Cruella

Cruella was low box wedge shaped robot that competed in the first two series of Robot Wars. In Series 1, it was black with white spots, the contrast of a Dalmatian dog's coat, possibly because its name was a tribute to the villainess from the film 101 Dalmatians. For Series 2, Cruella was blue and red, with a circular saw as a weapon. Whilst performing reasonably in Series 1, by reaching the Arena stage, Cruella could not repeat this and was knocked out in the Gauntlet stage of Series 2.

Series 1
Cruella participated in the Gauntlet, and went for Shunt's route. The house robot blocked it, but Cruella tried to break free. It was pushed into a pyramid by Shunt, but managed a distance of 10.15m, enough to qualify for the Trial, which was football. It scored the thrid goal, and so qualified for the Arena stage, but it lost to Robot The Bruce after getting stuck on a grille.

Series 2
Cruella returned for Series 2, with a brand new circular saw as its weaponry. However it didn't get a chance to use it. In the Gauntlet, Cruella took the ramrig route, but on its way there, Cruella ran into the ramrig and became stuck. It came unstuck towards the end of its run, but it didn't have enough time to cover anymore distance and was eliminated from the competition.

Results

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Wins/Losses

 * Wins: 0
 * Losses: 2

Series Record

 * Series 1: Heat, Arena Semi-Final
 * Series 2: Heat, Gauntlet
 * Series 3-7: Did not enter

Trivia

 * Cruella was a very official-supported machine. Its original team member, Professor Martin Smith would later become a Robot Wars Judge, and was replaced by one of the technical consultants, Michelle Wheeley, ex-driver of WYSIWYG. It is somewhat surprising that such an experienced team performed quite poorly.