- "Musn't swan about in its first Robot Wars!"
- — Jonathan Pearce introduces Cygnus X-1
Cygnus X-1 was a competitor robot in Robot Wars: The Seventh Wars, which lost its only fight. It was a wedge shape robot with strong armour that was armed with a 10-bar rear-hinged flipper which flipped a couple of 18 stone concrete blocks in testing.
Cygnus X-1 is the name of a well-known black hole in the Cygnus constellation. The word itself is Latin for "swan."
Its team also entered a featherweight robot called Cygnus in the featherweight battles of Series 7, which also lost in the first round.
Robot History
Series 7
- Jayne Middlemiss: "What do you most dread in the arena?"
- Cygnus X-1 Team: "The pit, definitely the pit!"
- — Pre-battle interview.
Refbot counts out Cygnus X-1
In its first ever battle, Cygnus X-1 was drawn against two experienced machines, Atomic and 13th seeds S.M.I.D.S.Y., as well as fellow newcomers to the main competition Terror Turtle. Cygnus X-1's battle started by having Terror Turtle launched towards it by Atomic, before Cygnus got underneath Terror Turtle and flipping it up. Atomic then flipped Cygnus onto the angle grinder on the arena wall. Terror Turtle came in to attack the base of Cygnus, before being flipped out by Atomic. Cygnus meanwhile was struggling to self-right, and was shoved around the arena by the other two robots. Atomic had wedged S.M.I.D.S.Y. onto the wall and nearly flipped the seeded machine out too, but wasn't able to. Atomic again attempted to flip out Cygnus, but was again unsuccessful. However, the newcomer was still unable to self right, and was counted out by Refbot. Once it was counted out however, it was pushed under the Drop Zone, where it had a television dropped on it.
Results
| CYGNUS X-1 - RESULTS | ||
| Series 7 | ||
| The Seventh Wars - UK Championship Round 1 | ||
| Heat G, Round 1 | vs. S.M.I.D.S.Y. (13), Atomic, Terror Turtle | Eliminated |
Wins/Losses
- Wins: 0
- Losses: 1
Series Record
- Series 1-6: Did not enter
- Series 7: Heat, Round 1
Trivia
- Cygnus X-1 was the only robot in Series 7 defeated by Atomic that was not thrown out of the arena.
- As well as being a black hole in the Cygnus constellation, Cygnus X-1 is the planet where Marvel's Taneleer Tivan (better known as The Collector), one of eleven Elders in the Marvel Universe, came to self awareness.