Eye Of The Robot - Series 1

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Eye Of The Robot - Series 1

Heat I

Round One

Entered by Andrew Jackson, The Nose 3.0!!
Don€™t stick your Nose in! This robot is built with a BioHazard lifting arm, only The Nose is invertible. It moves at 15mph using 2 LEM 130€™s at 36V! The armour is also incredibly thick - 3mm Aluminium, 5mm of Titanium armour - you need to get through that to damage this bot!

Entered by Dave Sheppard, PCC!!
Enter Dave Sheppard, with your first robot! Dave has built a version of Tornado, this is a fast rammer with interchangeable weapons. The armour is tough and has above average pushing power, and it can go at 30mph at full speed, although it can go at 18mph. The weapons include a750 psi flipper, an invertible inverter, a passive scoop, an anti-spinner scoop, a drum, a spinning bar and a set of ramming piercing spikes!

Entered by Alex Holt, Black Panther Queen!!
Let the Queen of the Black Panthers rise to her destiny! A pyramid shaped robot with the point cut off has 4 wheels working on a skid steer system powered by 2 750w motors at 36V. The rear of the robot is sprung down to give smaller ground clearance and more grip, which you need when you have a robot that can go at 24mph! The armour is Aluminium Boron Carbide at 5mm thick, and behind that is 2 inches of Titanium foam. The weapons are a high pressure flipper and an axe!

In Booth #1, Andrew is getting ready to stick his nose in! Dave is in Booth #2, and he€™s praying that with the 750psi flipper, PPC can WIN. And in Booth #3, Alex is going to make sure the Queen of the Panthers will reach its rightful throne.

Roboteers, stand by!!!

3€¦2€¦1€¦activate!!!

The Nose is the first off, having the better acceleration than the other two. Black Panther Queen seems cautious of PPC and its powerful speed. The Nose rams into the side of the Panther, but it€™s skirted and can€™t get underneath. Black Panther Queen turns into the side of The Nose, and does brake the skirting! Once its underneath with the flipper, it clamps with the axe, and flips! The Nose is held up for the crowd to view. Suddenly, PPC batters into the rear of Black Panther Queen, and it does a 360! The Nose is dropped, and pushes into the front of PPC. Back it pushes PPC€¦AND NOW IT FLIES! Whilst The Nose is getting some airtime, Black Panther Queen rams in and clamps onto The Nose€™s underbelly! The bottom panel is full of holes and dents! PCC shoves the sides of Black Panther queen and brakes the skirting, and flips! The Nose isn€™t moving! Andrew is trying to operate the self-righting mechanism, but it€™s not working. Black Panther Queen comes in for one last time, battering the base panel again, as the count begins! But PPC slams in and throws Black Panther queen against the side wall! Will Alex survive?
10€¦9€¦8€¦7€¦6€¦5€¦4€¦3€¦2 €¦1€¦cease!
Black Panther Queen flies out of the arena€¦on €˜cease!€™ meaning Alex survives!

Result:
The Nose 3.0 has his nose bitten off! The chains snapped!
PCC goes through impressively and Black Panther Queen wins by a whisker!

Entered by Matt McDonald, No Close Shave 3!!
Anyone need a razor?! The third version of No Close Shave is an invertible 2 wheel drive hexagon with a pair of Hardox crushing claws on the front with an awesome crushing force. The armour is Vanadium and Titanium, each at 6mm thick. The motors get it up to 13mph!

Entered by Frank Goacher, The Disc 5!!
Enter the most evil and complete robot ever to come out of the mind of a coffee addict! A bell-bar-of-doom shape that everyone hates to love, this robot is HUGE! It has 6 wheels in a triangle formation, to give it stability and effectiveness. The robot moves at 10mph. The weapons on this bad-bot are a he 27kg disc with two teeth, this is connected two a spinning outer axle to warn off attackers!

Entered by Michael Cuomo, Zee Drum!!
Here comes the drum! A box shaped robot with rounded sides, and 8 wheels and strong armour, has the most lethal weapon - a 30kg drum with a top speed of 3000rpm! It moves at 25mph!

Matt€™s in Booth #1 and he€™s waving to the audience. Frank is in Booth #2 and revved up his disc to show the crowd, and they cheer him. Michael is in Booth #3 being cheered by the crowd.

Roboteers, stand by!!!

3€¦2€¦1€¦activate!!!

Zee Drum is off first and hits the pit release button instantly! The Disc straight away hits the rear of it, and Zee Drum goes out of the arena! No-one can believe how long that fight lasted, especially Matt as he didn€™t get to do anything!

Result:
Zee Drum is beaten!
No Close Shave 3 and The Disc 5 slice into the next Round!

Round Two line-up

The Disc 5 VS PCC

No Close Shave 3 VS Black Panther Queen

Entered by Frank Goacher, The Disc 5!!
In an unbelievably quick fight, The Disc 5 flicked Zee Drum out of the arena, whilst No Close Shave 3 didn€™t get the chance to do anything!

Entered by Dave Sheppard, PCC!!
Dave Sheppard used this robots versatility, speed and control in Round One, using the 750psi flipper to throw The Nose 3.0 over and let Black Panther Queen destroy it from the bottom upwards. It then threw Black Panther Queen out of the arena just after The Nose was deemed dead, so Black Panther Queen went through with it.

Frank is ready in Booth #1 with his Bell-bar-of-doom!! And, using the anti-spinner scoop, Dave is hoping from Booth #2 that PCC can WIN.

Roboteers, stand by!!

3€¦2€¦1€¦activate!!!

PPC is again off the fastest, and actually rams into the front of The Disc 5, which all other robots avoid doing. This is because The Disc€™s front bounces off the anti-spinner scoop, allowing its sides to be rammed and pushed across the arena at the 30mph top speed into the bot shredders, and The Disc bounces upwards, and hits the top of PCC. The damage caused is quite a lot - two scars and the panel is slightly removed. The Disc 5 tries to hit the side, but is unable to. PCC is now on the sides of The Disc, and ramming it towards the pit release button and it hits! The Disc 5 whacks PCC on the side, flipping it 360, but PCC is at its side, and is pushing it towards, and now into the pit!

Result:
The Disc 5 is beaten alive!
PPC pushes into the Heat Final!

Entered by Matt McDonald, No Close Shave 3!!
In Round One, in the fastest Fan-Fiction fight ever, Zee Drum was battered OOTA in record time, NCS 3 didn€™t even need to do anything!!

Entered by Alex Holt, Black Panther Queen!!
A horribly violent Round One saw PCC, Black Panther Queen and The Nose 3.0 tussle - and Black Panther Queen used its axe/flipper combo and the speed and of PCC to bury the hatchet into the workings of The Nose. Black Panther Queen got thrown OOTA during the countdown of The Nose, but survived long enough.

Matt is hungry for carnage in Booth #1. Alex - in Booth #2 - is desperate for a blood-bath on the Black Panther€™s rise to the throne.

Roboteers, stand by!!

3€¦2€¦1€¦activate!!!

Black Panther Queen is much faster than No Close Shave, and shoots out of the starting position faster than a bullet! No Close Shave jousts to get Black Panther into its claws, and succeeds at it! But now, the Panther brings the axe down onto the top of No Close Shave, piercing the armour easily. The drive motors on No Close Shave tried to drive Black Panther Queen backwards, but now it had to let it go! Now Alex pushed down on the controls, driving No Close Shave towards the arena side wall and€¦FLIP!!



Result:
No Close Shave 3 needs in be sharper!
Black Panther Queen wins into the Heat Final!

Heat Final

PCC VS Black Panther Queen

Entered by David Sheppard, PCC!!
The constantly good run of PCC has been the highlight of the heat. PCC has proved that basic can still be tough. The interchangeable weapons, speed and control meant it could beat The Nose 3.0 in Round One, after PPC flipped The Nose, and Black Panther Queen laid into the bottom of it. The Disc 5, famous for being hard to beat, was beaten via a pitting!

Entered by Alex Holt, Black Panther Queen!!
The Queen of the Black Panthers started badly when it was nearly seriously flipped by PCC with its flipper, but laid into the underbelly of The Nose 3.0, destroying the electrics. No Close Shave was a much easier victim where it flicked NCS 3 onto the camera tracks.

Dave - in Booth #1 - is only one step away from the semi-finals. Can PCC make it, using the invertible inverter? Alex - in Booth #2 - has only one extra chance to make a semi finalist, can the Black Panther Queen make it?

Roboteers, stand by!!!

3€¦2€¦1€¦activate!!!

And they are off! The battle of the little speedsters has begun! PCC bashes into the front of the Queen, and a struggle begins to find the lower front. The sprung rear of Black Panther Queen means that it has the lower blade, and brings the hammer down, once and twice and thrice! On the fourth swing, It gets the axe blade jammed into the workings, and raises the flipper! PCC has now become a robot of ridicule! But Black Panther Queen lets him drop now, and Dave wastes no time in pressing down the forward button! The traction of Black Panther Queen is keeping it from being completely pushed, and slams the axe in once more. Once again, the axe leaves the shell, but the welds on the side panels are broken! PCC is finally around the sides of Black Panther Queen, and slightly brakes the skirting, and lifts it, hoping to flip it. Black Panther Queen is battered into the side railing, and flipped up, but not out of the arena - actually behind PCC! Alex presses forwards, and presses the €˜FLIP!€™ button to send PCC onto the camera tracks! Despite the battering it received in Round One, Alex with Black Panther Queen had won the heat!

