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{{team
 
|team_name=Team Iron-Awe
 
|team_name=Team Iron-Awe
 
|image=<gallery type="slideshow">
|image=[[File:TeamIronAwe.jpg|200px]]
 
|caption=The team with Axe-Awe in Series 5
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Team_Iron-Awe.jpg|Series 10
 
TeamIronAweS7.jpg|7
|series=4-7, Extreme 1-2
 
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Gilbert Grinn.jpg|6
 
File:TeamIronAwe.jpg|5
 
Team Iron Awe.jpg|4
 
</gallery>
 
|series=4-7, 10, Extreme 1-2
 
|live_circuit=2013-16
 
|live_circuit=2013-16
|team_members=Gillbert Grimm<br/>Robert Grimm<br/>Adrian Moore<br/><small>(Series 5, Extreme 1)</small><br/>Ian Bilboe<br/><small>(Series 6-7)</small>
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|team_members=Gilbert Grimm<br/>Robert Grimm<br/>Adrian Moore<br/><small>(Series 5, Extreme 1)</small><br/>Ian Bilboe<br/><small>(Series 6-7)</small>
 
|home_town=Langport, Somerset
 
|home_town=Langport, Somerset
 
}}
 
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{{quote|Building a robot from scratch is not a particularly easy thing to achieve, especially when you only have the rulebook and a TV program for inspiration. For us the mechanical design and construction of the robot was a relatively straight forward process due to an engineering background and contacts in the industry to help out. The electrical side was slightly more tricky as none of the team had any experience in this area. We ordered parts based on the suggestions from Robot Wars.|Team Iron-Awe website<ref>http://iron-awe.weebly.com/history.html</ref>}}
'''Team Iron-Awe''' is a team from Somerset that fought on the British TV show Robot Wars. They have fought with several different versions of '''[[Iron-Awe]]''', one version of a second robot called '''[[Axe-Awe]]'''. Iron-Awe was a robot with an axe that fought in [[Series 4]] whilst Axe-Awe, Iron-Awe 2 and Iron-Awe 2.1 all had an axe and a flipper. The team also fought with a featherweight called '''[[Prince of Awe]]''' that reached the featherweight final in [[Series 7]].
 
   
Team Iron-Awe are one of only three teams to have had their machines thrown [[Thrown Out of the Arena|OotA]] three times, with the others being [[Team Vader]] and [[S.M.I.D.S.Y.|Team Ixion]]. The most famous of these of course, was against [[Wheely Big Cheese]]. Iron-Awe 2.1 did however manage to pull off one of the biggest shocks in Robot Wars history by flipping [[Series 5]] runners-up [[Bigger Brother]] out of the arena in [[Series 7]].
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'''Team Iron-Awe''' is a team from Somerset that fought on the British TV show Robot Wars. They have fought with several different versions of '''[[Iron-Awe]]''', and also '''[[Axe-Awe]]'''. Iron-Awe was a robot with an axe that fought in [[Series 4]] whilst Axe-Awe, Iron-Awe 2 and Iron-Awe 2.1 all had an axe and a flipper. Iron-Awe 6 competed in [[Robot Wars: Series 10|Series 10]] with only a flipper. The team also fought with a featherweight called '''[[Prince of Awe]]''' that reached the featherweight final in [[Series 7]].
   
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==The Team==
The Team were not particularly succesful on the televised show, only reaching the Heat Final once in four attempts, but since the show has ended, the subsequent models of Iron-Awe have proved much more succesful, most notably winning the UK Championship twice.
 
