Changes: Push to Exit

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"Team captain, Shane, has built a brand new flipper. Can his innovative design "push" them to victory?"

— Angela Scanlon introduces Push to Exit

Push to Exit was a robot which competed in Series 9-10 of Robot Wars, entered by Team S.Tek. In Series 9, it was defeated in its Group Battle after being immobilised by PP3D. The robot's branding referenced the idea of an ejector button.

Design

Push to Exit was based on Shane Swan’s most successful live competitor, Envy, using the same setup of motors, speed controller, and drive system. Like Envy, Push to Exit was armed with a front-hinged 10-bar flipper, running on low pressure CO2, which also functioned as the robot’s self-righting mechanism. Push to Exit was one of the fastest robots in Series 9 and 10 with a top speed of 24mph, and was also among the shortest, at 250mm in height. However, it had a high ground clearance at the rear, and was immobilised with relative ease, suggesting unreliability. In Series 10, the robot was decorated with red spikes, and ropes could be attached to the robot in an effort to entangle spinning weapons.

Robot History

Series 9

Push to Exit competed in Heat 2, where Team S.Tek fought fellow heat finalists from the previous series in Team Saint, with their new robot Cherub, as well as PP3D and Draven, also veterans of the last series.

Cherub vs push to exit — Push to Exit fails to flip Cherub

Push to Exit made the most aggressive start of the four competing machines, as it shot across the arena towards Draven. Push to Exit missed its opponent and crashed into the arena wall, but quickly turned around and came in with another strong drive, barging Draven out of the way and shooting under Cherub, which flew up and over Push to Exit as a result.

"It's a good onslaught early on from Push to Exit."

— Jonathan Pearce

Pp3d KOs push to exit — PP3D immobilises Push to Exit with a devastating blow

Push to Exit then drove at Cherub and slipped underneath its front, before missing with an attempted flip as Cherub slid out the flipper's range. After a period out of the action, Push to Exit continued its duel with Cherub, but just as it got underneath its opponent, PP3D came in with a shattering hit which sent Push to Exit hurtling across the arena floor. After the hit, Push to Exit showed no signs of movement, and was counted out along with Draven - which had just suffered terminal damage at the hands of PP3D and Shunt. This left Cherub and PP3D as the only two robots mobile, with both progressing to the Head-to-Head round, while Push to Exit exited the competition.

Angela Scanlon: "Wasn't quite the exit you were hoping for, was it?"

Shane Swan: "Not quite, no."

Angela Scanlon: "What happened? Did a pin come out? It looked like you just lost your drive."

Stuart Barnwell: "It took a hit, and then I think a wire's come out - we just lost power straight away."

— The post-battle interview

Series 10

Push to Exit will compete in Series 10 in Heat 5.

Results

PUSH TO EXIT - RESULTS
Series 9
Series 9 - UK Championship Round 1
Heat 2, Group Battle	vs. Cherub, Draven, PP3D	Eliminated
Series 10
Series 10 - UK Championship Unknown
Heat 5, Group Battle	vs. Unknown	Unknown

Wins/Losses

Wins: 0
Losses: 1

Series Record

Push to Exit with its team in Series 9
Push to Exit with its team in Series 10

Main Series	Push to Exit Series Record
The First Wars	Did not enter
The Second Wars	Did not enter
The Third Wars	Did not enter
The Fourth Wars	Did not enter
The Fifth Wars	Failed to qualify with Hell's Teeth
The Sixth Wars	Failed to qualify with Hell's Teeth
The Seventh Wars	Entered with Trax
Series 8	Entered with Dantomkia
Series 9	Heat, Round 1 Entered Battle of the Stars with Interstellar: MML
Series 10	Entered
Robot Wars Extreme	Appearances
Series 1	Did not enter
Series 2	Entered with Hell's Teeth

Outside Robot Wars

As the two share a very similar design, Push to Exit is considered to be the successor to Shane Swan’s previous front-hinged flipper, Envy. For more information, refer to Team S.Tek.

Trivia

In Series 9, team members Anthony Murney and Stephen McCulla did not appear on television, but assisted Team S.Tek backstage. They joined the televised team when Stuart, Paul and Amelie could not attend the filming of Series 10.

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 Push to Exit was based on Shane Swan’s most successful live competitor, '''Envy''', using the same setup of motors, speed controller, and drive system. Like Envy, Push to Exit was armed with a front-hinged 10-bar flipper, running on low pressure CO2, which also functioned as the robot’s [[Self-righting mechanism|self-righting mechanism]]. Push to Exit was one of the fastest robots in Series 9 and 10 with a top speed of 24mph, and was also among the shortest, at 250mm in height. However, it had a high ground clearance at the rear, and was immobilised with relative ease, suggesting unreliability. In Series 10, the robot was decorated with red spikes, and ropes could be attached to the robot in an effort to [[Entanglement devices|entangle]] spinning weapons.