V.I.P.E.R. 01

"This means war"

- On the back of V.I.P.E.R. 01

V.I.P.E.R. 01 (the acronym for Virtually Indestructible Perfectly Engineered Robot) was a box-shaped robot with a rear wedge that entered Series 5 of Robot Wars. It was invertible with a 3kg, stainless steel cutting disc and could travel at 15mph, but this didn't help as it lost its only battle against the seeded Splinter. Part of Team Liverdyne Robotics, V.I.P.E.R. 01 came from an experienced team, who had previously entered with the first middleweight champion, Hard Cheese, in several wars. V.I.P.E.R. 01 was similar to the Extreme 1 version of Hard Cheese.

It was originally designed and made with a front pickaxe similar to Hard Cheese in Series 3. The axe head would have the team mascot "Verminator" impaled on the end. It is unknown why the team changed the weapon, although presumably the axe would have meant V.I.P.E.R. 01 would not have been able to run inverted, due to its size.

V.I.P.E.R. 01 previously failed to qualify for the Fourth series, despite the robot winning its only qualifier battle, against More Panda Monium.

Series 5
After running out of power in the qualifiers, V.I.P.E.R. 01 was modified so that the battery expiry was longer. However, this reduced its speed. This decision had a dramatic effect in its Round 1 battle.

In the first battle, V.I.P.E.R. 01 started very slowly and was immediatly grabbed by Splinter's pincers. Splinter used its axe to little effect and pushed V.I.P.E.R 01 into Shunt. Shunt used its own axe to dent V.I.P.E.R. 01's armour, which managed to stand up well against Shunt's powerful axe. Splinter then pushed it into Shunt again. Shunt then pushed V.I.P.E.R 01 across the arena floor and continued to axe it, eventually pushing it onto the flame pit. V.I.P.E.R 01 managed to stay mobile until the end of the battle, but the judges decision obviously gave Splinter the win.

Results

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Wins/Losses

 * Wins: 0
 * Losses: 1

Series Record

 * Series 1-3: Did not enter
 * Series 4: Failed to qualify
 * Series 5: Heat, Round 1
 * Series 6-7: Did not enter