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The level of challenge involved with building a fighting robot means

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that there is no perfect design.

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40 robot fighting teams...

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..competing for the ultimate prize.

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This year, there will be a lot of things that people won't expect.

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Battling in the biggest...

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..toughest robot fighting arena in the world.

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Each week, only the strongest will survive.

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Last week, all robots great and small

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smashed their way around our arena.

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But it was the power of Shockwave and the huge axe of Thor that made

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it through the heats.

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The two titans clashed,

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but Thor didn't last and Shockwave powered through to the grand final.

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Who will join them this week

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fighting to become the Robot Wars champion?

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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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This is Robot Wars!

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And this is the arena where the robots come to fight.

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As you can see, it's filled with hazards -

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spikes, the flipper, the pit and fire.

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And as if taking on each other wasn't hard enough,

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the teams must also contend with giant mechanised anger on wheels,

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designed to pulverise anything that gets in their way.

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Or, as we call them here, the house robots.

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Behind me is the weapons testing area,

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the last stop for our teams before they take the short but lonely walk

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to the arena. It's the only place where the teams are able to test

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their robots, due to the sheer power of the weapons.

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Here in the pits, the teams are busy checking and repairing their robots,

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ready for battle.

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Here's a quick heads up on how the show works.

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We start with two huge group battles.

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It's a 50-50 shot if you escape, even from there.

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Then the top two robots from each one progress to the head-to-heads

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and, finally, the two robots that score the most points

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in the head-to-heads fight in tonight's final.

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The first group battle will feature...

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OK, I have to say, this I'm very excited about.

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I love a bit of neon. Hello, Team Glitterbomb.

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-Hello.

-How are you doing? Are you the dad?

-Good.

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-Yes, I am.

-Are you the boss?

-Yes, I am.

-Good woman.

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Now, tell me about Glitterbomb.

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How long has it taken to build?

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-Quite a long time and...

-How long are we talking?

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Four weeks, but mostly the last week.

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Oh, it's been, like, a bit of a crammer?

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-72 hours straight.

-Who chose the colour scheme?

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It's quite unique, it definitely stands out in here.

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I chose the colour scheme and I also chose the design.

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-And what's your name?

-April.

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April. And did you choose the costumes as well?

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I chose the logo, but I didn't choose the black.

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Tell us about the design.

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It's a pink robot that's all glittery,

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-with a belt around its waist.

-Right.

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And the axe is really spiky, so it can dig into robots.

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Brilliant. And who drives it?

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-My dad.

-OK.

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Did you have a few goes at this weapon before it was complete?

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We haven't tested the weapon yet.

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-We tested the old version of the weapon...

-Right.

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..but since we've put the new parts in, it's not been tested.

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-OK.

-But April's controlling the weapon in the arena,

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so if it goes horribly wrong, it's not my fault.

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Although, he'll have his finger on my thumb,

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so he's controlling my thumb!

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This is Overdozer and the team from Overdozer.

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Can I start with what is the obvious question?

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It seems uniquely to be made out of wood.

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Yeah, we went with an MDF armour,

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because it's cheap and really easy to cut

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because we did not have a lot of time to make this robot.

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Really? This has been...

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-This is your first attempt as well.

-Pretty rushed. Yeah, the first...

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When you arrived in here, you looked around and you didn't see any

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other wooden robots, was there any part of you thinking,

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"This might be a bad idea?"

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We kind of had a thought that it might be quite a bad idea

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right from the beginning.

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It probably will stand up to a lot more punishment than people will

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-give it credit for.

-Also, one huge change,

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it's not an electric engine like most of the ones out here...

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-What kind of engine?

-We have a petrol engine under here

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-to power our active weapon at the back.

-What's your active weapon?

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It's just a spinning blade.

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-It's like an outboard motor, essentially, at the back?

-Yeah.

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You've made a boat.

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It probably wouldn't float, but, yeah!

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How high do you rate your chances -

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with your petrol engine, which could burn down your wooden boat,

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which has an outboard engine?

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Oh...

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A long pause.

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I'll take that pause. I'll take that pause and run with it.

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Overdozer, I'm loving this.

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I want your cabinet to win, that's what I want.

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So, King B Remix, quite a smart robot, in every way?

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Yes, he is, very much.

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He understands Japanese, actually - only Japanese.

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-So I am a commander.

-You are the commander.

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And, holding a drill, you look slightly terrifying!

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Amazing. Talk to me about the weapon.

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Well, our main weapon is actually to be just fast and powerful.

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We have these spikes, you see. We can get under them and lift them

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and take them all around the arena.

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-You're going to dance around!

-Absolutely.

-Muhammad Ali style.

-Exactly.

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I can't wait to see you waltz around that arena.

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Brilliant, guys. Thank you. Best of luck.

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Now, Dantomkia,

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which is a robot with some heritage as well, isn't it?

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The original owner, Mike,

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he named it after his three children -

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Daniel, Thomas and Kiara.

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He stopped playing with the hobby and then we took over it

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to resurrect it.

