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==List of Robots with Conveyor Belts== |
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[[File:Firestorm_original.gif|thumb|right|Fire Storm, the most successful conveyor belt wielder]] |
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Revision as of 04:14, 22 June 2013
Forklift's Revenge, with its chainsaw chain belts
Conveyor Belts were the least conventional type of lifting weaponry. Conveyor belts proved to be one of the least effective weapons in Robot Wars; during the seven-year run there was never a televised case of a robot successfully picking up an opponent with a conveyor belt.
Definition
- A conveyor belt is typically equipped to a wedge shape. The goal of a conveyor belt was to pull other robots up and over the wedge. Several roboteers used chainsaw chains in place of belts with the hope of snagging and tearing an opponent's underside.
Advantages and Disadvantages
Advantages
- Conveyor belts can easily attack the underneath of a robot, which is the most vulnerable spot in most cases.
Disadvantages
- Conveyor belts do not have significant amounts of power, and can easily be stopped by a stronger weapon, or by an opponent simply driving off the wedge. This was shown in Suicidal Tendencies' battle with Forklift's Revenge.
List of Robots with Conveyor Belts
Fire Storm, the most successful conveyor belt wielder
Robots are listed alphabetically.
| Robot | Series Appearances with Conveyor Belts | Notes |
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| Amok | Dutch Series 2 | The last machine seen on the show equipped with such a weapon. |
| Anorakaphobia | Series 3 | Only machine besides Fire Storm equipped with a conveyor belt to win a battle. |
| Fire Storm | Series 3 | Grand finalist despite the conveyor belt never being seen in operation. |
| Forklift's Revenge | Series 3 | |
| Overkill | Series 3 |
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