ROBOT PR FILE
TOP RANKED ROBOT THIS MONTH
Top Ranked Combat Bots
History Score
Ranking
Weight
Class
150 grams
Bot
VD
Win/Loss Weight Class
26/7 150 grams
1 kg Roadbug
3 pounds 3pd
6 pounds G.I.R.
12 pounds Solaris
15 pounds Humdinger 2
30 pounds Helios
30 (sport) Upheaval
Wedge of
60 pounds
Doom
120 pounds Devil's Plunger
220 pounds BioHazard
340 pounds SHOVELHEAD
390 pounds MidEvil
Bot
The Joke
Black
15/1
Death
27/10 1 kg Underkill 4/1
48/21 3 pounds Yeti 14/4
17/2 6 pounds G.I.R. 5/0
42/12 12 pounds Surgical Strike 21/7
29/2 15 pounds Humdinger 2 29/2
31/6 30 pounds Touro Feather 8/2
19/7 30 (sport) Upheaval 17/5
43/5 60 pounds K2 6/0
53/15 120 pounds Touro 12/2
35/5 220 pounds Original Sin 10/2
39/15 340 pounds Ziggy 5/2
28/9
Win/Loss
4/0
1 pound Dark Pounder 44/5 1 pound
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
Data as of March 30, 2009
● by Kevin Berry
Black Death – Currently Ranked #1
Class: 1 pound Antweight
Team: Enigma Robotics
Builder(s): Peter Iskaros
Location: Ridgewood, NJ
BotRank Data Total Fights
Lifetime History 23
Current Record 16
Events 3
Wins
20
15
Losses
3
1
Black Death has competed in:
Motorama 2007, Motorama
2008, Motorama 2009. Details are:
● Overall configuration: Two wheel
horizontal bar spinner
● Frame: 3/16” thick UHMW milled
unibody
● Drive motor: Banebots 16 mm
24:1 spur gearmotor
● Wheels: 2-1/4” Lite Flites
● Hubs: 4 mm aluminum Dave’s
hubs
● Drive ESC: Banebots 3-9 ESC
● Drive batteries: ThunderPower
730 mAh 2S 7.4V
● Weapon batteries: Same as
above (one battery)
● Weapon motor: Axi Silver
2208/20
● Weapon controller: Thunderbird
18 brushless ESC
● Armor: 1/32” Garolite top and
bottom skins, UHMW side walls
● Radio system: Spektrum DX6,
BR6000 receiver (2.4 GHz)
● Future plans: Return to
Motorama 2010
● Design philosophy: Spin
undercutting bar to stop anyone
from getting near with weapon.
Weapon spins low enough to stop
wedges from getting near, also.
● Builder’s bragging opportunity:
The blade wobbles to the point
that it hits the ground, yet no
one can take it out. It’s been
16 matches on the same bearing
( 15 of them wins). SV
Photos and information are courtesy of Peter
Iskaros. All fight statistics are courtesy of BotRank
( www.botrank.com) as of April 11, 2009. Event
attendance data is courtesy of BotRank and
The Builder’s Database ( www.buildersdb.com).
SERVO 06.2009
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