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And it's an interesting piece of work,

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because the robot itself is a weapon.

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It can be a very powerful weapon.

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The whole thing can spin round and be a very deadly full body spinner,

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-if we need it to as well.

-You've also got a flipper there as well.

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We're laying on the high-pressure flipper to flip robots over, out,

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in the pit and turn them over.

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By the way, I'm impressed with the

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way you've made it look very sciency... Very good.

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With these completely fake readouts, rolling on a loop.

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Are you going to get through this round?

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Confident. We're confident.

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-Can I give you a hint?

-Yeah.

-Go after the wooden robot.

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That's the one!

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Where's the smoke coming from, by the way?

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-A bad thing hasn't happened?

-Not yet.

-Fine, good. OK.

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Time, then, to put their robots in the firing line.

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Loaded onto their trolleys, the teams must get up to the arena,

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arm the weapons and prepare to fight.

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Our man with a ringside view of the robots is, as ever, Jonathan Pearce.

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Thanks, Dara and Angela.

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The teams are almost ready and our esteemed judges in position.

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Professor Sethu Vijayakumar,

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Dr Lucy Rogers and Professor Noel Sharkey.

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If there is no clear winner in each three-minute battle,

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they'll appoint a winner judged on damage, control and aggression.

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'From Falkirk, Scotland - Overdozer.'

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This team of friends with a mutual love of engineering chose their

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robot's wooden armour for its

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flame retardant properties.

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OK, then! Will they get a chance to

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use their outboard motor-driven blade

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before being reduced to sawdust?

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It remains to be seen.

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'From Wolverhampton - Dantomkia.'

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This team of friends have the moves like Brucie and the flipper bot

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made of tank-grade armour steel,

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one of the quickest robots in

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the competition.

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Aimee Burch's role is team counsellor,

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rehabilitating the rest of the team

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after harrowing robot battles.

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'From Wrexham, North Wales - Glitterbomb.'

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This family team claim their robot can right itself

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from any position with

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its powerful pneumatic axe.

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According to April's dad, James,

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Glitterbomb was originally going to

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be black, silver and cool looking.

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April, however, insisted it be

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pink and glittery.

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'From Portsmouth - King B Remix.'

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This flipper-rammer robot has green credentials,

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made of 30% recycled parts.

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The team captain Simon prepares for

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battle at home by pushing

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a wheelbarrow around at high speed.

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Simon, the arena is no rose garden.

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In all the matches this evening,

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the competitors will be joined by one of the house robots.

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For this group battle, it's the femme fatale of Robot Wars, Matilda,

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with her fetching pink rear flywheel.

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She'll be guarding her corner patrol zone, and if competitors cross the

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line they'll face the wrath of this metallic mistress.

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So here we go.

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'Roboteers, stand by.'

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'Three, two, one, activate.'

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Wouldn't it be nice if Overdozer survives?

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Get it?

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They will soon. They're straight into the melee, though.

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Glitterbomb being pushed away.

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An attack by King B Remix on Overdozer.

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We've lost drive, that's it.

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Boarded armaments of Overdozer ruptured.

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Pieces, splinters, I dare say, flying off.

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Well, they didn't last long, did they, Overdozer?

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We didn't think they would, but we thought they'd be better than that.

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They were rubbish!

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And they will be consigned to the rubbish bin, I should think.

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Dantomkia chasing down on Glitterbomb.

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How's that powerful axe, Glitterbomb?

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Got a good blow from that axe in early on.

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Oh!

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April went through six different axes before she was happy.

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All that power in that machine is in the axe.

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They have very little manoeuvrability.

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Why is it not working, Daddy?

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More damage on...

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Oh, Overdozer!

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Look at the flipping power out there in the arena!

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Sensational.

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Dantomkia in underneath Overdozer and lifting 86 kilos

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as if it were a leaf.

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Now, King B Remix here are being clever.

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They've stayed out of trouble, largely,

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they know those tyres are exposed.

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-Daddy!

-I don't think Glitterbomb and little April can get out of that

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trouble now.

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I think they've been immobilised.

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Dantomkia very impressive, the quickest robot out there.

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Very manoeuvrable and used the spikes underneath

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the flipper to cause real mayhem.

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And they have done.

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Overdozer, you were rubbish, boys!

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We won't build our next robot out of MDF!

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-To come into the arena with...

-HE LAUGHS

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KLAXON

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..with a wooden robot! There are splinters out there!

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Oh, dear.

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Mend that one, I don't think so.

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We're out. That's it.

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I think we know the winners,

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but let's just look at all the action again.

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Overdozer almost went right from the start.

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You'll see it here, coming forward confidently.

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But King B Remix caused the early damage there.

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That immobilised Overdozer.

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They were out. Glitterbomb got in a couple of blows with the axe,

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but I think that was it.

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And they couldn't really function properly since then.

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King B Remix very clever throughout.

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And Dantomkia destructive.

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Overdozer, so much hope, so little left.

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Dantomkia, congratulations. Very good.

