Editing Grinder

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|team_members=Ian Sisson<br/>William Sisson
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{{quote|Grinder, made from a wheelbarrow.|Jonathan Pearce's brief description of Grinder}}
'''Grinder''' was a middleweight competitor robot that appeared in [[Robot Wars: The Third Wars|Series 3]] of ''[[Robot Wars]]''. It was initially entered into the [[Middleweight Championship]], but the championship was cancelled following a behind-the-scenes accident in the pits, so it competed in the [[Robot Wars: The Third Wars/Middleweight Melee|Middleweight Melee]] instead. Grinder lost the melee in its only appearance after sustaining damage from [[Shunt]]. 

==Design==
Grinder was a two-wheeled, white, black and red box-shaped robot with a body made out of an old wheelbarrow. Its weapons were a front-mounted circular saw and a small ramming wedge intended to get underneath opponents and draw them towards the saw. The robot also featured a second wedge at the rear which was more tapered and did not reach the arena floor, and had a scowling face with teeth painted on it. While it boasted a potentially effective weapon as well as decent speed and manoeuvrability across the arena, Grinder's poor reliability was instrumental in its defeat during its only appearance.

==Robot History==
===Series 3===
Following the cancellation of the Middleweight Championship, Grinder fought in the Middleweight Melee, competing alongside [[Tentoumushi]], then-reigning Middleweight champion [[Hard Cheese]], [[A-Kill (Middleweight)|A-Kill]] and [[Ripper's Revenge]].

[[File:Grinder_shunt.jpg|thumb|left|Grinder is lifted and pushed by Shunt]]
It began by chasing Tentoumushi across the arena, before turning round and pushing A-Kill around the centre while Tentoumushi concentrated on attacking Hard Cheese. Grinder suddenly stopped moving altogether, before A-Kill pushed it towards [[Shunt]], who punctured its shell with his axe before lifting and pushing Grinder back out into the arena. As the House Robots proceeded to gang up on the surviving robots, [[Dead Metal]] grabbed and pushed Grinder onto an arena spike, where it was constantly thrust up and down before being pushed away by [[Sir Killalot]]. Grinder was left in an empty CPZ for the remainder of the melee, and ultimately lost the battle to joint winners Tentoumushi and A-Kill.

==Results==
{{Results Top|Beige|Black|GRINDER}}
{{Show|Series 3}}
{{Competition|[[Robot Wars: The Third Wars/Middleweight Melee|Middleweight Melee]]|Lost}}
{{Battle|Middleweight Melee|[[A-Kill (Middleweight)|A-Kill]], [[Hard Cheese]], [[Ripper's Revenge]], [[Tentoumushi]]|Lost}}
|}

===Wins/Losses===
*Wins: 0
*Losses: 1

==Series Record==
[[File:GrinderTeam.jpg|thumb|250px|The team controlling Grinder]]
{{Series Record|Grinder|Did not enter|Did not enter|'''Middleweight Melee'''}}

==Outside Robot Wars==
After ''Robot Wars'', Grinder was bought by Team Xbotz, who used it for several live events. After Team Xbotz retired from robot combat, Grinder was then sold on eBay.{{Cit}}
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