Shunt

Shunt
Shunt is armed with a diamond edged axe with a force of over 500 kgf/cm² (7,000 psi). Its design is reminiscent of a bulldozer, with a rear-mounted scoop and fearsome axe, both powered by pressurised carbon dioxide. Shunt's chassis and scoops are made of steel, while its superstructure is moulded fiberglass. In series 1 and 2, Shunt was used to fight the competitors in the Sumo trial, and was the flag holder in the trial round of Heat 4 of Series 1.

One of the original four House Robots, Shunt is the lightest of all the House Robots, albeit still over the contestant weight limit of 100 kg. Shunt is able to pull a fully-loaded Land Rover, and with its snowplough and scoop weapons it excelled at pushing contestant robots around the arena, and featured heavily in the Sumo Basho Trials event thanks to its incredible power. Shunt also has a diamond-edged axe to damage other robots.

It should be noted that in spite of Shunt being well known for its pushing and pulling power, it is the lightest of all the house robots, being the only one weighing less than 106 kg.

Stats
Weight - 105 kg (231 lb) Length - 130 cm (51 in) Width - 110 cm (43 in) Height - 70 cm (28 in) Speed - 10 mph (16 km/h)

Weaponry - Pneumatically driven diamond-edged axe capable of delivering blows of over 500 kgf/cm² (7,000 psi), and a rear-mounted pneumatic scoop and front snow plough.

Strengths - Very strong pushing power and strong structure. Weaknesses - Cannot right chassis once overturned. (Chaos 2 demonstrated this in the Series 3 final)

Noticeable Appearances

 * During the Grand Final of Series 3, Chaos 2 chose Shunt as his second target. As Shunt was flipped, it tried valiantly to right itself, but part of the frame began to come off, and the robot gave in.
 * During X-Terminator's battle with Immortalis in Series 5, the large white globe on Immortalis was shattered to pieces at a blow from Shunt's axe. In a similar fashion, Major Tom's head was smashed off by Shunt in a battle between it and 101. Shunt was one of the more destructive House Robots.