 
[[File:PrinceofAweTeam.jpg|thumb|left|The team with Prince of Awe]]
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Team Iron-Awe was captained by builder Gilbert Grimm, who was consistently joined by his son Robert. They would either be joined by Adrian Moore, or Ian Bilboe, in different series. Gilbert Grimm drove the team's robots in Series 4-7, while Robert Grimm was the driver in Series 10.
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{{quote|After watching the first 2 series of Robot Wars we decided to apply to take part in the series. However due to a delay in receiving the rules and other commitments we missed out on the deadline for Series 3. We spent the time coming up with a design.|Team Iron-Awe website on entering Robot Wars<ref>http://iron-awe.weebly.com/history.html</ref>}}
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Team Iron-Awe are one of only three teams to have had their robots thrown [[Thrown Out of the Arena|out of the arena]] three times, with the others being [[Team Vader]] and [[S.M.I.D.S.Y.|Team Ixion]]. The most famous of these was against [[Wheely Big Cheese]]. Iron-Awe 2.1 did however manage to pull off one of the biggest shocks in Robot Wars history by flipping [[Series 5]] runners-up [[Bigger Brother]] out of the arena in [[Series 7]].
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[[File:NCIronawe.JPG|thumb|Natalie Cassidy with Iron-Awe]]
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For the [[Robot Wars: The Fourth Wars/Celebrity Special|Celebrity Special]] shown as part of the Christmas specials in December 2000, the team were joined by the actress [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalie_Cassidy Natalie Cassidy]. As per the rules, she had to control the machine for sixty seconds before she was permitted to hand the controls over to the roboteers. She covered Iron-Awe in L-Plates to show her lack of experience driving robots. Iron-Awe lost in Round 1 to [[Pussycat]], and Natalie Cassidy joined the [[Cold Fusion Team]], who were being led by her ''EastEnders'' co-star [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Woodyatt Adam Woodyatt], for the rest of the tournament.
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[[File:Team Iron-Awe S10.jpg|thumb|left|The team with Iron-Awe 6]]
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Although Team Iron-Awe consisted only of father-and-son Gilbert and Robert Grimm in Series 10, Robert's eight-month old son William featured heavily in Iron-Awe 6's VT, effectively making him an honorary team member.
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The Team were not particularly successful on the televised show, only reaching the Heat Final once in four attempts, but since the show has ended, the subsequent models of Iron-Awe have proved much more successful, most notably winning the UK Championship three times with '''Iron-Awe 5''' (2008 and 2010) and '''Iron-Awe 6 '''(2019).
   
 
==Robots==
 
==Robots==
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<gallery type="slideshow">
 
Iron-awe1.jpg|Iron-Awe (Series 4)
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Axe-Awe.png|Axe-Awe (Series 5, Extreme 1)
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Iron awe-removebg.png|Iron-Awe 2 (Series 6, Extreme 2)
 
Iron Awe 2.1.JPG|Iron-Awe 2.1 (Series 7)
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Princeofawepits.jpg|Prince of Awe (Series 7)
 
Iron-Awe 6.jpg|Iron-Awe 6 (Series 10)
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</gallery>
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
!Name
 
!Name
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|[[Iron-Awe]]
 
|[[Iron-Awe]]
 
|Heavyweight
 
|Heavyweight
|Series 4, 6-7, Extreme 2
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|Series 4, 6-7, 10, Extreme 2
 
|- bgcolor="#a9a9a9"
 
|- bgcolor="#a9a9a9"
 
|[[Axe-Awe]]
 
|[[Axe-Awe]]
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|Series 7
 
|Series 7
 
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|}
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===Wins/Losses===
 
*Wins: 9
 
*Losses: 10
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==Series Record==
 
<gallery type="slideshow">
 
<gallery type="slideshow">
Iron-awe1.jpg|Iron-Awe
 
Team Iron Awe.jpg|The Grimms with the original Iron-Awe
 
 
axe-awe before robot wars.jpg|Iron-Awe as a prototype Axe-Awe before series 5. It had a flipper and axe.
 
axe-awe before robot wars.jpg|Iron-Awe as a prototype Axe-Awe before series 5. It had a flipper and axe.
Axe-awe.jpg|Axe-Awe
 
