Technophobic

Technophobic was a competitor in Series 2-3 of Robot Wars. It was a large silver shell robot with a disc, and was repainted fluroescent yellow for Series 3, with the disc being replaced with a hyraulic lifter. Technophobic was defeated in the Heat Final of Series 2 by Killertron, and the second round in Series 3 by Pitbull.

When introduced in Series 3, however, it was said to have been eliminated in Round 1, despite reaching its heat final.

Series 2
"Technophobic,﻿ I hope it's not claustrophobic, or arachnophobic, there are spiders down there! It's dark, it's gloomy...and you're going down!"

- Jonathan Pearce as Technophobic stood on the verge of defeat against Killertron

In the Gauntlet, Technophobic started by going down the centre route, and over the ramp, before Dead Metal attacked it. Shunt then axed Technophobic, preventing it from completing the course, but it went 11.3m, making it the second highest score in the challenge. Technophobic then participated in the King of the Castle trial, where it lasted 35.95 seconds before being pushed off the ring by Shunt and Matilda. In The Arena stage, it faced Spin Doctor, and tried wedging underneath its opponent, who hit it with its spinning attack. Technophobic then reversed over the flames, and caught fire, but Spin Doctor also stopped, and Technophobic won on points. This meant it met Killertron in the Heat Final, but its run ended here, as it was pushed onto the edge of the pit, before being pitted.

Series 3
At the start of the battle Abaddon was picked up by Technophobic, but Technophobic could not flip it. Abaddon used its rotavator blades to rip off some of Technophobic's armour. Technophobic responded by ripping off Abaddon's castor and pushed the robot onto the flame pit. Abaddon was stuck on the grille of the flame pit because its tail was trapped in the mesh. Shunt attacked Technophobic, and then lifted Abaddon out of the flame pit. Technophobic then pushed it into Sir Killalot. The match went to a judges' decision, which was given to Technophobic. In the second round, Pitbull started better and pushed Technophobic into the edge of the arena. Both robots moved around each other before Technophobic lifted Pitbull up. Unfortunately it could not turn it over. Pitbull came charging back and drove at the edge of the arena, where its jaws got clamped to the railway sleeper at the side. Pitbull pushed Technophobic onto the flame pit. The flames reached the petrol engine and Technophobic caught fire, meaning it lost.

Results

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Wins/Losses

 * Wins: 2
 * Losses: 2

Series Record

 * Series 1: Did not enter
 * Series 2: Heat Final
 * Series 3: Heat, Round 2
 * Series 4-7: Did not enter