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BBC 2 Ident

**BBC 2 Ident** was a robot that was used as Robot Wars' offical ident on BBC 2. The robot was constructed by Team Make Robotics, the same team who built Behemoth, as a side project.

BBC 2 Ident would first be shown in one ident in Series 3, showcasing its weapons. Another ident would later show BBC 2 Ident inside the Pinball arena, with Sir Killalot nearby. A third ident consisted of Philippa Forrester introducing Robot Wars, as BBC 2 Ident moved on screen.

In later series, other idents not related to Robot Wars, such as the Kebab ident, would be used instead, hence replacing BBC 2 Ident in its role. It does, however, make a cameo appearance in a special introduction featuring Julia Reed for the Southern Annihilator.

## Design

BBC 2 Ident was a multi-coloured robot that used a metal BBC 2 logo as a base. It was armoured in 3mm of aluminum checker plate, 1mm of aluminum sheet and styrene. It was armed with a servo-operated front bucket and rear arm, as well as a flame thrower and a cutting disc that was created by combining two CDs together.

BBC 2 Ident was based on the house robots from Series 2, taking parts from all five. This included Dead Metal's disc, Matilda's horns, Sergeant Bash's side, wheels and flamethrower, Shunt's scoop and Sir Killalot's mesh. BBC 2 Ident was eventually completed after Series 2.

## Outside Robot Wars

Although it did not compete in any battles, BBC 2 Ident has appeared in various Live Events along with Behemoth.
Basher (UK)

**Basher** is a heavyweight robot built by Team Hurtz, which took part in the unaired pilot episode of the 2016 series of Robot Wars. Team Hurtz competed in the main competition with Terrorhurtz.

Basher is in fact beta from Battlebots, renamed for legal reasons.

## Robot History

Although Basher did not participate in the main series of Robot Wars in 2016, Team Hurtz were invited to attend filming of the pilot episode on March 1st, giving them the opportunity to have a head-to-head battle in front of a live audience as part of a camera test.

Basher first entered a four-way melee against Ka-Pow!, Tanto, and Turbulence. Basher was aggressive in its performance, where at the same time, Tanto became immobilised, knocking out its safety link by driving over Ka-Pow! Basher capitalised, and pitted the defeated Tanto, but in the process, overbalanced, and fell into the pit itself, eliminating both robots from the competition.

## Wins/Losses

* Wins: 0
* Losses: 1
911

is a Hobbyweight robot from Felton, Delaware that competed at various events in the early 2000's and emerged from retirement to compete at Franklin Institute 2016.

It was a two-wheeled, gray, invertible, box-shaped robot armed with a powerful face spinner. 911 was extremely successful in combat going undefeated in three competitions, winning most of its matches by KO, and to date holds a career record of at least 19-7 making it the second most successful face spinner after Combat Ant.

## Robot History

### Hobby Show Robot Conflict 2002

#### Known Fights:

* 911 vs TC12 - Won
* 911 vs Ixon - Won

### Wins/Losses

* Wins: 19?
* Losses: 7

## Trivia

* 911 is a rare example of a successful face spinner
* 911 is also notable for its long retirement period of 13 years.
Banshee (UK)

*Not to be confused with the Canadian Beetleweight of the same name which entered Robot Riots 4.*

**Banshee** (sometimes known as Banshee Bandit) was a full-body spinning robot at 200RPM that competed in the fourth series of Robot Wars. It had the novelty head of a large banshee, a female Irish spirit wailing "warnings of impending death and doom" according to the team, complete with hypnotic flashing eyes. It was believed that the robot was modeled on team captain Graham Walker's wife. Like many other robots that have a head, this was decapitated by the axe of Shunt. However, it had a very slow top speed of only 5mph and it lost in the first round after an encounter with Spawn of Scutter due to its lack of speed. The team (as the 39th Huddersfield Scouts) also competed in Series 3 with Shark Attack which was updated in 5 weeks to form Banshee.

## Robot History

Banshee was drawn against 10th seeds Spawn of Scutter and Knightmare. It got up to speed quickly, deflecting off Spawn of Scutter. Using its slight wedge, Spawn of Scutter got beneath Banshee and flung it across the arena using its spike, tipping Banshee over. Shunt decapitated Banshee, who was now beaten.

Banshee also competed in the Pinball Warrior Tournament, a test of driving skill, control and speed. Banshee certainly had two of those requirements, but its low speed meant it took 7 whole seconds just to turn and knock the first set of barrels over.

Despite this, Banshee was able to hit Sergeant Bash's 50 point target and also the Multi-Ball release, but was unable to do any more than that as Sir Killalot closed in on it. In the end, it scored 75 points, putting it equal 12th with Stinger.

## Results

Series 4
Knightmare
 Pinball Warrior Tournament
(Joint 12th
with Stinger)

## Wins/Losses

* Wins: 0
* Losses: 1
100% Y.A.W.N.

**100% Y.A.W.N.** (also known as Project Y.A.W.N.) was a lightweight robot built by Joshua Howard that competed in Season 4.0 of BattleBots. It was a translucent and red robot armed with a spinning helicopter blade. It performed acceptably in BattleBots despite the fact it had drive issues in both of its fights, but never went further than the round of 128. 100% Y.A.W.N. was being rebuilt for Season 5.0 but due to conflicts the team never made it to the competition.
Y.A.W.N. stood for "Your Absolute Worst Nightmare".

## Robot History

100% Y.A.W.N. first matched up against Lobotomizer, but Lobotomizer forfeited, so Y.A.W.N. moved on to the next round, where it fought Chewy. Y.A.W.N. only had intermittent mobility in this battle, so Chewy drove over, pushed Y.A.W.N. around and then stopped moving. Y.A.W.N. took the TKO and moved on to the final preliminary round against Rolling Blackout. Y.A.W.N. still had trouble moving, so Rolling Blackout drove over to it and shoved it into the spike strip. Y.A.W.N. stopped moving entirely, and so Rolling Blackout eliminated Y.A.W.N. from the competition with a knockout victory.

