed outside of the robot's shell. The robot's weapon was also fairly slow in firing, and the robot broke down easily in its only battle.

## Robot History

### King of Bots II (Season 2)

Fat-Head Fish was among the Chinese robots available for selection in the opening rounds of the competition. However, Fat-Head Fish was not taken seriously by the celebrity captains, and ultimately the first round concluded without Fat-Head Fish being selected for a celebrity team. As a result, Fat-Head Fish was knocked into the redemption rounds. There, Fat-Head Fish competed in a four-way rumble against Pot of Love, Po Feng and Twin Panthers, with only one robot being able to win the fight and earn a place on a celebrity team.

Fat-Head Fish was largely absent from the opening stages of the battle, where Twin Panthers focused on attacking the shell spinner on Pot of Love, weakening it. Fat-Head Fish then made its move, and attempted to swing its axe onto Po Feng, missing the actual swing, but still using its hardened wedge to collide with Pot of Love. This fully disabled the spinning weapon on Pot of Love, the robot which was soon overturned by Po Feng. However, Fat-Head Fish then became the next target of Po Feng, which immobilized Fat-Head Fish with a single blow to its front wedge, throwing sparks despite causing no visible damage. Fat-Head Fish was bothered by the minibots of Po Feng and Twin Panthers until it was counted out by the referee. Ultimately Po Feng won the battle by knockout, while Fat-Head Fish was eliminated from the competition.

## Results

### Wins/Losses

* Wins: 0
* Losses: 1

## Series Record

 Season 2 | **Eliminated in Redemption Round**(0-1 record)

## Trivia

* Fat-Head Fish is one of only two Chinese robots in Season 2 to be armed with a bladed axe weapon, alongside Huntsman, and one of only four Chinese robots in the season to use an axe or hammer, alongside Agate and Giraffe.
Half-Giant

The bastard children of Hill Giants and Humans or Elves, Half-Giants are bulking humanoids that are rarely accepted in any society. Most Half-Giants are built very similarly to their larger parents, standing about a foot taller than the average human, but unfortunately also inherited their ability to think logically from their Giant parents. Although sometimes mistaken for slightly smaller Hill Giants, if you were to look closely you would see that their facial features are more defined that the standard Hill Giant and most Half-Giants, although not all, are less outwardly violent as well.

## **Half-Giant Racial Traits**

* Ability Score Racial Traits: Half-Giants are very large and bulky but learning new things comes very slowly for them. They receive +4 Str, +2 Con, and -4 Int
* Size: Half-Giants are Medium creatures.
* Type: Half-Giant are Humanoids with the Giant subtype
* Base Speed: Half-Giants have a base speed of 30 feet.
* Languages: Half-Giants begin play speaking Common and Giant.
* Wild Ancestry: Half-Giants always treat Intimidate and Perception as class skills.
* Powerful Build: The physical stature of Half-Giants lets them function in many ways as if they were one size category larger. Whenever a Half-Giant is subject to a size modifier or special size modifier for a Combat Maneuver Bonus or Combat Maneuver Defense (such as during grapple checks, bull rush attempts, and trip attempts), the Half-Giant is treated as one size larger if doing so is advantageous to him. A Half-Giant is also considered to be one size larger when determining whether a creature’s special attacks based on size (such as grab or swallow whole) can affect him. A Half-Giant can use weapons designed for a creature one size larger without penalty as long as he is proficient with that weapon. However, his space and reach remain those of a creature of his actual size.
* Low-Light Vision: Half-Giants have low-light vision (they can see twice as far as humans in conditions of dim light.)
* Age:
	+ Adulthood: 30
	+ Middle Age: 45
	+ Old: 65
	+ Venerable: 85

### **Half-Giant Favored Class Bonuses**

* Barbarian: Add 1 to the half giant’s total number of rage rounds per day.
* Paladin: Add +1/2 to the paladin’s smite evil damage rolls.
Microswitch

Microswitch in the arena

**Microswitch** is a British featherweight robot which competed in the 2018 *King of Bots* UK International Championships. Essentially a scaled-down version of Kevin Cleasby’s Season 1.5 entry Switch, it enjoyed limited success in the main competition, being eliminated in the qualification rounds after losing each of its battles to Calabash Bros, Binky and Hell's Angel respectively.

