- "Due to the low resources we had, our original idea had been to produce a weaponless robot and rely on ramming and pushing tactics, though later it became obvious that this would not be enough to compete against the innovative weaponry of some of the major competitors robots and equally the powerful House Robots, and we soon recognised that, despite our initial plans, Eco-Warrior was going to have to be subject to some major additions in the weaponry department ..."
- — The Eco Warrior team on designing their robot
Eco Warrior was a robot which attempted to enter Series 4 of Robot Wars. However, it failed to qualify for that series after losing power to its axe weapon during its qualifier battle.
Eco Warrior's team later joined forces with John Findlay of Team Roaming Robots to build T-Bone, which fought in Series 5. The team had met John Findlay at the Series 4 qualifiers, where his robot Banana-R Armour had also failed to qualify.
Design[]
Eco Warrior was a green, four-wheeled wedge-shaped robot armed with a spiked axe and had two static bladed axe heads on the back. The robot appeared to use a car steering system, unusual among competitors of its era. The team originally planned to build Eco Warrior as a weaponless wedge and rely on ramming, but chose to arm Eco Warrior with an axe instead to improve its potential competitiveness. Eco Warrior cost exactly £569.23 to build.
The Team[]
Eco Warrior was entered by a team from Nottingham. Paul Gibbs was the team captain, and was behind the robot's design, John Simmons drove the robot and Lloyd Walters was the electrical engineer. All three worked together to build Eco Warrior.
Qualification[]
Work on Eco Warrior was started in August 1998 and the robot was originally intended to enter Series 3, but the team soon realised they would not be able to complete the robot in time, so decided to aim for Series 4 instead.
At the Series 4 qualifiers, Eco Warrior started well, getting two good hits on its opponent with its axe. However, the compressed air reservoirs began to leak, and the axe lost all power as a result. With no weapon, Eco Warrior was rammed into the arena side wall and set upon by the House Robots, ultimately losing its qualifier. With this, it failed to qualify for the Fourth Wars. It is currently unknown which robot Eco Warrior fought in the qualifiers.
- "However, on the day of the Robot Wars Elimination bouts we were not too "crestfallen", since we had had one of the most exciting, entertaining and exhilarating days ever, and because we had learnt so much from the other robot designs, we immediately began to discuss what innovative features we could incorporate into Eco-Warrior's successor."
- — Team Eco Warrior on the Series 4 qualifiers
Series Record[]
Series | Eco Warrior Series Record |
---|---|
The First Wars | Did not enter |
The Second Wars | Did not enter |
The Third Wars | Did not enter |
The Fourth Wars | Failed to qualify |
The Fifth Wars | Entered with T-Bone |
The Sixth Wars | Did not enter |
The Seventh Wars | Did not enter |
Series 8 | Did not enter |
Series 9 | Did not enter |
Series 10 | Did not enter |
Outside Robot Wars[]
After failing to qualify, Eco Warrior was painted yellow, renamed Wedgey, had its axe removed and became a pay to drive robot at Roaming Robots events in 2003.
External Links[]
- History of Eco Warrior from the Archived Roaming Robots Site
- Profile of Wedgey from the Archived Roaming Robots Site