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Team Iron-Awe

Series 10
7
6
5
4

Participation Information

UK Series

4-7, 10, Extreme 1-2

Robot Wars Live Circuit

2013-16

Team Information

Team Members

Gilbert Grimm
Robert Grimm
Adrian Moore
(Series 5-6, Extreme 1)
Ian Bilboe
(Series 7, Extreme 2)

Home Town

Langport, Somerset

"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

Iron-Awe (Series 4)
Axe-Awe (Series 5, Extreme 1)
Iron-Awe 2 (Series 6, Extreme 2)
Iron-Awe 2.1 (Series 7)
Prince of Awe (Series 7)
Iron-Awe 6 (Series 10)

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

Iron-Awe as a prototype Axe-Awe before series 5. It had a flipper and axe.
Iron-Awe 2 fighting Axe-Awe at Yeovil in 2002
Small-Awe, a featherweight constructed in 2006
Predator, the team's other robot
Axe-Awe on display in 2016
Iron-Awe 2.1 on display in 2016

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

[1] ttp://iron-awe.weebly.com/history.html

[2] ttp://iron-awe.weebly.com/history.html

[3] ttp://runamok.tech/hall_of_fame.html

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+|team_members=Gilbert Grimm<br/>Robert Grimm<br/>Adrian Moore<br/><small>(Series 5-6, Extreme 1)</small><br/>Ian Bilboe<br/><small>(Series 7, Extreme 2)</small>
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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''' 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]].
-{{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. ... 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 on entering Robot Wars}}<ref>http://iron-awe.weebly.com/history.html</ref>
+==The Team==
-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]].
+[[File:PrinceofAweTeam.jpg|thumb|left|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.
+{{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>}}
-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.
+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]].
+[[File:NCIronawe.JPG|thumb|Natalie Cassidy with Iron-Awe]]
+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.
+[[File:Team Iron-Awe S10.jpg|thumb|left|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==
+<gallery type="slideshow">
+Iron-awe1.jpg|Iron-Awe (Series 4)
+Axe-Awe.png|Axe-Awe (Series 5, Extreme 1)
+Iron awe-removebg.png|Iron-Awe 2 (Series 6, Extreme 2)
+Iron Awe 2.1.JPG|Iron-Awe 2.1 (Series 7)
+Princeofawepits.jpg|Prince of Awe (Series 7)
+Iron-Awe 6.jpg|Iron-Awe 6 (Series 10)
+</gallery>
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-|Series 4, 6-7, Extreme 2
+|Series 4, 6-7, 10, Extreme 2
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 |[[Axe-Awe]]
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 |Series 7
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+===Wins/Losses===
+*Wins: 9
+*Losses: 10
+==Series Record==
 <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.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
 Small_awe.jpg|Small-Awe, a featherweight constructed in 2006
-Predator.png|Predator, the teams other robot
+Predator.png|Predator, the team's other robot
 Axe-Awe.jpg|Axe-Awe on display in 2016
 Iron-Awe 2.1.jpg|Iron-Awe 2.1 on display in 2016
 </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==
+==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.<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]]'''}}
+==References==
-==Iron-Awe models after Robot Wars==
+<references />
-<gallery type="slideshow">
-px-Iron Awe 3.jpg|Iron-Awe 3
-IA4.jpg|Iron-Awe 4
-Iron-Awe_5.png|Iron-Awe 5
-IronAwe_6.png|Iron-Awe 6
-IronAwe_7.png|Iron-Awe 7
-</gallery>
-*'''Iron-Awe 3''' – Built in 2004, it featured rolled edges on the flipper. It was sold to [[Pressure|Team Wind Power]] in 2007, who renamed it '''L''' and then '''White Knight'''. It was sold to [[Team Shock]] in 2016 and has since been renamed '''Earthquake'''.
-*'''Iron-Awe 4''' – In 2005, Iron-Awe 2.1 was retired and 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.
-*'''Iron-Awe 5''' – Built in 2006 following the success of Iron-Awe 3. Iron-Awe 5 features a modular construction making it easy to repair. Iron-Awe 5 won the 2008 and 2010 UK Championships, as well as been given a spot in [[The Combat Robot Hall of Fame]] in 2009.
-*'''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 June 2013, Iron-Awe 6 was retired as its insides were used for the new [[Ripper]].
-*'''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==
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 *[https://www.youtube.com/user/ironawe5 Iron Awe Robotics YouTube channel]
+{{UK Series Teams}}
-==References==
-<references/>
 [[Category:Team Pages]]
 [[Category:Competitors in Robot Wars Live Events]]
+[[Category:Competitors in 5 Wars]]
+[[Category:Teams to compete in both eras of Robot Wars]]