## Design

As its name suggests, Microswitch shares a similar design to its heavyweight counterpart, being a four-wheel drive robot with a low slanted box-wedge shaped chassis. Its main weapon was a large spinning drum at the front, surrounded by a large wedge and fitted with two asymmetrical single-toothed discs to cause heavy damage and flip opponents over. Microswitch’s drum could be swapped for a hammer, although it would not get to use the latter weapon throughout its appearances at the 2018 UK International Championships.

## Robot History

### King of Bots UK 2018

Microswitch's first match was against Calabash Bros, and Tempest, for this match Microswitch ran its drum spinner. This match started with all three robots spinning up to full speed. Calabash Bros got a minor shot in on Microswitch which then attacked Tempest, sending it into the air.

However this left Microswitch open for an attack from the Chinese machine which first launched it, and then Tempest into the air. Calabash Bros then attacked Microswitch again, flipping it, and breaking one side of its drive.

Following this Calabash Bros launched Tempest into the corner, before attacking Microswitch again. Surprisingly Microswitch was still moving after this, and Calabash Bros went after Tempest again.

This resulted in a colossal hit which flipped Calabash Bros, and sent Tempest reeling. However after the Chinese machine righted itself it became clear that there was something wrong with itas it was having problems delivering hits like before. Microswitch then got stuck on the pit, and Tempest pressed the pit release, but Microswitch escaped just in time.

Calabash Bros then delivered a few hits to Tempest, but nearly drove into the pit itself. After this one more hit was delivered by the Chinese entry before cease was called. Calabash Bros won the match on a judges decision, with Microswitch finishing third and picking up one point.

## Results

### Wins/Losses

* Wins: 0
* Losses: 3

## Outside King of Bots

In February 2020, Kevin Cleasby created a brand-new version of Microswitch, designed in CAD by Adam Hamilton. It competed at the US featherweight event *Motorama* in the same month, defeating The Pile by knockout, before losing its next match to Crimson Snow after being overturned. Microswitch was then knocked out in the losers bracket.
Shrapnel

**Shrapnel** is a British featherweight robot which competed in the 2018 *King of Bots* UK International Championships. Entered by Jarvis Callister (now Ari Callister), it enjoyed a dominant run in the main competition, winning all three of its qualification battles to reach the Top 20, including one where it tore Orpheus apart in a single hit. Shrapnel proceeded to reach the Quarter-Final stage following two more victories over Hell's Angel and Aegis, but was defeated by Calabash Bros after losing the use of its weapon when flipped over by the Chinese entry and could not self-right due to a faulty drive speed controller.

## Design

Shrapnel is a four-wheel drive robot armed with a large vertical flywheel, inspired by American combat robot Big Ripto. The flywheel is made out of 10mm HARDOX 500, and features an asymmetrical design with a single tooth. Much of Shrapnel’s chassis and armor is made out of 4mm thick HARDOX 500, with 2mm carbon fiber base and top panels.

Ahead of the 2018 UK International Championships, Shrapnel received a few extra additions, including a new front wedge and an extra set of interchangeable flywheel and bar spinner weapons. A few of these additions went unused, including the bar spinner, a pair of optional HDPE forks, and a large front wedgelet attached immediately in front of the flywheel, which was held to the floor using magnets.

## Results

### Wins/Losses

* Wins: 5
* Losses: 1

## References

1. ↑ http://www.fightingrobots.co.uk/threads/13737-shrapnel-feather-vert-spinner
2. ↑ http://www.fightingrobots.co.uk/threads/13737-shrapnel-feather-vert-spinner/page3
3. ↑ http://www.fightingrobots.co.uk/threads/13737-shrapnel-feather-vert-spinner/page4
Legion

**Legion** is a British featherweight robot built by Team Legion, which competed in the 2018 *King of Bots* UK International Championships. Captained by Gabriel Stroud, it endured mixed success in the qualification rounds, initially achieving a knockout win over Luna-Tic before getting thrown out of the arena by 2018 Beijing champion Saber-X in its very next battle. Following another defeat in its last qualifier – where it was thrown out of the arena again, this time by Conker 3 – Legion was eliminated from the 2018 UK International Championships.

