√3

√3 also referred to as V3) was a clusterbot that competed in the second series of Dutch Robot Wars. The 3 team members each wore large white helmets reminiscent of The Stig from motoring show Top Gear, adding an extent of fun to their entry. The machine was unique in that it was the only clusterbot seen in any series with more than two robots, requiring two thirds of them to be rendered immobile for the whole robot to be considered immobilised. It was relatively successful, winning two fights (via judges decisions) and reaching the heat final, before losing to eventual chapion PulverizeR.

Dutch Series 2
Against ODT-Zero in the first round, one part of √3 immediately pressed the pit release button before all three parts of the clusterbot surrounded their opponent. The wedge of one of the cluster got underneath ODT-Zero, but did not flip it. ODT-Zero launched an attack and very nearly pushed the box shaped part of √3 into the pit, with the flipper robot in the cluster in turn pushing ODT-Zero onto the edge of the pit of oblivion. All three robots teamed up to push ODT-Zero down, but they all failed. Eventually ODT-Zero was pushed into Shunt's CPZ and it suffered a few axe blows. √3 qualified for the next round on a judges decision. Pika 3 was √3's opponent in round 2, and it used its power to push one of √3's robots into a CPZ. After another part was pushed into a CPZ, Matilda's flywheel flipped it out of the arena, chipping part a camera lens in the process. The other two fought on, ramming Pika 3 against the arena side wall, before Pika got stuck under an angle grinder, and its front spike wedge was damaged when the Refbot freed it. √3 surprisingly won the resulting judges decision. The clusterbot's run ended in the heat final, though. After attacking PulverizeR in a similar manner to √3's first round battle, PulverizeR flipped the box shaped lifter part of √3 with its flywheel, before self-righting it. The real turning point however, was when one of the cluster robots lost a wheel after a PulverizeR attack. The box shaped lifter was tossed again, and was unable to self right. Combined with the loss of a wheel on the other robot, at least 50% of √3 was immobilised, making it lose the heat final.

Dutch Series

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