Result:
PCC must be made of PVC!!
Black Panther Queen rises to the semi-finals!

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Eye Of The Robot - Series 1

Heat J

Round One

Entered by Michael Cuomo, Hyena!!
But will it be laughing with success? Hyena is an invertible box shaped robot, with spiked sides, 10 wheel drive and armour consisting of 5mm Hardox, 20mm Bomb Proof polycarbonate and 12mm Titanium! 3 1kw motors up at 36V to give 10hp, so it can push well, and it can run fast at 20mph. The wheels are coated in a layer of Vulkalon to provide extra grip on the surface of the arena! Its weapons are an axe that is designed to grip opponents, and it has an extension at the front to make it more like a jaw than an axe. This jaw is powered by 3 hydraulic rams at 3000psi! At the back is a flywheel mounted 2mm off the ground, weighing 15kg and spinning at 2500rpm, it€™s designed to rip off skirts!

Entered by David Sheppard, Flipping Mad RKAGG!!
You€™d be Flipping Mad to take on Flipping Mad RKAGG! A box with a scooped front to get underneath other robots, that has 6mm Titanium for armour, 2 750w Bosch motors at 36V powering it, armed with a flipper that is powerful enough to flip another robot OOTA with little difficulty!

Entered by Matt McDonald, Growling Storm 2.5!!
Prepare for the Storm coming in! Growling Storm 2.5 is an invertible wedge with two crushing jaws at the rear, armoured in 4mm Aircraft Grade 5 Titanium, with a Titanium strip to give it a lower front. 6 wheel drive and 12mph

Michael - In Booth #1 - is hoping Hyena will laugh through Round One. Dave - In Booth #2 - is going to be making its opponents Flipping Mad. And Matt - In Booth #3 - is going to growl at its enemies with Growling Storm 2.5!

Roboteers, stand by!!

3€¦2€¦1€¦activate!!!

Hyena is the fastest machine in the arena, Flipping Mad the second and Growling Storm 2.5 the slowest. Hyena has its butt turned to face Growling Storms sides, and reverses at a severe speed. The spinning disc on the back rips the skirt right off it! Growling Storm now charges into the front of Flipping Mad. Growling Storm is much slower at the front and pushes Dave€™s flipper right backwards into the arena side wall, but Hyena batters onto the rear of Growling Storm 2.5, and brakes the skirting, before CLAMPING WITH THE JAW!! Hyena drags Growling Storm 2.5 backwards, and Flipping Mad gets underneath Hyena€™s rear and flicks, but the disc on Hyena dents the flipper inwards. Growling Storm is let loose by the inverted Hyena, and shoves it into Flipping Mad. Flipping Mad flips Hyena back upright, so Hyena charges at it and brakes its skirting and clamps again, but jaw shattering the top of the Titanium shell! But what€™s happened? FLIPPING MAD IS ONLY MOVING ON ONE SIDE! The Titanium shell has fallen onto the wheels and a bit of it has gone into the drive train! The pit is opened, and Hyena clamps onto Flipping Mad again and charges it towards the pit, lets it go, but Growling Storm pits Flipping Mad.

Result:
Flipping Mad, is a rather nice lad, and he fights real bad!
Hyena and Growling Storm 2.5 laugh through Round One, and go through to Round Two!

Entered by Dave Weston, Sheer Hell!!
Prepare for Sheer Hell to brake loose! A box shaped robot, moving at 13mph, has 4 rubberex wheels. The fact it can€™t push much isn€™t unhelpful, as it has a front vertical disc and a rear horizontal disc, each spins around at 4500rpm, and delivers 75kj EACH!! The armour is tough as well - 8mm Titanium, it€™ll be hellish trying to break that!

Entered by Antony Politz, LK-47 Slapper!!
The aeroplanes are coming in!! A box shaped robot with a large plough in front of it, with a 0mm Ground Clearance front is armed with 2 12kg flywheels at the front spinning at 6000rpm! The armour is Titanium, and it€™s thick at 14mm!!

Entered by Gary Carins, Typhoon 2!!
The whirlwind success is back! A cone shaped robot, built by the Edinburgh air cadets, Typhoon 2 is fast at 18mph, and its spinning shell weighs 50kg, and rotates at 1200rpm, given 50kj of energy using its heavy steel outer-ring with 4 claw shaped hammer cutters! The shell is Titanium, and it has Titanium under that, and had Titanium under that! This robot did well in RW, winning series 7! Can it repeat that in E.O.T.R?

Dave Weston - In Booth #1 - is hoping to make life in the arena Sheer Hell for its opponents. Antony - In Booth #2 - is going to bomb the opposition with LK-47 Slapper! And Gary - In Booth #3 - is going to whip up not a typhoon 1, but a Typhoon 2!!

Roboteers, stand by!!!

3€¦2€¦1€¦activate!!!

The speediest in the field is Typhoon and he blasts away from the starting position to spin the shell up to speed. LK-47 and Sheer Hell have already spun the weapons up. On first contact, LK-47 has the advantage in agility, and pushes onto the side of Sheer Hell, and bashes through the 8mm Titanium shell like it was cardboard. Typhoon 2 has spun up to speed now and bashes into LK-47, throwing it away, unscarred but it€™s still thrown away. Sheer Hell attacks Typhoon with the vertical spinning disc, and flicks it 2 inches above the ground but doesn€™t flip or damage it. LK-47 is now ramming Typhoon, stopping the spinner and pushing it so hard into the arena wall, it nearly flew over the arena wall, but the spinning shell saved it! Sheer Hell isn€™t moving very fast, and now Typhoon 2 clobbers the front vertical disc, and watches it spins around aimlessly towards the arena wall, and the discs touch the floor very gently, WHICH SENDS IT INTO A WHRILING DERVISH AGAIN!! The last we see of Sheer Hell, is it disappearing over the side wall!!

Result:
Its sheer hell in the arena€¦for Sheer Hell that is!
Typhoon 2 and LK-47 Slapper go through to Round Two!

Round Two line-up

Typhoon 2 VS Growling Storm 2.5

LK-47 Slapper VS Hyena

Entered by Gary Carins, Typhoon 2!!
The RW Series 7 champion stayed away from LK-47 Slapper and Sheer Hell in Round One, until it spun up and clobbered Sheer Hell in the front, sending it into a maddened spin, eventually watching it disappear over the side walls.

Entered by Matt McDonald, Growling Storm 2.5!!
The storm with attitude speeded through the first battle like a Hurricane, when Hyena and it attacked and ripped the skirts off Flipping Mad! Hyena then broke the chassis down onto the wheels, immobilising one side of the flipping monster, but it was the Growling Storm that pitted Flipping Mad!

Gary - In Booth #1 - has defeated many a rammer in his time with Typhoon 2, and he€™s going to do it again! And Matt - In Booth #2 - has specially built Growling Storm to tackle Typhoon! Will he succeed?

Roboteers, stand by!!

3€¦2€¦1€¦activate!!!

And they€™re off! Typhoon is 6mph faster than its nemesis, and jets off to spin the 50kg shell up to its maximum 1200rpm! Growling Storm also speeds off, knowing its only chance is to catch it before it spins up. But Matt already knows he€™s missed his chance, and as he charges towards the whirling cone shaped killer, Typhoon charges back at him! The impact produces a massive shower of sparks, and the audience cheers! No damage seems to be done to either machine, but Growling Storm 2.5 isn€™t moving freely - we can see the rear left wheel moving, but it€™s not going forward at all! Matt realized - the chassis has collapsed onto the ground and it cannot move at all! Gary powered down his robot killing machine, as his winning run continues!
10€¦9€¦8€¦7€¦6€¦5€¦4€¦3€¦2 €¦1€¦cease!!!

Result:
Growling Storm becomes a whimpering storm!
Typhoon 2 continues its unbeaten run, and goes through to the heat final!!

Entered by Antony Politz, LK-47 Slapper!!
It used its 12kg discs in Round One against Sheer Hell, but it was really Typhoon that finished it off, spinning Sheer Hell over the arena barrier! But that was after LK-47 has caused some pain!!

Entered by Michael Cuomo, Hyena!!
A thrilling gang-up on the ancient Flipping Mad resulted in a skirt being ripped off the sides of Flipping Mad, and the shell being brought down onto the wheels, and Growling Storm 2.5 pitting Flipping Mad!

Antony - In Booth #1 - is looking for his first heat final with LK-47! And Michael -In Booth #2 - is looking for his third semi-finalist with Hyena! Can he get through the bomber?

Roboteers, stand by!!!

3€¦2€¦1€¦activate!!!