Legion earned considerably more success in the Annihilator, where it finished third to Neon and Naughty Snake respectively.

## Design

Legion is a two-wheel drive, wedge-shaped robot with a predominantly white and yellow color scheme. Its weapon was a pneumatic rear-hinged flipper with a broad angled plate, which was intended to throw opponents over and deflect horizontal spinners away.

## Results

### Wins/Losses

* Wins: 4
* Losses: 3

## Trivia

* Legion’s statistics card for the 2018 UK International Championships actually used an image of Team Legion’s *King of Bots* heavyweight Tánshè.
DB12

**DB12** is a British featherweight robot which competed in the 2018 *King of Bots* UK International Championships. Built by Ed Wallace of Team Asgard, it initially reached the Top 20 of the main competition after winning its first qualification battle via knockout, throwing Vega out of the arena in the process, and second in its other two to Rocket, after getting thrown out itself by the latter. Subsequently, DB12 lost to Barróg in the Knockout round, but redeemed itself by winning its Losers' Melee, only to lose to Barróg again in the Round of 12.

A victory in its second Losers’ Melee allowed DB12 to re-enter the championship a second time; in the Quarter-Finals, it avenged its previous losses to Barróg by flipping and eliminating the Irish machine within seconds. In the Semi-Finals, DB12 faced Chinese competitor Calabash Bros, but lost via knockout after the 2018 Wuhan champion ripped its removable link out and pitted it. Therefore, DB12 was relegated to the playoff, and finished the 2018 UK International Championships fourth overall, after being thrown out of the arena by Rocket a third time.

In addition to the main championship, DB12 also took part in the eighteen-way Gladiator battle. Despite starting strongly by throwing Neon out of the arena, it would lose the battle after temporarily losing drive following an attack by Barróg, and driving itself into the pit a few seconds later.

## Design

DB12 is a red, box-wedge shaped robot armed with a front-mounted, two-toothed vertical flywheel. The flywheel, painted gold, was capable of spinning at up to 4,000rpm, and enabled the robot to cause significant damage to opponents as well as to flip them over or, occasionally, out of the arena. DB12 employed an unusual six-wheel drive system, where two pairs of wheels could be mounted on either the front or rear axles along with a single pair at either end. Four small wedgelets were welded to the front of the robot's body, in order to breach ground clearances and draw other robots into its flywheel.

## Results

### Wins/Losses

* Wins: 4
* Losses: 7
2020 Karamay

## 2020 Karamay

### First aired

September 25th, 2020
(TikTok/Huya)

### Last aired

September 27th, 2020
(TikTok/Huya)

### Preceded by

King of Bots (Season 2)

In 2020 a Christmas special was held. This was a featherweight tournament.

## Competing Robots

* Blood Moonlight
* Cracked Sword
* Dream Garrotte
* Lron Rooster
* Patchwork
* Patrol river monster
* Pro-fun
* Recycle bin
* Saber-X
* Two BBQ
* Zero point nine

## Results

### Day 1

* Pro-fun vs **Two BBQ**
* **Iron Rooster** vs recycle bin vs zero point nine
* **Saber-X** vs patrol river monster
* Patchwork vs **Blood Moonlight**
* Cracked Sword vs **Dream Garrotte**

Exhibition: Iron Rooster vs Saber-X

### Day 2

* **Patchwork** vs Patrol river monster
* **Cracked Sword** vs Lron Rooster
* Blood Moonlight vs **zero point nine**
* Saber-X vs **Pro-fun**
* Recycle bin vs **Two BBQ**

### Day 3

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finals: Cracked Sword vs Saber-X vs Two BBQ vs **Patchwork**
Ocean Waves

**Ocean Waves** (Chinese: **海浪花**, romanized as **Hǎi lànghuā**, translating to **Sea Spray**) was a Chinese competitor robot which fought in Season 2 of *King of Bots*. Entered by a team of primarily young children with only one adult on the team, Ocean Waves debuted in the first episode of that season, being selected to fight Iron Scrap, although it suffered a destructive loss by knockout, which was enough to retire the machine entirely.

