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"This unique robot with eight armed petals stands at one metre high. Ms Nightshade is the competition's tallest."

Ms Nightshade was a robot which competed in Series 9 of Robot Wars. It was entered by two students from the University of Brighton, and was one of only a few robots to have an all-female team. In its only battle, Ms Nightshade was eliminated as it struggled for movement and was thrown up and over by reigning champions, Apollo.

The robot's name and design are inspired by the 'nightshades', a family of flowers notable for containing powerful and sometimes toxic alkaloids.

Design

"Their robot is surrounded with pneumatic hammers to provide them with 360° defence, and when the petals are open it's over 2 metres wide!"

— Jonathan Pearce introduces Ms Nightshade

Msnightshade-team — Ms Nightshade with its team

Ms Nightshade team pits — Team Ms Nightshade inspect their machine in the pits

Ms Nightshade featured a unique, tall conical-shaped body reminiscent of a nightshade flower (hence the name). Painted dark purple (two-tone purple in profile images), the robot featured six pneumatically-powered 'petals' around its surface, each with a spike mounted on top which allowed them to function as hammers/axes by firing downwards. Alternately, the 'petals' can act as a sit-and-spin weapon when fully opened and when Ms Nightshade is spinning. The team claimed that Ms Nightshade had the ability to climb out of the pit using its 'petals', and that it could not be flipped; however, the latter claim was spectacularly disproven in its only battle. Ms Nightshade was not only the tallest robot in Series 9, but also the widest, with a height of one metre and a width of two metres with the 'petals' fully extended. The bottom of the robot was decorated with two lines of LEDs.

Robot History

Series 9

"As this will be their first time in the arena they have decided to play it safe and their tactics are to run away from their enemies."

— The Robot Wars website

Team Ms Nightshade — Ms Nightshade enters the arena

Ms Nightshade competed in Episode 5, where it faced the reigning champion Apollo, and fellow newcomers Coyote and Rusty. This would prove to be the robot's first time being driven as a completed robot.

Dara Ó Briain: "One of the joys of getting to the second series of this, is that the robots are getting weirder looking! Is it fast, is it mobile, is it...?"

Katie Henderson: "Well, in all honesty, we haven't tested it with petals on, because we wanted it as a surprise to us!"

— Team Ms Nightshade on their lack of testing

Apollo flips ms nightshade — Ms Nightshade is sent flying

Ms Nightshade started the battle by twitching on the spot as one of its petals hung outwards. Ms Nightshade then flailed away with its weapons as Coyote attempted to push it backwards, before being sent airbone - with its petals outstretched - by a flip from Apollo.

"Oh, Ms Nightshade, they're in a bit of a flap - are they waving goodbye?"

— Jonathan Pearce

Ms nightshade immobilised — Ms Nightshade flaps its petals as it lies immobile

Ms Nightshade landed on its side, and, unable to self-right, helplessly flicked its petals. Dead Metal then strewed Ms Nightshade around the arena floor as it was activated into Rogue House Robot mode. With Rusty also immobile, cease was called, and Ms Nightshade was eliminated at the first hurdle.

Dara Ó Briain: "How have you enjoyed your journey?"

Katie Henderson: "I loved it! It was the first time we tested the pneumatics and the petals coming out, and they worked really well."

— Team Ms Nightshade bow out of Series 9 in high spirits

Results

MS NIGHTSHADE - RESULTS
Series 9
Series 9 - UK Championship Round 1
Episode 5, Group Battle	vs. Apollo, Coyote, Rusty	Eliminated

Wins/Losses

Wins: 0
Losses: 1

Series Record

Ms-nightshade — Ms Nightshade's turntable shot

Series	Ms Nightshade Series Record
Series 1-7	Did not enter
Series 8	Did not enter
Series 9	Heat, Round 1
Series 10	Did not enter

Trivia

Ms Nightshade with Sharkey — Team Ms Nightshade with Noel Sharkey

Ms Nightshade was first unofficially revealed on December 3rd, 2016, through a tweet from Professor Noel Sharkey, who was supporting the presence of female engineers on the team^[1].

References

↑ https://twitter.com/NoelSharkey/status/805081096111214592

External Links

Ms Nightshade on the Robot Wars website

[1] ttps://twitter.com/NoelSharkey/status/805081096111214592

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-'''Ms Nightshade''' is a robot which competed in [[Robot Wars: Series 9|Series 9]] of ''[[Robot Wars]]''. It was entered by two students from the University of Brighton, and is one of only a few robots to have an all-female team. In its only battle, Ms Nightshade was eliminated as it struggled for movement and was thrown up and over by reigning champions, Apollo.
+'''Ms Nightshade''' was a robot which competed in [[Robot Wars: Series 9|Series 9]] of ''[[Robot Wars]]''. It was entered by two students from the University of Brighton, and was one of only a few robots to have an all-female team. In its only battle, Ms Nightshade was eliminated as it struggled for movement and was thrown up and over by reigning champions, [[Apollo]].
 The robot's name and design are inspired by the 'nightshades', a family of flowers notable for containing powerful and sometimes toxic alkaloids.
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-Ms Nightshade features a unique, tall conical-shaped body reminiscent of a nightshade flower, hence the name. Painted dark purple (two-tone purple in profile images), the robot features six pneumatically-powered 'petals' around its surface, each with a spike mounted on top which allow them to function as hammers/axes by firing downwards. Alternately, the 'petals' can act as a [[sit-and-spin]] weapon when fully opened and when Ms Nightshade is spinning. The team claim that Ms Nightshade has the ability to climb out of the pit using its 'petals', and that it 'cannot be flipped'; however, the latter claim was spectacularly disproven in its only battle. Ms Nightshade is not only the tallest robot in Series 9, but also the widest, with a height of one metre and a width of two metres with the 'petals' fully extended. The bottom of the robot is decorated with two lines of LEDs.
+Ms Nightshade featured a unique, tall conical-shaped body reminiscent of a nightshade flower (hence the name). Painted dark purple (two-tone purple in profile images), the robot featured six pneumatically-powered 'petals' around its surface, each with a spike mounted on top which allowed them to function as hammers/axes by firing downwards. Alternately, the 'petals' can act as a [[sit-and-spin]] weapon when fully opened and when Ms Nightshade is spinning. The team claimed that Ms Nightshade had the ability to climb out of the pit using its 'petals', and that it could not be flipped; however, the latter claim was spectacularly disproven in its only battle. Ms Nightshade was not only the tallest robot in Series 9, but also the widest, with a height of one metre and a width of two metres with the 'petals' fully extended. The bottom of the robot was decorated with two lines of LEDs.
 ==Robot History==