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{{quote|Armed with a formidable flipper, Anto is one of the strongest Ant Weights around and is considered by many as the favourite to win the championship.|[[Robot Wars Extreme: The Official Guide]]}}
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'''Anto''' was the antweight of Team Terrafonics that competed in the antweight battle of the first series of ''[[Robot Wars Extreme]]''. It looked similar to the unrelated heavyweight [[Barbaric Response]]. It was box wedge shaped and armed with a flipper that was capable of flipping 3 kg. It lost in its only battle after losing its wheels and being shredded by [[Combat Ant]]. Team Terrafonics also entered ''[[Robot Wars]]'' with featherweight [[Gi-Ant-O]]. Anto has been completely rebuilt post-Robot Wars, and looks nothing like its Robot Wars incarnation.
 
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'''Anto''' was an antweight robot which competed in the [[Robot Wars Extreme: Series 1/Antweight Championship|Antweight Championship]] of the [[Robot Wars Extreme: Series 1|first series]] of ''[[Robot Wars Extreme]]''. It was the first competitor from [[Team Danby|Team Terrafonics]] (later known as Team Danby) to appear in a televised battle, which it lost after losing its wheels and being severely damaged by [[Combatant]].
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==Design==
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[[File:Anto.jpg|thumb|left|Anto in the hand of Craig Danby]]
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Anto was a two-wheel drive, box-wedge shaped robot weighing 127g, some 23g under the maximum antweight limit. It was armed with a lifting/flipping scoop which was capable of lifting 3kg and had a broad surface area which could allow it to get underneath opponents easily and potentially throw them [[Thrown Out of the Arena|out of the arena]], according to Craig Danby. The robot was painted in army-style camouflage green with a grey scoop, while its aerial bore the Union Jack.
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Anto's wheels were exposed at the rear, and proved especially vulnerable to being dislodged or torn off during its only battle. The version seen on ''Robot Wars Extreme'' was actually an altered version of its second iteration, '''Anto 2''', which also competed in Antweight World Series 5.
   
 
==Robot History==
  
==Robot History==
 
===Extreme 1===
  
===Extreme 1===
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{{Quote|...raising the flag I saw in there, Anto...|[[Jonathan Pearce]] notices the Union Flag on Anto's aerial at the start of the Antweight Melee}}
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Anto started by flipping Anty B, who flipped it back. It then got stuck on the floor flipper and lost one of its wheels, and was left jigging about by the arena wall. Combat Ant then attacked it, knocking off another wheel, shredding it and pushing it into the CPZ. Anto remained there, flipping but doing nothing until the end of the battle, where Combat Ant was declared the winner.
  
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Anto competed exclusively in the Antweight Melee, where it fought [[Pants]], [[Combatant]], [[Anty B]], [[Legion]], [[Razzler]] and [[Little Nipper]].
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[[File:Antweight_battle_combat_ant_pants_oota.JPG|thumb|left|Anto (right) gets stuck on the Floor Flipper as Combatant hurls Pants out of the arena]]
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[[File:Combat Ant vs Anto.jpg|thumb|right|Anto has a wheel ripped off by Combatant]]
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It started by backing out of its CPZ, turning and driving towards Anty B, with the two robots lifting, but not being able to turn each other over. Anto raised its flipping scoop again before driving onto and getting itself stuck on the edge of the Floor Flipper. Later on, it lost one of its wheels, and sat near the arena wall as it rocked back and forth using its flipping scoop. Combatant then ripped Anto's other wheel off and shredded its rear armour, before leaving it near the wall.
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{{Quote|...we've got a wheel come off as well. It's all happening out there! Under pressure from Combatant... Anto has lost a wheel.|Jonathan Pearce as a replay shows Combatant ripping Anto's remaining wheel off}}
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The now wheel-less Anto was eventually pushed into a CPZ, where it fired its flipping scoop several more times in an attempt to move across the arena. In spite of being fully immobilised, it continued to rock back and forth there until 'cease' was called, ultimately losing the melee - and the Antweight Championship - to Combatant.
   