## Results

BattleBots Season 4.0
Division
of 512
 Round
of 256
 Round
of 128

## Wins/Losses

* Wins: 2
* Losses: 1
BatMaker

**BatMaker** was a robot from Thailand, not much is known about this robot other than the fact that it did poorly in competition, losing its one, and only battle to Robot DugDig.

## Robot History

### Seacon War of Steel 1

BatMaker's first, and only match was against Robot DugDig. It lost this match, and was eliminated from the competition.

## Results

### Wins/Losses

* Wins: 0
* Losses: 1
401(k)

**401(k)** was a lightweight robot built by David Whitaker that competed at Season 4.0 of *BattleBots*. It was a translucent robot shielded by a large Elastomer tire, designed to shield it from impacts, armed with a small spike in front. It didn't perform well in BattleBots, losing its only match.

## Robot History

401(k)'s only battle was against Ramming Speed. 401(k) could only move in circles at the beginning of this battle, so Ramming Speed drove over and shoved 401(k) into the spike strip. 401(k) regained control after this and the match became a pushing match where Ramming Speed had a slight advantage. Eventually time ran out and 401(k) lost a 31-14 judge's decision, eliminating it from the tournament.

## Results

BattleBots Season 4.0
Division
of 256

## Wins/Losses

* Wins: 0
* Losses: 1
Backlash Wave

Backlash Wave is a vertical spinning bar from William Marchese with two different prongs feeding the robot into its weapon. It fought in the NHRL May 2022 rookies-only event, and would then return to the NHRL July 2022 event. In May 2022, it performed well, taking out joke bots like Wideskipper and Helicoboptochopter. However, it would be eliminated by Shifty in its fifth battle. In NHRL July 2022, it performed much worse, suffering back-to-back losses to Red Hawk X and Gator Robotics' Hyperdrive.
Angry Erector Set

## Overview

Angry Erector Set is a 2WD US antweight undercutter made by Absolute Chaos Robotics. It went 0-2 at its first event before making a splash at Motorama 2017 by knocking out Commander Doom and using its weapon as an extra wheel in its last career fight. Angry Erector Set was then retired from combat.

## Fight history

### NERC Franklin Institute 2016

No fight footage exists, but it is known that Angry Erector Set went 0-2.

### Motorama 2017

#### Angry Erector Set vs Commander Doom

The fight started with Angry Erector Set Spinning up and both bots jostling for position before Angry Erector Set started landing some shots on Commander Doom. The entire fight was Angry Erector Set getting around to the back of Commander Doom and landing decent shots until COmmander Doom was counted out.

#### Angry Erector Set vs The Cuban

The fight started with both bots spinning up and trading shots. The Cuban then threw Angry Erector Set into the wall which tore out the weapon of Angry Erector Set. The Cuban then tore one of Angry Erector Set's wheels off. Angry Erector Set got stuck against the wall and was counted out, giving the win to The Cuban.

#### Angry Erector Set vs Odium

The fight started with both bots spinning up and jostling for position before Odium landed several shots onto Angry Erector Set. Angry Erector Set managed to get some distance and then threw Odium into the wall. Odium then tore a wheel off of Angry Erector Set. Angry Erector Set just kept going after Odium, using its weapon as a backup wheel. That didn't last long because Angry Erector Set threw its weapon off after a few wall hits. Odium tried to finish the job, but couldn't. The fight went to a judges decision where Odium won.

## Fight record

 ???
 Motorama 2017
 The Cuban | Loss
 Odium | Loss

Overall record: 1-4
Atlas

**Atlas** was a robot that participated in Series 3 of Robot Wars, but lost in the first round to Challenger 2. The team entered Thud in Series 2, originally in the heavyweight event, but the team missed their qualifier, fighting instead in the superheavyweight category and losing to Siren.

## Robot History

Atlas was against Challenger 2 in Round 1. Atlas sped out and rammed Challenger 2, but to little effect. Atlas turned to use its saw blade, but it caused little damage to Challenger's armour. Atlas pushed Challenger back, then was pushed back itself into a Side Grinder. Challenger backed away, and then rammed Atlas again. Neither of the two robots' weapons were effective, but Challenger kept up its attack. Sergeant Bash torched Atlas from his CPZ, before Atlas was rammed by Challenger again. These attacks rendered Atlas immobile, so the House Robots closed in. Sir Killalot used his lance to crunch through the bodywork of Atlas, levering it up at the same time. Sir Killalot held it over the Flame Pit, in an attempt to melt the toy mech on the top of the robot. Instead, Shunt hacked its head off, and then smashed it down onto the flames below. Atlas was then dropped on the flames, but Shunt pushed it off after a while. Smoking, Shunt battered it with his axe until cease was called. Atlas was beaten, and eliminated from the competition.

## Wins/Losses

* Wins: 0
* Losses: 1
B.E.H.EMOTH

*Not to be confused with the British Robot Wars Competitor*

**B.E.H.EMOTH** was a middleweight robot which competed in Season 3.0 of *BattleBots*. It was a two-wheeled wedge robot armed with twin buzz saws on the front. It didn't perform well in competition, winning only one match before losing to Eraser in the round of 128.

## Robot history

### Season 3.0

B.E.H.EMOTH's first ever match in BattleBots was against Neb. B.E.H.EMOTH won the match by KO at 1:16 and advanced to the next preliminary round where it faced Eraser. Eraser won the match on a 28-17 judge's decision and B.E.H.EMOTH was eliminated from the tournament.

