What ever happened to the Robot Wars House Bots?

[HurricaneAndrew]

I think Shove also fits.

Actually, most of them do (only Sir Killalot and Mr. Psycho don't - they'd qualify for the proposed experimental class from the ill-fated Battlebots 6.0), but again they're all a bit small for the Super-Heavyweight class, weighing in at a little above 220 Lbs. They would have trouble against bots like Diesector, Toro, New Cruelty, Atomic Wedgie, etc.

Are any of those robots that you mentioned even active anymore? Even if they are, they would have had to been updated quite a bit to still be competitive in this day and age.

[RammingSpeed]

Shunt deserves to rot in a fiery junkyard for cheating.
Naa, im kidding. i bet all the robots are in somebody's garage right now.

When did Shunt cheat?

[SKBT]

I think Shove also fits.

Actually, most of them do (only Sir Killalot and Mr. Psycho don't - they'd qualify for the proposed experimental class from the ill-fated Battlebots 6.0), but again they're all a bit small for the Super-Heavyweight class, weighing in at a little above 220 Lbs. They would have trouble against bots like Diesector, Toro, New Cruelty, Atomic Wedgie, etc.

Are any of those robots that you mentioned even active anymore? Even if they are, they would have had to been updated quite a bit to still be competitive in this day and age.

340's are dead. The class hasn't been run since 09' and even then only two robots competed in it.

Inertia Labs completely left the sport years ago but still makes an 1lb kit.
Cruelty was gutted and sold (builder still competes)
Wedgie's builder now competes in 4x4 racing.
and Disector's builder still occasionally competes when tv or big money is involved.

[Vertigo]

The version of Matilda in that one competition doesn't count - it's a replica.

Well, the shell used was one actually made pre-series one for Matilda. A few shell were made so that it could be quickly repaired if broken etc.

I believe the one on Matilda now was owned by one of the roboteers (possibly Alan Gribble), but the rest of the robot is not the same.

[GoldenFox93]

The version of Matilda in that one competition doesn't count - it's a replica.

Well, the shell used was one actually made pre-series one for Matilda. A few shell were made so that it could be quickly repaired if broken etc.

I believe the one on Matilda now was owned by one of the roboteers (possibly Alan Gribble), but the rest of the robot is not the same.

Right, so that'd explain the smaller tusks and things. Too bad they're not pneumatic, either.

[HurricaneAndrew]

It would seem that Goldenfox has called Vertigo out, proving that Vertigo actually doesn't know it all in the process...

GF deserves some rep for this... Can someone with such ability +1 him on my behalf? Thanks in advance...

[Vertigo]

The version of Matilda in that one competition doesn't count - it's a replica.

Well, the shell used was one actually made pre-series one for Matilda. A few shell were made so that it could be quickly repaired if broken etc.

I believe the one on Matilda now was owned by one of the roboteers (possibly Alan Gribble), but the rest of the robot is not the same.

Right, so that'd explain the smaller tusks and things. Too bad they're not pneumatic, either.

They're still pneumatic to my knowledge

[System32]

From my memory of the RW documentary, Matilda's head was mostly sculpted. The eyes and tusks were made out of more durable parts and were seperate, but there were several faces. I remember they said they made five or seven initially.

[Phoenyx]

They're still pneumatic to my knowledge

Exactly. The old design just had a different mount for the pneumatic cylinders. The new mount put less strain on the cylinders and mechanically increased the power and leverage of the tusks.

[GoldenFox93]

The version of Matilda in that one competition doesn't count - it's a replica.

Well, the shell used was one actually made pre-series one for Matilda. A few shell were made so that it could be quickly repaired if broken etc.

I believe the one on Matilda now was owned by one of the roboteers (possibly Alan Gribble), but the rest of the robot is not the same.

Right, so that'd explain the smaller tusks and things. Too bad they're not pneumatic, either.

They're still pneumatic to my knowledge

Really? Last time I'd checked, they ran on electric power.
 
