Dutch Robot Wars: Series 1/Heat A

Dutch Robot Wars: Series 1 - Heat A was the first of five heats that made up the Grand Finalists of Dutch Robot Wars: Series 1. This was the first televised heat of the Dutch Wars, or as they were know in Holland, The Dutch Battles.

Competing Robots
Lethal Swan
 * Team Members: Andre Boxebeld, Andre Ardesch
 * Weight: 100 Kg
 * Dimensions: 1.27 X 0.56 X 1.20m
 * Power: 2x 24v Wheelchair Motors
 * Weapons: Pneumatic Axe

Arena Killer
 * Team Members: Jeroen van der Loo, Jochem Morval, Peter van Berkal
 * Weight: 92 Kg
 * Dimensions: 1.04 X 0.62 X 0.38m
 * Power: 2x Wheelchair Motors
 * Weapons: Flipper

Lizzard
 * Team Members: Rene Blaauw, Henk Grol
 * Weight: 100 Kg
 * Dimensions: 1.84 X 0.92 X 0.56m
 * Power: 2x Wheelchair Motors
 * Weapons: Whipping Tail

Philliper
 * Team Members: Philippe Poppe, Nancy Poppe, Sam Poppe
 * Weight: 98 Kg
 * Dimensions: 1.50 X 0.74 X 0.74m
 * Power: 24v Electric Motors
 * Weapons: Front and Rear Flippers

Bamm Bamm
 * Team Members: Erik Cornelissen, Rien Gronewegen, Cor Taal
 * Weight: 100 Kg
 * Dimensions: 0.95 X 0.80 X 0.60m
 * Power: 2x Car starter motors
 * Weapons: Hammer, Club and Flipper (interchangable)

Rat
 * Team Members: Mark Ottenheim, John Aarts, Helen Ottenheim
 * Weight: 100 Kg
 * Dimensions: 1.87 X 0.81 X 0.53m
 * Power: 2 X Wheelchair motors
 * Weapons: Pneumatic Flipper

Lethal Swan vs Arena Killer
Lethal Swan got off to the quicker start, with Arena Killer seeming immobile, or at least sluggish, off the start. Lethal Swan attacked with some ineffective pecks with the axe, before Arena Killer got in underneath Lethal Swan and tipped it ovwer. Despite its self-righting mechanism, Lethal Swan failed to right itself, and was counted out. Sergeant Bash torched it, and it was flipped by the floor flipper, and left to burn
 * Winner:Arena Killer

Lizzard vs Philliper
Lizzard_vs_Philliper.jpg Lizzard immediately started attacking Philliper using the whipping tail. Philliper then lifted Lizzard almost onto its side, but Lizzard escaped, and hit the pit release button. Meanwhile, Philliper was under attack from Sergeant Bash, but escaped, and once again got underneath Lizzard and tore the top shell off Lizzard. Shunt took the stricken 'head' of Lizzard and dumped it into the pit. Philliper continued to push Lizzard until cease was called, and the fight went to the judges, who ruled in favour of Philliper.
 * Winner: Philliper

Bamm Bamm vs Rat
Bamm_Bamm_vs_Rat.jpg Both robots span around each other, before Bamm Bamm fired, and missed, with the club. Rat then used its shell to get on top of, and pin, Bamm Bamm against the angle grinder. Bamm Bamm was eventually freed by Refbot, but the club had caught fire. Still stuck on top of Bamm Bamm, Rat pushed Bamm Bamm towards the pit, but caught fire as well. Time ran out with both robots seeming sluggish, and the judges decided that Bamm Bamm had done enough to progress.
 * Winner: Bamm Bamm

Lethal Swan vs Lizzard vs Rat
Rat was the slowest of the three robots off the mark, Lethal Swan landing a few axe blows on the robot. Rat then fired the flipper, but failed to flip Lethal Swan. Lizzard pushed against Lethal Swan and, combined with a flip from Rat, flipped Lethal Swan, who was dragged, by its neck, by Killalot, onto the flipper, and again exploded in a fireball. Meanwhile, a largly immobile Rat was drilled into by Killalot, counted out by the Refbot, and hung over the flamepit.
 * Winner: Lizzard

Bamm Bamm vs Philliper
The Two robots came together and Bamm Bamm, this time weilding the axe weapon, missed a blow on Philliper. Philliper pressed the pit release button and got underneath Bamm Bamm, but failed to push it anywhere. Bamm Bamm missed a couple more attacks on Philliper, who got itself in trouble with Sergeant Bash, but escaped. Bamm Bamm drove itself against the arena wall, and Philliper lifted Bamm Bamm over the flip-out zone, but could not drop it over the wall, so carried it around, before dropping it, and driving immediately into the pit, much to the delight of the Bamm Bamm team.
 * Winner: Bamm Bamm

Arena Killer vs Lizzard
Lizzard started by using its tail to attack Arena Killer, but soon found itself on the wrong side of Matilda's flywheel, ripping the tail clean off. Lizzard ripped the pit release tyre out of its place, before running straight into Shunt. Lizzard then used what was left of its flipper to attack Arena Killer, who was attacked and overturned by Shunt. Lizzard pushed the stricken Arena Killer into a CPZ, where it was attacked by Shunt, and eventually righted, while Matilda overturned Lizzard, who had lost an eye. Lizzard was thrown by the floor flipper as cease was called, and pitted by Shunt after cease, but the judges ruled in favour of Lizzard, as the pitting had been after time
 * Winner: Lizzard

Bamm Bamm vs Lizzard
Bamm Bamm, again using the axe, attacked with the hammer, missing twice, before scratching the surface with the third hit. After a couple more stray hits, by Bamm Bamm, Lizzard started pushing Bamm Bamm, and attacking it using the tail. Bamm Bamm Opened the pit, but Lizzard was already immobilized and counted out by Refbot.
 * Winner: Bamm Bamm