 
==Results==
  
==Results==
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{{Results Top|Green|#C3B091|ANTO}}
 
{{Show|Extreme 1}}
  
{{Show|Extreme 1}}
 
{{Competition|[[Robot Wars Extreme: Series 1/Antweight Championship|Antweight Championship]]|Lost}}
  
{{Competition|[[Robot Wars Extreme: Series 1/Antweight Championship|Antweight Championship]]|Lost}}
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{{Battle|Round 1|[[Legion]], [[Anty B]], [[Little Nipper]], [[Razzler]], [[Combat Ant]]|Lost}}
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{{Battle|Antweight Championship|[[Anty B]], [[Combatant]], [[Legion]], [[Little Nipper]], [[Pants]], [[Razzler]]|Lost}}
 
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===Wins/Losses===
  
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==Series Record==
  
==Series Record==
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{{Series Record EX|Anto|Did not enter|Featherweight Championship with Deadline|Super Heavyweight Championship with [[Toxin]] (event cancelled)|Failed to qualify with [[Vindicare]]|Failed to qualify with [[TX-108]]|Failed to qualify with [[TX-108]]|Featherweight Championship with [[Gi-Ant-O]]<br>Unused reserve, [[Tanto]]<br>Failed to qualify with [[TX-108]]|Entered with [[Foxic]]<br>Not selected with [[Apex]]|Entered with [[Foxic]] (Team Danby)<br>Entered with [[Apex]] (Team Terrafonics)|Entered with [[Apex]]<br>Not selected with [[Foxic]]|'''Antweight Championship'''<br>Entered with [[TX-108]] (unaired battle)|Entered with [[Gi-Ant-O]]}}
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*Series 1: Did not enter
  
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*''NOTE 1: Tanto, a robot built by Team Danby, also competed in the 2016 Pilot episode under new ownership of [[Team Immersion]].''
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*Series 2: Entered Featherweight Championship with '''Deadline'''
  
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*''NOTE 2: Craig Danby also competed in Battle of the Stars as the mentor of [[The Cat]].''
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*Series 3: Entered Super Heavyweight Championship with '''Toxin''' (event cancelled)
  
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*Series 4: Failed to qualify with '''Vindicare'''
  
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*Series 5-6: Failed to qualify with [[TX-108]]
  
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*Series 7: Failed to qualify with [[TX-108]] and [[Tanto]]
  
   
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==Outside Robot Wars==
 
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Anto1.jpg|Anto 1
  
Anto1.jpg|Anto 1
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Anto_3_2013.jpg|Anto 3 in 2013
  
Anto_3_2013.jpg|Anto 3 in 2013
 
Anto 3 (Tanto6).jpg|Anto 3 in 2013 after being redesigned to resemble Tanto V.6
  
Anto 3 (Tanto6).jpg|Anto 3 in 2013 after being redesigned to resemble Tanto V.6
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Anto 2014.jpg|Anto 3 in 2014
 
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Three versions of Anto have been known to compete in antweight competitions. The first version featured a pair of static spiked ramming forks, and won both the main competition and the Tag Team event of Antweight World Series 4; the latter while paired with [[Pants]].<ref>http://robotwars101.org/events/event_results.php?eventid=8</ref>
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'''Anto 2''', an early version of the robot which would ultimately compete on ''Robot Wars Extreme'', also took part in Antweight World Series 5, but lost in the first round.<ref>http://robotwars101.org/events/event_results.php?eventid=32version</ref> The third version, '''Anto 3''', initially had a similar design to the original Anto and won Antweight World Series 6 after beating Not-a-box in the final.<ref>http://robotwars101.org/events/event_results.php?eventid=33</ref> It and the original Anto (renamed '''Anto 1''') would continue to compete in several more Antweight World Series competitions afterwards, with Anto 3 finishing second at AWS 12, and third at AWS 15.<ref>http://www.antweight.co.uk/winners.htm</ref>
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Anto 3 was later rebuilt as a miniature version of Team Terrafonics' heavyweight robot [[Tanto]], with a more compact chassis and two wedge-like ramming prongs. In 2014, Anto 3 competed at the STEM Tech Olympiad event in Miami, Florida, where it placed third.
   
 
==Trivia==
  
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*Aside from [[Gi-Ant-O]], Anto was the only robot from Team Terrafonics that featured on the televised show.
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*Aside from [[Gi-Ant-O]], Anto was the only robot from Team Terrafonics that featured in a televised ''[[Robot Wars]]'' battle, until Team Danby entered [[Robot Wars: Series 8|Series 8]] with [[Foxic]].
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Revision as of 14:46, 1 April 2020

"Armed with a formidable flipper, Anto is one of the strongest Ant Weights around and is considered by many as the favourite to win the championship."
— Robot Wars Extreme: The Official Guide

Anto was an antweight robot which competed in the Antweight Championship of the first series of Robot Wars Extreme. It was the first competitor from Team Terrafonics (later known as Team Danby) to appear in a televised battle, which it lost after losing its wheels and being severely damaged by Combatant.

Design

Anto

Anto in the hand of Craig Danby

Anto was a two-wheel drive, box-wedge shaped robot weighing 127g, some 23g under the maximum antweight limit. It was armed with a lifting/flipping scoop which was capable of lifting 3kg and had a broad surface area which could allow it to get underneath opponents easily and potentially throw them out of the arena, according to Craig Danby. The robot was painted in army-style camouflage green with a grey scoop, while its aerial bore the Union Jack.

