Battlebots vlad the impaler biography
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Vlad the Impaler
US 1994-1997 Events
1996-1997
Power
2x gel cell batteries
Weapons
Pneumatic Lifting Forks
Statistics correct as of its most recent show/competition appearance, or if not applicable, qualification attempt.
- "This is our robot Vlad the Impaler, a robot's worst nightmare!"
- — Gage Cauchois
Vlad the Impaler was a heavyweight robot built and entered by Gage Cauchois into the 1996 and 1997 US Robot Wars competitions.
On its debut combat appearance, it used its pneumatic lifting forks and ramming power to full advantage, reaching the Semi-Finals of the Heavyweight Face-Off championship. Upon facing fellow lifter-wielding machine BioHazard, it would be defeated by the eventual Face-Off winner at that stage, setting up an informal rivalry between the two machines. Vlad the Impaler was also eliminated in the preliminary rounds of the Heavyweight Melee tournament, upon being flipped over and left unable to self-right following a ram by La Machine.
For 1997, Vlad the Impaler was improved with a self-righting 'piston', which it used to notable effect against BioHazard in the second round of the Heavyweight Face-Off. However, this was not enough for it to avoid losing the rematch by a Judges' decision. A more dominant run in t
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BattleBots
American robot combat television series
For the most recent season, see BattleBots (season 12).
BattleBots is an American robot combat television series and company. The show is an adaptation of the American Robot Wars competitions hosted in the mid–late 1990s by Marc Thorpe, in which competitors design and operate remote-controlled armed and armored machines designed to fight in an arena combat elimination tournament. The same competitions inspired the British TV program Robot Wars, which acquired the name in 1995.
Legally barred from the name "Robot Wars", American robot combat aficionados created a new company, BattleBots, under the ownership of Greg Munson and Trey Roski. The first official BattleBots event was hosted at the Long Beach Pyramid in Long Beach, California in August 1999, while a second event in Las Vegas was used to pitch the competition to television networks. For five seasons, BattleBots aired on the American Comedy Central and was hosted by Bil Dwyer, Sean Salisbury, and Tim Green. Comedy Central's first season premiered on August 23, 2000, and its fifth and last season ended on December 21, 2002. While small untelevised competitions continued to be run under the BattleBots name, the show was on hiatus until it was revived on ABC