- "Promising newcomers. Mo-mayhem, mo-carnage, Mobot!"
- — Jonathan Pearce
Mobot was a robot that exclusively competed in the seventh series of Robot Wars. It brought a fairly innovative weapon and style of locomotion to the show, but was ultimately thrown out of the arena by Thermidor 2 in its only battle.
Design[]
- "Ah good to see they know their place. The weaponry, a rotating arm. Twenty-three inches in diameter about twenty kilos. The ends travelling about 45mph. Only using alloy armour and a petrol engine! Dear dear."
- — Jonathan Pearce
Side view of Mobot
Mobot was a large, bulky, cutoff wedge made from aluminium with a steel chassis. Its weapon was a thirty-three inch spinning blade mounted underneath the body, weighing around 20kg and spinning at 45mph at both ends. This essentially made Mobot an early pioneer of the "undercutter" spinner, used to great effect by robots such as PP3D in the future, and was designed to target the lower end of robots, potentially including their wheels underneath their chassis, and leading wedges. The robot was armoured in alloy, although its petrol engine was flammable, and its own team captain described Mobot as "cannon fodder".
Mobot's drive system was somewhat of a one-off in the British series of Robot Wars, using only one primary tyre to power the robot, in combination with castor wheels at the front. The robot was invertible, and thus the top end of the machine replicated the same setup of one powered wheel in partnership with two castor wheels. This style of locomotion did not provide Mobot a great deal of manoeuvrability around the arena, but was nevertheless capable of moving the machine.
Robot History[]
Series 7[]
- "We're cannon fodder...I've got a bucket to take it home in."
- — Matthew Corrall
Mobot participated in Heat J of the Seventh Wars. In its first round battle, the newcomer was placed up against three veterans; the number fourteen seed Thermidor 2, Series 5 returnee 8645T 2 and Mighty Mouse.
Mobot is rammed by Mighty Mouse
Mobot is thrown out of the arena by Thermidor 2
Mobot lies outside the arena
In the battle, Mobot went after 8645T 2, but could not do any damage with its blade. Mighty Mouse then came in at speed and rammed Mobot, while Thermidor 2 removed 8645T 2 from the action by flipping it onto its side, from which the latter couldn't self-right. Thermidor 2 then slid beneath the sluggish Mobot and threw it head-over-heels over the arena side wall, eliminating it from the competition. Ultimately Thermidor 2 and Mighty Mouse progressed, while Mobot was retired.
- "Thermidor 2's claws are open to grapple and grasp Mobot, and toss it out! Mobot gone. They were there as cannon fodder they felt."
- — Jonathan Pearce
Results[]
| MOBOT - RESULTS | ||
| Series 7 | ||
| The Seventh Wars - UK Championship Heat, Round 1 | ||
| Heat J, Round 1 | vs. 8645T 2, Mighty Mouse, Thermidor 2 (14) | Eliminated |
Wins/Losses[]
- Wins: 0
- Losses: 1
Series Record[]
Mobot (background) at the Series 7 Qualifiers
| Series | Mobot Series Record |
|---|---|
| The First Wars | Did not enter |
| 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 | Heat, Round 1 |
| Series 8 | Did not enter |
| Series 9 | Did not enter |
| Series 10 | Did not enter |
Trivia[]
Official Series 7 photo
- Mobot was the second robot in the UK series to run primarily on one wheel for drive, after The Darke Destroyer and the first to feature only one powered wheel on any one side of the machine. Similarly, the Series 3 version of The Grim Reaper also had one wheel on the bottom but also had two wheels on its sides at the front.
- Like Mobot, Darke Destroyer appeared in a heat that Thermidor 2 and Kronic the Wedgehog appeared in, with Thermidor 2 winning both heats. Darke Destroyer also appeared in Heat F of Series 3 but Thermidor 2 and Kronic the Wedgehog did not with Kronic the Wedgehog not appearing until Series 4.
- Along with Topbot, Mobot was one of the first robots in Robot Wars to intentionally use an undercutter spinner design.
- All of Mobot's opponents would all appear in Heat 5 of Series 8 and fight each other in different battles there.
- Mobot was one of three robots that only fought in Series 7 thrown out of the arena and be from a team that never appeared in any other series. The others were Hellbent and The Scrapper.
- Mobot was the only robot thrown out of the arena by Thermidor 2 that never won a heat.
- Mobot's statistics board referred to its undercutting blade as a "rotating arm".
- The phrase "Mobot" would later become associated with British Olympian Mo Farah, whose victory pose was named the 'mobot' in reference to his name and robotic pose.