## Design

Ocean Waves ran on a four-wheel drive, with its primary weapon being a rear-hinged flipping arm, mounted in the center of the robot. The robot boasted reasonable lifting power, although its four wheels were all externally mounted and vulnerable to spinner hits, without providing the robot with a great deal of speed, and its armor also proved to be brittle. The robot ultimately proved to suffer irreparable damage in its only battle, a discredit to both the robot's structure, and its team's ability to repair it.

## Robot History

### King of Bots II (Season 2)

Ocean Waves made its *King of Bots* debut in Episode 1 of Season 2, where it was selected to compete in the third battle of Season 2. There, it faced the drum spinner of Iron Scrap.

Ocean Waves immediately proved to be the slower of the two, and Iron Scrap immediately darted across the arena, slamming into and inflicting significant damage to the front of the machine. Ocean Waves appeared to have difficulty moving forwards, and sustained more damage while being pushed back into the red corner by Iron Scrap. Ocean Waves briefly moved forward, while the briefly retreating Iron Scrap returned to tear a large chunk of armor from its right-rear corner. Ocean Waves shuttled back and forth, then sustained another blow from Iron Scrap’s drum which further damaged its front end.

Seconds later, the two robots collided head-on once more; Iron Scrap threw Ocean Waves upwards on contact, tearing another piece of armor off and immobilizing Ocean Waves completely. With its front end badly damaged, Ocean Waves was counted out, and lost the battle by knockout. Following Ocean Waves' loss, Emma Dumont visited the team’s young members, giving them hugs and motivational advice ahead of future battles.

"*This is just the beginning for you, okay? You have your whole lives ahead of you, you’re so… ahead of everything for your age. You’re so great, you’re so smart, you’re so creative and amazing… and you can do anything!*"
— Emma Dumont’s words of encouragement to the young Ocean Waves team

Ultimately however, Ocean Waves would not compete in any future battles, as it was not repaired following its destructive loss to Iron Scrap. Ocean Waves withdrew prior to the redemption rounds, and became the first robot to be eliminated from *King of Bots II* altogether.

## Results

### Wins/Losses

* Wins: 0
* Losses: 1

## Series Record

 Season 2 | **Eliminated before Redemption Round**(0-1 record)

## Trivia

* Ocean Waves was the first competitor to be entered primarily by children.
* Ocean Waves was one of only two robots that withdrew ahead of the Redemption Round, alongside Red River Bull.
MIX

**MIX** was one of four robots built for the 'Manager Exhibition Battle' held during the 2018 series *This is Fighting Robots*.

Captained by Green team manager Zheng Shuang, with guidance from UK roboteer Ellis Ware, it emerged victorious in the Youku VIP-exclusive melee, immobilizing Sa Beining's Nezha and Wu Chun's WARRIOR in the process.

## Design

Driven by four pairs of wheels mounted in parallel, MIX was armed with a large, single-toothed vertical spinning disc - the largest of all robots competing in the manager battle. At the front, it utilized a small wedge to get underneath opponents, feeding them into its powerful weapon, although the front end was otherwise unshielded. MIX also featured an all-over black paint scheme, along with similar design characteristics to the 2018 build of Two BBQ. These included a similar wheelbase, a low chassis profile with raised top armor sections, and rounded fairings on either side of the rear wheels. As with Two BBQ, the rear wheels were designed to be larger than the front ones.

On either side of MIX's weapon mount, extended fairings or 'ears' were featured, stopping the disc from hitting the floor whenever the robot became inverted. While the robot as a whole was powerful, fast and very damaging, the gyroscopic forces acting on MIX's disc caused stability issues whenever it turned while the weapon was active.

## Trivia

* The robot itself was a modified version of Two BBQ, as shown by the identical wheelbase and weapon supports.
Inverse Scales

Inverse Scales with its team

**逆鳞** (romanized as **Nì lín**, translating to **Inverse Scale** or **Inverse Scales**) was a robot from Shanghai, China, which competed in the first season of *King of Bots*. In its only appearance to date, it lost its first-round battle to Hunting Wind on a Judges’ decision, after sustaining damage and losing mobility in the closing stages of the fight.