Hyena€™s off the starting position! And he€™s charging straight at the sides of LK-47, avoiding the weaponry! Antony, who doesn€™t like being caught off guard, spins around to bring the rear to knock away the front jaw/axe mechanism of Hyena! Antony now brings the discs into play, and rams the front of it, and batters the spatula extension, rending it! Now using its power, Hyena charges LK-47 back into the side of the arena, and it hits the pit release button, before reversing away from it to gain momentum for a charge! Hyena charges in, but thanks to the buckled metal, it drives straight onto the wedge of its opponent. Hyena pushes it back again, but hits the discs whilst they are at their top speed, and although the armour is seriously thick, the polycarbonate is completely ripped off!! LK-47 now hits the side, flipping Hyena over and upside down! Michael knows he has a fight on his hands, and gets his controls mixed up, and he bashes the pit release button, and drives onto the descending pit!

Result:
Hyena laughs tears of sadness!
LK-47 Slapper goes through to the Heat Final!!

Heat Final

Typhoon 2 VS LK-47 Slapper

Entered by Gary Cairns, Typhoon 2!!
The S7 RW Champion has been destructively impressive, mostly in Round One, where it hit the sides of Sheer Hell and LK-47 Slapper, before sending Sheer Hell over the arena side! Growling Storm 2.5 was the next victim, when with just one hit, the chassis was sent crashing to the floor, leaving it immobile!

Entered by Antony Politz, LK-47 Slapper!!
LK-47 was in the first Round One with Typhoon, and despite taking and causing damage it got through with Typhoon when Sheer Hell went out! It battered Hyena in the second Round, after ripping the polycarbonate off it, Hyena then committed accidental suicide!!

Gary with Typhoon 2 - In Booth #1 - is only three 4 fights away from another trophy! And Antony with LK-47 - In Booth #2 - is hoping to pull off a shock!

Roboteers, stand by!!

3€¦2€¦1€¦activate!!!

Both robots are unusually remaining still, to allow their spinners to spin up. LK-47€™s blades - although much faster - get up to spinning speed, and it charges! Typhoon spun up, and dodges away from the onslaught, and attacks the sides, but only damages to knock it away and cause dust to sprinkle off the side of it! Now Gary tries a rear attack on LK-47! Again no damage!! Antony, realising his advantage, charges full-on at Typhoon, flicking it up again, like in Round One, and backs off for another ram. Now, both robots charge into each other, and a huge spark shower is let off! Typhoon has lost a claw/hammer cutter, but LK-47 is upside-down!!! And Antony knows it has no self-righting device! The countdown starts!
10€¦9€¦8€¦7€¦6€¦5€¦4€¦3€¦2 €¦1€¦cease!!!!
Typhoon 2 charges in for two more attacks, but they do no damage!!

Result:
LK-47 is now Loser King-47!!
Typhoon is on the way for another title!!

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Eye Of The Robot - Series 1

Heat K

Round One

Entered by Michael Cuomo, Schmax!!
Receive more than just a nasty smack from this boy! A box-shape robot with the front corner cut off to form an aero-dynamic ramming box, with 6 wheel drive, 12hp in his motors, 5mm Hardox armour, and for its weaponry, a 12kg punching ram, powered by 3000psi hydraulics! Try not being hurt by that!!

Entered by Richard Southworth, Agro 3.5!!
A therapist is going to be useless once you€™re encountering Agro 3.5!! An invertible wedge shape robot, with 17mph, 4 wheel drive, powered by 4 motors to give it more than just a small punch at 17mph! The armoury is 4mm Hardox and it has, at the rear, a 10kg flywheel, spinning at 3000rpm, with 2 blunted Titanium teeth, but the wedge has an extension on to kill any type of skirting on any type of robot!

Entered by Ed Wallace, Turbulence!!
Give uproar of applause - the RW reigning UK champion is in our mist!!! Turbulence on the outside looks kind of simple, following the motto of the army, K.I.S.S (Keep It Simple Stupid). But inside, it is enormously powerful! The wheels are standard wheels, but they€™re foam filled to avoid the issue of puncturing. The armour on the sides is 4mm Hardox, and on the rear and on the flipper, its 10mm Titanium! The motors are 2 750w motors at 36V, giving 16mph top speed. And the flipper is full pressured, and it can lift way over a ton!

And now, Michael is in Booth #1, Rich is in Booth #2 and Ed is in Booth #3!!

Roboteers, stand by!!!

3€¦2€¦1€¦activate!!!!

Agro is the first of the starting grid, crashing into the front of Turbulence!!! Schmax comes in from the sides of Turbulence and tries to push it, but Agro is already running Turbulence into the arena side walls!!! The force was so hard that the reigning RW UK champion was slammed back, and its base panel hit the flywheel, ripping a crack into the base!! Schmax is now trying to get under the caesium of ground clearance on the sides of Agro 3.5, but Rich pushes his forward button, and hits the pit release switch! Turbulence now hits the disc on Agro, knocking it up, and flipping it over! Agro 3.5 grips the arena wall, and drives off, and crashes Schmax in the sides, denting in the 5mm Hardox shell! Turbulence seems to be stuck on the side wall. Schmax charges at the beached machine, but inadvertently knocks Turbulence loose from the side! Agro rams into the sides of Schmax, lifting it off the ground to allow Turbulence underneath, and with one more flip, Schmax is no longer existent in the ring.

Result:
Schmax is given the tax of failure!
Agro 3.5 and Turbulence bash and crash into the second round!!

Entered by Dave Weston, Jaws Of Hell!!
Another hell-ish creation! A Tornado shaped robot with 6 wheels and 2 LEM 130s to allow a velocity of 27mph, Jaws Of Hell has a thick shell AND an even harder weapon - a spike-like spear, which can pierce even Hardox thanks to the speed, and then it separates to rip the robot apart from the inside!! To find a way to beat this bad-bot, we need to put our selves together - before we get taken apart!

Entered by Steven McGregor, Chameleon!!
Everything€™s changing round here!! A simple box, with a reflective silver paint scheme, 12mph top speed, 4mm Titanium armour AND a series of changeable weaponry! There€™s the AFD (Anti-Flipper Device) the AAD (Anti-Axe Device) the AVD (Anti-Vertical Device) he AHD (Anti-Horizontal Device) the AWD (Anti-Wheel Device) the AFD (Anti-Fodder Device) the ACD (Anti-Crusher Device) the APD (Anti-Pusher Device) and finally the AOD (Anti-Obliteration Device)

Entered by Dave Sheppard, Quocunque Jeceris Stabit!!
Stabit, NOW!!! Dave€™s newest entry into the competition is a Chaos 2 shaped robot with a powerful flipper - despite it being low pressure - and a strong drive drive, rounded sides and rear to prevent stacking. The armour is 5mm aluminium, and it has 2 wheels to move it at 25mph!

Dave W is in Booth #1, ready to render some metal! Steven - In Booth #2 - has fitted the AFG (Anti-Flipper Device, consisting of a claw and scoop) onto Chameleon! And Dave - In Booth #3 - has recently had success in the previous heat, where it reach the heart final, can QJS repeat that?

Roboteers, stand by!!!

3€¦2€¦1€¦activate!!!

Jaws Of Hell is the quickest away, followed by QJS and then Chameleon. Jaws Of Hell charges into the front of QJS, but rides up and over the wedge, only for the Chaos 2 look-alike to turn about and flick it forward and onto its back! Chameleon rams QJS in the side, and pushes it across the arena and claws into the aluminium armour! It drags it back, and it pushes QJS into the pit release button, but has to release it€™s pray. Jaws Of Hell charges at Chameleon, turned to face the front spike on JOH! Jaws Of Hell drove up it again, and Chameleon grabbed, and pushed it towards the pit, and a nudge from QJS confirmed the fate of Jaws Of Hell!!

Result:
Jaws Of Hell tastes defeat!!!
Chameleon and Qunocunque Jeceris Stabit fade into impenetrable disguise and they win through to Round Two!!

Round Two line-up

Turbulence VS Chameleon

Agro 3.5 VS Qunocunque Jeceris Stabit

Entered by Ed Wallace, Turbulence!!
Despite some ramming in Round One from its opponents, and getting caught on the side, Turbulence had an easy way through Round One, where Agro 3.5 rammed Schmax hard enough into the arena side wall, to allow Turbulence in underneath to throw the rammer OOTA!

Entered by Steven McGregor, Chameleon!!
In Round One, this interchangeable box rammer battled Jaws Of Hell and Qunocunque Jeceris Stabit! There it used the AFG to grab and wreak QJS and pit Jaws Of Hell!!

Ed Wallace is in Booth #1, planning to have a flipping great time! And Steven, in Booth #2, for some weird reason, is putting on the ACD (Anti-Crusher Device) consisting of 8 30cm Hardox spikes!

Roboteers, stand by!!!

3€¦2€¦1€¦activate!!!

