Tiny was a heavyweight robot built to compete in Robot Wars: The Fourth Wars, built by Francis Smith. It ultimately did not appear on television, with the team making their debut in Series 7 with Ceros.
Design[]
- "This is Tiny, my attempt at a vertical spinner. This was my first solo project and proved quite a handful, unfortunately this is the only picture I have of her not fully built and yes before you ask that's not the real blade. This was very early on in the build process."
- — Francis Smith describes the pictured version of Tiny[1]
Tiny with a mockup spinner
Tiny was an invertible robot armed with a large vertical spinner, one of the pioneering vertical flywheels in the United Kingdom after Daisy Chopper. This potentially gave Tiny good damage output and reach, although its two large tyres and shallow framework were exposed to attacks. Additionally, builder Francis Smith described the robot as 'a handful' to control.
The Team[]
Tiny was built by Francis Smith, who had previously withdrawn from the Third Wars with his first robot Typhoon. After Tiny did not appear in the Fourth Wars, the team would later compete in Series 7 with Ceros.
Qualification[]
Tiny competed at the Robot Mayhem event which served as the live qualifiers for Series 4. There, it was known to have fought at least one battle against future Fifth Wars competitor Rohog, and was confirmed to have won by the team in a 2000 Tinweb forum thread.[2] However, neither robot would end up qualifying for the televised Fourth Wars.
Series Record[]
| Series | Tiny Series Record |
|---|---|
| The First Wars | Did not enter |
| The Second Wars | Did not enter |
| The Third Wars | Withdrew with Typhoon |
| The Fourth Wars | Failed to qualify |
| The Fifth Wars | Did not enter |
| The Sixth Wars | Did not enter |
| The Seventh Wars | Entered with Ceros |
| Series 8 | Did not enter |
| Series 9 | Did not enter |
| Series 10 | Did not enter |
NOTE: Typhoon also attempted to qualify for Series 4 without Francis Smith as a team member
Trivia[]
- In their listings for Series 4 applicants, the Tectonic Robot Wars website erroneously listed Tiny as Daisy Chopper 2, owing to its similar likeness to Team TFOSICA's unrelated Series 3 entry. This was further substantiated by a photo available on the site which showed both machines standing together in a car park, with Tiny wielding its early mock-up blade, though ultimately this connection was later disproven by Francis Smith's involvement in Tiny's construction.[3]