ROBOT PR FILE
TOP RANKED ROBOT THIS MONTH
● by Kevin Berry
Top Ranked Combat Bots
History Score
Ranking
Devil’s Plunger – Currently
Enjoying Retirement
Weight
Class
150 grams
Bot
Win/Loss Weight Class
Bot
Win/Loss
VD
26/7 150 gram s Micro Drive 7/2
1 pound Dark Pounder 44/5
1 kg Roadbug 27/10
3pounds 3pd 48/21
6 pounds G.I. R. 17/2
12 pounds Solaris 42/12
15 pounds Humdinger 2 29/2
30 pounds Helios 31/6
30 (sport) Bounty Hunter 9/1
Wedge of
60 pounds 43/5
Doom
120 Devil's
pounds Plunger
220 pounds BioHazard 35/5
340 pounds SHOVELHEAD 39/15
390 pounds MidEvil 28/9
1 pound
1 kg
3 pounds
6 pounds
12 pounds
15 pounds
30 pounds
30 (sport)
60 pounds
Dark Pounder 13/1
Roadbug 7/4
Yeti 8/0
G.I.R. 8/0
Tourinho 13/1
Humdinger 2 29/2
Pyromancer 6/0
Upheaval 8/4
K2 14/2
53/15 120 pounds
Touro
23/3
220 pounds Original Sin 15/6
340 pounds Ziggy 8/2
390 pounds MidEvil 3/0
Current Ranking is calculated by
History Score is calculated by perfomance
performance at all known events, using
at all events known to BotRank
data from the last 18 months
Historical Ranking: #1 (Note: Last
Middleweight fight November 2005)
Class: 120 lb Middleweight
Team: Team PlumbCrazy
Builder(s): Matt & Wendy Maxham
Location: Sacramento, CA
BotRank Data Total Fights
Lifetime History 72
Events 15
Wins
55
Losses
17
Rankings as of November 8, 2008
Devil’s Plunger has competed at
Steel Conflict 2, Steel Conflict 4,
Triangle Series Nationals, RobOlympics
2004, Southwest Division
Championships, NPC Charity Open,
2004 RFL Nationals, WBX Premier,
RoboGames 2005, Battle Beach 3,
Robotic Revolution, 2005 RFL
Nationals, RoboGames 2006, Game
Developers Conference, and the
2005 February Fun Fest. Details are:
w/Carefree tires on custom
aluminum hubs.
with BR6000 receiver.
● Drive ESC: IFI Thor 883 (two per
drive motor).
● Future plans: Rebuild stronger,
faster, and with flames.
● Drive batteries: Four 3,000 mAh
nicad Battlepacks.
● Weapon type: 120 lb splitting
maul — “The robot IS the weapon.”
● Design philosophy: Take the
HW drive train and put it into a
middleweight for a powerful,
reliable robot that can ram and slam
the opponen.
● Overall configuration: Invertible
floppy-nosed wedge/rammer.
● Weapon power: n/a.
● Weapon motor: n/a.
● Frame: 3” x 4” aluminum tubing
with 3/16” wall.
● Builder’s bragging opportunity:
Devil’s Plunger is the only MW to
knock out the Combots Champion
HW robot Last Rites when it fought
as an HW at RoboGames 2006. SV
● Weapon controller: n/a.
● Drive: S28-400 Magmotor on
Apex Dynamics AB60 gear box.
● Armor: 0.065” titanium top and
bottom; 0.138” titanium wedge.
● Wheels: Four wheel drive
● Radio system: Spectrum DX6
Photo and information are courtesy of Daniel
Longmire. All fight statistics are courtesy
of BotRank ( www.botrank.com) as of
November 8, 2008. Event attendance data
is courtesy of BotRank and The Builder’s
Database ( www.buildersdb.com) as of
November 8, 2008.
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