Turbulence, being slightly faster is off, and drives into the eye of the storm! Now we can see why Steve used the ACD - the spikes the long enough to prevent the steep wedge of Turbulence from breaking underneath the front completely!! Turbulence flips, but only succeeds in flicking it up, letting it drop and end up being pushed to the other end of the arena!! Chameleon backs off and Turbulence charges under the side skirts! And after Turbulence flips, it runs away, only for Chameleon to come powering back! Turbulence whips up a mad speed, and knocks the front of Chameleon away, before pushing into the skirts, but he was unable to break them, and Steve pressed backwards on his controls to pin Turbulence! The 30sec limit went by and Chameleon backed off, and Turbulence gave chase, and rammed into Chameleon€™s front! The spikes protect it again, but Turbulence finds power to flick it and trapped it in its flipper. Turbulence makes a charge for the bot shredders, and batters Chameleon into them, buckling the spikes! Steve cringes as his weaponry and survival tool is twisted out of shape. Turbulence backs off, but one of Chameleon€™s wheels touch the floor and pushes Turbulence back, and a rear Hardox panel is ripped off! Chameleon still continues to push Turbulence back before Turbulence flips and lets Chameleon go. Turbulence gives chase and rams the front, getting underneath and flipping! Steve puts his head in his hands, because the spikes have grounded him! Turbulence comes in for a ram, and an OOTA attempt, but the battle was over. The judges will decide who wins through.

Style

Turbulences ramming and flipping was much more stylish than Chameleon ramming. However, Chameleon was much more frequent, and so scores more

Turbulence: 8

Chameleon: 7

Control

Steve was very controlled with Chameleon, and used his interchangeable weaponry well. Turbulence was also very controlled but left itself open for attack a few times

Turbulence: 7

Chameleon: 8

Strategy

Chameleon had the most strategy with its interchangeable weapon program, and used the spike to avoid being turned over fully. Turbulence planned to flick Chameleon up, trap it under the flipper, and then ram it into the hazards. Chameleon was more frequent and successful.

Turbulence: 6

Chameleon: 9

Aggression

Chameleon was almost always on the attack, and it was good attacking. Turbulence was also frequently attacking, but its attacks weren€™t always good

Turbulence: 5

Chameleon: 10

Damage

Both robots sustained damage, but Chameleon caused more when the rear panel came off Turbulence. Turbulence hit the spikes with the bot-shredders, and caused damage to them, but spikes were passive, and less important.

Turbulence: 6

Chameleon: 9

Total:

Turbulence: 32

Chameleon: 43

Result:
The vote of the judges declare that Turbulence feels the force!
Chameleon goes through to the Heat Final!!!

Entered by Richard Southworth, Agro 3.5!!
Agro 3.5 and his vertical cutter cause some pain in Round One, as well as using traction and its wedge to good effect as well. It battered Turbulence, and pinned up Schmax for long enough for Turbulence to send it OOTA!

Entered by Dave Sheppard, Qunocunque Jeceris Stabit!!
In Round One, QJS suffers damage from Chameleon, but got through via luck and the pitting of Jaws Of Hell, courtesy of Chameleon.

Richard and Agro 3.5 in Booth #1 are the favourites for this fight, but can the Booth #2 inhabitants that are Dave and QJS pull off an upset?

Roboteers, stand by!!!

3€¦2€¦1€¦activate!!!

And QJS is off the quickest at 25mph instead of the possible 17mph for Agro. QJS comes cautiously forward, and gets the flipper blade under the side of Agro, and gets in a quick flick of the flipper in. Agro now tries to get the rear spinning disc into the heart of QJS and rip out its heart. But instead, it manages to batter the flipper blade, ripping it off and making it harder to get underneath Agro 3.5, so Richard rams in again, and this time flips Dave€™s machine onto its head. Another attack leaves the flipper hanging onto the framework by its hinges! Dave cannot self-right, and Richard knows this, comes in for one more strike, for leaving Dave€™s machine to be counted out!!
10€¦9€¦8€¦7€¦6€¦5€¦4€¦3€¦2 €¦1€¦cease!!!

Result:
Qunocunque Jeceris Stabit is stabbed in the back!!
Agro 3.5 advances to the Heat Final!!

Heat Final

Chameleon VS Agro 3.5

Entered by Steven McGregor, Chameleon!!
Chameleon €˜chameleon€™ like feature has served it well this entire competition, starting by using the AFD to clamp and quieten Jaws Of Hell before running it into the pit. Next up, it used the Hardox spikes which made up its ACD against reigning RW Champion Turbulence, shoving it around to beat it on a 43-32 decision!

Entered by Richard Southworth, Agro 3.5!!
Richard and his cutting disc of doom has been doing really, really well. In Round One, it cut into Turbulence, as well as pushing it, before pinning Schmax long enough to allow Turbulence to perform its party trick OOTA. The aluminium shell of Qunocunque Jeceris Stabit was no match for the blade, as the flipper on QJS was disabled, and then flipped over, leaving it out for the count!

Steve has chosen the AVD (Anti-Vertical Device, a pair of claws that lock onto vertical discs) to battle the lethal disc from Booth #1. Richard Southworth isn€™t confident he can win, but he believes he can win from Booth #2.

Roboteers, stand by!!!

3€¦2€¦1€¦activate!!!

Agro and Chameleon leave the zone for another clash between Steve and Rich. The wedge on Agro 3.5 is turned to face the front of Chameleon, and easily gets underneath, and drives its opponent back at 17mph top speed into the bot shredders!!! The 4mm Titanium is no match for it! Agro 3.5 now uses its own disc to slice up the base of Chameleon€¦and Rich sees that he€™s just hit the drive chain!!! The drive chain that helps drive the right hand side of Steve€™s robot has been snapped! Agro 3.5 pushes it again into the side of the arena, almost flipping it over. The spinning disc is brought into play again, and batters the wheels, tearing the rubber! Steve is begging for Chameleon to die in peace, and Richard accepts it, as he€™s got the penultimate semi-final position!!
10€¦9€¦8€¦7€¦6€¦5€¦4€¦3€¦2 €¦1€¦case!!!

Result:
Chameleon goes white with fright, and red with embarrassment!!
Agro 3.5 goes through the heat, and into the semis!!

[paulc]

Eye Of The Robot - Series 1

Heat L (**Last Heat**)

Round One

Entered by Mike Lambert, Dantomkia!!
Named after the owner€™s three children, Daniel, Thomas and Kiera, Dantomkia is just as hard as them!! Hardox front now to defend against nasty spinners, and also at the front that everyone€™s avoiding is a full-pressure CO2 flipper that goes from closed-to-open in less that 25th of a second, generating 2-tonnes force at the top of the arm!!! The speed and agility is also excellent, 20mph and full-body spinner capability. Overall, a strong, interesting robot.

Entered by Richard Southworth, Battle Raptor 4!!
The fourth generation of the creature that roamed the land destroying all in its path! An invertible box-wedge completely armoured in 4mm Hardox with weigh-down holes drilled in. The paint-work is orange striped. On the front flipper, a raptors head is painted. The weaponry is a high-pressure flipper with an extension of 5cm to break skirts and other front extensions. It also has an axe with a broad-blade to dent anything up to Hardox. The hinges for the weapons are inside the robot to allow it to run inverted!

Entered by Steven Felk, Voltronic!!
Prepare for an electrifying performance! Voltronic is an invertible wedge shaped robot with a lifting arm that has 3 moveable spikes on end - whatever goes on there STAYS ON THERE!! It€™s not very exciting but it does its job, and the 2 wheel drive is able to hold its own and so will the tool steel shell at 6mm thick!!

For the last heat, the Booths are filled up with desperate contenders. In Booth #1 - Mike Lambert and Dantomkia. In Booth #2 is Richard and Battle Raptor. And in Booth #3 is Steven F and Voltronic!!

Roboteers, stand by!!

3€¦2€¦1€¦activate!!!!

Dantomkia is first away! It heads off for Battle Raptor 4 - a wise idea? €˜No€™ is the answer as the extension on Rich€™s robot gets underneath Dantomkia and it flips the yellow peril over, only for it to self-right in elegant and effective style! Voltronic is looking to attack BR4, but it can€™t get past Dantomkia€™s front flipper. Dantomkia flips the American machine over in a double flip, before Voltronic is under it! Dantomkia is raised up and pushed into the bot shredders, and is flipped over before being pushed in there again and having part of its armour removed. It then escapes the lifter and bashes under the front wedge and flips it over, before shoving it to the edge of the arena. BR4 lays into the tyres with its axe weapon. With the tyres damaged, Voltronic is unable to continue. Dantomkia performs the last rites and pits it.

Result:
Voltronic puts in a shocking performance€¦and for the worst!
Dantomkia and Battle Raptor 4 go through to Round Two!!

Entered by Mark Lumb, Big Nipper!!
Prepare to be nipped in the bud. Big Nipper is a very well engineered box shaped robot with a pair of horizontal hydraulic crusher claws that lift up and down. The robots wheels are set up that there are 4 on top and 4 on the bottom, providing perfect control and stability. The armour is tough to crack as well with Titanium and Stainless Steel to get through. Big Nipper could do well.

Entered by Tony Somerfield, Bulldog Breed!!
This dog€™s bite is worst than its bark. A classic wedge shape robot with a full pressure CO2 flipper, Hardox and Titanium armour with 2 wheel drive to push and grip. The gas can last for 3 minutes and eliminates the problem of limited CO2!

Entered by Dave Sheppard, Son Of Wedgie!!
Son Of Wedgie has the power to do well. A powerful drive train despite only being 2 wheel driven, as well as hard Hardox and Titanium armour, and to top it all off, a powerful flipper to throw pesky robots OOTA!!

