Statistics
Weight: 100kg
Height: 35cm
Length: 116cm
Width: 115cm
Speed: 13mph
Year built: 2002
Status: Active
Weight class: Heavyweight
Location: Tilburg, North Brabant, Holland


Armour
Body made of Hardox.
Power
2 x Electric motors running on 1600 watts powering its two wheels.
Weapons
Horizontal crushing arms powered by compressed air used for grabbing other robots.
Strengths
Has a very unique design and powerful weaponry.
Weaknesses
Has a limited CO2 supply for weapon and has been prone to electrical problems in the past.
Team KODOX
Jeroen Van Der Loo
Information
Tough As Nails (also known as TAN) is a Dutch heavyweight that was built by Jeroen Van Der Loo in 2002. It was designed and built as a 2002 Graduation project and was very uniquely built as a "Big horizontal crusher" as stated by the team and was also the first machine in history to use Hardox as armour. The design of Tough As Nails has never been copied by other roboteers and is also fun to watch, it's favourite tactic is to grab an opponent and drag it into the pit. Tough As Nails has done well in robot competitions across the Netherlands and UK. It reached the Semi-Finals of the UK Seventh series of Robot Wars beating Panic Attack on the way before being beaten by Bulldog Breed in the Semi-Finals, reached the semi-finals of the 3rd World Championships losing to Storm 2, it won the European Championships twice in a row from 2003-2004, reached the finals of the 2005 & 2006 UK Championships and also won the International special battle against Storm 2 and Gravity which was held within the 2011 UK Championships held live at the O2 arena in London.

Achievements
• Robot Wars - UK Series 7 Semi-Finalist (2003)
• Robot Wars 3rd World Championships Semi-Finalist (2003)
• Fighting Robots European Champion 2003
• Fighting Robots European Champion 2004
• Fighting Robots UK Championships 2005 Quarter-Finalist (Roaming Robots Winter Tour)
• Fighting Robots UK Championships 2006 Finalist
• Fighting Robots International Champion 2011
• Fighting Robots Annihilator 2011 Runner-Up
* Robot Wars World Championships 2015 Quarter-Finalist