Skarab

"Looks like cheese on toast"

- Jeremy Clarkson describes Skarab

Skarab was a slightly domed box-shaped robot that competed in Series 1 of Robot Wars. The robot wasn't the quickest with a top speed of just 3 mph, but it was armed with a spring loaded steel hammer. The robot was named after an ancient Egyptian beetle, but it was described by Jonathan Pearce as looking like "a birthday cake on wheels", and by Jeremy Clarkson as looking like "cheese on toast".

Skarab reached the Arena Final in its heat, eventually losing to T.R.A.C.I.E.. The team also entered Series 2 with a similarly designed robot called Rameses II.

Series 1
Skarab chose to take the House Robot route in the Gauntlet. It proceded quite slowly and after suffering some damage from Sergeant Bash and Dead Metal, Skarab managed to get through to the end zone. In the Trial, which was Snooker, Skarab tactically pocketed one ball and then sat infront of its goal. This tactic worked as The Blob, Eubank the Mouse and T.R.A.C.I.E. all broke down, which meant it qualified for the arena. Where it met the similar shaped robot The Blob. Both robots were very slow, but Skarab had the dge in power and pushed The Blob into the railings, where it broke down. The Blob was then attacked by the House Robots and Skarab was through to the final. However Skarab's hammer had broken, so the team had borrowed a mace from the Killertron team. In the battle T.R.A.C.I.E was the quicker and tore some armour off Skarab and repeatedly rammed Skarab. Skarab's aerial was then cut off by Matilda's chainsaw, but this didnt stop Skarab. The match went to a Judges Decision and they sent T.R.A.C.I.E through to the grand final.

Results

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Wins/Losses

 * Wins: 1
 * Losses: 1

Series Record

 * Series 1: Heat, Arena Final
 * Series 2: Entered with Rameses II
 * Series 3-7: Did not enter