Mark is ready to rumble in Booth #1 and Tony is ready to tumble in Booth #2, while Dave is ready to eat a pie in Booth #3!

Roboteers, stand by!!!

3€¦2€¦1€¦activate!!!

And first off is Bulldog Breed, having very high grip. Big Nipper attacks Dave€™s machine by opening the claws and gripping it in a bear grip, and shoving it into the pit release button. Big Nipper lets go, so the Son can flick it over, only to be pushed by the Bulldog. Big Nipper now grabs onto Bulldog Breed, and drags it backwards. Son Of Wedgie charges at Tony Somerfield€™s robot, and flips it over Big Nipper, who drives backwards to prevent Bulldog Breed from self-righting, until it reaches the arena wall. Bulldog Breed escapes from trouble using the flipper, and gets underneath SOW to flip and push it towards the pit, and SOW almost disappears from sight, but is saved by Big Nipper, who pushes and lifts Bulldog Breed to show the crowd. Bulldog Breed flips itself free and finally gets Dave€™s robot down the hole!

Result:
Son Of Wedgie is given a wedgie!
Big Nipper and Bulldog Breed advance onwards

Round Two line-up

Bulldog Breed VS Dantomkia

Big Nipper VS Battle Raptor 4

Entered by Tony Somerfield, Bulldog Breed!!
Round One was a tough one for the dog, who was pushed and lifted up by Big Nipper, but escaped to flip both Big Nipper around and Son Of Wedgie, eventually confining the Son to the pit

Entered by Mike Lambert, Dantomkia!!
Dantomkia had a good one where it and Battle Raptor laid into the tyres of Voltronic and flipped it into the pit, despite taking a bit of damage in the progress.

For the first all-realie clash, Tony will be in Booth #1. And Mike, he€™ll be in Booth #2!

Roboteers, stand by!!!

3€¦2€¦1€¦activate!!!

Dantomkia is off, and so is the bulldog. Dantomkia has the lower front end and quickly bashes under the dog, and flips it over. Tony hits the flipper button to self-right, before driving away, and flipping Dantomkia over, and over, and over! Bulldog backs off to hit the pit release button, and flips Dantomkia near the pit, and shoves it in. Mike hits the flipper button, and sails up from the pit, and its wheels grip the edge to drag it back into the arena! Dantomkia shoots back to pin Bulldog against the wall for a short period before trying to flip it out, but Bulldog balances on the arena side wall, before tumbling back into the ring. Bulldog self-rights, breaks underneath Dantomkia, and shunts it into the pit!

Result:
Dantomkia confined to the pit!
Bulldog Breed bites onto the Postman delivering to the heat final!

Entered by Mark Lumb, Big Nipper!!
The box-shaped pusher/lifter performed brilliantly in Round One by lifting and slamming Bulldog Breed into the sides, before also causing Son Of Wedgie some pain, before the Bulldog drove Wedgie into the pit.

Entered by Richard Southworth, Battle Raptor 4!!
Also gave an impressive performance in Round One, where Dantomkia and Voltronic felt the force of Rich€™s weaponry, especially when it pierced the tyres on Voltronic, allowing Dantomkia to pit it.

The duo shake hands before entering the control pods. Mark in Booth #1 and Rich in Booth #2, ready to fight for the chance to fight for the last semi-final place.

Roboteers, stand by!!!

3€¦2€¦1€¦activate!!!

They are off at exactly the same time! Big Nipper reaches the target, and carefully avoids the flipper and axe combo to grab the axe on BR4! Big Nipper pushes it into the pit release button, and then drives off to dump its prey down the pit, Richard is activating his weaponry controls to break loose, but he is unable to stop the drop!

Result:
Battle Raptor 4 shows us all why dinosaurs are extinct!
Big Nipper is through to the last heat final!

Heat Final

Bulldog Breed VS Big Nipper

Entered by Tony Somerfield, Bulldog Breed!!
Bulldog Breed has had a fairly rough ride, after being bashed and pushed by Big Nipper and Son Of Wedgie in Round One, at one point nearly pitted by Big Nipper, but escaped and dropped Son Of Wedgie into the pit. Dantomkia nearly flipped it OOTA after throwing Bulldog about in Round Two, but the dog bit back and also pitted Dantomkia!

Entered by Mark Lumb, Big Nipper!!
Big Nipper has been quiet and effective in pushing and lifting through the competition. In Round One it lifted up Bulldog Breed and showed it to the crowd, before Son Of Wedgie was pitted. An easy round two victim was Battle Raptor 4, pitting quickly.

The final semi-final is up for grabs! Would Tony in Booth #1 or Mark in Booth #2 who claims it?!

Roboteers, stand by!!!

3€¦2€¦1€¦activate!!!

Both drivers press hard down on the forward buttons, and make a hard dash for the other robot. Big Nipper serves off course to bash under the sides of Bulldog, lifts it up, and uses the claws to tip it onto its back, before pushing the dog to the side of the arena. Bulldog Breed flips up to self-right, but its opponent grabs its belly, and drags it and bashes it into the arena wall. Big Nipper drags it again and hits the pit release button. Big Nipper releases the pit, and drops the dog, and allows it to self-right. Big Nipper rams head on and lifts Bulldog up, and rams it into the vertical bot shredders. Bulldog Breed is flipped and lands on the rear of Big Nipper, who reverses to the pit. Tony self-rights the dog, and spins around, getting under the front, and flipping it down the pit! Tony cheers having made the final semi-final position!

Result:
Big Nipper is nipped in the back!
Bulldog Breed goes through to the semi-finals!!

WE HAVE THE 12 HEAT WINNERS!!!

They are:

HEAT A
**Y4**
(Christopher Mason)

HEAT B
**Storm 2**
(Ed Hoppit)

HEAT C
**Terrorhurtz**
(John Reid)

HEAT D
**Crusher C.U**
(Michael Cuomo)

HEAT E
**Whirligig 4.0**
(Steven McGregor)

HEAT F
**Flux**
(Michael Cuomo)

HEAT G
**Killotine: EVO**
(Steven McGregor)

HEAT H
**SNDOS**
(Richard Southworth)

HEAT I
**Black Panther Queen**
(Alex Holt)

HEAT J
**Typhoon 2**
(Gary Carins)

HEAT K
**Argo 3.5**
(Richard Southworth)

HEAT L
**Bulldog Breed**
(Tony Somerfield)

Draw for Final 12:

Bulldog Breed VS Y4

Storm 2 VS Typhoon 2

Terrorhurtz VS Whirligig 4.0

Killotine: EVO VS Agro 3.5

Crusher C.U VS Flux

SNDOS VS Black Panther Queen

[paulc]

Eye Of The Robot - Series 1

I know no-one is probably going to notice this, but its the GRNAD FINALS!

The final 12 are about to be sliced down to make six.

But enough chatter!

LET THE FINALS BEGIN!!

Entered by Tony Somerfield, Winner of Heat L, Bulldog Breed!!
This dog€™s bite is worst than its bark. A classic wedge shape robot with a full pressure CO2 flipper, Hardox and Titanium armour with 2 wheel drive to push and grip. The gas can last for 3 minutes and eliminates the problem of limited CO2!

Bulldog Breed has had a fairly rough ride, after being bashed and pushed by Big Nipper and Son Of Wedgie in Round One, at one point nearly pitted by Big Nipper, but escaped and dropped Son Of Wedgie into the pit. Dantomkia nearly flipped it OOTA after throwing Bulldog about in Round Two, but the dog bit back and also pitted Dantomkia! It met Big Nipper again in the Heat Final, and was pushed all over the shop, before flipping it down the pit.

Entered by Christopher Mason, Winner of Heat A, Y4!!
Y4 is the first contestant from underrated vapourboteer, Chris Mason. This robot is based on BattleBots season 5 Middleweight champion T-Minus, with exactly the same shape, only this is slightly faster at 20mph and has very, VERY tough titanium armour. Y4 could be the surprise of the competition.

Y4 has shocked everyone, first by flipping over Flipping Hell and then Flipping Hell immobilised itself, and it went through with Wedge Devolution, despite going OOTA. In the next round, another shock was in store for us, as Y4 was battered by Achilles, but Y4 placed Achilles in an inescapable position against the sidewalls, and then sent it OOTA! Wedge Devolution was flipped into the bot shredders in the heat final, leaving immobilised and out and Y4 through!

For the winner of the fight, they go straight through to the grand final qualifiers. The loser goes to the junk yard! Tony and Chris prepare for the battle of their lives, certain victory or certain death. Wish will they get?

Roboteers, stand by!!!

3€¦2€¦1€¦activate!!!

Y4 is off, and Bulldog Breed comes to face the front of its opponent. Y4 has the slightly lower front blade, and gets underneath and flips the dog skywards. The dog self-rights and pushes into the rear-end of Y4, but can€™t flip it! Y4 grips the floor and pushes BB back slightly. BB reverses around Y4 and gets underneath the front of it. Y4 is pushed back, and flipped, but easily self-rights, over the Bulldog and then turns around, and flips it over, pushes it to the sidewall. A launch from the flipper sees BB fly onto the ground surrounding the arena.

Result:
Bulldog Breed is barking mad!!
Y4 wins into the next round!!

