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'''Whipper''' was a featherweight robot built by Team Bodge-it that competed in the [[Robot Wars: The Seventh Wars/Featherweight Championship|Featherweight Championship]] of ''[[Robot Wars: The Seventh Wars]]''. It reached the Featherweight final in that series, losing to [[DTK]] on a [[Judges|judges']] decision after both robots survived to the end of the battle.
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'''Whipper''' was a featherweight robot built by [[Team Bodge-it]] that competed in the [[Robot Wars: The Seventh Wars/Featherweight Championship|Featherweight Championship]] of ''[[Robot Wars: The Seventh Wars]]''. It reached the Featherweight final in that series, losing to [[DTK]] on a [[Judges|judges']] decision after both robots survived to the end of the battle.
   
 
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Revision as of 08:38, 6 May 2017

Whipper was a featherweight robot built by Team Bodge-it that competed in the Featherweight Championship of Robot Wars: The Seventh Wars. It reached the Featherweight final in that series, losing to DTK on a judges' decision after both robots survived to the end of the battle.

Design

WhipperInsides

Whipper without its top armour or side plates

Whipper was an octagonal-shaped robot with two-wheel drive and a pneumatic flipping arm as its weapon. The robot itself was painted black, silver and grey with transparent panels and yellow and black hazard stripes. Pairs of green triangular plates were also attached to Whipper's sides, which were seen to prevent it from getting side-stranded by Rip at one point. Whipper's flipping arm proved highly effective throughout its appearances and was capable of acting as a srimech, although its narrow width made it difficult for the robot to get underneath opponents effectively at times.

Robot History

Series 7

Whipper Rampage 2

Whipper is carried backwards by Rampage 2

Whipper Rampage 2 1

Whipper sits motionless next to Rampage 2

Whipper competed solely in the Featherweight Championship. In its qualifier battle, broadcast as the Special Event in Heat M, it fought previous Featherweight finalists Micro-Mute, Gi-Ant-O and Rampage 2. Whipper immediately charged at Rampage 2, briefly launching it off the floor as the two robots bumped into each other. They continued nudging, pushing and ramming into each other several times, with Whipper unable to get its flipping arm under as it pushed Rampage 2 into Refbot at one point. Whipper darted close to Sir Killalot's CPZ as Micro-Mute manoeuvered dangerously close to the latter, before again pushing Rampage 2. It eventually lost mobility after another nudge, and was lifted by Rampage 2 before having its removeable link fall out completely. Rampage 2 pushed Whipper across the arena before losing drive to one side, but both robots survived as Refbot counted out the badly-damaged Micro-Mute and the also-immobile Gi-Ant-O, much to Jonathan Pearce's disbelief.

"I'm surprised Whipper hasn't been counted out..."
— Jonathan Pearce expresses surprise about Whipper's survival after Micro-Mute is counted out
Whipper DTK

Whipper worries DTK

Whipper Prince of Awe

Whipper flips Prince of Awe

In the Featherweight Championship Final, shown in Heat P, Whipper and Rampage 2 faced Prince of Awe, Bernard, Rip and DTK. Whipper immediately flipped Prince of Awe over before it and DTK attacked Rampage 2, nearly getting itself flipped over in the process. It then pushed Rip back as the latter flipped itself over, before nudging Prince of Awe and flipping DTK over. After lifting DTK again once it self-righted, Whipper and Bernard were both flipped simultaneously by Rip, but Whipper landed back on its wheels after momentarily balancing on its side plates. It rammed into, pushed and flipped Prince of Awe a few more times, before DTK flipped it onto its back, where Whipper self-righted quickly. Prince of Awe also flipped Whipper immediately after, but Whipper survived to a Judges' decision after DTK pushed Prince of Awe into the pit towards the end. The decision went against Whipper, with DTK being declared the Series 7 Featherweight Champion and Whipper the unofficial runner-up. Craig Charles later remarked in the post-battle interviews that he believed Whipper should have won the battle.

Results

WHIPPER - RESULTS
Series 7
Special Events
Featherweight Championship, Final
Round 1 vs. Gi-Ant-O, Micro-Mute, Rampage 2 Qualified
Final vs. Bernard, DTK, Prince of Awe, Rampage 2, Rip Lost

Wins/Losses

  • Wins: 1
  • Losses: 1

Series Record

Series Whipper Series Record
The First Wars Did not enter
The Second Wars Did not enter
The Third Wars Did not enter
The Fourth Wars Did not enter
The Fifth Wars Failed to qualify with The Stag
The Sixth Wars Entered with The Stag
The Seventh Wars Featherweight Final
Featherweight Championship with Staglet
Entered with The Stag
Series 8 Did not enter
Series 9 Did not enter
Series 10 Did not enter

Outside Robot Wars

Between 2003 and 2004, Whipper also competed in several live events, sometimes alongside Team Bodge-it's other featherweight Staglet. Its most notable achievement came in the 2003 Wrexham Wrumble, where it won three six-way melees and a trophy.[1]

References

External Links

Whipper on the Team Bodge-it website