Orac's Revenge was a heavyweight robot that competed in Series 3 of Robot Wars. It was quickly dumped in the Pit in the first round of its heat by eventual Grand Finalist, Steg-O-Saw-Us.
Orac's Revenge was the successor to ORAC.
Design[]
Orac's Revenge with a darker colour scheme
Orac's Revenge was a box-shaped robot that was armoured in 4mm aluminium, strengthened in vulnerable areas with thick polycarbonate and armed with a red pickaxe with interchangeable blades. It featured a green scaly design with a large face on the front. It also had two front spikes. The pickaxe was quick in activation, as was the robot itself, but its damage output was still low. It had long side arms that possibly helped it self right.
Qualification[]
Orac's Revenge, as Hammerhead
Orac's Revenge was originally named Hammerhead, and its body was painted yellow with red stripes rather than green, and its spikes were not painted. In this form, the producers initially rejected it from Series 3, but for unknown reasons it later managed to qualify, possibly after the rebranding. Another robot called Hammerhead also qualified for the Third Wars.
Orac's Revenge, as it appeared when it failed to qualify for Series 4
- "I can't believe we didn't make the main event, no chance to avenge poor old ORAC from last year. We have got a pretty good robot this year as well. I think this may be our last year of Robot Wars."
- — The team on initially not being selected for Series 3
Orac's Revenge attempted to enter Series 4, where it was virtually unchanged from its Series 3 design. However, it failed to qualify.
The Team[]
The team with Orac's Revenge
Orac's Revenge was entered by The Oracles from Oxfordshire, who were veteran of the wars. Peter Reynolds controlled the robot and he was joined by Barry Davis as before in Series 2, though this time the pair were joined by a new member, Peter Stanmore, who conducted the team's pre-battle interview.
Barry was not present in the control pod for the team's first round match nor for the post-battle interview.
Robot History[]
Series 3[]
Orac's Revenge was originally intended to battle T-Wrecks in the first round of Heat G, but a late withdrawal saw Orac's Revenge instead fighting reserve entry and future Grand Finalist Steg-O-Saw-Us.
Orac's Revenge is dumped out by Steg-O-Saw-Us
The pitted Orac's Revenge is attacked by the House Robots
The latter resisted Orac's Revenge axe, despite it coming down constantly at such a rate, and Steg-O-Saw-Us was ramming it into the arena walls with little to no resistance. Steg-O-Saw-Us then quickly pitted Orac's Revenge. Despite this, the House Robots still came in to cause more damage to the pitted Orac's Revenge. Therefore, Orac's Revenge was eliminated in the first round, while Steg-O-Saw-Us went on to finish joint third in the series overall.
Results[]
| ORAC'S REVENGE - RESULTS | ||
| Series 3 | ||
| The Third Wars - UK Championship Heat, Round 1 | ||
| Heat G, Round 1 | vs. Steg-O-Saw-Us | Lost |
Wins/Losses[]
- Wins: 0
- Losses: 1
Series Record[]
| Series | ORAC Series Record |
|---|---|
| The First Wars | Did not enter |
| The Second Wars | Entered with ORAC |
| The Third Wars | Heat, Round 1 |
| The Fourth Wars | Failed to qualify |
| 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[]
Outside Robot Wars[]
Orac's Revenge fighting Splinter at a live event in 2000
Orac's Revenge made various appearances at live events away from Robot Wars, including a battle with Splinter.
In 2016, the team stated that they would have liked to have taken part in the rebooted series of Robot Wars, but would be unlikely to build a robot in time. They still own both versions of ORAC.[1]
- "I received an email to my robot website about the new series from Mentorn today. Had a look at Orac and Orac's Revenge sitting in the garage, looking in a very poor state. Will probably have to make something new, but 2 months is a very tight timescale, not sure if I could build anything presentable."
- — Peter Reynolds on the FRA forum
Trivia[]
- After Series 4, the team built an autonomous submarine powered by renewable energy.
- "We are designing a small autonomous submersible craft to cross the Atlantic ocean and return using only renewable energy. We have 4 engineers/scientists working on the project so far and we estimate it will be a 2 year project. Basically we are going to chuck it off brighton pier and it will page us 7 months later when it gets back!!"
- — The Oracles on their autonomous submersible[2]