Tiger Shark was a robot that failed to qualify for Series 3 and 5. It was a box-wedge shaped robot armed with a 150 psi CO2 powered flipper.
The robot was named after a genuine breed of shark, the Galeocerdo cuvier, commonly known as the tiger shark, which is named for its dark stripes. The team took this idea further by literally making the robot resemble a cross between a tiger and a shark. The robot was armoured in aluminium, had a steel box chassis, was powered by two 12 volt Yuasa Batteries and had Go Kart wheels and tyres.
It had previously entered the Super Heavyweight Championship in Series 3 as Sharky, but the event was cancelled. Sharkey was converted to a heavyweight for Series 4, but failed to qualify, despite beating Warhog in its qualifier battle. Warhog qualified despite losing.[1]
At the Series 5 qualifiers, Tiger Shark was drawn against Atomic II. Tiger Shark was completely outclassed, being flipped over repeatedly, before being flipped out of the arena. Tiger Shark consequently failed to qualify.[2]
The team also entered Series 2 with a middleweight robot called Scorpion (Not to be confused with the heavyweight robot), which lost its only battle and did not appear on the televised show. The team later failed to qualify for Series 7 with Termigator.
Series record
- Series 1: Did not enter
- Series 2: Middleweight Championship with Scorpion
- Series 3: Superheavyweight Championship as Sharky, event cancelled
- Series 4: Failed to qualify as Sharky
- Series 5: Failed to qualify
- Series 6: Did not enter
- Series 7: Failed to qualify with Termigator