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Razer was a robot that competed in the British television game show Robot Wars originally constructed from steel with an aluminium chassis and wheel guards and a top speed of 11mph. It was a roughly wedge-shaped robot with a powerful mechanical claw weapon exerting 9 tonnes of pressure (3 tonnes at the tip), looking somewhat similar to a scorpion's tail running off a 3000PSI, 5-piston radial hydraulic pump which was powered by a 12V car starter motor. This weapon, described as "half bird, half reptile" by commentator Jonathan Pearce, was one of the most powerful weapons in Robot Wars history, being able to penetrate deep into robots and damage their inner mechanics.

Razer is statistically the greatest robot in the show's history, with forty battle victories against only five losses and five championships to its name. It competed in Series 2-6 of Robot Wars, and both series of Robot Wars Extreme, winning the fifth series and several side competitions. It also won the first two Robot Wars World Championships. Razer was created by Simon Scott, Ian Lewis and Vincent Blood, from Bournemouth.

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