Entered by Ed Hoppit, Winner of Heat B, Storm 2!!
The first realie entered into this competition, Storm 2 is REALLY tough! A template for all vapourbot rammers, this Lynch powered warrior uses two Lem 130€™s at 36V to give it pushing power of 18hp, not as strong as other vapourbot rammers, but still enough to push you anywhere! It€™s the second fastest in the finals 25mph, and it also has a very powerful lifting arm. Will the raging wind thunder through today€™s heats or will the raging wind become broken wind?

Storm 2 has been charging well through the contest. ForcePower Turbo was flipped about and beaten on a judges decision, Storm 2 went through with Shovearound 2. In Round Two, Clawdius Decimus Murderous would have been a worthy adversary, but the damage Leprosy Infection had caused to it in Round One made it light work, as Storm 2 made it look easy in out pushing, flipping and pitting it. Storm 2 ironically met Leprosy Infection in the Heat Final. The damage caused to it was unbelievable. But Storm 2 was aggressive enough to win on a Judge€™s decision 38-37!

Entered by Gary Carins, Winner of Heat J, Typhoon 2!!

The whirlwind success is back! A cone shaped robot, built by the Edinburgh air cadets, Typhoon 2 is fast at 18mph, and its spinning shell weighs 50kg, and rotates at 1200rpm, given 50kj of energy using its heavy steel outer-ring with 4 claw shaped hammer cutters! The shell is Titanium, and it has Titanium under that, and had Titanium under that! This robot did well in RW, winning series 7! Can it repeat that in E.O.T.R?

The S7 RW Champion has been destructively impressive, mostly in Round One, where it hit the sides of Sheer Hell and LK-47 Slapper, before sending Sheer Hell over the arena side! Growling Storm 2.5 was the next victim, when with just one hit, the chassis was sent crashing to the floor, leaving it immobile! In the heat final, it was unable to do any damage to LK-47 Slapper, but hit it so hard it flip LK-47 over, and left it for dead!

This is more than just a semi-final fight - it€™s a GRUDGE MATCH!! These two met in the final of RW7. Storm 2 dominated the fight, before a panel came off in the final 8 seconds, and Typhoon 2 won by JD. Ed wants revenge!

Both the veteran drivers take their driving positions.

Roboteers, stand by!!!

3€¦2€¦1€¦activate!!!!

Storm 2 darts out like it did in Series 7 of RW. On first contact, the claws of Typhoon simply send Storm 2 spinning off into the distance. Typhoon is still running to spin up to 1200rpm. But Storm is faster and is chasing it down. And contact is again made€¦BANG!! Typhoon has caused a scar in the front of Storm. But Storm rams it a final time, and finally stops the spinner! Gary looks worried; he knows how weak his pushing power is compared to Storm 2. Ed swiftly delivers Typhoon to the pit release button. The pit descends; however Typhoon has gripped the top of Storm 2, and drives off. Gary Cairns hits the spin button, but it€™s only spinning at 500rpm and not 1200rpm! Storm 2 rams in, stopping the shell, and drives it into the top corner of the hexagonal arena, and it tips Typhoon 2 up!!! Storm 2 backs off, as Typhoon 2 tips onto its side!! Ed Hoppit backs off as he has his revenge, and the count begins!!
10€¦9€¦8€¦7€¦6€¦5€¦4€¦3€¦2 €¦1€¦cease!!

Result:
Typhoon 2 rotates away and out of competition!
Storm 2 goes onwards!

Entered by John Reid, Winner of Heat C, Terrorhurtz!!
The most terrifying realie is here to cause carnage! A tetrahedron Lexan built robot, with a stainless steel front scoop has an axe with a broad-blade, not for piercing, but for whacking! The robot is fast as well at 16mph and is aggressive.

Terrorhurtz has quietly but effectively moved through this tournament with ease, first by causing huge damage to The Axe Attaxe, then pitting Axe-O-Lotl, and in round two, Hell Machine went straight to heaven as it was beaten. The Axe Attaxe was then pitted to make Terrorhurtz claim the next place!

Entered by Steven McGregor, Winner of Heat E, Whirligig 4.0!!
Don€™t stop him now, he€™s having a good time€¦ripping robots to bits! Steven McGregor€™s first (and only) Full-Body Spinner is lethal. The fourth generation of Whirligig has a 33.072kg shell, spinning at 2000rpm producing a terrifying 183kj of energy. The shell is also 2cm of Titanium and 9 blades on it. It€™s designed to be a shuffler, and has two pads giving it 15mph!

Whirligig 4.0 started the run through the competition by battering the shell on MORD2, and then shredded the tyres on Die Ceratops ReInvertus. It met its old nemesis, Wedga Revo, and then battered it to death. MORD2 was the heat final opponent, and Whirligig ripped the batteries out to claim another semi-final place!!

John and Steve step up to their Booths. Steven has sharpened the teeth on the robot€¦and his as he€™s going to celebrate at a scary costume party. And John is going the same way - he€™s a creepy old inventor.

Roboteers, stand by!!!

3€¦2€¦1€¦activate!!!!

Terrorhurtz charges towards the monster that is Whirligig, and Whirligig slowly turns but quickly spins the shell. Terrorhurtz makes it too late and a slash in the 6mm Stainless Steel scoop shows the power of the Whirl. Whirligig moves away, Terrorhurtz is quicker though, and hits the spinner, bounces it into the sidewall, but inadvertently, Steven€™s machine bounces into Terrorhurtz! The front scoop at the right is hanging limply on, and Whirligig gets around the rear, and batters the back of Terrorhurtz. But Whirligig bounces away again, and Terrorhurtz turns around, and bounces it into the arena walls! And WHIRLIGIG IS STUCK THERE!!! Steven pushes the controls in all sorts of directions, but he isn€™t getting out! Terrorhurtz rams in, and gets underneath, and starts to batter the Titanium armour of Whirligig but is only scratching it. But now, it starts to pummel the pads, and Whirligig€™s pads are being broken inwards and destroyed the pad on the left! It starts on the right, as the count begins for the shocking defeat of the FBS!!
10€¦9€¦8€¦7€¦6€¦5€¦4€¦3€¦2 €¦1€¦cease!!!

Result:
Whirligig 4.0 shockingly whirls out of the competition!
Terrorhurtz bangs into the next round!

Entered by Steven McGregor, Winner of Heat G, Killotine: EVO!!
Prepare to die, by the Killotine! A red box wedge shaped machine, which has 4 inner wheels, with skirts on the sides and back to prevent flippers getting underneath. The armour on top and bottom is Bomb-Proof Lexan at 15mm thick, and the front, rear and sides are 3.25mm of Hardox. The drive motors are strong enough to give it 18hp, and it€™s very controllable at 16mph top speed, Killotine: EVO is one of the favourites for the competition!

Killotine: EVO was the favourite for the heat, and showed it in Round One, where it butchered Obliteration, and left it to die by Flippa Frenzay Mk 7. In the following Round, it looked all over for Steve, as Drilla Killa had him on the ropes, but he saved himself, and survived Drilla Killa€™s shove towards the pit. Tornado whipped up a storm against Killotine in the heat final, pushing it about, but eventually was confined to the pit as well.

Entered by Richard Southworth, Winner of Heat K, Agro 3.5!!
A therapist is going to be useless once you€™re encountering Agro 3.5!! An invertible wedge shape robot, with 17mph, 4 wheel drive, powered by 4 motors to give it more than just a small punch at 17mph! The armoury is 4mm Hardox and it has, at the rear, a 10kg flywheel, spinning at 3000rpm, with 2 blunted Titanium teeth, but the wedge has an extension on to kill any type of skirting on any type of robot!

Richard and his cutting disc of doom has been doing really, really well. In Round One, it cut into Turbulence, as well as pushing it, before pinning Schmax long enough to allow Turbulence to perform its party trick OOTA. The aluminium shell of Qunocunque Jeceris Stabit was no match for the blade, as the flipper on QJS was disabled, and then flipped over, leaving it out for the count! Chameleon put up a good fight but then succumbed to Agro€™s disc. Richard was in the semis!

Both Richard and Steve have taken on and defeated one of each others robots. Will Richard avenge Drilla Killa or will Steven avenge Chameleon? The two laugh as they shake hands. The supporters cheer for them, as they enter their Booths.

Roboteers, stand by!!!

3€¦2€¦1€¦activate!!!

Richard and Steve power their machines off the starting block, and they make a big bang on contact. Despite having the lower front, it has the less powerful Agro who is ploughed under and shoved back several metres. Agro runs backwards to avoid being shoved anymore, but Killotine gets around the sides and buries the axe into the Hardox top to drag it. But Killotine€™s axe loosens its grip and now Richard turns around to hammer the front of Killotine with its disc weapon and then spin to push it backwards. Killotine slams into the pit release button, but drives away to avoid the disc on Agro, and bring the axe down into the armour of Agro 3.5. Agro tugs away and Killotine pushes it towards the pit, and finally, Agro 3.5 tumbles onto the edge of the pit, and drives away in the nick of time. Killotine chases, and comes into the front of Agro, who gets underneath this time, but can only push Killotine: EVO in a straight line into the arena wall. Now Agro backs off, and Killotine charges in, getting underneath again before clamping with the axe and pushing it towards the pit, before the final fall.

