House Robots

The House Robots, as of Series 6

The house robots are a set of robots on Robot Wars which act as obstacles to the competitor robots in the arena. They take part in most battles and they are restricted to staying in their corner patrol zones (CPZs) until a robot has been immobilised. If a competitor robot enters a CPZ, the house robots are free to attack that robot until it escapes. In the first series there were four house robots (Dead Metal, Matilda, Sergeant Bash and Shunt) with further house robots added over time. Sir Killalot was introduced in the second series, the sixth series saw the introduction of Growler and Mr Psycho, before the final house robot, Cassius Chrome, was added in Series 7.

In addition to the main house robots, there were two others with different roles in the show. The Sentinel was only featured in the second series and was used as an obstacle in the gauntlet, and Refbot was introduced in the fourth series to ensure fair play in the arena.

Main House Robots

Cassius Chrome

Main article: Cassius Chrome

Introduced in Series 7, Cassius Chrome was modeled after a heavyweight boxer, with fists and a black eye.

Dead Metal

Main Article: Dead Metal

Dead Metal was one of the four original House Robots alongside Matilda, Sergeant Bash and Shunt. Designed to resemble a scorpion, it fights by trapping robots with its pincers, and then cutting into them with the circular saw implemented on its "head".

Growler

Main Article: Growler

Growler was introduced as Mr. Psycho's loyal but terrifying dog, designed by Robin Englebright. The jaws of Growler are capable of creating 4 tons of force. The shell and chassis of Growler is predominantly steel with industrial digger gauge used in the jaw.

Matilda

Main Article: Matilda

Matilda was one of the original four House Robots. Based on a mutant warthog, she is equipped with pneumatic flipping tusks and interchangeable weapons for the rear that can take either a chainsaw or a flywheel weapon.

Mr Psycho

Main Article:Mr. Psycho

Mr. Psycho made its debut in the sixth season, designed by Robin Englebright. Mr Psycho was by far the heaviest of the House Robots, weighing in at 750kg, and the largest robot ever to appear in Robot Wars history.

Sergeant Bash

Main Article:Sergeant Bash

One of the original four House Robots, Sergeant Bash was designed to look like a military tank with its green army colours and flamethrower turret weapon.

Shunt

Main Article: Shunt

One of the original four House Robots, Shunt is the lightest of all the House Robots, albeit still over the contestant weight limit of 100 kg. Shunt is able to pull a fully-loaded Land Rover, and with its snowplough and scoop weapons it excelled at pushing contestant robots around the arena, and featured heavily in the Sumo Basho Trials event thanks to its incredible power.

Sir Killalot

Main Article:Sir Killalot

Sir Killalot (also less commonly known as Sir K.) is designed to look like a medieval knight with its name being a pun on Lancelot. Sir Killalot is armed with a rotating drill and a hydraulic cutting claw, adapted from the cutting jaws which rescue services normally use to save trapped victims from car wreckages.

Other House Robots

Refbot

Main Article: Refbot

Refbot was introduced to Robot Wars as the robotic referee of the show in the year 2000. It was built with a humanoid form and was created with the sole purpose of making sure there was fair play in the arena.

The Sentinal

A stagehand prepares the enourmous Sentinel for action

Debuting in Series 2, The Sentinal was a large robotic arm on a 180 degree turret. It was, in fact, a modified JCB and unique among the House Robots in that it was operated inside the arena rather than outside. The arm ended with a large spiked club, designed to push and trap robots passing. Although primarily used in the Gauntlet as an obstacle, The Sentinal was also later used in the Arena stages. Because of its status as an "obstacle" rather than a proper House Robot, The Sentinal was not used outside it's debut season.