Clusterbots



Clusterbots, a Robot Wars concept introduced by Gemini, have been rather uncommon within the show's run. The rules governed for such robots state that, although there is no limit to the number of robots a Clusterbot can be made of, their combined weight must be within the limit for their weight group (100kg in the case of heavyweights, like Gemini). As a result, only three other clusterbots were created: the heavyweight Black & Blue, the middleweight Typhoon Twins and the antweight Legion.

An addition rule for heavyweight clusterbots states that if one half is rendered immobile, then the whole robot is classed as immobilised, and therefore defeated. Robots fighting clusterbots would often concentrate on defeating one half of the machine as a result of this rule. Clusterbots from lighter weight classes did not have this rule, and both parts had to be eliminated.