Changes: Piranha

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Piranha was a round robot similar in design to Thor from the original American Robot Wars designed by Marc Thorpe. It fought exclusively in the New Blood Championship of Extreme 2. It was solid constructed with aluminium and armed with a 1m swinging arm with 1' blades, again similar to Thor. It also had solid rubber wheels for perfect traction and 20mph top speeds but had an unreliable srimech. Piranha won through to the second round, losing to Pressure. The team, unofficially called 'Professor Piranha' and 'Miss Ile', had been given some help building the robot from Team Razer. It attempted to qualify for Series 7 but lost to a robot called Tanto who also failed to qualify.

Robot History

Extreme 2

Piranha faced Fatal Traction and Doctor Fist in its first round battle. Piranha began by attacking Fatal Traction with its blade several times, then pushing it around the arena. While Doctor Fist was having steering problems, Piranha continued to shove Fatal Traction around the arena and attack it. Fatal Traction finally began to attack Piranha with its flywheel, doing litte damage. Then it opened the pit. All the while, Doctor Fist was spinning around in circles. The two robots continued to attack each other. Meanwhile, Refbot had counted out Doctor Fist, and both other robots went through. In the second round, Piranha was drawn against Pressure. Pressure took advantage of Piranha's inaccurate axe blows to lift and slam it into Matilda's corner patrol zone, where the house robot's flywheel flayed part of Piranha's shell. Piranha fought back, pushing Pressure towards Shunt's CPZ, where some blows rained down on Pressure. A pushing match ensued between the pair, with neither machine's weapons doing significant damage. The judges ruled in favour of Pressure due to the damage Piranha sustained by Matilda.

Results

PIRANHA - RESULTS
Extreme 2
New Blood Championship Heats, Round 2
Heat D, Round 1	vs. Doctor Fist, Fatal Traction	Qualified
Heat D, Round 2	vs. Pressure	Lost

Wins/Losses

Wins: 1
Losses: 1

Series Record

Series 1-6: Did not enter
Series 7: Failed to qualify

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-'''Piranha''' was a round robot similar in design to Thor from the original American Robot Wars designed by Marc Thorpe. It fought exclusively in the [[New Blood Championship]] of [[Extreme 2]]. It was solid constructed with aluminium and armed with a swinging arm with 1' blades, again similar to Thor. Piranha won through to the second round, losing to [[Pressure]]. The team, unofficially called 'Professor Piranha' and 'Miss Ile', had been given some help building the robot from [[Team Razer]]. It attempted to qualify for [[Series 7]] but lost to a robot called Tanto who also failed to qualify.
+'''Piranha''' was a round robot similar in design to Thor from the original American Robot Wars designed by Marc Thorpe. It fought exclusively in the [[New Blood Championship]] of [[Extreme 2]]. It was solid constructed with aluminium and armed with a 1m swinging arm with 1' blades, again similar to Thor. It also had solid rubber wheels for perfect traction and 20mph top speeds but had an unreliable srimech. Piranha won through to the second round, losing to [[Pressure]]. The team, unofficially called 'Professor Piranha' and 'Miss Ile', had been given some help building the robot from [[Team Razer]]. It attempted to qualify for [[Series 7]] but lost to a robot called Tanto who also failed to qualify.
 ==Robot History==