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Team EyeEye were a team consisting of the Inglis family, who appeared in Series 2-4 of Robot Wars and the first series of Robot Wars Extreme. They are notable for being the first team to compete on the show with a walking robot, Jim Struts, albeit in a side competition.

The Team

"I came home from work one Friday evening to be bombarded with questions from our children saying "Daddy we saw a program of fighting robots, can we make one?". I watched the repeat on Sunday and I thought it looked a lot of fun. For the next couple of weeks I mulled over the idea of building a robot for the program, and then decided “let’s go for it!”. It appealed to me as I have, since a child, wanted to build a robot, and the competition gave me the reason for doing so. It also brought together, rather nicely, a lot of my interests into one project, electronics, radio frequency equipment, machines, computers, and programming... paradise."

— Ian Inglis on entering Robot Wars^[1]

Team EyeEye was captained by Ian Inglis, who built the team's robots, and was joined by his children and family members throughout their appearances. The team always had a unique dress sense, with each team member regularly wearing shirts and ties, along with sunglasses in Series 4 as a reference to The Terminator.

Ian Inglis also joined Team KaterKiller for their appearance in Nickelodeon Robot Wars, where they entered Kat 3 into the International Tag Team Terror competition.

"Jim Struts took between 350 hours and 500 hours over a three month period. Once we had decided to build him we were working every hour possible, mainly doing mechanics and electronics on the weekends and software during the week in the evenings. For Miss Struts we started in February and finished her first evolution for the auditions at the end of May this represented about 400 hours of work. Since then we have being making minor changes which probably represents 200 hours of work."

— Ian Inglis on building his first two robots

Team EyeEye built several robots over the years, three of which participated in Robot Wars. These were:

Jim Struts, the first walkerbot to compete in and win a battle.
Miss Struts a second walkerbot which won one of the Walker Battles held as part of Series 3.
Arnold, Arnold Terminegger, which reached the Heat Semi-Final stage in Series 4, and finished runner-up in the first Extreme 1 Annihilator as Arnold A. Terminegger.

They also stated their intention to build a third walkerbot named Master Struts following their Series 4 defeat, but it is unknown if this project was completed.

Robots

Jim Struts (Series 2)
Miss Struts (Series 3)
Arnold Arnold Terminegger (Series 4)
Arnold A. Terminegger (Extreme 1)

Name	Weight Class	Series
Jim Struts	Heavyweight	Series 2
Miss Struts	Heavyweight	Series 3
Arnold, Arnold Terminegger	Heavyweight	Series 4, Extreme 1

Wins/Losses

Wins: 8
Losses: 2

Series Record

Main Series	Team EyeEye Series Record
The First Wars	Did not enter
The Second Wars	Reserve Rumble with Jim Struts
The Third Wars	Walkerbot Battle with Miss Struts
The Fourth Wars	Heat, Round 2 with Arnold, Arnold Terminegger Failed to qualify with Miss Struts
The Fifth Wars	Failed to qualify with Arnold A. Terminegger
The Sixth Wars	Did not enter
The Seventh Wars	Did not enter
Series 8	Did not enter
Series 9	Did not enter
Series 10	Entered with Arnold A. Terminegger
Robot Wars Extreme	Appearances
Series 1	Did not enter
Series 2	Did not enter

Outside Robot Wars

Rita Rocks
Miss Struts, converted into Tina Treks and awaiting decoration.
Tina Treks after being decorated.
Jimmy Struts
Arnold A Terminegger as A.A.T. at Techno Games 2002.
Miss Calvin-Can, the team's entry for Mechanoids.
Miss Struts and Jim Struts on display at Wilson School Fete 1999

In addition to their Robot Wars entries, Team EyeEye also built four other robots, three of which appeared on the spin-off show Techno Games. These robots were:

Rita Rocks - Competed in the 2001 Battery Sprint, losing to Millennium Bug.
Tina Treks - A modified Miss Struts, which competed in the 2000 Internal Combustion Sprint. Miss Struts also competed in the 2001 Internal Combustion Sprint under its original name.
Jimmy Struts - Competed in the 2002 Lightweight Sprint, where it won its heat.