## Design

Inverse Scales was a green and gold (initially grey and gold), box-shaped robot with a four-wheel drive system and sidepods between the exposed wheels. Its weapon was a front-mounted ‘hob cutter’, a drum-like spinner consisting of several small cutting blades mounted on the same axle – the weapon mount also formed a front wedge designed to lead other robots into the spinner. Inverse Scales also featured a set of on-board cameras mounted behind the ‘hob cutter’ – one with infrared imaging technology – providing the team with an enhanced view of the robot’s surroundings as well as information on its opponents’ temperature.

## Robot History

### King of Bots (Season 1)

Inverse Scales appeared in Episode 3, where it fought Hunting Wind in the first round.

   It started tentatively, backing towards the wall spikes before Hunting Wind approached and attempted to hit it; Hunting Wind clipped Inverse Scales’ spinning weapon, although neither robot caused any noticeable damage. At last, Inverse Scales drove out of the red square, turning around before reversing and driving into Hunting Wind, gently pushing the latter back. As it did so, it sustained a hammer blow from Hunting Wind which dented one of its top armor panels, and struggled to drive away as Hunting Wind later rammed and hammered its left-front wheel.

In the later stages, it became apparent that Inverse Scales was struggling to turn around – it attempted to make two lunges at Hunting Wind, only to be hammered by the latter once again and sustain more damage. With its control problems worsening, Inverse Scales shuttled back and forth across different parts of the arena, before becoming immobilized with seconds of the battle remaining. It lasted long enough to survive to a Judges’ decision; the decision went in favor of Hunting Wind, eliminating Inverse Scales from the competition.

## Results

### Wins/Losses

* Wins: 0
* Losses: 1

## External Links

* Inverse Scales on the *King of Bots* website (Chinese, archived)
White Dwarf

**White Dwarf** is a British featherweight robot which applied for the 2018 *King of Bots* UK International Championships. Planned to be entered by Joel West-Ward, and built to a design by Adam Hamilton and Andy Russell, it was not selected to compete in the main competition.

Following White Dwarf’s rejection, West-Ward attempted to take part in whiteboard battles and side events with a second robot, **Virus**, also built in conjunction with Hamilton and Russell. Taking inspiration from Spectre, including a four-wheel drive system and a similar crusher weapon, Virus did not enter any side competitions as a result of not being completed in time.

## Design

White Dwarf is an invertible, two-wheel drive robot armed with a set of three interchangeable weapons. The weapons include a set of lifting forks inspired by former *Robot Wars* champion Panic Attack, a grabbing weapon and a vertical drum spinner inspired by *RoboGames* middleweight competitor The General.

## Outside King of Bots

* Virus, Joel West-Ward's second featherweight
* Rear view of Virus
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Completed in 2017, White Dwarf was initially intended to debut at that year's FRA Featherweight International Championships, held at the Insomnia 61 gaming festival. However, wiring and accommodation issues - the latter preventing West-Ward from attending the second day of the event - resulted in it not being able to compete.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/groups/UnofficialRobotWars/permalink/856534641292969/
2. ↑ Correspondence with Adam Hamilton, 15th December 2018.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 http://www.fightingrobots.co.uk/threads/14068-a-very-delayed-robot-insomnia-2018
Sabre20

**Sabre20** (alternatively spelt as **Sabre 20**) is a British featherweight robot which competed in the 2018 *King of Bots* UK International Championships. Driven by Al Cannon of Team Legion, it reached the Top 20 of the main competition after finishing two of its qualification rounds second and winning its third by knockout, scoring enough points to finish that stage joint-thirteenth overall. In the Knockout Round, Sabre20 was defeated by Binky, sustaining heavy damage from the Team Conker machine’s spinner and ending the battle in the pit. As a result of being absent from the subsequent Losers’ Melees, it was eliminated from the 2018 UK International Championships at that stage.

In addition to the main competition, Sabre20 also fought in the eighteen-way Gladiator battle, but lost to Aegis after getting immobilized in the early stages.

Sabre20’s name is derived from that of Team Legion’s *Robot Wars* competitor Sabretooth, the Series 10 version of which shares a similar color scheme, invertible design and drum spinner weapon. The name also refers to the robot's previous incarnation as **720**, which it was known as when initially built by Dave Moulds.

