Changes: Vortex Inducer

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Vortex Inducer was a uniquely designed competitor from the second series of Dutch Robot Wars. It lost its only battle against Scarab after failing to move at all, and was ultimately snapped in half by Sir Killalot. The team had previously fought in Dutch Series 1 with Pathetica.

Design

VortexInducerPits — Vortex Inducer in the pits, before the tracks were removed

Vortex Inducer was a wedge-shaped robot which featured a novel spinning disc attached to a moveable arm, which could allow the disc to be raised or rotated into a horizontal or vertical position. It initially featured tracks as its primary method of propulsion, but the treads had to be removed as they put Vortex Inducer over the weight limit, with the robot relying on its guiding wheels for locomotion. However, this severely hampered Vortex Inducer's traction in the arena, where it was barely able to move and was eliminated after showing very little mobility in its only battle, despite its interesting weapon configuration.

Robot History

Dutch Series 2

Vortex Inducer was drawn against the shufflebot Scarab in the first round of Heat E.

Scarab Vortex Inducer — Both machines struggle for movement

Scarab vs Vortex Inducer — Vortex Inducer is snapped in two

Vortex Inducer's disc was spinning, but both machines lurched forward at such a slow pace that the House Robots chose to push the machines together. When the two competitors made contact, Scarab used its pincers to stop Vortex Inducer's spinning disc, and it became evident that Vortex Inducer had become immobilised, so it was counted out by Refbot. Sir Killalot came in, seized Vortex Inducer with his jaws and picked it up before snapping the thin axle holding the robot together, essentially cutting it in half. Both pieces of Vortex Inducer were pushed onto the Floor Flipper by Sergeant Bash and tossed through the air, before having an oven dropped onto them and the largest part of Vortex Inducer picked up and dumped out of the arena by Sir Killalot.

Results

VORTEX INDUCER - RESULTS
Series 2
Dutch Championship Heat, Round 1
Heat E, Round 1	vs. Scarab	Lost

Wins/Losses

Wins: 0
Losses: 1

Series Record

Vortex inducer weaponless insides — A Weaponless Vortex Inducer in the pits

Dutch Series	Vortex Inducer Series Record
Series 1	Entered with Pathetica
Series 2	Heat, Round 1

Trivia

Vortex Inducer was the only competitor in Robot Wars to use a spinning blade capable of changing orientations, and by being mounted on a moving arm, somewhat piloted the idea of the overhead spinner used by the likes of Vulture and BattleBots competitors SawBlaze and Skorpios.