As well as the above robots, they also entered a weaponless version of Arnold A. Terminegger into the 2002 series, which competed in the Football and Assault Course competitions as A.A.T.. A.A.T. reached the second round of the Football competition along with partner Savage Toaster, but lost the first round of the Assault Course to Wolf.

Team EyeEye also entered Miss Calvin-Can on Mechanoids.

Trivia

Team EyeEye are the only team to have competed with more than one robot that never had a combat loss - both Jim Struts and Miss Struts remain undefeated.

References

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-'''Team EyeEye''' is a team that consisted of the Inglis family. They made several robots over the years, yet only three participated in ''Robot Wars'', [[Jim Struts]], [[Miss Struts]] and [[Arnold, Arnold Terminegger]]. Jim Struts and Miss Struts were both [[Walkerbots]], which each won their solitary battles in the [[Reserve Rumble]] and [[Robot Wars: The Third Wars/Special Events|Walker Battles]] respectively.
+'''Team EyeEye''' were a team consisting of the Inglis family, who appeared in Series 2-4 of ''[[Robot Wars]]'' and the [[Robot Wars Extreme: Series 1|first series]] of ''[[Robot Wars Extreme]]''. They are notable for being the first team to compete on the show with a [[Walkerbots|walking robot]], [[Jim Struts]], albeit in a side competition.
-{{quote|Jim Struts took between 350 hours and 500 hours over a three month period.  Once we had decided to build him we were working every hour possible, mainly doing mechanics and electronics on the weekends and software during the week in the evenings. For Miss Struts we started in February and finished her first evolution for the auditions at the end of May this represented about 400 hours of work. Since then we have being making minor changes which probably represents 200 hours of work.|Ian Inglis on building his first two robots}}
-Arnold, Arnold Terminegger was not very successful in the main series, only reaching Round 2 in [[Series 4]], and failing to qualify for [[The Fifth Wars]], but its best performance came in [[Robot Wars Extreme: Series 1|Extreme 1]], where it defeated [[Wild Thing]] and [[Fluffy]] to qualify for the [[Robot Wars Extreme: Series 1/Annihilator 1|Annihilator]], in which it reached the final against opposition comprised entirely of Series 4 Semi-Finalists.
 ==The Team==
 {{quote|I came home from work one Friday evening to be bombarded with questions from our children saying "Daddy we saw a program of fighting robots, can we make one?". I watched the repeat on Sunday and I thought it looked a lot of fun. For the next couple of weeks I mulled over the idea of building a robot for the program, and then decided “let’s go for it!”. It appealed to me as I have, since a child, wanted to build a robot, and the competition gave me the reason for doing so. It also brought together, rather nicely, a lot of my interests into one project, electronics, radio frequency equipment, machines, computers, and programming... paradise.|Ian Inglis on entering Robot Wars<ref>|[http://web.archive.org/web/20041217052321/http://www.tectonic.force9.co.uk/int_jimstruts.htm]</ref>}}
-The team was captained by the builder of their robots, Ian Inglis. He was joined by his children and family members throughout Team EyeEye's various appearances. The team always had a unique sense of dress, with each team member wearing a tie, and sometimes sunglasses, as a reference to ''The Terminator''.
+Team EyeEye was captained by Ian Inglis, who built the team's robots, and was joined by his children and family members throughout their appearances. The team always had a unique dress sense, with each team member regularly wearing shirts and ties, along with sunglasses in Series 4 as a reference to ''The Terminator''.
-Ian Inglis joined [[Team KaterKiller]] for the Nickelodeon series, as they entered [[Kat 3]] in the Tag Team Terror competition.
+Ian Inglis also joined [[Team KaterKiller]] for their appearance in ''[[Nickelodeon Robot Wars]]'',  where they entered [[Kat 3]] into the International Tag Team Terror competition.