## Design

Sabre20 is an invertible, octagonal-shaped robot with two-wheel drive and a predominantly yellow paint scheme. Its weapon was a large front-mounted drum spinner, fitted with three large asymmetrically-mounted teeth to hit, damage and occasionally flip opponents over. The gyroscopic forces acting on Sabre20’s drum enabled the robot to lift onto one side and even turn over when the weapon was spinning. Sabre20's rear and side armor were decorated with various logos from video games developed by Valve, including one for the *Half-Life* series and 'Aperture Science', the fictional scientific research corporation which forms the setting of the *Portal* series.

## Wins/Losses

* Wins: 1
* Losses: 4
UFO

*Not to be confused with the *Robot Wars* Series 6-7 competitor of the same name*

**幽幽浮** (**Yōuyōu fú**, translated to **UFO**, also referred to in English as **Ghostly Float** or by Zhejiang STV as **Faint Floating**) was a Chinese competitor robot which fought in Season 2 of *King of Bots*. Despite its unique appearance resembling a UFO, hence its translated name, it was not selected by any of the celebrity captains during the first round. This forced UFO into a four-way rumble including the seasoned Xiake, which it could not defeat.

## Design

As its translated name implies, UFO was designed to visually resemble an unidentified flying object, specifically a flying saucer. Thus, it was a circular-shaped robot armed with two decorative antennae, with suggested functions including self-righting and indicating its current direction to its driver. The robot's weapon was a spinning outer rim with four blades, covering the entire outer circumference of the machine with a powerful offence. However, the robot was hard to drive, and may suffer from self-righting issues, with its rim also being subject to bends from big hits.

## Robot History

### King of Bots II (Season 2)

UFO was among the Chinese robots available for selection in the opening rounds of the competition. However, its team was not approached by the celebrity captains, and ultimately the first round concluded without UFO being selected for a celebrity team. As a result, it was knocked into the redemption rounds. There, it was drawn into a four-way rumble against the highly successful Xiake, alongside Green Elf and Reaper.

UFO completely avoided the action for most of the fight, focusing on reaching top spinning speeds while Reaper was immobilized and Xiake was damaged. When it made its first move, UFO cruised in and delivered a significant blow to the side of Green Elf, tearing one of its tires away, while Xiake closed in and hit the same area of Green Elf. While Xiake was pushing Green Elf back, UFO hit Xiake from behind, causing minor damage. At an unclear point in the battle, UFO also landed a more significant blow on Xiake, sending it spinning away. Towards the end of the fight, UFO ripped another wheel away from Green Elf, but Xiake caught up and launched it into the air for a rough landing. Time expired on the battle, and the Judges declared Xiake victorious in the final rumble of the redemption round, meaning that UFO would be eliminated from the competition after only one battle.

## Results

### Wins/Losses

* Wins: 0
* Losses: 1

## Series Record

 Season 2 | **Eliminated in Redemption Round**(0-1 record)

## Trivia

* As it survived to a Judges' decision, UFO (alongside Green Elf) was the last robot to be eliminated in the Redemption Round of Season 2.
Smashing Four Wiki

Smashing Four is an online, mobile, PvP multiplayer game developed by Geewa. It is a turn-based strategy game using pool physics where players send their heroes into battles for trophies and orbs that contain rewards such as hero cards and gold.

Smashing Four is a game of heroes and strategy. Player earns new heroes by winning battles in different arenas and upgrade them by collecting cards, gold and gems. Each hero has a special ability that increases their effectiveness in battles and Skillshots. With many heroes to choose from, a team of four can have hundreds of variations, so it's up to the player to choose their best squad and upgrade their heroes strategically.

The game is available for Android, iOS and iPadOS.
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WU66

WU66 with its team

**吴老六十六** (romanized as **Wú lǎo liùshíliù**, translated as **Wu Lao sixty-six** or **WU66**) was a heavyweight robot from Tongzhou, Beijing, China, which competed in Season 1 of *King of Bots*. It was entered by a husband-and-wife team, but lost to the British Suspension in its only battle.