#### Wins/Losses

* Wins: 1
* Losses: 1
Angry Asp

**Angry Asp** was a middleweight robot designed and built by **Team PlumbCrazy**, more famously known for their heavyweights Sewer Snake and Battlebots entry Stinger: The Killer Bee. The team built two other middleweight robots, Devil's Plunger and Pipe Wench.

The robot was two-wheel drive and featured a spinning drum weapon made up of four separate assymetrical discs. This could also be switched out to a more defensive configuration, where the drum is replaced with multiple angled prongs, as used against VD5 and Piranha at RoboGames 2009. Angry Asp competed on the US scene between 2005 and 2009, winning 11 fights total but never winning a competition.

It was later retired, with Matt Maxham stating he "preferred control over destruction" according to the team's website.

### Etymology

Asps are venomous snakes often found in southwest Europe, its name deriving from the Greek word for viper, "aspis". Angry Asp is an example of alliteration, with both words in its name beginning with the letter A.

## Results

Doom on you!
Tuka The Cat
 2005 RFL Nationals
Nasty Attitude
The Mortician
Doom on you!
 ComBots Cup II
 RoboGames 2009
 ComBots Cup VI
Beer Bash

### Wins/Losses

**Wins:** 11

**Losses:** 9

## References

1. ↑ Angry Asp vs. VD5 at RoboGames 2009
2. ↑ http://www.tpcbots.com/indextpc\_007.htm
BB2X

**BB2X** was a FingerTech Beater Bar built by Blue's Dog Bots. It was built entirely from polycarbonate and UHMW. It competed in the NHRL July and September 2020 events. At the July 2020 event, it went 1-2, defeating Vibroid but losing to Project LiftOff and Yes. In September 2020, it performed even worse, losing both of its fights to Brain Damage and Mr. Pickles.
Axe-C-Dent

**Axe-C-Dent** was a machine that competed in Series 5 and 6 of Robot Wars. Both versions of the machine lost in the first round of their domestic competitions.

Axe-C-Dent, was created and teamed by only one person - disabled Mel Easton, who controlled his machine from a special booth with wheelchair access in both series.

Its name is a pun on the word accident.

It was originally a blue and grey box-wedge shaped robot with a spinning axe (incorrectly described as horizontal by Jonathan Pearce). This version was powered by 24V wheelchair and car fan motors and was armoured in 12mm ply covered in perforated steel. Unlike most heavy-spinning weapons, Axe-C-Dent's spinner featured only one axe, with the reverse side serving as a counterweight.

The second version, Axe-C-Dent 2, featured a silver, half-barrel shaped body, two wheel drive and an upgraded weapon - a 14kg hammer replacing the axe to make for a heavier spinner, which now span at 1000RPM and was capable of slicing through 4mm aluminium, but the robot still could not self-right.

## Robot History

### Series 5

Axe-C-Dent's spinning axe became stuck when Destruct-A-Bubble brought its own axe down onto Axe-C-Dent's. It managed to escape, but had already lost power to its weapon. Axe-C-Dent rammed Destruct-A-Bubble gently, and circled around the arena, while Destruct-A-Bubble avoided it. However, Axe-C-Dent suddenly rolled to a halt near a CPZ and was counted out by Refbot. Shunt then axed through Axe-C-Dent's top armour and pushed it into the pit, going in itself as well.

### Series 6

Axe-C-Dent returned in Series 6 with a new shape and a more powerful weapon. However, it never got the chance to show these improvements, as in the first round it was immediately flipped over by Hydra, and was then counted out. It was righted after Growler rammed it, but was axed by Dominator 2, causing some sizeable holes. Axe-C-Dent was then placed on the floor flipper and thrown through the air with its rotating axe breaking off in the process, before finally being finished off by being pushed down the pit.

## Results

Series 5
 UK Robot Wars
Series 6
Hydra,
Sumpthing

## Wins/Losses

* Wins: 0
* Losses: 2
Bad News

**Bad News** was a lightweight robot which competed in Season 4.0 of BattleBots. It was an invertible square-shaped robot armed with a vertically-spinning drum. It performed decently in competition, winning one battle before losing to Rambite in the round of 64.

## Robot History

Bad News first went up against Paladin. In the match, Paladin beat the heck out of the floor, but not out of Bad News. Bad News' drum was quite strong, and tossed Paladin up and enabled Bad News to get underneath. Neither robot was doing much serious damage, despite a lot of loud noise. Eventually, though, Bad News struck Paladin upwards and got under him a second time, and afterwards Paladin looked to be dead. The damage; the dents and bends, finally began to show on him, and he didn't last much longer. In the end, the judges gave Paladin most of the points in aggression, but Bad News won nearly all the points in damage and came out strong in strategy, giving it the win, 28-17.

Bad News then faced off against Rambite. The bots circled each other warily, not maneuvering very well. Eventually they came together and their powerful weapons clashed. Rambite was knocked away and started to dance, apparently out of balance. His spinner stopped, but unlike Bad News, he wasn't dead altogether. Bad News was knocked out of the tournament.

## Wins/Losses

* Wins: 1
* Losses: 1
Anxiety Attack

## Overview

Anxiety Attack is a 4WD overhead bar spinner made by Robert Cowan that slightly bears a resemblance to Phantom II with the main difference being the weapon as Phantom II used belt drive while Anxiety Attack was direct drive. In Anxiety Attack's first and only event, it went 2-2 and self destructed in a spectacular fashion that landed it a spot on the highlight reel.

## Fight history

### Arizona Robot Combat RoboRumble November 2018

#### Anxiety Attack vs Gobble Gobble

The fight started with both bots spinning up and Anxiety Attack goin in for a weapon to weapon hit. That hit dislodged Gobble Gobble's drive belt and dislodged Anxiety Attack's weapon motor. The two then shoved each other around for the rest of the match which went to a judges decision where Anxiety Attack won.

