Pika

Pika was the name given to two machines entered in Dutch Robot Wars. Pika 2 was the team's first entry, losing its first round battle in the first series, but fighting back through a loser's melee to reach the heat final, where its run was ended by Botwork. Pika 3 competed in the second series with an invertible box shaped design like the original Tornado and Rawbot. This machine defeated Hoot easily, but lost to √3 on a judges decision.

Pika was named after famous Pokemon character Pikachu, and the robot sported a plush Pikachu toy.

Dutch Series 2
Pika's first round battle was against the loanerbot Hoot, driven by the Beaverbot team. Pika appeared the more aggressive, slamming Hoot into the pit release tyre, which bent Hoot's rather spindly and weak spinning arms. This attack left Hoot unable to move freely, so Pika 3 pushed it into Sir Killalot who picked it up and placed it in the center of the arena. Pika 3 then pushed Hoot onto the edge of the pit, where Hoot drove in. In round two, Pika 3 was against three part clusterbot √3. Pika and √3 started ponderously, before Pika 3 singled out Elevation for an attack, pushing it across the arena into a CPZ. Pika 3 unleashed another onslaught, ramming S.O.Xbot (created by Jeroen van Lieverloo, whose machine X-Bot was beaten by Pika 2 in the first series) into Matilda's CPZ. Matilda attacked with her flywheel, flipping S.O.Xbot out of the arena and hitting a camera. This gave the upper hand to Pika 3, however since only one-third of the machine was immobilized, √3 was allowed to continue fighting. Pika 3 activated the pit, but soon got its lifting spikes stuck under an angle grinder. Its weaponry was noticeably damaged after Refbot freed it. Pika 3 pushed Elevation around, but then spent the remainder of the fight being attacked by Elevation and ODT-0.33, and lost on a judges decision.

Results

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Wins/Losses

 * Dutch Wins: 3
 * Dutch Losses: 3

Dutch Series

 * Series 1: Heat Final
 * Series 2: Heats, Round 2