Sweeney Todd

Sweeney Todd is an invertible robot, armed with a circular saw which competed in the 2016 series of Robot Wars. It was built by an Oxford-based team, and is constructed from 4mm of thick steel.

Sweeney Todd is the first robot in the history of Robot Wars to use Mecanum wheels, which have rollers attached to allow the robot to drive in any direction without turning. This gives Sweeney Todd high manoeuvrability, although it will need to turn manually in order to point its circular saw at opponents.

Sweeney Todd went into Robot Wars with a major disadvantage, however - it only weighs 45kg, meaning Sweeney Todd is 10kg lighter than the maximum weight for middleweight robots, according to the Fighting Robots Association. With the heaviest competitors in the 2016 series weighing 110kg, Sweeney Todd is over half the weight of that amount.

The name Sweeney Todd is derived from the protagonist of the 1846-1847 story series, The String of Pearls. Stage productions and films named after Sweeney Todd would later be produced, based on the same character.

2016 series
Sweeney Todd will appear in Episode 4. In the first round, it faces Apollo, Kan-Opener and PP3D.

Results

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Series Record

 * Series 1-7: Did not enter
 * 2016 Series: Entered

Trivia

 * Before building Sweeney Todd, the team had experience building autonomous hovercrafts and test rover bots.