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 armed with a swinging blade, again similar to Thor. Piranha won through to the second round, losing to Pressure. The team had been given some help building the robot from Team Razer. It tried to qualify for series 7 but lost to a robot called Tanto.
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 just 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 reigned 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