AWS 1

**AWS 1** was the first ever Antweight World Series event to have taken place and was held in Reading, England on the 26th September 1999 at the house of Oliver Steeples.

The event only had a handful of competitors and was done as a joke at the time.

## Rules

There was a set of scales and a 4 inch cube available to all contestants. A win is counted as pushing the opponent off the arena, disabling the opponent so that it can no longer continue or destroying the opponent so that it no longer operates. In the event of any arguments, a majority decision is taken from 5 people at random.

## Format

The day was split into individual, multi-bot and team events. Each ant fought the other ants on one of the two arenas: plain board or obstacle arena. The Main competition had a round robin set up whereby every robot fought each other at least once, scoring points for every win, the champion was determined by who won the most fights. Following the main competition, there were several antweight grumbles with up to 5 bots on an arena at one time.

## Competitors

* Cannon Fodder
* Dozer
* Odyssey
* Pants
* Type-0
* Tyrant

## Main Competition

### Battles

#### Cannon Fodder vs Type-0

   Both machines made slow progress towards the centre of the arena. Cannon Fodder's wedge allowed for it to easily pick Type-0 up and slowly drive towards the edge of the arena. Type-0 attempted to get away but was eventually shoved off.

**Winner:** Canon Fodder

#### Pants vs Dozer

   Both machines met at the centre of the arena Pants started off the aggressor hammering away at the top of Dozer before Dozer backed away and targeted by Pants again, however this time the axe mainly flailed away to the side of Dozer. Both machines span on the spot as they pushed against each other, however, Pants got the upper hand and started pushing Dozer towards the edge. Pants axed Dozer again, but this proved to be its undoing as Dozer managed to wedge underneath and topple Pants over and push it off the edge.

**Winner:** Dozer

#### Tyrant vs Odyssey

   As the two met in the centre, Odyssey attempted to use its flipping scoop to overturn Tyrant, but the wedge robot failed to turn over, instead falling back down and wedging itself under Odyssey. Tyrant attempted to push Odyssey out of the arena but it managed to drive away just in time. They turned to face each other once again, this time Odyssey attempted to lift Tyrant over once again but failed to do so at first. A second flip managed to over turn Tyrant where it was unable to self right.

**Winner:** Odyssey

#### Dozer vs Type-0

    Both machines were slow to meet in the middle and once they did the battle was tedious with neither gaining much traction to push one another. They both turned as Dozer attempted to get around the sides to push, failing to push Type-0 further. Eventually, Dozer sped away and turn around, reversing into Type-0, which seemed more effective at pushing, and shoved Type-0 off the arena.

**Winner:** Dozer

#### Pants vs Odyssey

    The battle was short lived as the two quickly engaged with Pants hammering with the axe and Odyssey turning to get a side on attack. Odyssey attempted to flip Pants over but instead proceeded to shove Pants off the arena.

**Winner:** Odyssey

#### Tyrant vs Cannon Fodder

    The two machines met in the middle as usual, but seemed to be pushing heavily against each other. Cannon Fodder's blade scrapped across the scoop of Tyrant as it tried to turn around. Upon turning, Tyrant gained the upper hand and pushed Cannon Fodder off the arena.

**Winner:** Tyrant

#### Tyrant vs Dozer

    Using the Obstacle arena now, both machine navigated to meet one another. The two wedge machine struggled to gain purchase pushing against each other. Soon Dozer turned, which allowed Tyrant to attack from behind, pinning Dozer against a block. As Dozer fought back, it managed to spear the side of Tyrant getting embedded in behind the scoop. Dozer slammed Tyrant into the corner side wall trapping it temporarily. Dozer attempted to steer Tyrant to the edge of the arena to push it off, but Tyrant freed itself from the spike and proceeded to get behind Dozer once more and simply pushed it off the edge.

**Winner:** Tyrant

#### Pants vs Type-0

    Before the battle Type-0 seemed to have had some technical problems as it struggled to move correctly. Pants quickly made its way to Type-0 and hammered away with the axe. Pants backed away and turned slightly before pushing Type-0 off the arena.

**Winner:** Pants

#### Cannon Fodder vs Odyssey

    Both robots were able to navigate across the obstacles to meet. Although Cannon Fodder's weapon span and hit Odyssey, Odyssey had Cannon Fodder against a metal plate and simple chucking it on its back in quick succession.

