Piranhabot

Piranhabot
Participation Information
US 1994-1997 Events	1995
Team Information
Team Members	Camp Peavy
From	Mountain View, California
Other Entries	Gladiator Rodney (1996-1997)
Robot Statistics
Weapons	Saw blades
Statistics correct as of its most recent show/competition appearance, or if not applicable, qualification attempt.

Piranhabot was a featherweight robot that competed in the 1995 US Robot Wars competition where it fought lost in the first rounds of both the featherweight and lightweight championships.

Design

Piranhabot was a small RC driven robot with a round brown armour plate on top, with a mostly exposed body. The robot had two saw blades on the back end and an additional saw blade, attached to an arm, on the front of the robot.

Robot History

1995 Championship

Despite being a featherweight, Piranhabot fought in two separate championships. In the lightweight championship, it faced Andy Roid, a veteran from the previous year. Piranhabot got the quicker start, charging across the arena and slamming into Andy Roid, knocking it slightly and dazing the 1994 veteran machine. Andy Roid slowly manoeuvred across the arena and drove in behind the mousetrap mechanism where it was trapped, before backing behind the arena flipper. Piranhabot charged into the trapped Andy Roid, however, upon doing so managed to knock itself out. Andy Roid, was wedged between Piranhabot and the arena hazards, but slowly managed to back away and free itself, driving around the arena as Piranhabot remained immobile.

In the featherweight championship, Piranhabot faced Spiked Master. Both robots charged towards each other with Piranhabot rolling over Spiked Master, who darted to the other side of the arena as Piranhabot pursued it. Soon both robot, uncontrollably, span around the arena, neither making contact and smacking into the arena walls and making little impact. Soon, Piranhabot's back right wheel began to waver as Spiked Master drove itself in between the arena flipper and side wall, seemingly trapping itself as a wobbly Piranhabot pressured it darted away. Spike Master sped away from the floor flipper and slammed into Piranhabot, crashing into it from all sides and even driving over the taller robot, flopping over the arena. Both robots began to spin around the arena, with Spiked Master slamming into the end of the arena as Piranhabot slowly crept up and began to attack it, in the corner of the arena. After using its sawblades to attack Spiked Master, Piranhabot slowly backed away as Spiked Master span around while Piranhabot slowly slammed into Spiked Master, with both robots crashing into the side wall. Spiked Master had managed to wedge itself sideways on Piranhabot with both robots stuck and unable to move for over twenty seconds. Eventually, Spike Master fell down and freed itself as well as Piranhabot who backed away slowly. Spike Master, uncontrollably sped around and smashed into the arena and Piranhabot a few times, even flying over the floor flipper when it smashed into it, all while Piranhabot stayed stationary, seemingly immobile. Eventually, Spiked Master slammed into an immobile Piranhabot from the side, with both robots side by side, however, this attack resulted in both machines becoming stuck, once again, rendering both robots immobilised. The match came to an end and Spiked Master was declared the winner.

Piranhabot wasn't done yet as it fought in the featherweight melee against Gigan, Zomo, Slomo, Fuzzy Yum Yum and The Nexus 7. Piranhabot charged across the arena and slammed into Gigan as it crashed into Fuzzy Yum Yum as Slomo 2 rammed and got underneath Zomo becoming stuck under it for a while. Slomo continued to bully Zomo as Fuzzy Yum Yum darted across the arena and Piranhabot began sawing into Gigan near one of the arena mousetraps. The Nexus 7 charged across the arena and backed into Zomo with Slomo 2 assisting the attacks, both ganging up on Zomo. Zomo attempted to get away driving dangerously close to one of the arena mousetraps only to then drive directing into the second arena mousetrap where it was caught by the net. The net happened to wrap itself around the top spire of Zomo which resulted in the mousetrap lifting Zomo up off of the ground, flapping it up and down with Zomo unable to escape. As Zomo remained trapped, the other featherweight clashed in the top half of the arena where Gigan was smashed against the side wall and broke down. Fuzzy Yum Yum began using tape across the arena to entangle the competitors, driving across the arena and targeting The Nexus 7, while Piranhabot drove over the tape and began stuck where it remained immobile for the remainder of the battle.

Results

Wins/Losses

• Wins: 0
• Losses: 3