#### Anxiety Attack vs Icky Mouse

The fight started with both bots spinning up and Anxiety Attack being cautious of Icky Mouse. Anxiety Attack then landed a hit on the back of Icky Mouse which shot Anxiety Attack across the arena. That hit bent the wheel guard in and broke the wheel of Icky Mouse. Icky Mouse tapped out which gave Anxiety Attack the win.

#### Anxiety Attack vs Scary Terry

The fight started with both bots spinning up and being wary of each other. Scary Terry got one weapon to weapon hit and Anxiety Attack self destructed. The win went to Scary Terry. That self destruction got Anxiety Attack the "Most Destroyed Robot" award.

#### Anxiety Attack vs Rogue Wave

The fight started with Anxiety Attack getting a few glancing bows in before being launched into the corner. Rogue Wave the tore off Anxiety Attack's wedge and the two got stuck together. After the unstick, Rogue Wave went in for the kill and Anxiety Attack tapped out.

## Fight record

 Icky Mouse | Win
 Scary Terry | Loss
 Rogue Wave | Loss

Overall record: 2-2
Big Fish

**Big Fish** is a green two-wheel driven triangular invertible robot armed with a front scoop and rear-mounted hammer which is used in sit-and-spin method against other robots. It was built in 2004 and was only seen at Roaming Robots events throughout the year without any success.

## History

Big Fish has only been seen at the Northampton event in 2004 where it has fought Bulldog Breed, Iron-Awe 3, Revolution 3 & Tanto but didn't win any of its fights and has also fought in some of the events during the Roaming Robots 2004 Winter Tour.

## Wins/Losses

* Wins: 0
* Losses: 6
Ansgar

* Ansgar 3 (Live Events 2003)
* Ansgar 3
* Ansgar's Revenge
* Ansgar

**Ansgar** is a robot that has fought in the 2nd and 3rd World Championships on *Robot Wars* and also on the German *Robot Wars*. "Ansgar" is the German equivalent of the English name Oscar. In Germanic, its literal meaning is "god-spear."

The original Ansgar was created by Sascha Thomsen and his father Joachim after seeing a dubbed promotion episode of Robot Wars. It was constructed from aluminium road signs and the result was a vaguely dome shaped robot designed to resemble a UFO with interchangeable flipper, spear and lever weapons that could be fired 300 times per minute. A unique aspect of this robot was to "sit down" so it could not be pushed around by other robots, but it was very light at only 74 kilograms. However, despite this weight problem, it won the German melee.

The second model of Ansgar was **Ansgar's Revenge**, a walker robot (technically a shufflebot with 16 legs) with a shovel with lifting spears to attack from the front and rear that competed in German Robot Wars and the UK vs Germany Special in UK Series 6. It had hard, powerful motors to produce very quick speeds. Unlike the American shufflebot **Drillzilla**, Ansgar's Revenge was not affected by the rule change on shuffling mechanisms hadn't yet been established in Europe.

**Ansgar 3** was also a shufflebot, this time with a set of rotating blades weighing 10kg like the UK robot Fluffy but much more cumbersome, that competed in The Third World Championship. By this time, however, the shufflebot rule-change had been established in the UK, but Ansgar 3 was allowed to compete regardless. Ansgar 3 also competed at live events in a wheeled form with spikes

## Results

* Wins: 2
* Losses: 4
Archangel

**Archangel** was a lightweight robot built by Team Genesis from Canada which competed in Season 3.0 of *BattleBots*. It was a high triangle-shaped robot armed with a moveable arm with a cutting flywheel at the end. The arm was also used to self-right the robot and to flip its opponents. Archangel was also armed with two grabbing arms which folded into the chsassis and were used to control the opponent. It didn't do well in competiton, losing its first match to Rhode Hog.

The builder of Archangel still competes today at NERC events, most recently with a sportsman shufflebot namedPitter Patter.

## Robot History

### Wins/Losses

* Wins: 0
* Losses: 1

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12-Inch

**12-Inch** (THAI: 12นิ้ว) was a Lightweight robot from Thailand that competed in the first Seacon War of Steel. It was a gold, box-shaped robot armed with a overhead bar spinner. 12-Inch  12-Inch performed decently in competition, winning one match before losing to DGI ONE.

## Robot History

### Seacon War of Steel 1

12-Inch's first match was against 23. This fight started with both robots spinning up, however 23 was moving in circles, so 12-Inch hit it twice with its weapon, and 23 stopped moving completely, and was counted out. This win put it through to the second round where it faced DGI ONE.

This fight started with both robots spinning up to speed. DGI ONE then ripped a chunk of armor off of 12-Inch, which drove under the arena hammer. DGI ONE followed this up by ripping a whole panel of armor off of 12-Inch. However DGI ONE then threw its weapon belt, as a result both robots were now weaponless. The rest of the match consisted of DGI ONE shoving 12-Inch around the arena until time ran out. Unsurprisingly the judges voted in favor of DGI ONE, meaning that 12-Inch was eliminated from the competition.

### Wins/Losses

* Wins: 1
* Losses: 1
Abaddon (UK)

*Not to be confused with the US Battlebots robot*

**Abaddon** was a two wheeled robot which exclusively competed in Series 3 of *Robot Wars*. It was protected by 4mm thick aluminium and armed with upwardly rotating blades (actually taken from an old garden Rotavator) on the front and a spiked tail with hardened-steel chisels at the rear which pivoted relative to the main robot, using a large bowling ball as a wheel. However, this ball had to be removed in its only battle due to it causing the robot to be overweight, and was replaced with a castor. Abaddon lost to Technophobic in the first round of the heat, its only battle in the entire run of the show.

