Crabsolutely Clawful

**Crabsolutely Clawful** was an antweight created by Stephen Pearson that only appeared in AWS 54 where it lost both its fights.

## Robot History

### AWS 54

   In the first round, Crabsolutely Clawful faced Loki. Both robots charged with Crabsolutely Clawful managing to hook around Loki, clasping the insides of the jaw of Loki and attempted to push Loki out but it survived and darted away. Loki and Crabsolutely Clawful span around the arena, chasing one another as Loki managed to catch Crabsolutely Clawful on some occasions, clasping down and pushing back only for Crabsolutely Clawful to clasp around Loki and push it back. Both machines continued to be locked together, chasing one another and clamping down on each other. Eventually, Loki charged Crabsolutely Clawful into the side wall where it backed away, only for Crabsolutely Clawful to drive into the pit.

In the Loser's Bracket second round, Crabsolutely Clawful faced Anticyclone. Crabsolutely Clawful got the better start, charging in and grabbing Anticyclone and pushing it back against the arena side wall before turning and pushing Anticyclone further. Anticyclone pushed back against Crabsolutely Clawful before Crabsolutely Clawful backed away and ended up driving into the pit.

Crabsolutely Clawful also fought in a grumble. Crabsolutely Clawful did well at first, clasping its opponents before being flipped almost out. Crabsolutely Clawful continued to grab opponents but was eventually flipped out of the arena.

## Wins/Losses

* Wins: 0
* Losses: 3

## Outside AWS

Built in the space of one week, the featherweight Crabsolutely Clawful initially made its robot combat debut at the Extreme Robots Portsmouth event in May 2018, taking part in two featherweight rumbles. In each of its battles, it suffered from various issues with its drive and weapon systems, and would ultimately lose its second rumble after being pushed onto the edge of the pit by Aegis Mk II shortly before time ran out. With the improvements made since its appearance at the 2018 UK International Championships, Crabsolutely Clawful returned for the Cheltenham event later that year, surviving to the end of its first rumble, getting pitted in the second and finishing runner-up in the third.

Joe Brown also directed the online web-series Bugglebots, dedicated to beetleweight class robots, and brought all three versions of Crabsolutely Clawful along to filming as static displays. The featherweight Crabsolutely Clawful also appeared in the last episode of the first series, taking part in a whiteboard match dubbed 'Boss Battle'. Fighting a team of six beetleweights, it lost its top panel in the opening seconds, but recovered by swatting Drizzle into the wall and overturning the latter. After Sir Lance-A-Frog broke down, Crabsolutely Clawful proceeded to drag and push Snippers McGee, Zero Gravitas, a re-righted Drizzle, Anxt and Thunder Child into the pit, emerging as the victor of the 'Boss Battle'.

Crabsolutely Clawful returned for the 2019 UK championships hosted by Robodojo in August 2019, partnered alongside a minibot built by Craig Croucher, and mostly driven by Isaac Sharp. Despite suffering two early losses against Barróg Doom and Mitternacht, Crabsolutely Clawful pulled off three consecutive pittings to defeat Nigel Barrage, Luna-Tic and Forge Master II to earn joint second in its heat. Crabsolutely Clawful was relegated to third due to the tiebreak situation favoring Mitternacht, so it entered a three-way melee against Barghest and Revolver to earn a place in the Top 16. With Revolver immobilized here, Crabsolutely Clawful advanced, and then defeated the fellow Bristol entry TRAC to reach the quarter-finals. There, Crabsolutely Clawful's five-match win streak was ended by Captain Jack Spinnah, leaving Team Reckless Crabandon with a respectable Top 8 finish.

Crabsolutely Clawful also fought in the UK Featherweight King of Bots competition losing all fights.