Haardvark

Haardvark was a large box-shaped robot that competed in Series 2 and 3. Its main weapons were a lifting forklift and a circular saw, which was added in Series 3. It reached the semi-finals of Series 2, losing to Cassius, but broke down in the first round of Series 3. The team also built a robot named "Haardervark" to compete in series 5, but it did not qualify.

Series 2
Haardvark made a strong start in the Gauntlet and Trials, covering 10.6m in The Gauntlet and coming second in the trial and taking Dead Metal off the sumo ring in the process. In the arena it beat heat favourite Vercingetorix despite a problem with its forks stabbing into the floor and preventing the robot moving forwards. In the heat final it pushed Havoc into the PPZ where it was flipped by Shunt.

In the semi-finals the teams electronics engineer was called away leaving it at a disadvantage from the start. It scraped through to the arena after only covering 2.4m in The Gauntlet (A mere 1.5m ahead of Plunderbird 2) and just surpassed GBH in pinball. In the arena it faced Cassius and was only able to go in reverse. After a long period of being thrown around it fought back to push Cassius into the PPZ where Cassius' chain came off. This appeared to signal an incredible victory against all odds for Haardvark but Cassius had enough mobility to move away and Haardvark were picked up by Sir Killalot (despite not actually being in the PPZ) and were placed over the flame pit.

Series 3
Looking a lot more threatening this time around Haardvark was drawn against Henry in the first round. After 3 minutes of dominating the battle and hammering Henry with constant attacks they broke down in the final nine seconds of the bout and were therefore eliminated.

According to the Haardvark website, since they died so close to the end and had been on top throughout the battle, it went to the judges, who gave Henry the win by default. However, this was not shown on the broadcast.

Results

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Wins/Losses

 * Wins: 2
 * Losses: 2

Series Record

 * Series 1 - Did not enter
 * Series 2 - Semi-Finals, Arena
 * Series 3 - Heat, Round 1
 * Series 4 - Did not enter
 * Series 5 - Failed to Qualify with Haardervark
 * Series 6-7 - Did not enter