T.R.A.C.I.E.

T.R.A.C.I.E. (which stood for Terrestrial Robotic Artificial Computerised Intelligent Engine) was a flat box-shaped robot that reached the Grand Final of the First Wars. It was the very first invertible robot to appear on the show, setting a trend for many other teams to follow. It was also one of the lightest robots in its weight class, weighing just 52.9kg. The robot was equipped with two spikes at the front - one to the left and one to the right. It was constructed by students from the KEGS school in Chelmsford.

The team built a new robot called S.H.A.R.O.N. which was intended to be entered in the Third Wars, but it was rejected by the producers of the show and never competed. The robot was equipped with six spikes at the front - three on each side in a similar fashion to its predecessor, and a drill at the back. The name was chosen after a remark made by Jeremy Clarkson after T.R.A.C.I.E. had run The Gauntlet in Series 1, that the team "should have called it Sharon".

Series 1
T.R.A.C.I.E. competed in the final heat, heat F of the first series of Robot Wars. Having negotiated the Gauntlet successfully, it narrowly avoided elimination in the Snooker Trial having pocketed the least number of balls, however stock robot The Mouse was said to have irrepairably broken down as it was not allowed to compete in the arena. In the Arena Semi-Final, T.R.A.C.I.E. defeated Prince of Darkness by puncturing both of its wheels with its front spears. T.R.A.C.I.E. finished the fight on the grille, but Prince of Darkness was already immobilised. T.R.A.C.I.E. was again the far more aggressive in the heat final against Skarab, who had its radio contol mast snapped off. T.R.A.C.I.E. attacked Sergeant Bash and qualified for the grand final on a judges' decision.

Despite a strong start, where T.R.A.C.I.E. speared Recyclopse, it was immobilised early in the Grand Final when it drove up onto Cunning Plan and got wedged there due to its low ground clearance. Its weight, however, was too much for the lightweight Cunning Plan to move either robot.

Results

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Wins/Losses

 * Wins: 2
 * Losses: 1

Series Record

 * Series 1: Grand Final
 * Series 2: Did not enter
 * Series 3: Failed to qualify with S.H.A.R.O.N.
 * Series 4-7: Did not enter