Iron awe.jpg|Iron-Awe 2
 
TeamIronAweS7.jpg|Team Iron-Awe in Series 7
 
Iron Awe 2.1.JPG|Iron-Awe 2.1
 
Prince of awe.JPG|Prince of Awe (Featherweight)
 
PrinceofAweTeam.jpg|The team with Prince of Awe
 
 
IronAwevAxeAwe.jpg|Iron-Awe 2 fighting Axe-Awe at Yeovil in 2002
 
IronAwevAxeAwe.jpg|Iron-Awe 2 fighting Axe-Awe at Yeovil in 2002
 
Small_awe.jpg|Small-Awe, a featherweight constructed in 2006
 
Small_awe.jpg|Small-Awe, a featherweight constructed in 2006
Predator.png|Predator, the teams other robot
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Predator.png|Predator, the team's other robot
Axe-Awe.jpg
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Axe-Awe.jpg|Axe-Awe on display in 2016
Iron-Awe 2.1.jpg
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Iron-Awe 2.1.jpg|Iron-Awe 2.1 on display in 2016
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
 
{{Series Record EX|Team Iron-Awe|Did not enter|Did not enter|Did not enter|'''Heat, Round 2 with [[Iron-Awe#Series 4|Iron-Awe]]'''|'''Heat, Round 2 with [[Axe-Awe]]'''|'''Heat, Round 1 with [[Iron-Awe#Iron-Awe 2|Iron-Awe 2]]'''|'''Heat Final with [[Iron-Awe#Iron-Awe 2.1|Iron-Awe 2.1]]'''<br>'''Featherweight Championship Final with [[Prince of Awe]]'''|''Not selected with [[Iron-Awe#Iron-Awe 5|Iron-Awe 5]] and [[Iron-Awe#Iron-Awe 7|Iron-Awe 7]]''|''Not selected with [[Iron-Awe]]''|'''Heat, Third Place with [[Iron-Awe#Iron-Awe 6|Iron-Awe 6]]'''|'''Entered with [[Axe-Awe]]'''|'''Entered with [[Iron-Awe#Extreme 2|Iron-Awe 2]]'''}}
===Wins/Losses===
 
*Wins: 7
 
*Losses: 8
 
   
==Series Record==
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==Trivia==
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*One of Team Iron-Awe's later machines, Iron-Awe 5, was inducted into [[The Combat Robot Hall of Fame]] in 2009, as a result of its successes in live events held up to the year of its induction.<ref>http://runamok.tech/hall_of_fame.html</ref>
{{Series Record EX|Team Iron-Awe|Did not enter|Did not enter|Did not enter|'''Heat, Round 2 with [[Iron-Awe#Series 4|Iron-Awe]]'''|'''Heat, Round 2 with [[Axe-Awe#Series 5|Axe-Awe]]'''|'''Heat, Round 1 with [[Iron-Awe#Series 6|Iron-Awe 2]]'''|'''Heat Final with [[Iron-Awe#Series 7|Iron-Awe 2.1]]'''<br>'''Featherweight Championship Final with [[Prince of Awe]]'''|Failed to qualify with [[Iron-Awe#Iron-Awe models after Robot Wars|Iron-Awe 5]] and [[Iron-Awe#Iron-Awe models after Robot Wars|Iron-Awe 7]]|Did not enter|'''Entered with [[Axe-Awe]]'''|'''Entered with [[Iron-Awe#Extreme 2|Iron-Awe 2]]'''}}
 
   
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==References==
==Iron-Awe models after Robot Wars==
 
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<references />
;Iron-Awe 3
 
<gallery type="slideshow">
 
Iron Awe 3 (original).jpg|Iron-Awe 3 with its original weapon
 
180px-Iron Awe 3.jpg|Iron-Awe 3
 
L aka White Knight.gif|Iron-Awe 3 as L
 
White knight.jpg|L as White Knight
 
Earthquake2016.jpg|White Knight in 2016 when it was to Team Shock
 
Earthquake.jpg|White Knight's new appearance, now called Earthquake
 
</gallery>
 
Initially meant to have a front-hinged flipper, Iron-Awe 3 was then hastily revised to have a rear-hinged flipper after the front-hinged flipper was found not to be powerful enough. Built in 2004, it featured rolled edges on the flipper. It was sold to Team Wind Power in 2007, under Team Windpower, it was renamed '''L''' and then '''White Knight'''. It was sold to [[Team Shock]] in 2016 and has since been renamed '''Earthquake'''.
 
