Glitterbomb

Glitterbomb (alternatively GlitterBomb) is a pink heavyweight, armed with a bladed axe, which competed in the 2016 series of Robot Wars. The robot is armoured in laser-cut Raex, and its axe swings at 120mph with 1.2 tonnes of force, also allowing the robot to self-right from any angle.

Glitterbomb was built by James Baker and designed by his daughter April, who is the team captain. The robot's shape is based on a stealth bomber. The robot's mascot is a pink fluffy bomb with eyes and a mouth, one of which will be given away as part of a competition on their Facebook page.

2016 series
Glitterbomb participated in Episode 3, facing Overdozer, King B Remix and Dantomkia in its first round. Glitterbomb entered the battle having not tested its axe. "April's driving the weapon in the arena, so if it goes wrong, it's not my fault!"

- James Baker

Glitterbomb was immediately rammed by Dantomkia in an attempt by the yellow machine to flip the newcomers- however, they were not able to get a properly-positioned flip in. Glitterbomb then attacked Dantomkia with its axe getting in two blows, though this caused no visible damage. The axe never returned to its neutral position after this, due to the cold weather freezing the liquid CO2 powering it. Glitterbomb used its wedge shape to overturn King B Remix, and pushed the immobile Overdozer into the arena wall, but Dantomkia flipped Glitterbomb over. King B Remix pushed Glitterbomb back onto its wheels, but in an unoccupied CPZ Dantomkia flipped it up against a corner. A combination of Glitterbomb's lack of gas and the positioning of the wall here meant that Glitterbomb was unable to right itself. This meant Glitterbomb was left immobile, ending its Robot Wars run. "By the time the fight had started, our regulator had frozen, so we got the two hits that we had left in the buffer tank, and then that was it, we had no more gas!"

- James Baker on his inactive axe

Results

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Wins/Losses

 * Wins: 0
 * Losses: 1

Series Record

 * Series 1-7: Did not enter
 * 2016 Series: Round 1