Team 13

Team 13 are a team from Leicestershire who competed on Robot Wars starting with Series 2 when they entered with Limpet, before finding their biggest success during Series 6 with 13 Black.

The Team
Team 13 is captained by John Denny, an engineering technician by trade, who competed in every series that the team took part in. In Series 2, he was joined by John Freeman, and together they entered Limpet. For Series 3, they upgraded the robot to become Limpet mk2, but it was not selected to compete.

John Denny's next televised appearance was in Series 5, with 13 Black. There, he was joined by Richard Morris and Ken Wilson. In Series 7, John's young daughter Tasha joined the team.

When competing on Robot Wars from Series 5 onwards, the team were known as Team 13 Black, but this was shortened to Team 13 while the show entered its hiatus. Team 13 applied to enter Series 8 with Heavy Metal, but were not selected to compete.

Wins/Losses

 * Wins: 6
 * Losses: 5

NOTE: Limpet's Gauntlet and Trial runs are not included

Outside Robot Wars
While Robot Wars was on hiatus, Team 13 preserved both of their competitors. Limpet still remains in once piece, but has long been retired. 13 Black briefly fought in the Roaming Robots circuit after Robot Wars finished, but due to safety reasons was not allowed to run its discs. 13 Black is now retired from combat but has attended several live events on static display since. One of its flywheels was sold as part of Team Toon's charity auction.

Some of the team now compete with smaller robots. They compete with Clank, a featherweight armed with a full pressure flipper which won the Annihilator in 2016, and antweight robots named Ant Ratchet and Ant Clank, which are based on the video game and film series Ratchet & Clank. The team has also created a variety of other robots from smaller weight classes, including antweights Limpet XXT and The Joker, as well as the nanoweight Mr Zurkon, again based on the Ratchet & Clank series. Team 13 are currently building Double Zero, a featherweight version of 13 Black.

John Denny built Limpet XS, for the Beetleweight category, a four wheeled rambot armed with a wedge akin to its heavyweight counterpart. It lost both battles that it competed into Anvil and Spinza, respectively. It then returned, as a six wheel drive version, to the UK beetleweight championship and won, beating Newton in the final. Limpet XS later competed in The Iron Games at Wolverhampton, winning the event by beating Newton again. It has since had further good results in tournaments.