Up the Antie

* AWS 61
* AWS 58 & 60

**Up the Antie** was the first antweight made by Team Tomb, appearing for the first time in AWS 58. It is made entirely by hand out of polycarbonate with a curve shaped rear-hinged flipper. Initially it had an aluminium strip across the front of the flipper, but this was removed after AWS 60 in order to improve ground clearance, leaving the robot underweight.

It was joined on the team by Push Comes to Shove just before AWS 60 and Vertigo for AWS 61.

## Robot History

### AWS 58

In it's first ever battle, Up the Antie fought Little Kit 2.0, a front-hinged flipper. After almost driving off the edge of the arena with no contact, Up the Antie managed to get it's flipper underneath Little Kit 2.0, before flipping it upside down. Unable to self-right, Up the Antie then pushed Little Kit 2.0 out of the arena.

In it's second battle, Up the Antie fought Dusty, a rear-hinged flipper. Dusty immediately flipped Up the Antie over, but it quickly self-righted. Dusty then pushed Up the Antie into the wall, but Dusty was then pushed into a corner and onto it's side in return. Dusty retaliated by pinning Up the Antie against the wall with it's flipper, only for Up the Antie to fire it's flipper, push Dusty backwards and then Up the Antie reversed into Dusty, pushing it off the edge of the arena.

Up the Antie then fought Zero, a shovebot. After failing to get underneath Zero, Up the Antie was flipped over from the power of it's own flipper whilst being pushed around by Zero and was then pushed out of the arena whilst struggling to self-right.

Now in the losers bracket, Up the Antie then faced former AWS champion Bzwroink. Bzwroink pushed Up the Antie around the arena before pushing it off the edge.

### AWS 60

In it's first battle, Up the Antie fought Nightwish, a grabber. Up the Antie struggled to get underneath Nightwish whilst Nightwish successfully pushed Up the Antie around, until it had one wheel over the trench. As Nightwish backed away, Up the Antie suddenly got the grip to drive away from the trench. Nightwish continued to try to grab Up the Antie and push it around, until eventually Up the Antie was pushed into the trench.

In its second fight, Up the Antie fought Psychopathy, another rear-hinged flipper. Psychopathy quickly got underneath Up the Antie and flipped it onto the arena wall, and then over it and out of the arena.

Later on, Up the Antie competed in the first rumble of the day. It successfully pushed and flipped several robots out of the arena, making it into the second half of the rumble after the trenches had been cleared, before being pushed out with about 8 robots remaining. In the second rumble, Up the Antie did not last very long, before accidentally driving into the trench.

### AWS 61

In it's first fight, Up the Antie fought Grandma, another rear-hinged flipper. Up the Antie immediately flipped it over, only for Grandma to self-right. They then proceeded to push each other around whilst flipping each other and self-righting, until Grandma got too close to the pit, got stuck and finally fell in.

In it's next battle, Up the Antie fought B-Bot, a shovebot. B-Bot immediately got underneath Up the Antie and pushed it towards the pit, only for Up the Antie to accidentally drive into the pit.

Up the Antie then fought Palette Pusher, a shovebot. They generally pushed each other around, until Palette Pusher pushed Up the Antie into the pit.

## Wins/Losses

* Wins: 3
* Losses: 6

## Outside AWS

Up the Antie competed in MKBFC RoboShowdown in August 2019, winning 2 fights and losing 2 fights. It also competed in the Antweight Open in October 2019, losing both of it's 2 fights.

## Trivia

Up the Antie has entered a total of 5 competitions, but has still never been drawn against a spinner in any fight.