Tomahawk

"They sent a warning by fax, we'll cleave you with our axe!"

- Jonathan Pearce

Tomohawk was a box wedge shaped robot that competed in Series 7 of Robot Wars, it was similar in design to earlier Robot Wars competitor Mortis with its low profile and tracked design, although the latter was largely untested. Its armour was made from aluminium and polycarbonate and its weaponary was a double-bladed pneumatic axe (said to double as a flipper) with fast self-righting capabilities. It was defeated early in its only fight, when it was knocked out by IG-88, before being smashed open by an ocean buoy.

Paul Kenorice's wife was ill on the day of filming, and since Tomohawk's controls required a second team member to operate the axe, Kenorice asked his friend Stuart Barnwell, the captain of Pussycat and Kitty team, to assist him in the main competition. Stuart Barnwell had agreed to operate the axe, but ended up driving instead, as Barnwell had experience driving the robot at some live events.

Tomohawk was an upgrade of a robot they used at live events called Lazerus, which was 4 wheeled drive with a lighter axe. For Series 7 of Robot Wars, they gave it a better axe and a tracked system.

Series 7
The Tomohawk team had bolted extra armour onto the side panels for its first round fight against IG-88, The Stag and Scorpion, due to a fear of damage from spinning weapons. Tomohawk charged into the center of the arena, but missed The Stag and Scorpion with its axe. The extra armour did not help since IG-88 came in and slammed into the rear of Tomohawk and rendered it immobile almost immediately. "Tomohawk is more statuesque"

- No life left in Tomohawk

Tomohawk spent some time being pushed around the arena by the three remaining competitors before eventually being counted out by the Refbot, just as The Stag reversed into the pit. Cassius Chrome used his fists to push Tomohawk around the arena, causing minimal damage. However the house robot then pushed it onto the drop zone, where the object was a metal ocean buoy. "The aluminium, on polycarbonate body - popped, and the innards revealed"

- The terrible damage caused by the drop zone

After the audience counted down, the buoy fell onto Tomohawk ripping off a top panel and causing damage to the side armour as well.

Results

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Wins/Losses

 * Wins: 0
 * Losses: 1

Series Record

 * Series 1-6: Did not enter
 * Series 7: Heat, Round 1

Trivia

 * Tomohawk was one of only two competitor robots in the Series 7 to run on tracks, the other being Trax.