Result:
Agro 3.5 is calmed!
Killotine: EVO is the next robot into the next round!!

Entered by Michael Cuomo, Winner of Heat C, Crusher C.U!!
Crusher C.U is here, ready to make everyone come back with camouflage! The robot is an invertible box wedge, with its wedge at an angle of 22* for getting under everyone. The suckers grip everyone on its wedge, and the crushers claw them. The crushers are mounted just behind the wedge, and it the wedge and work like pliers and deliver 6 tonnes at the tips. 17mph and 16hp make this robot hard to push and the armour is 12mm Titanium and 5mm Tungsten steel.
In Round One, Crusher C.U took a bit of damage from both Flaming Hell and Tengu, but once Tengu shattered the spinning cage of Flaming Hell, Crusher C.U could dominate it utterly. Psyclonised also caused it damage, but Crusher C.U kept on pushing it, finally down the pit. Orka faced it in the heat final, and Crusher C.U pitted it after pushing it about.

Entered by Michael Cuomo, Winner of Heat F, Flux!!
Here comes speed, power; prepare to feel the Flux! A low box shaped robot with Aluminium, Titanium, and Bomb-Proof polycarbonate for the body, and 10mm Hardox for the skirts, Flux is 8 wheeled, has a load of traction, and it can produce 50hp from it€™s motors to give it 26mph!

In Round One, Mega Masher 2 was mashed by Flux ramming it about too much. Flux went through with Tails, and even gave Tails a few slams. Snakebite IV was shoved about completely then was rammed so hard that it flew through the air and landed in the pit! It met SOR 4 in the decider of its heat, and rammed it about as well to gain yet another place in the next Round.

Michael is getting his friend, whose name is a mystery, to drive Flux for him. They walk up to the Booths to gain the next place in the final 6.

Roboteers, stand by!!!

3€¦2€¦1€¦activate!!!!

Flux drives away like a lethal bullet and crashes straight into the front of Crusher, and rides up the wedge of its nemesis. Crusher C.U suckers down its opponent and shoves it into the pit release button, before letting it go, allowing it to speed off. Flux rams in again, and this time hits the side, allowing it to bash it into the walls, making it leap upwards, and come down with a bang. Crusher C.U breaks the skirts again, this succeeding in partly crushing the armour, and ramming it into the arena side walls before bashing it into the pit edge, and then down it.

Result:
Flux is beat!
Crusher C.U wins into the next round!

Entered by Richard Southworth, Winner of Heat H, SNDOS!!
SNDOS is ready to bash and crash, and dash and mash! A two wheeled box-shaped invertible with rounded sides and rear. This already doesn€™t sound like a robot to be feared, but it is - 4mm Hardox armour all around, and it also has for a weapon, a massive flywheel, weighting 25kg and spinning at 3000rpm! It can also move at 12mph, and it can push well!

In Round One, a brutal battle resulted in Firestorm being almost flipped OOTA by Gravity, and SNDOS wrecking the side of Firestorm, and gutting Gravity, leaving it immobilized. In Round Two, Cyclone Force tried its best, and removed the teeth of SNDOS, but lost its safety link, and SNDOS ran it into the pit. Firestorm put up a decent fight, but lost its aluminium flipper which acts as self-righting mechanism before it was flipped was SNDOS.

Entered by Alex Holt, Winner of Heat I, Black Panther Queen!!
The Queen of the Black Panthers started badly when it was nearly seriously flipped by PCC with its flipper, but laid into the underbelly of The Nose 3.0, destroying the electrics. No Close Shave was a much easier victim where it flicked NCS 3 onto the camera tracks. PCC used its invertible lifting arm to push and push, but it only broke the skirting of BPQ once, and this meant that PCC could join the rest of the army on the camera tracks.

With the final place in the next Round up for grabs, Alex and Richard step up with their controls at the ready. They shake hands, acting like the good mates they are€¦before stepping up to their Booths to beat each others robot to parts small enough to go through a paper shredder!

Roboteers, stand by!!!

3€¦2€¦1€¦activate!!!

BPQ quickly accelerated off the starting grid, as it is 11mph quicker. But Alex stops short of SNDOS, being wary of that disc. SNDOS charges, and the 5mm Aluminium Boron Carbide is completely shredded! A little flick from Alex€™s controls puts his only machine left competing into reverse, and easily outruns SNDOS! SNDOS pursues, but then Alex rams into the spinning vertical flywheel with the intention to stop it from revving, and slams down the axe onto the shell, causing a slight scratch on the Hardox. However that scratch was enough to give BPQ grip on the robot and enough grip to push it backwards into the side wall. The axe is loosened, and SNDOS is spun around by the controls of Richard, AND HITS THE SIDE OF BLACK PANTHER QUEEN WITH THE FLYWHEEL!! The black machine is flipped onto its back but quickly self-rights and drives off, being much faster, and drives back, getting underneath the Richard Southworth controlled robot. Now Mr Southworth charges at BPQ and rips a panel into quarters, before pushing into another panel, this time on the side! Alex now turns around and pushes SNDOS back, and slams with the axe and flips with the flipper! Showing SNDOS to the audience like it did to No Close Shave 3 and PPC in the heat! Now it drives over and hits the pit release button, and lets SNDOS go, letting it plummet to its doom!

SNDOS feels the fall!
Black Panther Queen moves one step further to claiming its rightful crown! AKA - it goes through.

Final 6 DRAW:

Y4 VS Storm 2 VS Terrorhurtz

Killotine: EVO VS Crusher C.U VS Black Panther Queen

[paulc]

Eye Of The Robot - Series 1

Im now going to do the final 6 battles, to try and quickly round off.

We know who the robots are, so let view their progress.

Y4 was entered by Christopher Mason, who was the underdog of the heat it was in - Heat A. In the first round it met the famous Wedge Devolution and potentially lethal Flipping Hell. Chris used super planning and precision to get a good flip on Flipping Hell. Flipping Hell easily self-righted, but broke its drive chains in the process. Y4 shocked the audience when it was flipped and pushed around by Achilles, but then wedged against the side wall before performing an OOTA. A similar situation in the heat final with Wedge Devolution and then an OOTA. No shock in the semis where it flicked Bulldog Breed about, and then an OOTA.

Storm 2, entered by Ed Hoppit is the most successful real robot still left fighting, with the New Blood and 3rd World Championship under its belt, but it also came second in the 7th UK championship (Even though it was robbed). In a ram-fested Round One, it was Storm 2, ForcePower Turbo and Shovearound 2! Storm 2 had enough aggression and strategy to win through with Shovearound, on a 38-25-13! Clawdius Decimus Murderous had sustained too much damage from Round One and was easily pitted. In the heat final Leprosy Infection caused serious damage to Storm 2, but Storm used aggressive tactics to win the 38-37 decision. Typhoon 2 robbed Storm in Robot Wars 7, the Storm got revenge when it tipped over Typhoon and left it on its side to show everyone the risk of a non-existent self-righter!

Entered by John Reid, Terrorhurtz is a robot with thick Lexan and Steel armour, 16mph top speed from two motors, but most of all, an axe with a thick steel head, hitting with 900kg of force! In Round One, the said power of the axe proved even better than the result sheet, as it wrecked The Axe Attaxe and Axe-O-Lotl. It pitted Axe-O-Lotl and went through with The Axe Attaxe, before destroying Hell Machine and The Axe Attaxe again in the other heat rounds. Then an enormous surprise when Whirligig 4.0 sliced at it, chopping up the armour of Terrorhurtz, before Terrorhurtz hooked it onto the sidewall and then pounded the shuffling pads. Terrorhurtz survived and went through.

Christopher, Ed and John take up their control posts, before entering their Booths and waving to the crowd.
Roboteers, stand by!!

They observe the chequered flag. And they watch it change both red to yellow to green.

3€¦2€¦1€¦activate!!!

The robots are pushed into full throttle, with Storm 2 pulling away quickest. Storm 2 dodged between Terrorhurtz and Y4, and allowing Terrorhurtz to clamp down with the axe and pound it more. Y4 flips the lethal axing robot away, and turns into Storm 2. Having slightly the lower front edge, Y4 throws Storm onto his back. Terrorhurtz comes in to bury the axe into the bottom of the scoop of Storm 2 - this was a bad move though, because Storm 2 has the more grip and the more traction to drive Terrorhurtz back into the arena wall. The power of the slam was enough to bring the axe back up and brake loose. Storm 2 has righted from it, and charges into the front of Y4 again, however this time Storm uses the power drive tactic of driving forward then stooping to drive your wedge further into the ground. Chris hasn€™t seen around this tactic, and flips too late and Y4 ends up upended, Storm 2 pushes it slowly towards the pit, positions it on top, releases it, and then shoves it down into the abyss, ending Chris€™ dream. With the three way battle own turned into a one-on-one, Terrorhurtz now plans to get through, and excitedly shoves at its 16mph top speed and pounds the Titanium top of Storm 2. Storm 2 reverses away from the axe, and then powers underneath Terrorhurtz€™s front, and uses the lifting arm to flip it over. Storm 2 now drives the inverted Terrorhurtz towards the sidewall. Speed gaining up, and then a clash and a crash of sparks. Terrorhurtz flies upwards and flips Terrorhurtz up and over the wall. Storm 2 reverses into the centre of the arena and spins in Victory!

