JAR

Jarbot is a robot which competed in the Robot Wars: Battle of the Stars, as part of the 2017 series. It was designed and built by Olympic medallists Jonathan and Alistair Bownlee, mentored by Gabriel Stroud throughout the process.

Design
Jarbot is armed with a pneumatic golden hammer, and has "JAR" written on the surface. The front of Jarbot is protected by a steep front scoop, which appears to be taken from Gabriel Stroud's Sabretooth. This provides strong armour at the front, but the internals of Jarbot are completely exposed to overhead attacks, lacking any sort of armour, and the robot's two-wheel drive is also exposed.

Team
Jonathan Brownlee and Alistair Brownlee, MBE, known collectively as the Brownlee Brothers, are triathletes, who represented Team GB in the two most recent Summer Olympic Games. Notably, they are the only pair of brothers to pick up a silver and a gold medal in the same Olympic competition, with Jonny Brownlee picking up the silver medal, and Alistair Brownlee winning the gold in the triathlon, also being the first sportsman in the event to defend his title. The Brownlee Brothers gained further fame in September 2016, when Alistair sacrificed his chances of winning the Triathlon World Series to carry his fallen brother across the finish line.

The brothers are long-time fans of Robot Wars, and were eager to learn how robots were built and controlled.

Gabriel Stroud is the captain of Team Legion. Leading into Battle of the Stars, Stroud had competed in three series of Robot Wars with Sabretooth. Although his robot has yet to pick up a combat win, Gabriel proves to be a popular roboteer, and appeared frequently in promotional material for the 2016 series. As such, he was chosen to mentor the Brownlee Brothers throughout the build and competition process.

Battle of the Stars
Jarbot will compete in Episode 1.

Results

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Series Record
NOTE: This series record reflects the performance of mentor Gabriel Stroud

Trivia

 * Jarbotwas first revealed officially on Christmas Day, in a BBC Make it Digital article.