T.R.A.C.I.E.

T.R.A.C.I.E. (which stood for Terrestrial Robotic Artificial Computerised Intelligent Engine) was a flat box-shaped robot that reached the Grand Final of the First Wars. It was the very first invertible robot to appear on the show, setting a trend for many other teams to follow. It was also one of the lightest robots in its weight class, weighing just 52.9kg. The robot was equipped with two spikes at the front - one to the left and one to the right. It was constructed by students from the KEGS school in Chelmsford.

T.R.A.C.I.E. competed in the final heat of the first series of Robot Wars. Having negotiated the Gauntlet, it narrowly avoided elimination in the Trial due to The Mouse mysteriously ‘breaking down’. In the Arena Semi-Final, it defeated Prince of Darkness by spearing its wheel and then defeated Scarab in the Arena Final on a judges’ decision. However, it was immobilised early in the Grand Final when it drove up onto Cunning Plan and got wedged there due to its low ground clearance.

The team built a new robot called S.H.A.R.O.N. which was intended to be entered in the Third Wars, but it was rejected by the producers of the show and never competed. The robot was equipped with six spikes at the front - three on each side in a similar fashion to its predecessor, and a drill at the back. The name was chosen after a remark made by Jeremy Clarkson after T.R.A.C.I.E. had run The Gauntlet in Series 1, that the team "should have called it Sharon".

Series 1
Heats
 * Gauntlet: Qualified
 * Trial (Snooker): Qualified
 * Arena Semi-Final vs Prince of Darkness: Won
 * Arena Final vs Skarab: Won

Grand Final vs Roadblock vs Recylopse vs Robot The Bruce vs Cunning Plan vs Bodyhammer: Lost

Series Record

 * Series 1: Grand Final
 * Series 2-7: Did not enter