Backstabber

"Backstabber just goes to show what you can do in after school hours - at school, using school electricity and lack of school teachers!"

- Philippa Forrester introduces Backstabber

Backstabber was a long, high wedge robot, similar to the Series 6 version of Kat 3 except it had a rear axe rather than a front axe. Its weapon was a long stabbing arm on a pole. Backstabber was entered by a team from a tech school, led by the teacher Howard Banford and driven by the student Sanjay Patel. It entered Series 3 of Robot Wars but lost in the first round to Razer.

The team also tried to enter Backstabber into Series 4, but they failed to qualify. The team didn't compete in Robot Wars after this.

Series 3
Backstabber was very sluggish at the beginning of this fight, almost appearing to be immobilised from the start. Razer attempted to crush Backstabber, but the wedge shape was difficult for the claw to get a hold on, therefore it could only scratch down the side. Instead, Razer then made a run-up and managed to plough Backstabber into the pit, just as Backstabber's weapon came crashing down onto Razer, it didn't seem to do any damage at all to Razer though. Unfortunately, for the Backstabber team, the school robot was sent packing in just 20 seconds of fighting. Razer then decided to start attacking Matilda, however, cease had already been called and Razer did no damage. "Backstabber, stabbed in the back"

- Craig Charles summarizes the battle

Results

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Wins/Losses

 * Wins: 0
 * Losses: 1

Series Record

 * Series 1-2: Did not enter
 * Series 3: Heat, Round 1
 * Series 4: Failed to qualify
 * Series 5-7: Did not enter