Loanerbots

Loanerbots were competitor robots which were built by the Robot Wars crew and loaned to teams in order to make up the numbers in a certain series. In most cases this was because the team had experienced a shipping mishap or technical malfunction with their original robot and needed a replacement. Loanerbots were mainly used in Robot Wars: Extreme Warriors and Nickelodeon Robot Wars, but were also seen in Dutch Robot Wars.

In the US series, loanerbots were only used to make up the numbers in side events and were usually not allowed in the main US Championship, but Tiger Cat was bought in as a substitute when Conquering Clown withdrew. In the Dutch series they were used in the main competition due to a lack of competitors.

The loanerbots were for the most part, below the standards of competitior robots, and rarely enjoyed success against them. They often ended up as fodder for the house robots' more extreme measures of punishment, having no real sentimental value to anyone. The one exception to this was the undefeated Tut Tut, which was reworked by Cyclone's Chris Harriman to have a more powerful pneumatics system behind the axe.

List of Loanerbots
Between the two seasons of Extreme Warriors, the loanerbots were altered and renamed - in cases where that is evident, the two loanerbots share a page. However, it is important to note that all the loanerbots were built by the same crew; the chassis were similar to one another and components could be easily exchanged between them. Because of this, it is impossible to know for certain if two similar-looking loanerbots were same robot with cosmetic changes or two completely different machines.


 * Nemesis was loaned to the Terror Australis team when their original robot broke down in the International League in the UK Series 3 but the robot was originally from Team Nemesis rather than the Robot Wars crew.