- "This school-designed robot, Krayzee Tokyo, is very light at 3.2 kilograms and apparently is driven by a teddy bear. Has a top speed of 12 miles per hour and a zero turning circle."
- — Jonathan Pearce introduces Krayzee Tokyo
Krayzee Tokyo was a very small Featherweight robot which competed in Series 1 of Robot Wars. Competing in Heat D, a featherweight special, it managed to get to the Trial Stage of the heat where it broke down after suffering damage when it "false started" and eventually stopped moving.
Design[]
- "Krayzee Tokyo like Demolisher and SAT'arn was based upon a remote control car and like SAT'arn it was prone to speed controller difficulties. Its armour was made of part of an old road sign."
- — Oliver Steeples of University of Reading[1]
Krayzee Tokyo enters the arena
It was a slightly rounded wedge robot driven by a teddy bear, with bumper weapons to push robots aside. It had a top speed of 12 mph. However, it was incredibly unreliable, burning up three different batteries (including those lent to them by Adam Clark from his Armadillo machine). Unused in the arena but featured on its statsboard image, Krayzee Tokyo featured a rounded scoop on the front of the robot.
- "Its armour plating is impenetrable to chainsaws and other pokey things."
- — Matthew Davy
The Team[]
The Krayzee Tokyo team
The team in Series 1
Krayzee Tokyo was built by a team of students from Milton Keynes, one of several school teams in Series 1, as well as Detonator and Roadblock. The team consisted of Kevin Church, Matthew Davy and Chris Purchase. Kevin Church was responsible for driving the robot in its appearances.
Robot History[]
Series 1[]
- "What on earth have they made this thing out of? One of its weapons is that curved bumper, they say, to push opponents out of the way. Seems to me, to have been out of one of those stickers you get in bubblegum packets!"
- — Jonathan Pearce as Krayzee Tokyo runs the Gauntlet
Matilda billows purple smoke, while Krayzee Tokyo is stuck to the springs
Krayzee Tokyo drove through the maze, needing to make multiple turns, before running into the springs. Matilda attempted to attack but also got stuck before the house robot's engine exploded. As purple smoke engulfed the arena, the cease was called. This distance was enough to qualify for the Stock Car Trial in 4th place, ahead of Bugs and the eliminated Vector of Armageddon.
- "In the Stockcar someone was using their frequency so they had control problems and they came last and were out."
- — Oliver Steeples defends Krayzee Tokyo's excuse for false starting in the Stock Car Trial
Krayzee Tokyo starts the Stock Car race
In the Stock Car Trial, Krayzee Tokyo appeared to jump start the race, which driver Kevin Church later blamed on interfering frequencies. Regardless of the advantage, Krayzee Tokyo clipped The Demolisher and spun into the inside wall of turn one. Krayzee Tokyo briefly stayed in contention while racing in third position, before steering too early into the inside wall of turn three. It soon retired after crashing into SAT'arn, having only covered more than halfway during the first lap. It was eventually overtaken by last-placed Bugs who suffered similar steering problems, but inched its way to complete a full lap. A moment later Krayzee Tokyo got flipped during a surge from Cunning Plan, as it crossed the finish line, thus confirming Krayzee Tokyo's elimination prior to the Arena stage.
- "No, no, no, the one that looks like a dustbin or something, is out!"
- — Jeremy Clarkson after the trial
Results[]
| KRAYZEE TOKYO - RESULTS | ||
| Series 1 | ||
| The First Wars - UK Championship Heats, Trial | ||
| Heat D, Gauntlet | 12.65m (4th) | Qualified |
| Heat D, Trial (Stock Car) | 0 laps (5th) | Eliminated |
Series Record[]
| Series | Krayzee Toyko Series Record |
|---|---|
| The First Wars | Heat, Trial |
| The Second Wars | Did not enter |
| The Third Wars | Did not enter |
| The Fourth Wars | Did not enter |
| The Fifth Wars | Did not enter |
| 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 |
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Krayzee Tokyo is one of 20 main series robots never to fight in robot combat, having only ever been in the Gauntlet or Trial.
- According to Oliver Steeples, whilst Krayzee Tokyo was being taken out of the arena, the remote control car went into overdrive, chewing up the jumper of the man carrying it and burning out the robot's resistor.
- Krayzee Tokyo covered the second furthest distance of all the robots that failed to complete the Gauntlet across two series, the overall record held by Wedgehog.
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