## Design

WU66 was a box-shaped robot with a low ground clearance on all sides, featuring a raised rectangular section at the back, offering the robot a shape somewhat like a bed. Its primary weapon was a bar spinner with a top speed of 1000rpm, positioned off-center from the robot's body. The robot could output reasonable damage, but could not self-right, and was relatively slow. As a result of its shape, WU66 was positioned on its back end in some promotional shots.

## Robot History

### King of Bots (Season 1)

"*Oh my gosh, this thing goes quite fast. We really didn't know what to expect.*"
— Sabrina Skilling on WU66's spinner

In its first battle, WU66 fought the British entry, Suspension. It started slower, and was slammed by Suspension, and controlled around the arena. Sparks flew as WU66's bar skimmed the top of Suspension, but the British machine rolled WU66 into a Grinder, which then reversed into the hazard to sustain further damage. WU66 finally fled, but Suspension drove it back into the Grinder for further damage. Suspension then pinned WU66 against the wall, and survived one final blow from the bar spinner before rolling it against the arena spikes. WU66 had lost mobility, so it was counted out, and eliminated in the first round.

## Results

### Wins/Losses

* Wins: 0
* Losses: 1

## Trivia

* WU66 was among a number of competitor robots to originally be built by Thomas Lau, which also includes EarthShaker and Mighty Crossbow and Steel Shield.

## External Links

* WU66 on the *King of Bots*  website (Chinese, archived)
Shaman

> “He will make you regret drinking that potion last night.”
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Shaman is an epic hero from Orc Camp. He's a medium-sized mage.

Shaman Weakens enemy heroes with a decreased damage enchantment. Try to enchant as many heroes as you can at the beginning of a battle to minimize the enemy's effectiveness.

**Stats**
Warrior (This is Fighting Robots)

## WARRIOR

*For the unrelated UK robot which competed in King of Bots II, see Warrior*

**Warrior** (stylized as **WARRIOR**) was one of four robots featured in the 'Managers Exhibition Battle' held during the 2018 series *This is Fighting Robots*.

Driven by Red team manager Wu Chun, and customized to reflect his team's identity, it performed well during the Youku VIP-exclusive melee, defeating Pangolin after pushing it into a grinder. However, despite also outlasting Sa Beining's Nezha, WARRIOR would be flipped over and immobilized by MIX, finishing runner-up to Zheng Shuang's rival vertical spinner.

## Design

WARRIOR was a four-wheel drive, box-shaped robot, with narrow treaded tires and a powerful vertical spinning disc. Its design incorporated a predominantly red and black paint scheme similar to that of Team Xiake's machines, with the disc being painted white for added contrast. While generally smaller than MIX's equivalent weapon, the disc on WARRIOR was wider, giving it a greater surface area to attack. The front end included a large angled wedge to deflect, get underneath and feed opponents into the spinner.

Integrated into WARRIOR's weapon mount were two curved fairings, themselves designed to prevent the disc from touching the arena floor once inverted. However, a separate self-righting mechanism was not fitted, and, as it lost mobility shortly after being flipped by MIX, it is unclear whether WARRIOR was designed to be invertible.

### Etymology

WARRIOR's name was directly influenced by Wu Chun's captaincy of the Red team. In Episode 2 of the main series, he and his roboteers chose to name this side **Team Warrior** (or **Warrior**), as the design for their badges incorporated a prominent 'W' in the center.

## Trivia

* A group photo of Wu Chun and WARRIOR
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Wizard

> “Coolest grandpa in the hood.”
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Wizard is a rare hero from Enchanted Glade. He's a small and light damage dealer.

Wizard damages his target and the enemies around it with Fire Blast. Its damage depends on enemies' current health so it's the most effective against enemies with a lot of remaining health. Fire Blast deals area damage equal to 20% of the enemy's remaining health.

**Stats**

**Tutorial**
Satyr

> “Enchantress' favourite pet.”
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Satyr is a common hero from Enchanted Glade. He's a big tank with medium weight and speed.

His Magic Affinity significantly increases his damage when he's enchanted. It is efficient to use him with Enchantress, Blacksmith or Banshee who can activate his ability, but his damage is also increased by negative enchantments dealt by your opponent.

**Stats**

**Tutorial**