 

GF deserves some rep for this... Can someone with such ability +1 him on my behalf? Thanks in advance...

Very kind of you   

[NFX]

The version of Matilda in that one competition doesn't count - it's a replica.

Well, the shell used was one actually made pre-series one for Matilda. A few shell were made so that it could be quickly repaired if broken etc.

I believe the one on Matilda now was owned by one of the roboteers (possibly Alan Gribble), but the rest of the robot is not the same.

Right, so that'd explain the smaller tusks and things. Too bad they're not pneumatic, either.

They're still pneumatic to my knowledge

Really? Last time I'd checked, they ran on electric power.
 
 

GF deserves some rep for this... Can someone with such ability +1 him on my behalf? Thanks in advance...

Very kind of you   

Matilda's tusks were Hydraulic in The First Wars, but they appeared to be changed to pneumatics for Series 2, as they were a lot faster with lifting machines. If you saw Matilda in the House Robot introductions in the later wars, her tusks were definitely firing with the ferocity of a pneumatic system.

[GoldenFox93]

Matilda's tusks were Hydraulic in The First Wars, but they appeared to be changed to pneumatics for Series 2, as they were a lot faster with lifting machines. If you saw Matilda in the House Robot introductions in the later wars, her tusks were definitely firing with the ferocity of a pneumatic system.

Yes- in the First Wars House Robot introductions, they lifted and lowered very slowly. But yes, I did see the later introductions as well- I remember her throwing a brick into the air with her tusks for the Series 5 introduction. Gives a sense of how much the House Robots improved over time, really   

[NFX]

Matilda's tusks were Hydraulic in The First Wars, but they appeared to be changed to pneumatics for Series 2, as they were a lot faster with lifting machines. If you saw Matilda in the House Robot introductions in the later wars, her tusks were definitely firing with the ferocity of a pneumatic system.

Yes- in the First Wars House Robot introductions, they lifted and lowered very slowly. But yes, I did see the later introductions as well- I remember her throwing a brick into the air with her tusks for the Series 5 introduction. Gives a sense of how much the House Robots improved over time, really   

Keep in mind that the crew were only given six and a half weeks to design and build all four House Robots for the first wars. Plus, with the level of technology at the time, they were probably going to be a bit rubbish compared to nowadays. As the wars progressed, and as the technology available became more advanced, they could build upon what they already had, which you can especially see in how Dead Metal and Sergeant Bash improved, just from Series 1 to 3. I actually preferred the style of the original four House Robots, rather than the later four (with the exception of Refbot), where they made them look like stuff.

[Natef]

What about in series 2 when Robo Doc hit matilda? I think CO2 came out.

[JoeBlo]

IIRC at the time of Matilda's rebuild, the tusk system was also changed..


I think it was along the lines of having them push up rather then being pulled up..


In all honesty, Matilda was the only worthwhile house robot in the end out of the original four (or dare I say all?)

[System32]

Not really, I'd argue that Dead Metal would beat Matilda very easily. Faster, wide stance, decent weapons...
 

[Resetti's Replicas]

But the flywheel, one hit from that would kill just about anything.  The house robots were't designed to take hard knocks, notice how rare it was that anything but a flipper would have a go at them

[JoeBlo]

Not really, I'd argue that Dead Metal would beat Matilda very easily. Faster, wide stance, decent weapons...

I see your point... but an assfull of flywheel made short work of most robots..


Matilda was the only one really dealing knockout blows come later series.. others could put on a show but really did nothing...

[Mr. AS]

Matilda was the only one really dealing knockout blows come later series.. others could put on a show but really did nothing...

weeee im sir k im just going to pick you up and spin you around a little doing little to no damage then just drop you in the pit

[GoldenFox93]

weeee im sir k im just going to pick you up and spin you around a little doing little to no damage then just drop you in the pit

On the flipside, you had WASP and Vortex Inducer