Anto's wheels were exposed at the rear, and proved especially vulnerable to being dislodged or torn off during its only battle. The version seen on Robot Wars Extreme was actually an altered version of its second iteration, Anto 2, which also competed in Antweight World Series 5.

Robot History

Extreme 1

"...raising the flag I saw in there, Anto..."
— Jonathan Pearce notices the Union Flag on Anto's aerial at the start of the Antweight Melee

Anto competed exclusively in the Antweight Melee, where it fought Pants, Combatant, Anty B, Legion, Razzler and Little Nipper.

Antweight battle combat ant pants oota

Anto (right) gets stuck on the Floor Flipper as Combatant hurls Pants out of the arena

Combat Ant vs Anto

Anto has a wheel ripped off by Combatant

It started by backing out of its CPZ, turning and driving towards Anty B, with the two robots lifting, but not being able to turn each other over. Anto raised its flipping scoop again before driving onto and getting itself stuck on the edge of the Floor Flipper. Later on, it lost one of its wheels, and sat near the arena wall as it rocked back and forth using its flipping scoop. Combatant then ripped Anto's other wheel off and shredded its rear armour, before leaving it near the wall.

"...we've got a wheel come off as well. It's all happening out there! Under pressure from Combatant... Anto has lost a wheel."
— Jonathan Pearce as a replay shows Combatant ripping Anto's remaining wheel off

The now wheel-less Anto was eventually pushed into a CPZ, where it fired its flipping scoop several more times in an attempt to move across the arena. In spite of being fully immobilised, it continued to rock back and forth there until 'cease' was called, ultimately losing the melee - and the Antweight Championship - to Combatant.

Results

ANTO - RESULTS
Extreme 1
Antweight Championship
Lost
Antweight Championship vs. Anty B, Combatant, Legion, Little Nipper, Pants, Razzler Lost

Wins/Losses

  • Wins: 0
  • Losses: 1

Series Record

Main Series Anto Series Record
The First Wars Did not enter
The Second Wars Featherweight Championship with Deadline
The Third Wars Super Heavyweight Championship with Toxin (event cancelled)
The Fourth Wars Failed to qualify with Vindicare
The Fifth Wars Failed to qualify with TX-108
The Sixth Wars Failed to qualify with TX-108
The Seventh Wars Featherweight Championship with Gi-Ant-O
Unused reserve, Tanto
Failed to qualify with TX-108
Series 8 Entered with Foxic
Not selected with Apex
Series 9 Entered with Foxic (Team Danby)
Entered with Apex (Team Terrafonics)
Series 10 Entered with Apex
Not selected with Foxic
Robot Wars Extreme Appearances
Series 1 Antweight Championship
Entered with TX-108 (unaired battle)
Series 2 Entered with Gi-Ant-O
  • NOTE 1: Tanto, a robot built by Team Danby, also competed in the 2016 Pilot episode under new ownership of Team Immersion.
  • NOTE 2: Craig Danby also competed in Battle of the Stars as the mentor of The Cat.

Outside Robot Wars

Three versions of Anto have been known to compete in antweight competitions. The first version featured a pair of static spiked ramming forks, and won both the main competition and the Tag Team event of Antweight World Series 4; the latter while paired with Pants.[1] Anto 2, an early version of the robot which would ultimately compete on Robot Wars Extreme, also took part in Antweight World Series 5, but lost in the first round.[2] The third version, Anto 3, initially had a similar design to the original Anto and won Antweight World Series 6 after beating Not-a-box in the final.[3] It and the original Anto (renamed Anto 1) would continue to compete in several more Antweight World Series competitions afterwards, with Anto 3 finishing second at AWS 12, and third at AWS 15.[4]

Anto 3 was later rebuilt as a miniature version of Team Terrafonics' heavyweight robot Tanto, with a more compact chassis and two wedge-like ramming prongs. In 2014, Anto 3 competed at the STEM Tech Olympiad event in Miami, Florida, where it placed third.

Trivia

  • Aside from Gi-Ant-O, Anto was the only robot from Team Terrafonics that featured in a televised Robot Wars battle, until Team Danby entered Series 8 with Foxic.

References

  1. ↑ http://robotwars101.org/events/event_results.php?eventid=8
  2. ↑ http://robotwars101.org/events/event_results.php?eventid=32version
  3. ↑ http://robotwars101.org/events/event_results.php?eventid=33
  4. ↑ http://www.antweight.co.uk/winners.htm
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