Halo

Halo is a heavyweight robot built by John Findlay of Team Roaming Robots, armed with an axe. Under the temporary ownership of Krissy Knee, an application for Halo to enter the 2016 series of Robot Wars is being submitted.

Halo is armoured in Hardox, with its axe being capable of high damage and is also the robot's self-righting mechanism. The axe has interchangeable tips, including a sharp spike, and a square blade.

Robot Wars Live Events
As Halo was finished on New Year's Eve of 2015, Halo has yet to make its first appearance at a Robot Wars Live Event, with Halo's combat debut being The World of The Robots 2016, held in Dublin, where it was defeated by fellow Team Roaming Robots machine, Ripper. It is to be expected that Halo will become a regular competitor in Robot Wars events throughout 2016.

Robot Wars 2016
As Halo's builder, John Findlay, had already applied for Robot Wars with Ripper, and expected Halo to be in Moscow for educational purposes at the time of filming, Findlay did not apply to enter Halo into the new series. Upon finding out that the Russia trip ends just before the filming of BBC's Robot Wars, it was decided that Halo will be entrusted to a new team captain, Krissy Knee, who was unable to complete his own robot, Rybot in time for filming.

It is currently unknown if Halo will qualify for the new series.

Series Record
Krissy Knee:
 * Series 1-7: Did not enter
 * 2016 series: Application pending

John Findlay:
 * Series 1-3: Did not enter
 * Series 4: Failed to qualify with Banana-R Armour
 * Series 5: Round 1 with T-Bone, failed to qualify as [{Ripper|R.I.P.P.E.R.]]
 * Series 6: Failed to qualify with Ripper 2
 * Series 7: Heat Final with Ripper
 * 2016 Series: Application Pending with Ripper

Trivia

 * During the build process of Halo, John Findlay asked users of the Official Robot Wars Facebook group to suggest names for the at-the-time unnamed Halo. A popular suggestion was "Chipper", to tie in with Findlay's other robots Ripper and Gripper, though ultimately Halo was chosen by Findlay himself.