Shove

Shove was an inexalted House Robot with a high box shaped chassis constructed by Derek Foxwell, it had two turqoise eyes, and was armed with a large static scoop/shovel on the front, which was not used for combat. Shove was used by the Robot Wars backstage crew to push defeated or destroyed robots to the arena exits if they couldn't drive out themselves, to their often annoyed teams. Shove was used in the main series from Series 1-3, and the qualifiers for Series 2 and 3, as Series 1 had no qualifiers. But despite this, Shove was never actually seen or mentioned on the Television show at all, the only house robot to not be seen on the TV. It's possible that Shove may have been an early concept robot for fellow original house robot Shunt, as they both bear resemblence to earthmovers, both bear a similar body, and both feature a similar scoop (only Shove's scoop is static). Due to it not being made for combat, Shove wasn't built to the size of the other house robots, and because it was never mentioned on the televised show, its precise dimensions are unknown, although Shove has been stated to have been larger than its look-alike Shunt

Shove was not used as a cleaner in the main competition from Series 4 onwards, as that job was taken over after the addition of the Refbot. This is largely because Refbot was already in the arena, coupled with the fact that the Refbot also featured a large shovel at the front and two rear scoops itself. However, Shove continued to be used as a cleaner/sweeper in the qualifiers for Series 4-7 until Robot Wars ended in Series 7, this was because Shove was more compact, and therefore easier to transport than the Refbot.

Trivia
Shove was the only house robot to be replaced.
 * Because it was never used in combat and had no need to be any more powerful or structurally integral, Shove was the only original house robot to not be modified during the airing of the televised show.
 * Shove was also the only house robot that was never flipped or toppled.
 * Shove was the only house robot never seen on the televised show.
 * Shove was the only house robot used at the qualifiers.