Lifters

Berserk 2's lifter toppling Ally Gator

Lifters were more designed to lift a robot off from the ground than turn them over. Often, robots armed with lifters would use them to get under a robot and push it around. The most notable of these is Series 2 champion Panic Attack, who defeated many robots by lifting them up and dropping them in the pit. Other notable robots include Panzer Mk 2 and S.M.I.D.S.Y.. The most powerful lifter is almost certainly Series 2 superheavyweight champion Kick Robut.

Definition

• A lifter is not restricted to one specific shape or size, and can be in the form of a bar, forks, or even a true flipper-esque plate. The main distinction of a lifter is that during the attack, an enemy robot remains on the lifter until it is released, falls off or is successfully rolled onto its side or back. This is contrasting flippers, which aim to propel another robot and allow gravity and torque to flip the robot over.

Advantages and Disadvantages

The design of Tridentate allowed its lifting spikes to work regardless of which way the robot was up

Advantages

• Lifting weapons could be used as effective weapons for invertible robots, such as Suicidal Tendencies, Storm 2 and S.M.I.D.S.Y.
• Lifters were effective weapons in early series, before the invention of the srimech. Panic Attack's road to victory in the Second Wars, as well as its run in Series 3, were the best examples of this.
• Lifting weapons usually had sharp ends, allowing them to double as ramming spears or ramming blades. King B Powerworks and Dreadnaut took advantage of this in victories over Kronic 2 and Psychokiller, respectively.
• Lifters were often used in conjunction with axes as they could easily be placed next to each other. Mortis was the first robot to employ the combination.

Disadvantages

The Big Cheese could not self-right

• Lifters were not usually large enough or powerful enough to self-right or flip a robot from the arena. Robots such as Panic Attack added additional srimechs, but these required additional power systems, which could cost the robot in weight or power to their weapon. As shown in Panic Attack's various losses to Firestorm, these srimechs did not always work either.
• Lifters were often slower than flipping weapons, and as a result, in later series, did not manage to flip over quick moving opponents. This is evidenced in the decline of Panic Attack, who, whilst able to eliminate Edge Hog, was overpowered by Terrorhurtz, Tough As Nails, Dantomkia and Kronic 2.
• Often they or their mechanics were vulnerable. This was evidenced when The Steel Avenger and Barber-Ous immobilised Panic Attack's forks, or when the dangerously spinning Warhog buckled Dreadnaut's lifting forks. Comengetorix's lifter was also cut off by Killalot.

List of Robots with Lifters

Aggrobot from Extreme 1

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Beast of Bodmin displaying its lifter

Derek! won the Best Engineered Award in Series 5

Falcon Mark 2

Griffon

Inverterbrat

King B3

Mortis, the first robot to employ an axe/lifter combination

Panic Attack, the most notable UK lifter robot

Panzer Mk 2, the most successful American lifter

S.M.I.D.S.Y.

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Steg-O-Saw-Us

Wild Thing

Robots are listed alphabetically. Robots that aren't heavyweight are listed with a green background. Robots that failed to qualify are listed with a blue background.

