Ally Gator

Ally Gator
Ally Gator
Participation Information
UK Series	3
Team Information
Team Members	James Hogben Derek Stupples Steve Everton
Robot Statistics
Weight	79 Kg
Dimensions	0.32m x 1.13m x 0.78m
Clearance	2cm
Power	4 x 6 amp wheelchair motors
Weapons	Blade at front, spikes
Statistics correct as of its most recent show/competition appearance, or if not applicable, qualification attempt.

"The blade is as sharp as a gator's bite."

— Jonathan Pearce

Ally Gator was a competitor robot in the Series 3 of Robot Wars. It was silver with a low box shape similar in design to the original Technophobic, with an attached green wedge and the front. The name was a play on the word "alligator", but the "Ally" stood for aluminium, for the 6mm aluminium armour that coated the machine.

Ally Gator's weapons were a spike at the rear, and two attached spikes to the ramming wedge that could get beneath robots and flip them over. Ally Gator carried a toy alligator on top, which miraculously survived two battles with only a slash from Dead Metal's saw.

It is possible that an Ally Gator 2 failed to qualify for Series 4, but no one knows for sure.

After Robot Wars finished, Ally Gator was sold and completely rebuilt to compete in the live circuit. Interestingly, it still remained under the original 80kg weight limit.

Robot History

Series 3

Competing in Heat H of Series 3, Ally Gator immediately got under its opponent Corporal Punishment at the start of its first fight. Corporal Punishment got stuck on the spike on the top and could not move. The house robots stopped Corporal Punishment from going in the pit, and the match ended with a judges' decision, which went 2-1 in favour of Ally Gator. Ally Gator went up against Berserk 2 in the second round, and neither robot was able to negotiate the other's ground clearance. Ally Gator then pushed Berserk 2 into Shunt's CPZ twice, before Berserk 2 slid beneath Ally Gator from the side, and flipped it over.

"I've never seen an alligator turn itself up and over...I've never actually seen an alligator, you understand. But can it right itself?"

— Jonathan Pearce questions its lack of a self-righting mechanism

Berserk 2 hammered at the underbelly of Ally Gator with its axe, and then Shunt followed by the other house robots joined in, securing the defeat of Ally Gator.

Results

Razer holding Ally Gator up at the Sevenoaks charity event

Wins/Losses

• Wins: 1
• Losses: 1

Series Record

• Series 1-2: Did not enter
• Series 3: Heat, Round 2
• Series 4-7: Did not enter