Eric Dickinson



Eric Dickinson is a British roboteer and the builder. He is best known for his appearances as a judge on the robot combat television series Robot Wars, and as a competitor in Robot Wars in America, competing also in the 1995 UK Open Championship.

Roboteering
Dickinson was selected for the judging panel as the only British veteran from Robot Wars in the US, where he had competed with his robot, WYSIWYG, in the featherweight division. In the main competition, WYSIWYG was defeated by eventual champion, Wedge of Doom; however it did enter three more fights: A grudge match against French robot Steel At Work, which it impressively won, given that its opponent was a heavyweight, and so could weigh more that five times more. The final two of WYSIWYG's battles were melees; the first a free-for-all battle, in which WYSIWYG was overturned about a minute it, and the second a team melee, WYSIWYG fighting for Team X, this time breaking down whilst stuck under another robot in a similar way to Cunning Plan and T.R.A.C.I.E. in the Grand Final of the First Wars. This marked the end of WYSIWYG's time in the US, leaving with a record of 1 win and 3 losses.