+{{quote|Jim Struts took between 350 hours and 500 hours over a three month period.  Once we had decided to build him we were working every hour possible, mainly doing mechanics and electronics on the weekends and software during the week in the evenings. For Miss Struts we started in February and finished her first evolution for the auditions at the end of May this represented about 400 hours of work. Since then we have being making minor changes which probably represents 200 hours of work.|Ian Inglis on building his first two robots}}
+Team EyeEye built several robots over the years, three of which participated in ''Robot Wars''. These were:
-The team also stated their intention to build a walker named '''Master Struts''' after their Series 4 defeat, but it is unknown if this project was completed.
+*'''[[Jim Struts]]''', the first walkerbot to [[Robot Wars: The Second Wars/Reserve Rumble|compete in and win a battle]].
+*'''[[Miss Struts]]''' a second walkerbot which won one of the [[Robot Wars: The Third Wars/Special Events|Walker Battles]] held as part of [[Robot Wars: The Third Wars|Series 3]].
+*'''[[Arnold, Arnold Terminegger]]''', which reached the Heat Semi-Final stage in [[Robot Wars: The Fourth Wars|Series 4]], and finished runner-up in the first [[Robot Wars Extreme: Series 1/Annihilator 1|Extreme 1 Annihilator]] as '''Arnold A. Terminegger'''.
+They also stated their intention to build a third walkerbot named '''Master Struts''' following their Series 4 defeat, but it is unknown if this project was completed.
 ==Robots==
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 <gallery type="slideshow">
 px-Rita.jpg|Rita Rocks
-px-Tinamade.jpg|Miss Struts, converted into Tina Treks and awaiting decoration
+px-Tinamade.jpg|Miss Struts, converted into Tina Treks and awaiting decoration.
-px-Tinadecorated.jpg|Tina Treks after being decorated
+px-Tinadecorated.jpg|Tina Treks after being decorated.
 Jimmystruts.jpg|Jimmy Struts
-AAT.jpg|Arnold A Terminegger as A.A.T. at ''Techno Games''
+AAT.jpg|Arnold A Terminegger as A.A.T. at ''Techno Games'' 2002.
-Miss_calvin_can.jpg|Miss Calvin Can, the team's entry for Mechanoids.
+Miss_calvin_can.jpg|Miss Calvin-Can, the team's entry for ''Mechanoids''.
 JimMissStrutsWilsonFete.jpg|Miss Struts and Jim Struts on display at Wilson School Fete 1999
 </gallery>
-Along with robots for Robot Wars, they made four other robots, three of them appearing on the spin-off show ''Techno Games'' on which robots competed in mini Olympic-style events. These Robots were:
+In addition to their ''Robot Wars'' entries, Team EyeEye also built four other robots, three of which appeared on the spin-off show ''Techno Games''. These robots were:
-*Rita Rocks - Competed in the Techno Games Battery Sprint in 2001, losing to [[Millennium Bug]]
+*'''Rita Rocks''' - Competed in the 2001 Battery Sprint, losing to [[Millennium Bug]].
-*Tina Treks (actually a modified [[Miss Struts]]) - Competed in the Techno Games Internal Combustion Sprint in 2000, Miss Struts entering the same competition under her normal guise the following year
+*'''Tina Treks'''  - A modified Miss Struts, which competed in the 2000 Internal Combustion Sprint. Miss Struts also competed in the 2001 Internal Combustion Sprint under its original name.
-*Jimmy Struts (Not to be confused with [[Jim Struts]]) - Competed in the 2002 Lightweight Sprint, where it won its heat
+*'''Jimmy Struts''' - Competed in the 2002 Lightweight Sprint, where it won its heat.
-They also entered Arnold A. Terminegger into the Football and Assault Course competition under the name of '''A.A.T.'''.
+As well as the above robots, they also entered a weaponless version of Arnold A. Terminegger into the 2002 series, which competed in the Football and Assault Course competitions as '''A.A.T.'''. A.A.T. reached the second round of the Football competition along with partner [[Onslaught|Savage Toaster]], but lost the first round of the Assault Course to [[Wolverine|Wolf]].
-The team also entered '''Miss Calvin-Can''' on Mechanoids.
+Team EyeEye also entered '''Miss Calvin-Can''' on ''Mechanoids''.
 ==Trivia==