ROBOT PR FILE
TOP RANKED ROBOT THIS MONTH
● by Kevin Berry
Top Ranked Combat Bots
Historical Data
Ranking
Weight
Class
150 grams
1 pound
1 kg
3 pounds
Bot
Win/Loss Weight Class
Bot
Win/Loss
6 pounds
12 pounds
15 pounds
30 pounds
30 (sport )
"VD" 26/7
"Dark Pounder" 44/5
"Roadbug" 30/10
"3pd" 48/21
"G.I.R." 19/2
"Solaris" 42/12
"Humdinger 2" 29/2
"Helios" 31/6
"Upheaval" 19/7
150 grams
1 pound
1 kg
3 pounds
6 pounds
12 pounds
15 pounds
30 pounds
30 (sport )
"The Joke" 4/0
"Black Death" 15/1
"Roadbug" 6/0
"Gutter Monkey" 9/1
"G.I.R." 5/0
"Surgical Strike" 17/4
"Humdinger 2" 18/0
"Pyromancer" 10/0
"Upheaval" 14/3
60 pounds "Wedge of Doom" 43/5
60 pounds "The Big B" 11/4
120 pounds "Devil's Plunger" 53/15
220 pounds "BioHazard" 35/5
340 pounds "SHOVELHEAD" 39/15
390 pounds "MidEvil" 28/9
120 pounds
220 pounds
340 pounds
"Professor Chaos" 10/0
"Original Sin"
"Ziggy"
15/3
7/2
Data as of July 15, 2009
The Big B – Currently Ranked #1
Class:
60 lb Lightweight
Team: Late Night Racing
Builder(s): Gary Gin, Dave Needle, Jason
Cheung
Location: San Leandro, CA
Overall Configuration: Four wheel wedge
BotRank Data Total Fights
Lifetime History 49
Current Record 15
Events 12
Wins
36
11
Losses
13
4
The Big B has competed in: BattleBots 4.0, BattleBots 5.0,
Steel Conflict 2, RoboGames 2005,
February Fun Fest, RoboGames
2006, ComBots Cup II, RoboGames
2007, ComBots Cup III, RoboGames
2008, ComBots Texas Cup, and
RoboGames 2009. Details are:
● Frame: All aluminum.
● Drive Motor: EV Warrior.
● Wheels:
6 x 1-1/2” Colsons.
● Hubs: N/A.
● Drive ESC: IFI Victors.
● Drive batteries: Two 18V 3. 6 Ah
Battlepacks.
● Armor: AR400 steel wedge.
● Radio System: Spektrum DSM
Three-Channel Pro Series Module
in a Futaba 3PJS.
● Future Plans: Make the drivetrain
more reliable and have some
spare wedges.
● Design Philosophy: Simple and
strong, no unnecessary changes.
The Big B hasn’t changed much
since 2001 and continues to use
some old school combat parts,
Colsons, EVs, and Ni-Cad
batteries. We rebuilt The Big B for
RoboGames 2009 keeping what
worked and adding what we
learned from our heavyweight
bot Original Sin.
● Builder’s Bragging Opportunity:
Battlebots 4.0 runner-up,
Combots Cup II winner, Combots
Texas Cup winner, RoboGames
2009 Gold medal. SV
Photos and information are courtesy of
Gary Gin. All fight statistics are courtesy of
BotRank (
www.botrank.com) as of July 15,
2009. Event attendance data is courtesy of
BotRank and The Builder’s Database
(
www.buildersdb.com) as of July 15, 2009.
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