The robot was named after the mythological being of the same name: Abaddon being the 'Angel from the Bottomless Pit' and also known as the ruler of Hell before Satan.

## Robot History

Abaddon competed in Heat B of the Third Wars. In the first round of the heat, Abaddon was placed up against previous heat finalists Technophobic. At the beginning of the battle, both robots attacked each other head on, Technophobic trying to lift Abaddon using its spike, however it was Abaddon who got in and underneath Technophobic with its blades. After another attack, Technophobic became impaled on the blades of Abaddon until Abaddon released it. Technophobic then charged at the robot and managed to lift Abaddon with its spike, preventing the blades from being effective. After a few more attacks by Technophobic with the lifting spike, Technophobic managed to knock the castor off the rear of Abaddon, damaging their control as Technophobic pushed it onto the Flame Pit. With the tail trapped on the mesh of the Flame Pit, Shunt and Matilda helped to free Abaddon, who was immediately attacked by Technophobic and carried around the arena. With the robots impaled together, Matilda, Sergeant Bash and Sir Killalot attempted to separate them, eventually succeeding, but the combined efforts of Technophobic and the house robots caused Abaddon to lose a drive chain, leaving it without drive on one side. The battle went to the judges, who went in favour of Technophobic, eliminating Abaddon from the competition.

## Wins/Losses

* Wins: 0
* Losses: 1
BattleBots Las Vegas 1999

## Overview

The **Las Vegas 1999** competition was the second of its kind sanctioned by *BattleBots*. It was broadcast on Pay-Per-View and taped for the BattleBots 1999 World Championship VHS and DVD home release. The popular Gigabot class returned (later simply called Heavyweights) and the brand-new Superheavyweight class which debuted at this tournament. This was the first competition to run a single-elimination format.

The event served to pitch *BattleBots* as a concept to various networks, and Comedy Central ultimately picked up on the idea to produce a televised series.

 Superheavyweight

The heavyweight class was ultimately won by Gage Cauchois and Vlad the Impaler, who defeated Voltarc in the final to win their first *BattleBots* championship. The heavyweight rumble at the end of the event was won by Carlo Bertocchini and BioHazard.

Christian Carlberg's Minion took home the first ever superheavyweight Giant Nut, after defeating Ricon in the final. World Peace won the superheavyweight rumble.

## Awards

* Best Design Award: Mechadon
* Best Engineering Award: Mechadon
* Best Driver Award: **Ramiro Mallari** - Punjar
* Most Aggressive Robot Award: Mortis
BattleBots Proving Ground

* Apex vs Traves T.
* Hellfire vs Traves T.
* Swamp Thing vs Traves T.
* Apex vs Slammo!
* HyperShock vs Magnitude
* Vertigo vs Magnitude
* JackPot vs Disarray
* Conquering Clown vs Warthog
* Skorpios vs Slammo!
* Switchback vs Hellfire
* Switchback vs Swamp Thing
* Disarray vs Taco Tuesday
* Bloodsport vs JackPot
* The Twins vs Fireball
* Roundhouse vs Orbitron
* DOOM vs The Mortician & CatKong
* Traves T. vs Snakebyte
* Mudhole Bullfrog vs PinchPoint
* Gigabyte vs JackPot
* Gigabyte vs Slammo!
* Traves T. vs Maximum Paralysis
* Triton vs Manta
* Horizon vs DOOM
* Banshee vs Snakebyte
* DOOM vs Slammo!
* Disarray vs Pteradominator

## Overview

"*Select Destruct-A-Thon shows will include fights with robots trying to prove their worth to be on the BattleBots television show and next World Championship. We’re calling this BattleBots Proving Ground! Come watch as rookie bots battle to impress the Selection Committee; Established veterans try out new weapon systems, or bots on the bubble battle to stake their claim for a World Championship position. Don’t miss it!*"
— BattleBots Proving Ground as described on their website
**BattleBots Proving Ground**, also known simply as **Proving Ground**, is the name given to a series of fights taking place at *BattleBots: Destruct-A-Thon* shows.

Beginning in May 6, 2023, various live shows will play host to fights between non-ShowBots looking to test their new designs against other non-ShowBots ahead of applying for a main competition. With no application process for the live shows, this allows teams an opportunity to impress outside of a regular season, typically fighting the same opponent twice over the course of a weekend's shows.

Teams use a portal known as the **BattleBook** to sign up for and schedule Proving Ground fights. Applications are monitored and, if deemed appropriate, accepted and cleared for teams to state their upcoming availability. Teams may then sign up for what become official Proving Ground battles listed on the *BattleBots* website.

According to competitors, Proving Ground fights are expected to be filmed and uploaded to the *BattleBots* YouTube channel at an undetermined time. As yet, they have been made available to Facebook Supporters and select fights have been uploaded by team pages. The first Disarray vs. Pteradominator battle was uploaded for Facebook Supporters on June 6, 2023.

In a September 2023 episode of the *Behind the Bots* podcast, Greg Munson teased the idea of Proving Ground evolving to allow for knockout tournaments for the chance to qualify for future World Championships.

## References

1. ↑ https://battlebots.com/tickets/
2. ↑ https://hypershock.tv/blogs/inside-the-bot/dat-faq
3. ↑ Behind the Bots - *BattleBots Champions II* Preview with *BattleBots* Co-Creator Greg Munson!
4. ↑ Public message by Jeff Waters in the Out of the Arena Discord server
5. ↑ Public message from Craig Danby in the Out of the Arena Discord server
6. ↑ https://facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10161076403909036&set=gm.10160991883524481&type=3
2 to the power of 3

**23** (Thai: **2 ยกกำลัง 3 ริ้ว**) was a Lightweight robot from Thailand that competed at the first Seacon War of Steel event. It was a two-wheeled, white and red ring spinner. 23 did not do well in competition, as it lost its first and only match against 12-Inch.