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 |robot_name=Vortex Inducer
 |image=[[File:VortexInducer.jpg|200px]]
-|caption=Vortex Inducer
 |dutch_series=2
+|team=Team Bohica
 |team_members=Niels Brouwers<br>Rene Tor Horst<br>Erik Hietbrink
+|other_entries=[[Pathetica]]<br/><small>(Dutch Series 1)</small>
+|stats=Vortex inducer stats.png
 |weight=100kg
 |dimensions=0.90m x 1.60m x 1.40m
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 |weapons=Twisting Disc
 }}
-'''Vortex Inducer''' was a uniquely designed competitor of [[Dutch Robot Wars: Series 2]]. It had two wedge shaped sections with a spinning disc in-between that could be positioned horizontally or vertically. Despite the interesting weapon configuration, it barely moved in the arena and was swiftly eliminated from the wars.
+'''Vortex Inducer''' was a uniquely designed competitor from the second series of ''[[Dutch Robot Wars: Series 2|Dutch Robot Wars]]''. It lost its only battle against [[Scarab (Dutch)|Scarab]] after failing to move at all, and was ultimately snapped in half by [[Sir Killalot]]. The team had previously fought in Dutch Series 1 with [[Pathetica]].
+==Design==
+[[File:VortexInducerPits.jpg|thumb|left|Vortex Inducer in the pits, before the tracks were removed]]
+Vortex Inducer was a wedge-shaped robot which featured a novel spinning disc attached to a moveable arm, which could allow the disc to be raised or rotated into a horizontal or vertical position. It initially featured tracks as its primary method of propulsion, but the treads had to be removed as they put Vortex Inducer over the weight limit, with the robot relying on its guiding wheels for locomotion. However, this severely hampered Vortex Inducer's traction in the arena, where it was barely able to move and was eliminated after showing very little mobility in its only battle, despite its interesting weapon configuration.
 ==Robot History==
 ===Dutch Series 2===
+Vortex Inducer was drawn against the [[Walkerbots#Shufflebots|shufflebot]] [[Scarab (Dutch)|Scarab]] in the first round of [[Dutch Robot Wars: Series 2/Heat E|Heat E]].
-Vortex Inducer was drawn against middleweight [[walkerbot]] Scarab in the first round of Heat E. Vortex Inducer's disc was spinning, but both machines lurched forward at such a slow pace, the house robots chose to push the machines together. When the two competitors made contact, Scarab used its pincers to halt the twisting disc. It was evident that Scarab was still mobile but Vortex Inducer wasn't, so the Refbot counted down Vortex Inducer. Sir Killalot seized the loser and picked it up. The house robot then used his pincer to snap the thin axle holding Vortex Inducer together before the pieces pushed onto the floor flipper by Sgt. Bash and tossed through the air. The house robots weren't finished; a kitchen cooker was dropped onto the robot, before the largest chunk of Vortex Inducer was dumped out of the arena by Sir Killalot.
+[[File:Scarab_Vortex_Inducer.jpg|thumb|left|Both machines struggle for movement]]
+[[File:Scarab vs Vortex Inducer.JPG|thumb|right|Vortex Inducer is snapped in two]]
+Vortex Inducer's disc was spinning, but both machines lurched forward at such a slow pace that the House Robots chose to push the machines together. When the two competitors made contact, Scarab used its pincers to stop Vortex Inducer's spinning disc, and it became evident that Vortex Inducer had become immobilised, so it was counted out by [[Refbot]]. [[Sir Killalot]] came in, seized Vortex Inducer with his jaws and picked it up before snapping the thin axle holding the robot together, essentially cutting it in half. Both pieces of Vortex Inducer were pushed onto the Floor Flipper by [[Sergeant Bash]] and tossed through the air, before having an oven dropped onto them and the largest part of Vortex Inducer picked up and dumped [[out of the arena]] by Sir Killalot.
 ==Results==
 {{Results Top|Grey|Black|VORTEX INDUCER}}
 {{Show|Series 2}}
-{{Competition|Dutch Championship|Heats, Round 1}}
+{{Competition|Dutch Championship|Heat, Round 1}}
-{{Battle|Heat E, Round 1|[[Scarab (Dutch Series)|Scarab]]|Lost}}
+{{Battle|[[Dutch Robot Wars: Series 2/Heat E|Heat E, Round 1]]|[[Scarab (Dutch)|Scarab]]|Lost}}
 |}
 ===Wins/Losses===
 *Wins: 0
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 ==Series Record==
+[[File:Vortex_inducer_weaponless_insides.jpg|thumb|A Weaponless Vortex Inducer in the pits]]
-*Series 1: Did not enter
-*Series 2: Heat, Round 1
+{{Series Record Dutch|Vortex Inducer|Entered with [[Pathetica]]|'''Heat, Round 1'''}}
+==Trivia==
+*Vortex Inducer was the only competitor in ''Robot Wars'' to use a spinning blade capable of changing orientations, and by being mounted on a moving arm, somewhat piloted the idea of the overhead spinner used by the likes of [[Vulture]] and ''BattleBots'' competitors SawBlaze and Skorpios.
+{{Dutch Series 2 Competitors}}
 [[Category:Dutch Robots]]
 [[Category:Dutch Series competitors]]
 [[Category:Robots Thrown out of the Arena]]
+[[Category:Robots with Vertical Flywheels]]
+[[Category:Robots with Horizontal Flywheels]]
+[[Category:Robots Thrown out of the Arena in their only appearance]]
+[[Category:Victims of The Drop Zone]]
+[[Category:Robots with astronomical names]]
+[[Category:Robots which lost their only battle]]
+[[Category:Invertible Robots]]