**Winner:** Odyssey

#### Odyssey vs Dozer

    Both machines had a sluggish start but soon Odyssey had the first attack flipping Dozer. Dozer turned and reversed into Odyssey with its spikes but this does not help as Odyssey flips it once again and pressures it against the corner. They both turned to face each other once again which allowed Odyssey to get its scoop under and lift Dozer upwards and pushed it across the arena and off of the platform.

**Winner:** Odyssey

#### Tyrant vs Pants

    Pants of the quicker start, charging in and attempting to hammer Tyrant but was quickly turned on its back by the wedgebot who proceeded to shove it towards the corner. Pants became stuck on the corner and unable to self right as Tyrant continued to pressure it. Pants was unable to self right or escape as Tyrant pushed it away from the corner and out of the arena.

**Winner:** Tyrant

#### Tyrant vs Type-0

    Type-0 was working more effectively this time but it was quickly out pushed by Tyrant. Type-0 was struggling to get away as Tyrant came in for another attack and promptly pushed it off the arena.

**Winner:** Tyrant

#### Type-0 vs Odyssey

    In an effort to allow for a fairer competition, Odyssey sat back and waited for Type-0 to make its way across the arena. At first Type-0 attempted to walk up the ramp, but failed to do so, it then turned and walk across the side where Odyssey came out and attempted to flip it. Odyssey, swarmed Type-0 as it flicked away with its scoop. Odyssey then shunted Type-0 about before pushing it off the side.

**Winner:** Odyssey

## Side Events

### Grumble

#### Odyssey vs Dozer vs Tyrant vs Pants vs Cannon Fodder

TBA

**Winner:** Dozer

#### Odyssey & Tyrant Vs Pants & Cannon Fodder

TBA

**Winners:** Odyssey & Tyrant

#### Odyssey vs Tyrant & Pants & Cannon Fodder

 File:Odyssey vs tyrant cannon fodder pants.png  The fight was over before it began as Odyssey mistimed a flip and was toppled carefully on its back by the other three robots. Unable to self right, the trio swarmed Odyssey and slowly pushed it further towards the edge. Pants axed away at Odyssey and one of the tracks came off by an attack from Cannon Fodder. Slowly, Odyssey was pushed off the edge.

**Winners:** Tyrant & Pants & Cannon Fodder

### Mad Melees

#### Odyssey vs Tyrant vs Pants vs Cannon Fodder

TBA

**Winner:** Tyrant

#### Odyssey vs Tyrant vs Pants vs Cannon Fodder

TBA

**Winner:** Tyrant

#### Odyssey vs Tyrant vs Pants vs Cannon Fodder

TBA

**Winner:** All Draw

#### Odyssey vs Tyrant vs Pants vs Cannon Fodder

TBA

**Winner:** All Draw

#### Cannon Fodder vs Tyrant vs Odessey vs Pants vs Dozer

TBA

**Winner:** Dozer

#### Cannon Fodder vs Tyrant vs Odessey vs Pants vs Dozer

TBA

**Winner:** Tyrant

#### Cannon Fodder vs Tyrant vs Odessey vs Pants vs Dozer

TBA

**Winners:** Cannon Fodder, Tyrant & Pants

### Football

#### Odyssey vs Tyrant vs Pants vs Cannon Fodder

TBA

**Winner:** All Draw

## Results

1. Odyssey
2. Tyrant
3. Dozer
4. Pants
5. Canon Fodder
6. Type-0

## References

1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20020428033234/http://robotwars101.com:80/profile.php?class=ant&id=30&name=Dozer
2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20020428033135/http://robotwars101.com:80/profile.php?class=ant&id=31&name=TyrAnt
3. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20020428033135/http://robotwars101.com:80/profile.php?class=ant&id=31&name=TyrAnt
4. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20020428033135/http://robotwars101.com:80/profile.php?class=ant&id=31&name=TyrAnt
5. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20020428033135/http://robotwars101.com:80/profile.php?class=ant&id=31&name=TyrAnt
6. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20020428033234/http://robotwars101.com:80/profile.php?class=ant&id=30&name=Dozer
7. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20020428033234/http://robotwars101.com:80/profile.php?class=ant&id=30&name=Dozer
8. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20020428033234/http://robotwars101.com:80/profile.php?class=ant&id=30&name=Dozer
9. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20020428033135/http://robotwars101.com:80/profile.php?class=ant&id=31&name=TyrAnt

## External Links

* Footage of the Main Competition
* Results of the first AWS