This glossary is used to define any abbreviations and terminologies used on Robot Wars, and in the wider robot combat community. For pages based on terminologies, see Category:Terminology.
- Activate - The word used to start battles.
- Arena - An enclosed area complete with hazards, used to stage a wide variety of main and side competitions.
- Armament - A malapropism used by commentator Jonathan Pearce to describe the armour of a robot, despite armament meaning "weapon".
- Cease - The word used to end or pause battles.
- Classic series - Series 1-7, Extreme 1-2, All international episodes. A term to refer to the first runs of Robot Wars. Also referred to as the original run or original series.
- Clusterbot - A robot which consists of two or more machines entered together as one.
- CO2 - Chemical formula for carbon dioxide, a gas commonly used in pneumatic systems.
- CPZ - Acronym standing for "Corner Patrol Zone", an Arena hazard from Series 1 and Series 3 onwards, which is patrolled by the House Robots.
- Death hum - Term used in the reboot to describe the sounds made by a heavy rotating weapon as it spins up to full speed, ranging from high-pitched whirring to low-pitched 'humming'. Often associated with the sounds made by Carbide's bar spinner.
- Ground Clearances - A term used to describe the proximity of a robot's wedge to the floor. The robot with the lower ground clearance will be able to drive under the opposing robot.
- Grudge Match - Term used to refer to battles intending to settle a grudge between two or more competitors.
- Gyro-dance - Term used to describe a robot lifting itself onto one side through the gyroscopic forces of a vertical rotating weapon. Said motion gives the impression of the robot 'dancing' along the arena floor, hence the name. Common among robots armed with vertical flywheels or drums.
- Hardox - Officially written as HARDOX, a form of wear-resistant steel used for armour, chassis and weapons. A similar but separate metal known as ARMOX is also used by modern competitors.
- House Robot - A robot built specifically to patrol a CPZ/PPZ and act as a hazard to competitors, or to facilitate fair play in the arena.
- HDPE - short for high-density polyeuruthene, a form of plastic used in modern competitors.
- Invertible - Term used to describe a robot which can run both ways up - for more information, see Invertible Robots.
- Judges' decision - Situation where under certain circumstances - e.g. two or more robots lasting the full duration - the Judges determine the winner by scoring the surviving robots on Control, Aggression, Damage and (formerly) Style.
- KO - Acronym standing for Knockout, used to refer to an opponent becoming immobilised, pitted or thrown out of the arena.
- Link - A common component in every robot which is used to safely deactivate them when they are not in the Arena. Often known as removable links, safety links or failsafes.
- LiPo - Abbreviation of lithium polymer, a type of battery commonly used in the rebooted series.
- OotA - Acronym standing for "Out of the Arena", where a robot is Thrown Out of the Arena by another.
- Pit reporter - a co-presenter who interviews teams within The Pits, including Philippa Forrester, Julia Reed and Jayne Middlemiss.
- PPZ - Acronym standing for "Perimeter Patrol Zone", an Arena hazard used in Series 2, which is patrolled by the House Robots.
- Reboot - Series 8, 9 and 10, including Battle of the Stars and World Series. A term to refer to the second run of Robot Wars.
- Roboteers - Term used to describe any individuals or teams who appear on the show as competitors.
- Shufflebot - A robot which is designed to use a cam-driven 'shuffling' mechanism as its sole means of locomotion.
- Spinner killer - Phrase used to describe robots with features designed to withstand opponents armed with Heavy rotating weapons, such as angled HARDOX/ARMOX wedges.
- Srimech - Abbreviation standing for Self-righting mechanism, a device which allows a robot to flip or lift itself back onto its wheels after being overturned.
- The Pits - The backstage area of the Robot Wars Arena, where robots are repaired by their teams.
- Walkerbot - A robot which is designed to use legs and/or feet as its sole means of locomotion.
- Wedgelet - Term used for a smaller fork or wedge-shaped attachment, typically added to the front of the robot in order to breach ground clearances. It is common for two or more wedgelets to be used, usually in tandem with a larger wedge or a vertical spinner.
Comments[]
Please write comments and anything else here. Above the line, this page is intended to end up as a mainspace article. Firstly, I want to ask for help adding Robot Wars specific terms to this list. Secondly, I want help formatting it, whether it just be a list or a table. The list is currently tiny, as I just wanted to get it started. Fill it with whatever you feel is a word people won't know when they first look at the wiki, or a word that is used differently in a Robot Wars context to usual. Where possible, include a hyperlink to a relevant page. Jimlaad43(talk) 15:22, April 3, 2017 (UTC)
- Stuff to include in the list: Acronyms and abbreviations. Slang used only in Robot Wars, or on the wiki.
- Stuff to not include: Abbreviations of people's or robot's names (eg: WBC - Wheely Big Cheese). Words that are pages in their own right.
There has to be an awful lot more stuff we can add here. --Jimlaad43(talk) 13:35, April 5, 2017 (UTC)
- With help from the Fun Fax, here are a couple of additions I would like to suggest:
- Grudge Match - Term used to refer to battles intending to settle a grudge between two or more competitors.
- KO - Acronym standing for Knockout, used to refer to an opponent becoming immobilised, pitted or thrown out of the arena.
- Roboteers - Term used to describe any individuals or teams who appear on the show as competitors.
- With help from the Fun Fax, here are a couple of additions I would like to suggest:
Look at all the terminology pages for phrases like hazards, recoil, immobilised. Also see JP words like Armament, flipability, etc. other choices include CO2, Hardox, HPD. Toon Ganondorf (t c) 21:10, April 5, 2017 (UTC)
I see that two of my recent additions, "Battle of the Ground Clearances" and "Preboot" have been removed. Remember that this list is supposed to not just be for terms found in the broadcasted episodes, but it is also supposed to define some wiki-specific words and acronyms like OotA. Both those terms I mentioned are ones I use when writing stuff, which is why I included them to clear up any confusion. Jimlaad43(talk) 17:12, October 31, 2017 (UTC)
- Nothing was removed, simply renamed. We shouldn't be using "preboot", it's clever enough but it's not a real word, and 'classic series' or 'the original run' are much more accepted terms, hencewhy I renamed it to Classic series. Battle of the Ground Clearances was moved to just Ground Clearances, as the 'battle of' part is quite self-explanatory. TOAST 17:31, October 31, 2017 (UTC)