Result:
Y4 is ex-ter-min-8-ed!
Terrorhurtz feels the Hurtz!
Storm 2 goes through to the GRAND FINAL!!

Killotine: EVO VS Crusher C.U VS Black Panther Queen

Killotine: EVO is entered by Steven McGregor is a powerful Storm 2 like box armoured in Hardox and armed with an axe. In the heat it has pounded Obliteration, Drilla Killa 7 and Tornado, all via KO. In the next Round it took on Agro 3.5, and got pushed about and battered but pushed and battered it and finally took on Agro to the pit.

Entered by Michael Cuomo is Crusher C.U, one of the most dominating robots so far. In its heat, once Flaming Hell€™s cage was shattered, Crusher persisted in clawing it until Dave tapped out. Psyclonised is a demonic contraption, and very deadly, but Crusher got around the framework and crushed and pitted it before doing the same to Orka in the heat final and Flux in the semis.

Entered by Alex Holt is Black Panther Queen. The black panther royal ruler started poorly, when it buried the axe into The Nose 3.0, but then PPC tossed it out the ring just after cease was called. It redeemed itself in the rest of the heat by OOTAing No Close Shave and then getting revenge on PCC. In the semis, in one of the best battle I€™ve ever written took place between Black Panther Queen and SNDOS, where Black Panther Queen took some damage and did some flipping and axing, so it was close before the panther pitted SNDOS.

Once again, Steven, Michael and Alex walk up to their control Booths, wave as the crowed cheer on their favourites and jeer at their least favourites

Roboteers, stand by!!!

3€¦the chequered flag turns red...2€¦now yellow€¦3€¦now GREEN!!...activate!!!

The final knockout battle begins, and BPQ charges up to Crusher, getting the flipper spatula underneath and turning it upside down. Killotine now batters in and hammers onto the underside of Crusher. Black Panther Queen joints in on the attack, possibly in a gang-up style. Crusher tires to reverse away, but he is quickly pushed and shoved into the arena wall. Black Panther Queen locks onto Crusher with the axe, but Killotine: EVO gets under the rear and all the wheels off the ground, axing the shell, and dragging the joint over to the pit, pressing the button, and dropping the joint in!

Result:
Crusher C.U stands for Crusher Completely Useless!
Black Panther Queen is dethroned
Killotine: EVO goes through to the GRAND FINAL!!

3rd Place Playoff

Y4 VS Terrorhurtz VS Crusher C.U VS Black Panther Queen

GRAND FINAL

Storm 2 VS Killotine: EVO

[majinb]

Eye Of The Robot - Series 1

talk about one speedy tournament

you should DEFINATELY do a real one after this

o, I think Killotine will win

[kodster]

Eye Of The Robot - Series 1

*agrees with Martijn...even about Killotine winning*

[paulc]

Eye Of The Robot - Series 1

OK. Ill get the play-off up as quickly as possible.

Actually, now its up!

Entered by Christopher Mason, Y4!!

Entered by John Reid, Terrorhurtz!!

Entered by Michael Cuomo, Crusher C.U!!

Entered by Alex Holt, Black Panther Queen!!

Into the Booths they go! Alex Holt and John Reid go together, whilst Christopher and Michael are kept separate.

Roboteers, stand by!!!

3€¦2€¦1€¦activate!!!!

Everyone flies off, and all the robots charge into Crusher C.U! Y4 gets underneath and sends it OOTA! Michael puts his head in his hands as he gets 6th place! Now it€™s a battle down to three robots, and Terrorhurtz thrusts into the side of Black Panther Queen. Immediately the axe starts pounding through the shell, damage being caused all the time. Y4 sneaks around Terrorhurtz€™s rear, and flicks it over the top of the Panther. Y4, arguably the most impressive machine in the playoff comes in again for another ram onto the Panther, and Terrorhurtz strikes an axe-blow onto Y4€™s tyres, leaving bobbling slightly. Terrorhurtz hits the pit button, and shoves the Panther towards it. Alex sees his machine isn€™t moving, and lowers the controls. Y4 suddenly charges in and flips Terrorhurtz over the Panther, AND DOWN THE PIT!! And then, it does what Terrorhurtz planned on doing, and pits the Panther.

Result:
Crusher C.U OOTAed into 6TH place!
Terrorhurtz pitted and claims 5TH place!
Black Panther Queen pounded and pitted into 4TH place!
BUT€¦
Y4 and Chris Mason get 3RD place!!!

Congrats to everyone who took part, but next will be the show-stopper!

+2>THE GRAND FINAL!

Storm 2 VS Killotine: EVO

[paulc]

Eye Of The Robot - Series 1

Right. The final is coming. 54 robots started out. Now just 2 remain!

It is THE BIG ONE -

THE GRAND FINAL!!

Entered by Ed Hoppit, reigning RW World Champion, he ploughed and rammed his way through the competition, taking out the highly respected contestants like
1. ForcePower Turbo
2. Clawdius Decimus Murderous
3. Leprosy Infection
4. Typhoon 2
5. Y4
6. Terrorhurtz

IT IS
Storm 2!!

Entered by Steven McGregor, a red robot with a slicing axe, he€™s chopped and pushed through the competition. It started as one of the favourites, and now he€™s at the final, beating
1. Obliteration
2. Drilla KIlla 7
3. Tornado
4. Agro 3.5
5. Crusher C.U
6. Black Panther Queen

IT IS
Killotine: EVO

Now, the two surviving roboteers walk up to the Booths, handshake each other, and climb up to the Booths. The robots activate their weaponry to show the strength. The sound is quiet. You could here a feather fall to the floor. Then€¦

Roboteers, stand by!!!

3€¦2€¦1€¦activate!!!

The two great machines burst into life! Storm 2 has the greater speed, and smashes into the front of Killotine, ramming it back to the starting square and sending a series of sparks flying. It then drives onto its opponent€™s sides, and then starts to torque the wheels, and driving Killotine into the sidewall. Now it€™s around the rear of it and drives it into the wall again, as Steve mops his brow - he€™s struggling to get into a position to do anything to Storm 2, at the final stage. Storm 2 powers again, but Killotine now gets underneath the front, and starts to beat with the axe, and is piercing the shell. Steve locks onto Storm 2 and drives it into the pit release switch, and lets it go to back off. Storm 2 pursues it towards the side, as Killotine reverses. Killotine hits the wall as Storm 2 breaks the skirting, and lifts up with the lifting arm, and drives it into the side. Storm 2 uses the arm to turn Killotine: EVO upside down, and brace it on the arm. Storm 2 drives it towards the pit, but the axe of Killotine pushes itself up with the axe and speeds off. It ends up side on to Storm 2, and powers forwards, getting under and then axing it. Killotine starts to axe Storm 2 in the lifting arm, leaving it disabled. The axe is withdrawn, but then quickly shifts to get on the front left side, and axes in the drive train housing, and hits a drive chain!! Killotine reverses away from Storm 2, watching it spin on the spot. The audience is given the cue to count down!
+2>10...9...8...7...6...5...4...3...2...1...cease}
Steven puts Killotine: EVO into spin mode and hammers the floor, flipping itself over in a celebratory dance. It now gets behind Storm 2 and shoves it towards the pit. And down falls Storm!

Result:
Storm 2 is executed at the Killotine!!
+2>KILLOTINE: EVO WINS E.O.T.R SEIRES 1!!

On the podium, the awards are handed out by old-time Robot Wars heroine, Jayne Middlemiss! And they are given to the award winners as they crowd cheer, and fireworks fly off in honour of the award winners.

The 4th placer, and getting the copper medal, Alex Holt and Black Panther Queen!

In third place to get the aluminium trophy and aluminium medal, is Christopher Mason and Y4!!

Achieving 2nd, receiving the Titanium medal, trophy and £15,000 is Ed Hoppit and Storm 2!

But in 1st place, a Hardox medal and trophy, £30,000, and a limo to take them to celebratory party is the reward for Steven McGregor and Killotine: EVO!!

Next year, the contest will be larger, having 16 x 6 heats, the seeds will be:

1. Killotine: EVO
2. Storm 2
3. Y4
4. Black Panther Queen
5. Terrorhurtz
6. Crusher C.U
7. Agro 3.5
8. Typhoon 2
9. Bulldog Breed
10. SNDOS
11. Whirligig 4.0
12. Flux
13. Tornado
14. Leprosy Infection
15. Wedge Devolution
16. PCC
17. The Axe Attaxe
18. Orka MK4
19. Chameleon
20. LK-47 Slapper
21. Big Nipper
22. Firestorm 5
23. MORD2
24. Son Of Ripper 4
25. Drilla Killa 7
26. Clawdius Decimus Murderous
27. Achilles
28. No Close Shave 3
29. Hell Machine
30. Psyclonised
31. Qunocunque Jerceris Stabit
32. Growling Storm 2.5

But until next time -

Goodbyeeeee!!!

(Message edited by Paulc on October 27, 2007)