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Robot Wars is a British robot combat television series created by Tom Gutteridge and Stephen Carsey which aired from 1998 to 2004 and from 2016 to 2018. The series involves teams of amateur and professional roboteers operating remote controlled robots to fight against each other in an arena, which features hazards and the heavier "House Robots" which are hostile to all combatants.
Series 5, 7–8, 10 Black Widow Series 5 Bot Out Of Hell Series 5 Corkscrew Series 5–6, Extreme 2 Series 7 (Corkscrew Two) Crushtacean Series 5–7, 9, Extreme 2 Derek Series 5 Series 6 (Derek 2) Dome Series 5 Eleven Series 5 Evolution Series 5 Hydra Series 5–7, Extreme 2 Juggernot 2 Series 5 Kan-Opener Series 5–8, Extreme 2 Kat 3
Razer's new front wedge was a key factor in its winning Robot Wars series five. On a 12-battle victory streak, [nb 1] Razer fought in the eleventh heat of the fifth series of Robot Wars. Therein, it defeated Big Nipper, Widow's Revenge—a machine reportedly constructed by the Razer team's wives—and Rick to reach its first series semi-final. [44]
While most flippers operate with the flipping mechanism hinged at the machine's rear, Robot Wars' Firestorm achieved remarkable success with a front-hinged flipper, placing third in Robot Wars on three separate occasions (Series 3, 5, and 6) and never failing to advance to the series' semifinal rounds. Robot Wars Series 2 runner-up Cassius also ...
Hypno-Disc was a contestant entry in the Robot Wars TV series, and was one of the first robots permitted to use the kinetic flywheel weapon. Hypno-Disc's design, however, was somewhat basic, and its high ground clearance made it an easy target for robots armed with flipping weapons, such as Chaos 2. Hypno-Disc was the creation of the Rose ...
BattleBots is an American robot combat television series and company. The show is an adaptation of the American Robot Wars competitions hosted in the mid–late 1990s by Marc Thorpe, in which competitors design and operate remote-controlled armed and armored machines designed to fight in an arena combat elimination tournament.
Garrod was Team Leader of Team Cassius, a team of roboteers which entered several robots into Series 1, 2 and 3 of Robot Wars. In addition to the performances of his robots, he was known for his generosity in helping other teams fix their robots. [8] In Series 1, Team Cassius entered "Recyclopse", which reached the Grand Final but lost to ...
She then hosted many programmes including Tomorrow's World, Barking Mad, The Heaven and Earth Show and Robot Wars series 1–3, 5, and 6 before being replaced by Jayne Middlemiss for series 7. [4] She also co-presented the BBC's coverage of the solar eclipse of August 1999.