Refbot

Refbot was introduced to Robot Wars as the robotic referee of the show in the year 2000. He was built with a humanoid form and was created with the sole purpose of making sure there was fair play in the arena. In addition to this role, Refbot took over Shove's job of "cleaning up" after the fights; sweeping broken robot from the arena, and pushing immoblised robots to where they could be collected by their often distraught owners.

Appearances in Merchandise

 * Refbot/Pullback
 * Refbot/Minibot

Attributes
While not made for combat, Refbot came equipped with a multitude of gadgets:
 * A pair of bulldozing shunts in the front and back were made for separating robots that became locked together.
 * An electronic countdown board was mounted on Refbot's chest to count out the defeated robots. This was introduced in Extreme 1, and for Series 5 it was slowed down.
 * A fire extinguisher on the right arm to put out fires.
 * A pincer grip on the left arm to help robots when jammed (Series 4 only).
 * Three lights in the shape of the Robot Wars logo; one red, one yellow and one green. This replaced the pincer on his left arm at the start of Robot Wars Extreme. The green light would show at the start and end of every battle. In addition, if another House Robot "misbehaved" (i.e., attacking a competitor when it wasn't supposed to) Refbot would give the offender a yellow card, and if it persisted, a red card, which forced the house robot to stay in its CPZ for the remainder of the match. The red card was also shown once a competitor robot had been counted out and if a contestant acted too over-aggressively against the house robots.

Trivia

 * Because of his vital role, Refbot was the only House Robot to feature in every battle since his debut.
 * Axe Awe pitted Refbot having defeated Granny's Revenge in Series 5.
 * In the first heat of the Sixth Wars, Refbot accidentally backed into the pit during the match between Tetanus 2 and Raging Reality, and would not have been able to count out the losing competitor robot if they had been immobilised.
 * In the following heat, Firestorm 4 flipped Refbot onto his left side.
 * Refbot reversed Gladiator into the pit and joined Team BlazerBotics' robot and all of the other competitors in it during a featherweight heat in Extreme 2.
 * In the Heat P second round battle between Ripper and Daisy Cutter in Series 7, Ripper flipped Refbot onto his back with the help of Shunt.
 * In the New Blood Championship Heat 1 battle between Mute and Mr Nasty, Sergeant Bash started to attack Refbot with its flamethrower. This battle ensued for over a minute, before Refbot extinguished Sergeant Bash's flamethrower with his extinguisher.