- "Tiger Shark is built for speed and its ramming capability. From a standing start it can reach 20mph in one second. With the addition of a pneumatic flipper it should make for a fun time in the arena - if you can catch us that is!"
- — The Tiger Shark website
Tiger Shark was a competitor robot that failed to qualify for Series 5 of Robot Wars. It had previously entered the Super Heavyweight Championship in Series 3 as Sharky, but the event was cancelled, and it was converted to a heavyweight for its subsequent attempt to enter for Series 4 and future attempts as Tiger Shark.
The team also entered Series 2 with a middleweight robot called Scorpion (not related to the later heavyweight entry), which lost its only battle after catching fire and did not appear on television. They later failed to qualify for Series 7 with Termigator.
Design[]
- "Tiger Shark is comprised of a tubular steel construction chassis running on two 10 inch go kart wheels weighing in at 90kgs. Armour is a mixture or different thickness aluminium panels bolted to the sub-frame. Power is provided to the two 24v 750 watt motors via 4QD NCC70 Controllers, two 12V Yuasa batteries, and controlled by a 4QD Dual controller interface."
- — The Tiger Shark website
Tiger Shark was a box wedge-shaped robot armed with a pneumatic CO2 powered flipper running at 150psi. It was made out of a tubular steel chassis with bolted-on aluminium panels bolted on, and featured a pair of go-kart wheels and tyres as its main means of propulsion. Further playing on the robot's name, Team Shark designed Tiger Shark with eyes, a toothy face and a dorsal fin-like plate on the flipper to resemble a shark, while painting it orange and white with black stripes to resemble a tiger.
Etymology[]
Tiger Shark was named after a species of shark, the Galeocerdo cuvier, which is so-called because of its dark stripes along its body when it's young.
Qualification[]
At the Series 5 qualifiers, Tiger Shark attended the Birmingham leg of the tour. It was drawn against Atomic 2. It was repeatedly flipped over by Atomic 2, self-righting after every attack, before becoming wedged on the arena wall and flipped out of the arena. Tiger Shark consequently failed to qualify for Series 5[1].
- "We lurched towards each other and quite quickly we were flipped. We were amazed at the power of Atomic II's weapon as Tiger Shark weighs 90 kilos. Luckily, our until now un tested self righter did the job and turned us back onto our wheels. Knowing that we were outclassed by the power of this flipper, we did all we could to make a good show for the crowd. We ended up being flipped anther couple of times, from each occasion we were able to self right. Then came the beginning of the end, we were flipped and ended up wedged on the side wall of the arena with our drive wheels off of the ground, we knew what was coming next, we were flipped clean out of the arena! After our interview with Craig Charles at the end of the fight we went back to the pits and were hoping to be able to get Tiger Shark back to see the damage. We had to wait until the interval before we could retrieve it. Amazingly there was no major damage and we could have been ready for another fight fairly soon."
- — The Tiger Shark website on the Series 5 qualifiers
Series Record[]
A flyer with information about Tiger Shark
| Series | Tiger Shark Series Record |
|---|---|
| The First Wars | Did not enter |
| The Second Wars | Middleweight Championship with Scorpion |
| The Third Wars | Super Heavyweight Championship as Sharky (event cancelled) |
| The Fourth Wars | Failed to qualify as Sharky |
| The Fifth Wars | Failed to qualify as Tiger Shark |
| The Sixth Wars | Did not enter |
| The Seventh Wars | Failed to qualify with Termigator |
| Series 8 | Did not enter |
| Series 9 | Did not enter |
| Series 10 | Did not enter |
Outside Robot Wars[]
Tiger Shark fighting Tornado at Robot Fayre in 2001
Tiger Shark in the pits at Robot Fayre 2001
Tiger Shark would make a one-off live event appearance at the Robot Fayre held in Kettering in September 2001. There it would appear on display amongst other Robot Wars competitors and face Tornado in an exhibition pinball style game.[2]