Ansgar

Ansgar is the name given to a series of German robots that competed in various international competitions on Robot Wars. The original Ansgar was a vaguely dome shaped robot designed to look like a UFO with interchangeable flipper, lance and lever weapons that could be fired 300 times per minute. The team's second design was Ansgar's Revenge, a walker robot (technically a shufflebot) with lifting spears that competed in the UK vs Germany Special in Series 6. Ansgar 3 was also a walkerbot, this time with a set of rotating blades like the UK robot Fluffy, that competed in The Third World Championship.

The team also competed in German Robot Wars with Ansgar's Revenge but lost in the eliminator.

Unlike fellow shufflebot Drillzilla, Ansgar was not affected by the rule change in the US stating that shuffling mechanisms would only allow one-and-a-half times the extra weight, due to the differences between the American and European definition of a Walkerbot.

Extreme Series 1
Team Thomsen's first UK appearance was in the German Melee with the first incarnation of Ansgar. Ansgar was equipped with its flipper weapon in this match, but couldn't get into position to flip anyone, so it spent most of the match swatting the air with its flipper. However, Golem broke down, and Nasty Warrior began smoking, allowing Ansgar to win by judges' decision.

For winning the German Melee, Ansgar represented Germany in the Second World Championship. Ansgar was equipped with its spike for this match, but it proved no help, as Ansgar was immediately targeted by Manta, who was too low for the spike to hit. Manta pushed Ansgar around while using its blade to tear up the German entry. Ansgar stopped moving when it was pushed onto the flame pit, and was counted out.

UK Series 7
Ansgar 3 returned to Robot Wars in hopes of representing Germany in a World Championship once again. In the qualifier battle, it easily immobilized Reaper NP2 with a well-placed hit from its blade, before doing the same to I Bot One Beta. It then pushed the red machine down the pit to affirm its place in the Third World Championship.

In the first round it faced very tough competition, being in an eliminator with Tornado and Storm 2. Indeed, the two UK entrants pushed it around the arena effortlessly, slamming it into the pit release and then the CPZ. It escaped, but the two rammers pushed it onto the flame pit, where it stopped moving. Storm 2 ultimately dashed its hopes by pushing it down the pit.

Results

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Wins/Losses

 * UK Wins: 2
 * UK Losses: 3
 * German Wins: 0
 * German Losses: 1

Series Record

 * Series 1: Heat, Round 1