 
 
;Iron-Awe 4
 
[[File:IA4.jpg|thumb|left|Iron-Awe 4]]
 
[[File:Orrion.png|thumb|Iron-Awe 4 as Orrion]]
 
In 2005, Iron-Awe 2.1 was deemed pretty worn out and was rebuilt into Iron-Awe 4. Iron-Awe 4 was smaller than Iron-Awe 2.1 but still armed with a flipper and an axe. It was sold to Team Orr and renamed '''Orrion''' in 2009 to replace Team Orr's retired heavyweight, [[Golden Eye]]. It competed in two events in 2009, a Robots Live! and the UK Championship but has not competed since. Orrion was put up for sale on the Fighting Robot Association in April 2014. It has not been sold yet as current owner Jack Orr had exams and couldn't get photos of Orrion.
 
 
 
;Iron-Awe 5
 
[[File:Iron-Awe_5.png|thumb|Iron-Awe 5]]
 
Iron-Awe 5 was built in 2006 following the success of Iron-Awe 3. Iron-Awe 5 features a modular construction making it easy to repair. It has notably used its powerful flipper to throw five robots out of the arena in a single battle, taking less than 50 seconds to do so. Iron-Awe 5 won the 2008 and 2010 UK Championships, becoming the third robot to reclaim the UK title after [[Chaos 2]] and [[Terrorhurtz]], as well as been given a spot in [[The Combat Robot Hall of Fame]] in 2009.
 
 
 
 
;Iron-Awe 6
 
[[File:IronAwe_6.png|thumb|Iron-Awe 6]]
 
After the success of Iron-Awe 5 in 2007/8, the team built Iron-Awe 6. It features the same modular construction but has rolled edges, like the ones on Iron-Awe 3, for extra strength. In the five years since being built, Iron-Awe 6 hadn't run out of CO<sub>2</sub>. In June 2013, Iron-Awe 6 was retired as its insides were used for the new [[Ripper]].
 
 
 
;Iron-Awe 7
 
[[File:IronAwe_7.png|thumb|Iron-Awe 7]]
 
Iron-Awe 7 made its debut in July 2013 at the Robot Wars Live Newport UK Championship. Iron-Awe 7 has a wide flipper like the new version of Ripper.
 
 
==Honours==
 
{{Honours|Position in [[The Combat Robot Hall of Fame]] (as Iron-Awe 5, inducted 2009)}}
 
   
 
==External links==
 
==External links==
 
*[http://www.iron-awe.co.uk/ Team Iron-Awe website]
 
*[http://www.iron-awe.co.uk/ Team Iron-Awe website]
 
*[https://www.youtube.com/user/ironawe5 Iron Awe Robotics YouTube channel]
 
*[https://www.youtube.com/user/ironawe5 Iron Awe Robotics YouTube channel]
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{{UK Series Teams}}
 
[[Category:Team Pages]]
 
[[Category:Team Pages]]
 
[[Category:Competitors in Robot Wars Live Events]]
 
[[Category:Competitors in Robot Wars Live Events]]
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[[Category:Competitors in 5 Wars]]
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[[Category:Teams to compete in both eras of Robot Wars]]

Revision as of 15:19, 6 November 2019

"Building a robot from scratch is not a particularly easy thing to achieve, especially when you only have the rulebook and a TV program for inspiration. For us the mechanical design and construction of the robot was a relatively straight forward process due to an engineering background and contacts in the industry to help out. The electrical side was slightly more tricky as none of the team had any experience in this area. We ordered parts based on the suggestions from Robot Wars."
— Team Iron-Awe website[1]