## Robot History

### Seacon War of Steel 1

23's first opponent was 12-Inch. This fight started with both robots spinning up, however 23 was moving in circles, so 12-Inch hit it twice with its weapon, and 23 stopped moving completely, and was counted out. This meant that 23 was eliminated from the competition.

### Wins/Losses

* Wins: 0
* Losses: 1
Aquatic Machine Force

## Overview

**Aquatic Machine Force**, formerly known as **Team Blaze**, are a team who competed in *BattleBots* World Championship III and V with their heavyweight entry Sharkoprion, later known as **Sharko**.

Under their original name, the team fought in Season 5.0 with P.T. Bruiser, and the final three seasons of Comedy Central *BattleBots* with Robot X.

Sharkoprion was also present in the 2019 season, but only fought in exhibition matches. Aquatic Machine Force have since designed robots for the 2021 and 2022 competitions named Mantasaur and TriloBot respectively.

## Team Members

### Edward Robinson

Captain of Team Blaze and Aquatic Machine Force, Edward Robinson is a long-time competitor within the sport, having appeared on many different robot combat shows in the US, UK and China. Notably, he previously competed during the Comedy Central era of *BattleBots* with Robot X and P.T. Bruiser. Around that time, he also featured on other shows with an array of shark-themed robots. He competed in the second season of *Robotica* with **Fintastic**, but lost in the preliminary stage of its episode. He and John Hoffman also appeared in Season 2 of *Robot Wars: Extreme Warriors* with **Snookums**, where the team took on a pirate theme to accompany the bot, which was designed to resemble a swordfish. Despite being eliminated in Round 1 of the main competition and the special Tag Team event, Snookums won two fights and earned the right to face off against three *Robot Wars* House Robots alongside fellow competitor **Snake Bite**, but lost the finale overall.

More recently, Edward Robinson competed in the second season of Chinese show King of Bots with Excelsior, which became the inspiration for Sharko in 2020. He was joined by Malice team captain Bunny Sauriol for the competition, but was eliminated with just a single win and loss to its name. Despite announcing his retirement from the sport, Ed Robinson later mentioned on his Facebook page that he was working on a new robot called **Mantasaur**, which featured a drum painted like a radioactive barrel. However, it was not chosen for World Championship VI. In April 2022, Robinson began a controversial Reddit thread suggesting that, for a third successive year, he would require crowdfunding in order to finish his latest heavyweight which was "85%" complete. Fellow builders were quick to condemn the fundraising efforts, and the post was eventually deleted.

### John Hoffman

Best friend of Ed Robinson, John Hoffman spent over 20 years with the team, appearing on multiple televised robot combat shows until his passing in June 2020 following a long battle with cancer. He worked as a senior systems engineer for NOVO Engineering.

### Zach Hassanein

Captain of Deviled Egg during the 2018 season, Zak Hassanein joined the team ahead of Sharko's 2020 season. He has remained on the team in their unsuccessful attempts to compete since *BattleBots: Bounty Hunters*. He also applied for the 2021 season with a brand new Deviled Egg with Ed Robinson driving, but the team were not selected.

## Robots

* Wins: 8
* Losses: 16
AnnieRUOK

## Overview

AnnieRUOK is a 2WD beetleweight undercutter made by Team Panic. It started its career with a bizarre loss to Lumberjack which saw AnnieRUOK showcase its potential by throwing Lumberjack across the arena and then losing its weapon due to the fact that the TPU weapon belt and ABS pulleys melted together.

## Fight history

### Hybrid World Havoc

#### AnnieRUOK vs Lumberjack

(Grudge Match)

The fight started with both bots spinning up and exchanging a weapon to weapon shot that threw both bots across the arena. AnnieRUOK then lost its weapon by the belt fusing with the pulleys, so Annie tried to outdrive Lumberjack, but that hope was dashed when Lumberjack ripped the tire off of one of AnnieRUOK's wheels. The fight then devolved into a shoving match that ended with AnnieRUOK in the pit.
Anything

**Anything** was a Featherweight robot built by Team Late Night Racing for RoboGames 2005. It was an invertible two-wheel drive robot armed with a vertical disc. Anything did very poorly its only competition, losing both of its fights, and was promptly retired following the event. Team Late Night Racing would have more success in the Heavyweight, and Lightweight divisions with their robots Original Sin, and The Big B.

## Robot History

Anythings first fight was against Team Think Tank's vertical spinner VD3.3HF (hellfire). Anything lost this fight, and was put in the losers bracket against My Girl Robot. Anything lost this fight as well, and was eliminated from the tournament.

## Wins/losses

* Wins: 0
* Losses: 2
Armadrillo

**Armadrillo** was a hexagonal shaped robot from Series 6 of Robot Wars. It was a small invertible robot with a 12' spike on the back and two cutting blades on the front.

Interestingly, the name written on the side and the top of the machine was originally Armardrillo, but the second 'r' was removed from the robot before filming took place, leaving a clear space where it used to be.

It was lighter than most heavyweights (In its battle, it was at least 3 kilos lighter than its three opponents) and therefore susceptible to being flipped. When told the draw for the first round, team captain Mick Stock described the robot as "cannon fodder", and he proved to be correct as Armadrillo lost its only battle.

Its name is an obvious pun on an Armadillo, a small mammal known for its leathery armoured shell.

Armadrillo previously attempted to qualify for the Fifth Wars where it was up against Frightmare at the qualifiers. After a slow and boring four minutes in their qualifier battle, Armadrillo broke down, leaving Frightmare the victor. Both robots subsequently failed to qualify. It also failed to qualify for Series 4 and 7.