Robot	Series Appearances with Lifters	Notes
A-Kill	Series 6	Lifter was "powerful enough to lift a rice pudding", as described by the team.
Armadillo	Series 2
Arnold A. Terminegger	Series 4, Extreme 1	Was combined with an overhead weapon, but in a scissor-esque motion, not like the Mortis combination.
Aggrobot	Series 6-7, Extreme 1	A bar would push down on the ground Aggrobot's wedge would act as the lifter, similar to Medusa 2000.
Ansgar's Revenge	Series 6, German Series
Arena Killer/Absolut Krankhaft	Dutch Series 1, German Series
Beast of Bodmin	Series 3
Berserk 2	Series 3-4
The Big Cheese	Series 3	Able to hoist Sergeant Bash into the air almost without overbalancing.
Centurion	Series 3	Replaced with a flipper in Series 4.
Comengetorix	Series 6, Extreme 1
The Creature	Series 4	Lifting tusks highly resembled Matilda's.
Cygnus	Series 7
Cygnus X-1	Series 7
Cyrax	Series 6
Derek	Series 5	Added apparatus to help the lifter be used to self-right the robot.
Diotoir	Series 3-4, Extreme 2	Had a spring-loaded lifter in Series 3-4, replaced with a lifting scoop. Extreme 2 had Diotoir come out of retirement, featuring a lifting plate.
Dragon	Extreme 2
Dreadnaut	Series 1-4	Never shown successfully lifting an opponent in 4 series of competing.
Dynamite	Series 6
Elvis	Series 2
Enzyme	Series 2
Evil Weevil	Series 3-4	Closely related to Panic Attack, the most notable lifter robot.
Falcon	US Season 1-2
Flybot	Extreme 2	Lifter was powerful enough to tip itself over and make it fall into the pit.
Forklift	Series 2	First 'forklift' style lifter robot.
G.B.H. 2	Series 6	Only the rear of the two lifting weapons was a lifter.
G-Man	Series 6
General Carnage	Series 3	Featured a claw on the end
Gladiator	Series 7, Extreme 2
Griffon	Series 2-3	The first robot to flip over Sergeant Bash
Guzunderbot	Series 5
Haardvark	Series 2-3
Havoc	Series 2	Interchangeable with the mace weapon also used.
Hellbent	Series 7
Immortalis	Series 5
Indefatigable	Series 4	Designed like a forklift.
Invertabrat	Series 3-4
Judge Shred	Series 3	Lifting arms featured pincers on the end.
Kick Robut	Series 2	Most powerful lifter.
King Buxton	Series 2-5, 7, Extreme 1
Kater Killer	Series 4
Major Tom	Series 4	Featured a lifting plate, before taking on a flywheel weapon.
Manic Mutant	Series 3
Mantis	Series 7	Lifter acted as clamp for crushing claw.
Maverick	Series 4
Medusa 2000	Series 4	Unusual lifter. The bottom part of the lifter lifted the robot itself from the ground, raising the robot under the wedge up.
Metalis	Series 7	Base was spread around the perimeter of the machine, excluding the rear.
Millennium Bug	Series 4	A walkerbot.
Mortis	Series 3-4	First robot to combine an axe with a flipping arm.
The Morgue	Series 4	Replaced with a proper flipper afterwards.
The Mule	Series 2	Won award for Best Engineering.
Mute	Series 7, Extreme 2	Only the rear of the two lifting weapons was a lifter.
NEATer Machine	Series 7, Dutch Series 2
Overkill GTI	Series 4	Two lifters on the front wedge.
Panic Attack	Series 2-7, Extreme 1-2	Most notable lifter, Series 2 Grand Champion. Came closest to lifting an opponent (Saw Point) out of the arena.
Panzer Mk 2	US Season 1	US Champion in Season 1.
Phoenix	Series 7
Pika	Dutch Series 2
Rampage 2	Series 7
The Predator	Series 4
Probophobia	US Season 2	Lifting spikes could work over 360 degrees.
Reaper NP2	The Third World Championship
Red Dragon	Series 3
Robo Doc	Series 2
Robopig	Series 3	Used mostly for whacking, rather than lifting.
Rohog	Series 5
Schumey Too	Series 3
Shadow of Napalm	Series 4
Shogun	Series 1	First robot with a lifter.
S.M.I.D.S.Y.	Series 3-7, Extreme 1-2	First three appearances doubled as jaws.
The Steel Avenger	Series 5, 7, Extreme 1-2
Steg-O-Saw-Us	Series 3	Series 3 Grand Finalist, but the lifting tail was almost never used.
Storm 2	Series 7	Only added lifter for Series 7 after being forced to by producers. It main weapon was still its enormous pushing power.
Suicidal Tendencies 2	Series 4
Sumpthing	Series 4, 6, Extreme 2	Always in the shadow of the axe weapon
T2	Series 3
Tetanus	Series 5-6, Extreme 2
Texas Tornado	US Season 2
UFO	Series 6
√3	Dutch Series 2	Only ODT-0.33 was not equipped with a lifter.
Vector	Series 3
Velocirippa	Series 7	Replacing the ineffective spikes from previous wars.
Weld-Dor	Series 3
Wild Thing	Series 4-5, Extreme 1	Doubled with the spinning disc in Series 5.
Whipper	Series 7	Enabled the robot to self-right.