Team Iron-Awe is a team from Somerset that fought on the British TV show Robot Wars. They have fought with several different versions of Iron-Awe, and also Axe-Awe. Iron-Awe was a robot with an axe that fought in Series 4 whilst Axe-Awe, Iron-Awe 2 and Iron-Awe 2.1 all had an axe and a flipper. Iron-Awe 6 competed in Series 10 with only a flipper. The team also fought with a featherweight called Prince of Awe that reached the featherweight final in Series 7.

The Team

PrinceofAweTeam

The team with Prince of Awe

Team Iron-Awe was captained by builder Gilbert Grimm, who was consistently joined by his son Robert. They would either be joined by Adrian Moore, or Ian Bilboe, in different series. Gilbert Grimm drove the team's robots in Series 4-7, while Robert Grimm was the driver in Series 10.

"After watching the first 2 series of Robot Wars we decided to apply to take part in the series. However due to a delay in receiving the rules and other commitments we missed out on the deadline for Series 3. We spent the time coming up with a design."
— Team Iron-Awe website on entering Robot Wars[2]

Team Iron-Awe are one of only three teams to have had their robots thrown out of the arena three times, with the others being Team Vader and Team Ixion. The most famous of these was against Wheely Big Cheese. Iron-Awe 2.1 did however manage to pull off one of the biggest shocks in Robot Wars history by flipping Series 5 runners-up Bigger Brother out of the arena in Series 7.

NCIronawe

Natalie Cassidy with Iron-Awe

For the Celebrity Special shown as part of the Christmas specials in December 2000, the team were joined by the actress Natalie Cassidy. As per the rules, she had to control the machine for sixty seconds before she was permitted to hand the controls over to the roboteers. She covered Iron-Awe in L-Plates to show her lack of experience driving robots. Iron-Awe lost in Round 1 to Pussycat, and Natalie Cassidy joined the Cold Fusion Team, who were being led by her EastEnders co-star Adam Woodyatt, for the rest of the tournament.

Team Iron-Awe S10

The team with Iron-Awe 6

Although Team Iron-Awe consisted only of father-and-son Gilbert and Robert Grimm in Series 10, Robert's eight-month old son William featured heavily in Iron-Awe 6's VT, effectively making him an honorary team member.

The Team were not particularly successful on the televised show, only reaching the Heat Final once in four attempts, but since the show has ended, the subsequent models of Iron-Awe have proved much more successful, most notably winning the UK Championship three times with Iron-Awe 5 (2008 and 2010) and Iron-Awe 6 (2019).

Robots

Name Weight Class Series
Iron-Awe Heavyweight Series 4, 6-7, 10, Extreme 2
Axe-Awe Heavyweight Series 5, Extreme 1
Prince of Awe Featherweight Series 7

Wins/Losses

  • Wins: 9
  • Losses: 10

Series Record

Main Series Team Iron-Awe Series Record
The First Wars Did not enter
The Second Wars Did not enter
The Third Wars Did not enter
The Fourth Wars Heat, Round 2 with Iron-Awe
The Fifth Wars Heat, Round 2 with Axe-Awe
The Sixth Wars Heat, Round 1 with Iron-Awe 2
The Seventh Wars Heat Final with Iron-Awe 2.1
Featherweight Championship Final with Prince of Awe
Series 8 Not selected with Iron-Awe 5 and Iron-Awe 7
Series 9 Not selected with Iron-Awe
Series 10 Heat, Third Place with Iron-Awe 6
Robot Wars Extreme Appearances
Series 1 Entered with Axe-Awe
Series 2 Entered with Iron-Awe 2

Trivia

  • One of Team Iron-Awe's later machines, Iron-Awe 5, was inducted into The Combat Robot Hall of Fame in 2009, as a result of its successes in live events held up to the year of its induction.[3]

References

External links