Little Nipper

* AWS 8
* AWS 7
* AWS 5
* AWS 3

**Little Nipper** was an antweight created by Team Spark that debuted in AWS 3. Little Nipper was a unique robot that used a mousetrap mechanism as a weapon, which served as a rear hinged flipper, making it the pioneer of the weapon in the Antweight World Series. Little Nipper had a mixed range of success over the years it competed before it's last event in AWS 9.

Despite the similar sounding name, Little Nipper is in no ways related to the famous heavyweight robot Big Nipper.

## Robot History

### AWS 3

In the first round, Little Nipper fought Diced Carrot and Ache. Diced Carrot showed poor control and drove off by accident, giving an easy win for Little Nipper and Ache.

In the second round it faced Cannon Fodder where it lost.

In the Loser's Melee, Little Nipper faced Ache again, Grassbox and TyrAnt where it lost to TyrAnt and Grassbox.

Little Nipper then fought in a series of side events. The first being a melee between Cannon Fodder (again), Close Shave, Get Out Of The Way, DragStar and Diced Carrot (again). Although no information exists from this fight, it is known that Diced Carrot had pushed one of the competitors off the edge of the arena. Little Nipper lost the melee.

Little Nipper then fought in two Team Battles. The first was against Micro Phage, Diced Carrot again and Combat Ant where it won alongside Combat Ant.

In the Team Battle final, Little Nipper fought Combat Ant, Close Shave, Pants, Get Out Of The Way and DragStar where it won and became joint champion with Combat Ant, Pants and Close Shave.

The final event Little Nipper was in was the Tag Team, where it was partnered with Combat Ant. Their first opponents were Pants and Close Shave, where they won.

The second battle was once again against the same team as before and once again they won.

The third fight was once again against Pants and Close Shave. 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 fourth fight was against Get Out Of The Way and DragStar where the team won once again.

The final battle was against Cannon Fodder and Grassbox, where they won, allowing Little Nipper and Combat Ant to become Tag Team Champions.

### AWS 5

After skipping AWS 4 due to illness, Little Nipper returned and was against Stagger, Interz and again Cannon Fodder where it qualified alongside Cannon Fodder and Stagger.

In the second round, Little Nipper faced Pants (again), Legion and Anticyclone where it was eliminated.

### AWS 7

In the first round, Little Nipper faced Odyssey, Cannon Fodder again and the team's fellow creation Imp where both Little Nipper and Imp lost.

### AWS 8

    In the first round, Little Nipper faced TriumphAnt and War Ant. TriumphAnt attacked Little Nipper and pushed it onto an arena tire while War Ant stayed dormant and away from the main action. TriumphAnt continued to add the pressure to Little Nipper and eventually it broke off a wheel. Little Nipper spun in circles as War Ant rammed it across the arena. With no movement and no traction, Little Nipper was eliminated.

### AWS 9

    In the first round, Little Nipper faced Serpant and Kill Mhant Ain Mo. Serpant was the most aggressive attacking Little Nipper from behind and using the claw to crush and then lift Little Nipper from behind as Kill Mhant Ain Mo charged in from behind. Little Nipper seemed to be in danger as Serpant dashed away but Kill Mhant Ain Mo stopped moving and was counted out by Refbot.

In the second round, Little Nipper faced Satan's Little Helper and Mesmer 2. Little Nipper was quick to get underneath Satan's Little Helper from the side where it then flipped Satan's Little Helper over on its back. Unable to self right, Satan's Little Helper was attacked by Mesmer 2, who damaged the scoop further. Little Nipper seemed to have knocked itself out during the flip but it didn't matter as Refbot counted Satan's Little Helper out and pushed it off.

In the third round, Little Nipper faced Duck. Little Nipper immediately chased after Duck but seemingly struggled to get underneath it. However, eventually Little Nipper attacked from the front and got underneath Duck and flipped it over. Duck could not self-right and it is unknown whether it was pushed off or counted out.

In the fourth round, Little Nipper faced Anteater. Little Nipper darted into the jaws of Anteater but managed to get underneath Anteater and push it back against a sidewall. However, Anteater pushed back and attempted to grab hold of Little Nipper, who then darted backwards and away. The two circled each other before Anteater grabbed hold of Little Nipper again before shoving it off the arena.

As a chance to redeem itself and come back into the competition, there was a loser's melee against Hades, Gaffa, Pants (again) and Rebel where it lost and was eliminated from the competition.

## Wins/Losses

* Wins: 12
* Losses: 8

## Outside AWS

Little Nipper appeared in the first series of *Robot Wars Extreme*, fighting in the Antweight championship against Anto, Anty B, Combat Ant, Legion, Pants and Razzler. It did well and came second, losing to Combat Ant

Little Nipper also fought in some Nanowars events.

## External Links

* Team Website
* Little Nipper on the Robot Wars wiki