## Robot History

Armadrillo begun the fight by attacking Roobarb, but S3 came in and damaged Armadrillo, ripping a small chunk of armour from Armadrillo. Armadrillo slowed down and appeared to be immobile. Suddenly, Armadrillo showed signs of movement, only 3 seconds away from being counted out. It was still eliminated when the fight went to a judges decision.

In the post battle interview, it was revealed that Armadrillo had actually beached itself on top of a piece of armour fragment, meaning it had been unable to move properly.

## Results

Series 5
 UK Robot Wars
Series 6
Shredder,
Roobarb

## Wins/Losses

* Wins: 0
* Losses: 1 (+1 from qualifiers)
A-Kill (Middleweight)

**A-Kill** was a middleweight robot that competed in two side events during Series 3 of Robot Wars. It was initially entered into that series' Middleweight Championship, but the championship was cancelled due to a behind-the-scenes accident in the pits, so it fought in the Middleweight Melee exhibition match, where it finished as joint winner with Tentoumushi. It also later fought Tentoumushi in the War of Independence, a side battle held during the International League Championship, but lost after being pushed into the pit.

## Robot History

Following the cancellation of the Middleweight Championship, A-Kill fought in the Middleweight Melee, facing Ripper's Revenge, Grinder, American competitor Tentoumushi, and reigning middleweight champion Hard Cheese. A-Kill started sluggishly, driving over the grilles before being briefly nudged by Grinder as it approached Hard Cheese and Tentoumushi. It drove alongside Hard Cheese as it became immobilised by Tentoumushi, before pushing the also-immobilised Grinder into Shunt, who axed Grinder and pushed it back towards the middle of the arena. A-Kill continued to nudge Grinder as Dead Metal attacked it, before driving close to Tentoumushi and Ripper's Revenge and nudging Ripper's Revenge towards an arena spike. Sir Killalot pushed it, Grinder and Ripper's Revenge back, causing the latter to be flipped over by the spike, and stayed out of the remaining action before Tentoumushi nudged it and Dead Metal caught it in his pincers. Both it and Tentoumushi survived to the end, however, and were declared joint winners of the Middleweight Melee.

Representing England, A-Kill also fought Tentoumushi in the War of Independence, a side battle held during the International League Championship. It was chosen to replace Hard Cheese, as the producers wanted a fairer draw against Tentoumushi, which was technically a lightweight competitor. While the battle was filmed before the Middleweight Melee, it was billed as a grudge match, and A-Kill started by approaching Tentoumushi as it raised its smothering shell and caught it between its chassis. Tentoumushi lowered its shell as A-Kill pushed it round in circles, before both robots separated close to the pit. Again, both robots came together, with A-Kill getting caught under Tentoumushi's shell as it tried to ram the American representative twice. However, A-Kill then drove and spun towards the pit, getting its bottom castor stuck on the edge, allowing Tentoumushi to push it fully in and win the War of Independence for the USA.

## Results

Hard Cheese
Tentoumoushi
Ripper's Revenge
(Joint Winner with
 War of Independence
(Representing
United Kingdom)
(United States)

## Wins/Losses

* Wins: 1
* Losses: 1
Absolute Chaos Robotics

## Overview

Absolute Chaos Robotics is a well known team that has been fighting since 2016. As of 2021, the team has developed three kits.

## Team Members

The team consists of Ryan Clingman and his daughter.

## Robots

* Wins: 37
* Losses: 36
* Championship wins: 3 (Bayside Robotics First State Fights #1 fairyweights, Bayside Robotics First State Fights #2 fairyweights, Bayside Robotics First State Fights #2 antweights)

## Kits Developed

 Shock
 Spark

## See Also

* Ryan Clingman on Wordpress.com
* The Absolute Chaos Robotics shop on bigcartel.com
* Absolute Chaos Robotics on the official NHRL website
300

**300** is a Middleweight robot from Peru. It is an invertible two-wheeled box shaped robot with a static ramming shovel as its weapon. It is known to have taken part in at least three fights.

### Warbots Untesltronics

300's first match was against Indo EDD. It won both rounds of this match convincingly after slamming Indo EDD all over the arena. This put it in the final where it faced Indo EDD again as well as JAEL. In this match 300 slammed a barely mobile JAEL around the arena, occasionally turning its sights on Indo EDD, and doing the same to it. 300 won this match and became the champion of Warbots Untesltronics.

### Wins/Losses

 Indo EDD
JAEL
 Robot Games Zero Lattitud 4

* Wins: 2
* Losses: 1
Bacchus

**Bacchus** was a heavyweight robot built by a group of students from Lafayette College that competed in Season 3.0 of BattleBots. It was a sloped robot armed with a lifting arm. Bacchus performed really well as a rookie, winning four fights before losing in the televised rounds to Voltronic.

Bacchus was named after the Roman god of wine.

## Robot History

Bacchus's first fight was against PyRAMidroid. Bacchus won on a 32-13 judge's decision and advanced to the final preliminary round, where it faced License to Kill. Bacchus won the match by KO and advanced to the TV rounds, where it faced Blendo.

During the match, Blendo did massive damage to Bacchus, but then Blendo backed off and drove over the piston. The hazard was then fired, but instead of sending Blendo into the air, it pushed the internal components into the spinning shell, destroying Blendo from the inside. The spinbot stopped moving and it was being counted out. Bacchus won by KO and advanced to the round of 32, where it faced Junkyard Offspring. Bacchus won on a close 25-20 judge's decision and advanced to the round of 16, where it faced the two-time heavyweight runner-up Voltronic.

