Yeborobo

Yeborobo was the first South African robot in a Robot Wars competition, fighting in the Second World Championship, filmed during the first series of Extreme, the only competition it fought in its professional career. Yeborobo translates to "Yes Grenny" in South Africa, a term that is spoken on TV in South Africa frequently and that everyone understands. It had a black body, shaped similar to UK robot The Steel Avenger, with a pneumatically powered pickaxe, and a front ram that was shaped into a point. It was powered by two truck windscreen wiper motors, was an untested machine, and was rather slow at 3mph, however, and not taken very seriously, therefore it lost in the first round, in the worst conceiveable way.

Extreme 1
Yeborobo was placed up against Philipper (representing Belgium), Tornado (representing the United Kingdom) and American champion Panzer Mk 2 in the first round of the Second World Championship. It struggled to even enter the arena, starting the battle deep inside the CPZ. Once in the arena, it did not move at all, not even a twitch. Refbot came in to kick it into life, however this didn't work. It was dragged onto the arena floor flipper by Dead Metal, who later closed in. Refbot then decided to count it out, eliminating it from the competition. Yeborobo was then thrown by the arena floor flipper, before landing on top of Tornado, losing pieces of its supposed 'durable' armour and lying upside down by the flame pit. Yeborobo was then righted, with the axe now stuck outwards. Yeborobo was then pitted by Tornado within the last 10 seconds of the battle. There was a judges' decision for the remaining competitors, which went in favour of Tornado.

Results

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Wins/Losses

 * Wins: 0
 * Losses: 1

Trivia

 * Yeborobo was one of only two robots in Robot Wars history to represent South Africa, the other being Crushtacean.