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 OotA three times, with the others being Team Vader and 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.
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.
Robots
| Name | Weight Class | Series |
|---|---|---|
| Iron-Awe | Heavyweight | Series 4, 6-7, Extreme 2 |
| Axe-Awe | Heavyweight | Series 5, Extreme 1 |
| Prince of Awe | Featherweight | Series 7 |
Wins/Losses
- Wins: 7
- Losses: 8
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 | Failed to qualify with Iron-Awe 5 and Iron-Awe 7 |
| Series 9 | Did not enter |
| Series 10 | Entered with Axe-Awe |
| Robot Wars Extreme | Appearances |
| Series 1 | Entered with Iron-Awe 2 |
| Series 2 | Did not enter |
Iron-Awe models after Robot Wars
- Iron-Awe 3
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
Iron-Awe 4
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
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
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 CO2. In June 2013, Iron-Awe 6 was retired as its insides were used for the new Ripper.
- Iron-Awe 7
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.
Trivia
- Gravity's 6 second record fight was beaten by Kronic the Wedgehog in March 2012, when Iron-Awe 6 was thrown out of the arena in 4 seconds.
Honours
| Honour | ||
| Position in The Combat Robot Hall of Fame (as Iron-Awe 5, inducted 2009) | ||