Voltronic immediately gets under Bacchus, but Voltronic ends up driving over the killsaws. Voltronic gets underneath Bacchus again and pushes it over the killsaws. Bacchus pushes Voltronic over the killsaws and later drove itself over the killsaws. Bacchus gets a small lift on Voltronic, forcing Voltronic to drive under the pulverizer. Voltronic takes one hit from the pulverizer and gets under Bacchus again, but Bacchus drives right over the wedge. Bacchus pushes Voltronic against the arena wall and starts to lift it as Bacchus was pinning Voltronic. Voltronic tries to escape, but Bacchus pins it again. Voltronic escapes and gets under Bacchus. Voltronic's arm goes up and Bacchus's wheels are off the ground, but when Voltronic tries to move, Voltronic simply shakes in a decidedly abnormal manner. This was because Voltronic was lifting Bacchus on the floor spinner. Voltronic backs off the floor spinner, taking Bacchus with it. Voltronic tries to back Bacchus under the pulverizer, but Voltronic was having traction troubles. All Voltronic can do is move an inch forward or backward. So Voltronic lifts Bacchus off the ground before the time ran out. Voltronic won on a close 25-20 judge's decision and Bacchus was eliminated from the tournament.

For unknown reasons, Bacchus didn't participate the heavyweight royal rumble at the end of the tournament.

## Wins/Losses

* Wins: 4
* Losses: 1
B-Basher

**B-Basher** was a Hobbyweight robot built by Team Lunch Money that competed in ROBOLympics 2004. It was a clear, two-wheeled, invertible, wedge shaped robot with no active weapons. B-Basher did poorly in competition, losing both of its matches.

Team Lunch Money would have much more success with their Middleweight Stewie. Greg Gibson, the team leader would later enter Season 2 of the ABC BattleBots reboot with Yeti, which reached the semifinals before losing to Tombstone.

## Robot History

B-Basher's first match was against Lil Shocker. It lost this match, and was sent to the loser's bracket where it faced Tricerabot. It lost this match as well, and was eliminated from the competition.

## Wins/Losses

* Wins: 0
* Losses: 2
Angel of Death

**Angel of Death** was a robot that competed exclusively in series 2 of Robot Wars. Despite being a low design and able to avoid the circiular saw of Dead Metal, it got stuck on its Gauntlet route and was eliminated from its only attempt at the competition. The team did attempt to enter series 4 with an improved design, but they failed to qualify in part due to failsafe issues.

## Robot History

Angel of Death was the final robot to take on the Gauntlet in Heat L, and was the final robot to make its debut in the main competition. With only a 4mph top speed it started slowly, and opted to take on the ramrig circular saw route. Angel of Death struggled to navigate the narrow route and got stuck on the saws as the low ground clearance caused it to be beached on the arena hazard. This gave Sergeant Bash and Dead Metal the chance to come in and attack, preventing Angel of Death from covering any more ground. Although it avoided any damage from the House Robots Angel of Death had only covered 2.9m of distance, eliminating it from the competition.

## Wins/Losses

* Wins: 0
* Losses: 1
Arjuna

## Overview

**Arjuna** was a heavyweight robot designed by Indonesian team **Red and White Robotics** with the intention of competing in Discovery Season 6 of the *BattleBots* reboot.

Very little is known about Arjuna, as its submitted silhouette image dated March 2021 was the only teaser shown by the team, and its full look had never been unveiled. Arjuna was designed by a group of university students, with its name deriving from the bow-wielding character from ancient Hindu texts. The bot itself appeared to be very jagged in shape, with arrow-shaped protrusions from the right side, perhaps referencing Arjuna's etymology. As of December 2021, even its primary weapon is unknown.

They confirmed their application for the 2021 season of *BattleBots* via their Instagram page, but confirmed their rejection two months later. Despite this setback, the team intended to redesign Arjuna and reapply. However, they are not known to have applied for future competitions.

"*Despite the news, our spirit haven't died out just yet! We will keep on trying our best!*"
— Red and White Robotics announce their intentions to apply for future seasons of *BattleBots*.
The team also have a YouTube channel, but have not uploaded any videos following their rejection.

## Trivia

* If accepted, Arjuna would have been the first Indonesian representative in *BattleBots* history.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CMkB0bEpMJt/
2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE8QxAd3BgBXUZ5Z62GZ\_iA/videos
Arsenic (1996)

**Arsenic** was a featherweight robot which competed at the 1996 US Robot Wars. It had a Kevlar and foam composite shell with a wedge on the front and a lifting arm on the rear of the robot.

## Robot History

### US Robot Wars 1996

Arsenic's first match was against Bite Me. Early on in the match Arsenic was grabbed by Bite Me and held immobile on Bite Me's wedge. Bite Me pushed Arsenic in circles around the arena for much of the match. During this time a blow from one of the arena's paddles smashed one of Bite Me's jaws. Arsenic was eventually able to get free, only to be chased down and pinned against a wall by Bite Me to lose the match.

## Results

1996
Division
 Grudge
Match
 Featherweight
Melee 1
Melvin
My Little Pony
Spike
Spiny Norman lll
WYSIWYG
X2
 Featherweight
Melee 4
Red 2
Roach
Slomo 3
Spiny Norman lll
Triple Redundancy

## Wins/Losses

* Wins: 2
* Losses: 2
Bad Bone

**Bad Bone** was a lightweight competitor which competed in Season 3.0 of BattleBots. It was a Lexan triangular robot armed with an electric lifting arm. It didn't perform well in competition, losing its first and only match.

## Robot History

Bad Bone's only opponent was Sisyphus. Sisyphus won by KO and as for Bad Bone, much like Parallax before it, never did come back in any of the fallowing seasons.

## Wins/Losses

* Wins: 0
* Losses: 1