Editing Or Te

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|robot_name=Or Te
|image=[[File:Orte.jpg|200px]]
|series=8
|other_names=Or Te!<br>Orte
|team=[[Team Big Brother]]
|team_members = Ian Watts <br/>Sam Watts <br/>James Crawford <br/>Jennie Barker
|from=Brighton
|stats=[[File:Orte stats.png]]
|weight=99-100kg<ref name="Slick"/><ref name="Slick2"/>
|dimensions=
|speed=12mph
|power=Lithium Polymer (29.6v)
|drive=2x 750w motors with double chain reduction system
|weapons=Flipper
}}
{{quote|The team claim that Orte has no weaknesses, stating: “It’s a nightmare in metal.” They rate themselves as having a 10/10 chance of winning the competition.|The ''Robot Wars'' website}}
'''Or Te''' (alternatively '''Or Te!'''<ref name="Slick">[https://slick.productions/or-te/ 'Or Te! | Slick Productions', Slick Productions website]</ref> or '''Orte''' as spelt on TV and the official website), was a heavyweight robot that competed in the [[Robot Wars: Series 8|Series 8]] of ''[[Robot Wars]]'', and the successor to former Grand Finalist [[Bigger Brother]]. It lost its Group Battle after having its power link dislodged by [[Supernova]], immobilising it within the opening seconds of the battle.

==Design==
{{quote|Orte is a powerful Flipper and Rammer with a large 10cm piston ram to hit other robots with. The robot’s armour is “double-skinned,” meaning that if its Hardox surface armour is removed or damaged it can fight on, with a second layer lying underneath.|The ''Robot Wars'' website}}
[[File:Or Te alternative.jpg|thumb|left|Or Te in [[Robot Wars: The Official Handbook]]]]
Much like its predecessor Bigger Brother, Or Te is a silver high box-wedge shaped robot armed with a powerful pneumatic [[Rear-hinged flippers|flipper]] tipped with [[Spikes|spikes]]. The flipping arm was powered by a CO<sub>2</sub> 10cm bore plunger, which could lift up to 300kg, and allow the robot to [[Self-righting mechanism|self-right]] using a fraction of its full power. The flipper was machined out of a solid billet of [[Metal armour|aluminium]] with 30mm walls, and extends up to 150mm vertically when fired. A sacrificial cap was also added to the flipper after the prototype broke from only a few test firings<ref name="Slick2">[https://slick.productions/2016/07/07/or-te-robot-wars-2016-2/ 'Robot Wars 2016 – Or Te! | Slick Productions', Slick Productions website]</ref>. Or Te was powered by four lithium polymer batteries, with two connected in series, and in parallel, alongside a custom 'Wotty' speed controller. Or Te was armoured in 5mm HARDOX steel, with a layer of Grade 5 titanium directly underneath, essentially giving the robot "double-skinned" armour. Like Bigger Brother, Or Te is described as a "nightmare in metal", and according to the team, was claimed to have 'no weaknesses'.

[[File:Or Te.jpg|thumb|Or Te enters the arena in its Series 8 Heat]]
{{quote|Initially called Bigger Brother 2, Orte is the successor to Ian Watts’ robot Bigger Brother, which competed in the original series of Robot Wars. Captain Ian’s design of Orte was inspired by stealth fighter jets, and he says that it has the “speed, agility and firepower of one.”|The ''Robot Wars'' website}}

===Etymology===
The name "Or Te!" is Latin for "Oi, you!",<ref name="Slick2"/> and various different spellings have been used in official media, including Or Te (used by the robot's official Facebook page), Or Te!, and Orte (used by official ''Robot Wars'' media).

As the successor to Bigger Brother, Or Te was originally named '''Bigger Brother 2''' in concept, before later adopting the Or Te name.

==The Team==
{{main|Team Big Brother}}
[[File:Orteteam.jpg|thumb|Or Te with its team]]
Or Te was entered into Series 8 by the Brighton-based Team Big Brother, a team best-known for the former ''Robot Wars'' runner-up [[Bigger Brother]]. 56-year old Ian Watts captained the team for this series, and was Or Te's weapons operator. His 12-year old son Sam Watts was the driver of Or Te in battle, and the team was completed by 18-year old student James Crawford and teacher Jennie Barker.

