ROBOT PR FILE
TOP RANKED ROBOT THIS MONTH
● by Kevin Berry
Gutter Monkey:
Currently Ranked #1
Top Ranked Combat Bots
Historical Data
Ranking
Weight
Class
150 grams
Bot
26/7 150 grams
Weight
Class
Win/Loss
Bot
Win/Loss
VD
The Joke
4/0
1 pound Dark Pounder 44/5
1 pound
Black Death 15/1
1 kg
Roadbug
32/12
1 kg
8/2
3 pounds
3pd
48/21 3 pounds
6 pounds
G.I.R.
21/4 6 pounds
Roadbug
Gutter
Monkey 9/1
G.I.R. 7/2
12 pounds
Solaris
42/12 12 pounds Surgical Strike 17/4
15 pounds Humdinger 2 29/2 15 pounds Humdinger 2 18/0
30 pounds
Helios
31/6 30 pounds Pyromancer 10/0
30 (sport)
Upheaval
19/7 30 (sport)
Upheaval
14/3
60 pounds Wedge of Doom 43/5 60 pounds The Big B
11/4
120 pounds Devil's Plunger 53/15 120 pounds Professor Chaos 10/0
Class: 3 pound Beetleweight
Team: Team Death by Monkeys
Builder(s): Rob Farrow, Dan Odell
Location: Seattle, WA
220 pounds BioHazard
35/5 220 pounds Original Sin
15/3
340 pounds SHOVELHEAD 39/15 340 pounds
Ziggy
7/2
390 pounds MidEvil
28/9
BotRank Data Total Fights
Lifetime History 33
Current Record 10
Events 10
Wins
24
9
Losses
9
1
Data as of September 15, 2009
Gutter Monkey has competed in: Seattle Bot Battles 4, Robothon
Robot Combat 2006, Seattle Bot
Battle 5, NW Hobby Show 2,
RoboGames 2007, Robothon Robot
Combat 2007, Robothon Robot
Combat 2008, Dos Ratas Muertos,
NW Model Hobby Expo 2009, and
Seattle Bot Battle 7. Details are:
● Drive motor: BaneBots 20:1.
● Design philosophy: Keep it
simple.
● Wheels: Four 2” wheels.
● Drive ESC: Scorpion.
● Drive batteries: 11V Lithium.
● Builder’s bragging opportunity:
The most powerful spinners
around can’t get past the
chromoly steel wedge! SV
● Armor: . 10” 4130 chromoly steel
wedge.
● Overall configuration: Four wheel
invertible wedge.
● Radio system: 2. 4 GHz.
● Frame: Aluminum sandwich.
● Future plans: Increase speed.
Information and photos are courtesy of Rob
Farrow. All fight statistics are courtesy of
BotRank ( www.botrank.com) as of
September 15, 2009. Event attendance data
is courtesy of BotRank and The Builder’s
Database ( www.buildersdb.com) as of
September 15, 2009.
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