Nelly the Ellybot

Nelly the Ellybot is a heavyweight robot which entered production to compete in Series 9-10 of Robot Wars, although it was not selected to compete in eitger. Among the team is Dutch roboteer Niels van der Berg, Sarah Malyan of the HIGH-5 team, and Matthew Pearman, the current owner of Dantomkia. Few details on the robot’s design have been released, although it would have featured a weaponised trunk.

The name is derived from the song by Toy Dolls, Nellie the Elephant.

Outside Robot Wars
Following the robot’s second time being turned down from the show, production on Nelly the Ellybot was halted due to finance issues. The team have, however, raised the possibility of building a featherweight version of the machine, hinting towards the name Liza Mininelly.

Niels van der Berg competes at German featherweight events with his robot Bulls it, which is an invertible robot armed with two lifting forks.