NAMAZU

Namazu was a walkerbot that competed in the second series of Dutch Robot Wars. It was a domed robot with a wedge at the front, to facilitate the use of its weapon, a vertical crushing arm. It was reasonably fast for a true walkerbot, but a weakness of this machine was that its feet were rather pointy, and kept digging into the wooden arena floor. This led to its demise in the first round against Blackdevil Warzone.

The robot got its name from Japanese mythology, where a "namazu" is believed to be a giant catfish that lives underground that causes earthquakes. This is fairly ironic considering the damage the robot did to the arena floor.

Dutch Series 2
Blackdeveil Warzone slammed into Namazu with its spinning drum at the start, and also attacked Namazu from the side and rear, which did surprisingly little damage to the walkerbot's armour. Namazu tried to turn around and get its crusher into play, but struggled for traction since its legs were scraping off the surface of the arena. Because of this lack of traction, it became immobilised, despite its waggling legs and was counted out by the Refbot. Growler seized Namazu and held it over the flame pit, before spinning it around and allowing it to be hammered by Mr. Psycho. Growler then dropped Namazu into the pit of oblivion.

Results

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Wins/Losses

 * Wins: 0
 * Losses: 1

Series Record

 * Series 1: Did not enter
 * Series 2: Heat, Round 1