ROBOT PR FILE
TOP RANKED ROBOT THIS MONTH
Top Ranked Combat Bots
History Score
Ranking
Weight
Class
150 grams
1 pound
1 kg
3 pounds
6 pounds
Bot
Weight
Bot
Class
26/7 150 grams Micro Drive 10/3
44/5 1 pound Dark Pounder 23/3
27/10 1 kg Roadbug 11/4
48/21 3 pounds Limblifter 12/1
17/2 6 pounds G.I.R. 11/2
42/12 12 pounds Surgical 19/7
Strike
29/2 15 pounds Humdinger 2 29/2
31/6 30 pounds Billy Bob 12/4
9/1 30 (sport) Bounty Hunter 9/1
Win/Loss
Win/Loss
VD
Dark Pounder
Roadbug
3pd
G.I.R.
12 pounds
Solaris
15 pounds Humdinger 2
30 pounds Helios
30 (sport) Bounty Hunter
60 pounds Wedge of Doom 43/5
120 pounds Devil's Plunger 53/15
220 pounds Sewer Snake 46/13
340 pounds SHOVELHEAD 39/15
390 pounds MidEvil 28/9
60 pounds
K2
14/2
120 pounds Touro 14/2
220 pounds Original Sin 12/5
340 pounds Ziggy 6/0
390 pounds MidEvil 3/0
History Score is calculated by
perfomance at all events known to
BotRank
Current Ranking is calculated by
performance at all known events,
using data from the last 18 months
Rankings as of July 10, 2008
● by Kevin Berry
Surgical Strike – Currently Ranked #1
Historical Ranking: #7
Team: Rolling Thunder
Builder(s): Peter and Andrew Smith
Location: Formerly Skelmorlie, Scotland.
Now, Cary, North Carolina
BotRank Data Total Fights
Lifetime History 34
Current Record 26
Events 9
Wins
24
19
Losses
10
7
Surgical Strike has competed in:
Motorama 2006, Pre-Nationals
Last Chance Qualifier 2006,
Motorama 2007, Carolina Combat
2007, RoboGames 2007, Franklin
Institute Robot Conflict 2007,
Wreck-The-Halls 2007, Motorama
2008, and CCR Memorial Day
Qualifier. Details are:
● Overall configuration: Horizontal
undercutting blade spinner.
● Frame: TIG welded tubular 6061
aluminum.
● Drive: Harbor Freight 18V
cordless drill gearmotors.
● Wheels: 4” x 7/8” Colsons.
● Drive ESC: Two 12-45 Banebots.
● Drive batteries: 2,000 mAh;18V
NiCds.
● Weapon type: 15” titanium blade
with 4140 steel hammers.
● Weapon power: Electric.
● Weapon motor: Turnigy 55-50A
400 Kv Brushless.
● Weapon controller: Turnigy
Plush 60A.
● Armor: 3/16 UHMW shields for
weapon motor and pulley.
● Radio system: 2. 4 GHz Spektrum
DX6.
● Future plans: New chassis to
allow 17” blade and 22.2V LiPo
batteries.
● Design philosophy: Very light
but strong chassis; maximize power
and blade.
● Builder’s bragging opportunity:
Possibly the most powerful 12-lber
in the world; winner of the last
three out of four competitions
entered, looking forward to a
chance to fight the all time #1 —
Solaris — at next year’s Motorama.
There can be only one ... SV
Photos and information are courtesy of Team
Rolling Thunder (www.teamrollingthunder.
com). All fight statistics are courtesy of
BotRank ( www.botrank.com) as of July 10,
2008. Event attendance data is courtesy of
BotRank and The Builder’s Database (www.
buildersdb.com) as of July 10, 2008.
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