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"This is a very interesting robot - was made on kebabs, coffee, lawnmowers and windscreen wipers."

- Philippa Forrester introducing Blade

Blade was a Y-shaped robot that exclusively participated in Series 3 of Robot Wars. It was equipped with a rotating 42cm lawnmower blade at the front - with added "slashers", according to Jonathan Pearce. The lawnmower blade on the front of Blade was allegedly 'borrowed' from team member Josh Anslie's mother's lawnmower whilst she was on holiday, and against her knowledge.

Constructed mostly from car parts, the machine was also reinforced with thick steel and shatterproof polycarbonate and could reach 10mph. Rare for a Series 3 competitor, Blade withstood an axe blow from Shunt when it was attacked during its heat final fight with Aggrobot.

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