- "It's emerged from the underwater depths to fight the land robots."
- — Jonathan Pearce introduces W70
Whirlpool 70 (also called W70) was a Swedish robot that entered The Second World Championship, which was broadcast as part of the first series of Robot Wars Extreme: Series 1 and the first season of Robot Wars: Extreme Warriors. It lost its only battle, after being flipped by Firestorm 3 and set upon by Sir Killalot.
Design
Whirlpool 70 in the arena
Whirlpool 70 was a tracked robot built out of a swimming pool cleaning device, armed with a heavy rotating steel frame with four flailing maces attached to it, which acted as the robot's full-body spinner. According to Robot Wars Extreme: The Official Guide, the rotating frame could also be fitted with spikes or hooks in place of the maces.
Robot History
Extreme 1
Whirlpool 70 is left upside-down after being flipped
W70 started the match very slowly as it tried to get its spinning body up to speed. Drillzilla rammed W70, but was pushed away by Firestorm 3. NEAT Machine used its battering ram to stop W70 from escaping, but W70 then drove very slowly away and into Sir Killalot's grasp. Meanwhile NEAT Machine had been flipped over by Firestorm 3, Firestorm 3 then proceeded to flip W70 onto its side. NEAT Machine was counted out and so was W70 shortly after. W70 was then thrown by the floor flipper. W70 then got in Firestorm and Drillzilla's way as they continued fighting. The battle ended and W70 was eliminated.
Results
| WHIRLPOOL 70 - RESULTS | ||
| Extreme Series 1/US Season 1 | ||
| The Second World Championship Representing Sweden, Round 1 | ||
| Round 1 | vs. Firestorm 3 (UK) vs Drillzilla (USA) vs NEAT Machine (NED) | Eliminated |
Wins/Losses
- Wins: 0
- Losses: 1
Trivia
- Whirlpool 70 is one of only two robots from Sweden to compete in Robot Wars. The other is Rawbot.
- Neither robot won a televised battle.
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