- "We had a 'meeting' in the pub the day after and tried to come up with more visually interesting designs. The two best were what became Barber-ous ... The other was 'The Office Party' - a fighting photocopier! We decided to build both."
- — Simon Rafferty[1]
The Office Party (sometimes shortened to Office Party) was a robot built for the fifth series of Robot Wars. While it did not qualify for Series 5 and thus did not appear on Robot Wars, it appeared on a Discovery Channel documentary called "Robots Revenge", along with Barber-ous.
- "We were contacted by the Discovery Channel who were making a series called 'Robots Revenge' following the build of a number of Robots culminating in a big battle at the end. They filmed both - though they needed to be separate. So I was filmed building Barber-ous and Guy Radford with the Office Party. In the end, Barber-ous was deemed too dangerous to fight, but The Office Party won the event."
- — Simon Rafferty on Robots Revenge
The team that built The Office Party previously built Rotraktor, which failed to qualify for Series 4, and qualified for Series 5 through 7 with Barber-ous.
Design[]
The Office Party was a robot built around a electric wheel chair armed with flippers, and designed to resemble a photocopier. The team's website humorously referred to the robot as a fighting photocopier, reinforcing its theme.
- "The Office Party(TOP) is a very simple design. It is based around a 24 volt electric wheel chair. By using the wheel chair frame, motor & gear box assemblies and the controller we have the basics for a robot. We will build a radio RX module that replaces the joystick and fires the weapons and the self righting mechanism (SRIMECH)."
- — [2]
Series Record[]
| Main Series | The Office Party Series Record |
|---|---|
| The First Wars | Did not enter |
| The Second Wars | Did not enter |
| The Third Wars | Did not enter |
| The Fourth Wars | Failed to qualify with Rotraktor |
| The Fifth Wars | Failed to qualify Entered with Barber-ous |
| The Sixth Wars | Entered with Barber-ous 2 |
| The Seventh Wars | Entered with Barber-ous 2'n a Bit |
| Series 8 | Did not enter |
| Series 9 | Did not enter |
| Series 10 | Did not enter |
| Robot Wars Extreme | Appearances |
| Series 1 | Did not enter |
| Series 2 | Entered with Barber-ous 2 |
Outside Robot Wars[]
The Office Party taking on Arnold, A. Terminegger at Robots@War 3
The Office Party contested the 2001 Robots@War event where it won the Sportsmanship Award[3]. The Office Party also took on Arnold, A. Terminegger at the same event, although the outcome of the battle is unknown.
References[]
- ↑ Private correspondence with User:Toon Ganondorf
- ↑ The Office Party website, archived
- ↑ Robots@War website, archived