==Qualification==
Though its Series 8 entry was based around the experience of Team Big Brother, Or Te was only initially selected as a [[Substitute Robots|reserve]] for the series. In this capacity, it would end up competing in the main competition in place of an as-yet unidentified robot.<ref name="Slick"/> However, Or Te was not chosen by the producers to return for [[Robot Wars: Series 9|Series 9]].<ref name="Slick3">[http://slick.productions/2016/11/10/the-fall-sunny-dispositions-and-robot-wars/ 'The Fall, Sunny Dispositions and Robot Wars. | Slick Productions', Slick Productions website]</ref> For [[Robot Wars: Series 10|Series 10]] Or Te received an [[Interchangeable Weaponry|interchangeable weapon]] option, in the form of the 'morning star' mace first used by [[Big Brother]]. With this change, it attempted to apply alongside [[The Swarm]], but only The Swarm was chosen to compete.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/robotwars/comments/7ayq0f/ask_ian_watts_the_swarm_anything/dpdxycc/</ref>

==Robot History==
===Series 8===
Competing in [[Robot Wars: Series 8/Heat C|Heat C]] of Series 8, Or Te had problems before its Group Battle against veteran robots [[Big Nipper]] and Third World Championship runner-up [[Supernova]], along with series newcomer [[TR2]]. While being serviced in [[The Pits]], the antenna for its receiver broke off, but was fortunately repaired in time for it to compete.
{{dialogue a-b|Angela Scanlon|How long will it take to fix?|Sam Watts|About five minutes, maybe less.|Fears turn to confidence in the pits}}
[[File:Ortevssupernova.png|thumb|left|Or Te rams Supernova in the opening seconds]]
[[File:Or Te KO.jpg|thumb|Supernova's knock-out blow on Or Te]]
As the battle began, Or Te saw an immediate threat in Supernova, and charged into it, but was followed by Big Nipper, which pushed it towards the arena wall. Supernova intercepted, landing a heavy blow on Or Te, ripping off part of its armour and dislodging its power link. This immobilised Or Te only a few seconds into the battle, putting it out of the competition. Or Te was ignored for the remainder of the battle, which was eventually won by TR2 and Big Nipper over Supernova.
{{dialogue a-b|Angela Scanlon|Or Te, you hardly got out of the blocks, what happened? One fatal blow, it seemed?|Ian Watts|Something fell off! We think the link fell out, the safety link that all robots have to have, we think it fell out.|Ian Watts on a quick defeat}}

== Results ==
{{Results Top|white|silver|OR TE}}
{{Show|Series 8}}
{{Competition|Series 8 - UK Championship|Round 1}}
{{Battle|[[Robot Wars: Series 8/Heat C|Heat C, Group Battle]]|[[Big Nipper]], [[Supernova]], [[TR2]]|Eliminated}}
|}
===Wins/Losses===
*Wins: 0
*Losses: 1

==Series Record==
{{Series Record EX|Or Te|Did not enter|Did not enter|Entered with [[Big Brother]]|Entered with [[Bigger Brother]]|Entered with [[Bigger Brother]]|Entered with [[Bigger Brother]]|Entered with [[Bigger Brother]]|'''Heat, Round 1'''|''Not selected''|''Not selected''<br>Entered with [[The Swarm]]|Entered with [[Bigger Brother]]|Entered with [[Bigger Brother]]}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Team Or Te.jpg|Team Big Brother approach the arena
Or Te Team.jpg|Or Te with its team in the pits
OrteInPits2016.jpg|Or Te in the Pits
</gallery>

==Outside Robot Wars==
After Series 8 of ''Robot Wars'' finished, Or Te later appeared at a ''Robots Live'' event in Stevenage event in October 2016. Although it was a static exhibit outside the pits, its predecessor, [[Bigger Brother]], also fought at the same event. Or Te competed at the Cannock event where it lost three of its battles, usually losing its link in the same fashion it was defeated on television.

[[File:Or Te vs Behemoth.jpg|thumb|left|Or Te throws Behemoth in the Burgess Hill ''Robots Live!'' event]]
In 2017, Or Te fought at the Burgess Hill event run by ''Robots Live''. It fought [[Brentwood School Roboteers|Suspension]], [[Nuts|Nuts 2]] and [[Weird Alice]], but after initially putting its flipper to good use, it was turned over by Weird Alice and its jammed flipper could not right it. It fought in various other battles, and put on a stronger performance than in previous appearances, but still failed to win a battle, being thrown out of the arena by [[Apollo]] and [[Behemoth]] in two separate battles.

[[File:Or Te 2019.jpg|thumb|Or Te in August 2019]]
Or Te was retired after this appearance, but later made an appearance at ''Robonerd'' in August 2019 in a largely disassembled state, alongside Ian Watts' other machines.

==References==
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==External Links==
*[http://slick.productions/2016/07/07/or-te-robot-wars-2016-2/ Or Te build diary]
*[https://www.facebook.com/robotwarsorte/?fref=ts Or Te Facebook page]
*[http://www.robotwars.tv/competitors/season-8/week-3/orte/ Or Te on the ''Robot Wars'' website]

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