Iron Heart 88

Iron Heart 88 is a heavyweight robot which applied to compete in Series 9 of Robot Wars, but ultimately was not chosen to compete. It was built by Team Crazy 88, who had previously competed in the last two series.

Design
Iron Heart 88 uses a rustic colour-scheme, painted ‘HARDOX brown’ mixed with red, though its rear-hinged flipper is painted red. The flipper is capable of throwing robots over and provides the robot’s self-righting mechanism in combination with the weapon’s curved shape, but the wedge plate is made from thin sheet metal that can be bent. LEDs appear inside the robot.

Robot Wars Live Events
Iron Heart 88 competed at the Robot Wars event in Colchester, its combat debut, although it did not pick up any wins. In Maidstone, it fought Beast and Iron-Awe 5, surviving for longer than Beast, but eventually lost the ability to self-right when flipped by Iron-Awe 5.

Outside Robot Wars
Iron Heart 88 also attends Robots Live events, first competing at Cannock, where it lost to Apollo and The Saint in separate battles.