Have a Nice Day was a middleweight robot that competed in the 1995 US Robot Wars competition where it lost in the first round against StingRayBot. Have a Nice Day would be succeeded by Alex Ko's more successful robot Anubis.
Design[]
The internals of Have a Nice Day
Have a Nice Day was a fully gas-powered low dome-shaped robot armed with a grinding disc, the gas power was often it detriment as the robot would "choke" on its own fumes during battle[2]. The robot was decorated with yellow stripes at the front end of the robot.
Robot History[]
1995 Championship[]
In the first round of the Middleweight Championship, Have a Nice Day faced StingRayBot. Have a Nice Day failed to work from the start of the match, the petrol powered machine had a malfunction causing it to spin slightly before stopping dead as StingRayBot slowly approached and attempted to sit and spin against the immobile Have a Nice Day. StingRayBot pushed the dead robot before the match ended[2].
Have a Nice Day wasn't finished yet as it fought in the middleweight melee against a majority of the middleweight competitors in the competition, it fought against StingRayBot, again, Dawn Patrol, The X-1, Boy Howdy, La Machine and Satoru Special 2. Before the match began, Have a Nice Day started its weapon up and began smoking internally, practically rendering it immobilised from the start. La Machine charged from one end of the arena to the other, missing all opponents in its attempts to attack the already smoking Have a Nice Day, and slamming into the arena side wall as Boy Howdy bashed the backend of it. The X-1 charged across the arena, smashing into Dawn Patrol who was caught by the arena mouse trap as La Machine and Boy Howdy both came in and committed a pincer movement on Dawn Patrol. However, La Machine shunted both robots, toppling Boy Howdy over on its side before slamming Dawn Patrol further, slamming it towards Satoru Special 2 and StingRayBot, the latter immobilised from the start. The X-1 began to lift the immobilised StingRayBot while Satoru Special 2 slowly sped away from the clash, La Machine began to attack Dawn Patrol again, getting under and shunting it. As this happened, the arena mousetrap managed to flip Boy Howdy back onto its wheels, allowing it back into the fight while La Machine began slamming into Satoru Special 2, turning around and crashing it into Dawn Patrol and Boy Howdy, toppling the wooden robot over, eliminating Satoru Special 2 from the melee. Boy Howdy started shoving Dawn Patrol across the arena, who was drifting by seemingly losing all mobility, Boy Howdy continued to assault Dawn Patrol, slamming into it and pressuring it into the arena side wall behind the Cambot and near the toppled Satoru Special 2, however, La Machine barged in and slammed into the two robots, causing Dawn Patrol to become temporarily immobilised. La Machine chose its next target in the already immobilised Have a Nice Day, scooping it up and shunting it into an arena mouse trap and Dawn Patrol slowly approached only for The X-1 and La Machine to bot into it, pushing it into the arena mousetrap. The two continued to pressure Dawn Patrol, with Boy Howdy joining the mix, which caused La Machine to become distracted and start attacking the red robot instead, while The X-1 began to lift Dawn Patrol upwards and attempted to topple it over, with the arena mousetrap slamming down on both robots. Meanwhile, Boy Howdy chased La Machine who was more interested in attacking the immobile StingRayBot, pushing it aside and shunting it across the arena and leaving it by the flipped Satoru Special 2 before clashing with Boy Howdy again. The two robots chased one another, spinning around the top half of the arena, Boy Howdy sat and span to keep La Machine away, but the silver wedge was able to slip under and thrust Boy Howdy into the arena side wall, and then into the corner. Once disposed of, La Machine went after the current stuck together Dawn Patrol and The X-1, spinning on the spot and observing the two stuck machines, going to the arena corner, warming up a charge towards the two slamming both robots. La Machine backed off and crashed into the two robots, before scooping up Have a Nice Day and bashing it to the side wall.
Results[]
| HAVE A NICE DAY - RESULTS | ||
| Robot Wars: 1995 Championship | ||
| Middleweight Championship Round 1 | ||
| Round 1 | vs. StingRayBot | Lost |
| Middleweight Melee Lost | ||
| Middleweight Melee | vs. La Machine, The X-1, Boy Howdy, StingRayBot, Dawn Patrol, Satoru Special 2 | Lost |
Wins/Losses[]
- Wins: 0
- Losses: 2
Series Record[]
| Events | Have a Nice Day Event Record |
|---|---|
| 1994 | Did Not Enter |
| 1995 | Middleweight Round 1 |
| 1996 | Withdrew with Anubis |
| 1997 | Entered with Anubis |
References[]
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