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I thought that actually was quite an awesome performance by you guys.

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-Were you happy with that?

-It was all right. It was good.

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"It was all right." That sounds like a man who thinks there's more in the can.

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We're getting used to it, there's more to come.

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-What is yours built with?

-Treated military-style steel.

-Treated military-style steel.

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Let's bear that in mind as I turn to our other team.

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We've learned an important lesson today, haven't we,

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about the value of MDF as shelving?

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But not... Do you know how long you lasted?

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-Less than 30 seconds.

-Not very long. Our drive system went out.

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23 seconds you lasted out there.

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Might as well have built it out of biscuit,

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that's how effective wood was.

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You were like the first little piggy of this particular story!

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They huffed and puffed and they blew your house down.

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Lovely to have you here, lads.

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An absolute pleasure. Overdozer - a delight.

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Glitterbomb, the crowd were behind you all the way.

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And it looked like it was going well,

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but it didn't quite pan out the way you had planned.

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No. No, something went wrong.

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I think we've got a gas leak.

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-That's a bit of a shame.

-Was it Dad's driving, April?

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-No.

-Good, stand by your dad.

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That's the spirit. Well done.

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Guys, I feel like, tactically, you kind of sat at the periphery.

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I hope we see a little bit more action

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-in the head-to-heads from you guys.

-Oh, we will, we will.

-We need to.

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OK, good. Good luck.

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Robot Wars can be brutal for the steeliest of competitors.

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So there can be little sympathy for the students from Falkirk

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who opted to build theirs from wood.

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I don't think catastrophic begins to cut it at this point.

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We built a robot in five days and we made it work.

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We really need a step up for next time

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if we want to last longer than 23 seconds.

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Watching Overdozer being smashed to smithereens was really quite sad

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in many ways. The hours that must have gone into it.

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But it just goes to show, choosing your materials.

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MDF, great to work with, easy to work with,

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but if you're fighting against military grade robots

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or military grade materials, you've really got to choose

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what you're making its stuff of really well.

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Glitterbomb, sadly, it looked like it had a problem with its hammer.

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Didn't come back up.

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We had a tiny leak while we were ramming up

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and, by the time the fight started, our regulator had frozen.

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So we got the two hits that were in the buffer tank and then that's it -

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we had no more gas.

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So it wouldn't self-right, it wouldn't throw the axe over.

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One little tiny leak scuppered us.

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I'm going to come back and I'm going to smash, bash and crash!

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It's time to get on with the second group fixture.

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Battling it out will be...

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Supernova!

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Is everything going to plan?

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No, not quite.

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So, yesterday, the electronics, the brains of the robot,

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went kaput.

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So we've spent the whole of today rewiring,

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and it's been a nightmare.

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-So, from scratch?

-Pretty much - rewired the whole robot.

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So first-time test is going to be in the arena in about five minutes.

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You're basically flying blind in there.

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-Basically, yeah.

-OK, you don't seem too bothered.

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I am, I just hide it well!

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OK, let's have a talk to TR2.

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Now, let's get you in here, lads. What age are you, young man?

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-I'm 15.

-15 years old. So this is very much...

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This is your mum and dad here as well.

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OK, so they've drawn you into the family trade.

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It's very much more of a family trade, isn't it?

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-Who's your great, great four times removed great uncle?

-George Stephenson.

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-George Stephenson, the father of the railways.

-Yep.

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Would he be proud if he looked down now,

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to see that the family are creating destructive robots?!

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Is this the legacy that Stephenson wanted?

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All the bodge. All the bodge.

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OK, fine. What will this do?

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Well, on the front end we've got a full pressure flipper,

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and on the back we've got a deadly axe that we'll hopefully do some damage with.

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-A deadly axe, that's that triangle of metal here?

-Yeah.

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-Yeah, OK.

-Panic stations at Orte.

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Somebody's been sent to run to get a receiver.

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-What's happened?

-The antenna's fallen off our receiver here.

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-Oh, no.

-It means it won't receive our signals.

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-So it'll be just sitting...

-A lump of metal.

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Nightmare. Will you be able to fix it?

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-How long will it take?

-About five minutes.

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-Well, there's a confident response!

-Maybe less.

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Not quite panic stations.

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One team with great hopes is Big Nipper.

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Hello, Big Nipper. How are you? Are you doing well?

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-Yeah, we're doing well.

-Fantastic.

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This is an interesting one because you have not just one,

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-but two weapons, am I right?

-Yeah, we've got interchangeable weapons, depending on who we're fighting.

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So which one is the most destructive one?

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This weapon that's on the robot now. It's a vertical spinning weapon.

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It spins at about 4,200 rpm.

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We've cranked it up to ten seconds,

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that's as much as we dare crank it up for.

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-It's that dangerous.

-What happens at 11 seconds?

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It could destroy itself.

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-Are you going to win this?

-Of course we're going to win it!

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-Lovely stuff.

-It's the toughest robot here.

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Even to itself! That's how tough it is.

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So it's off to war for our teams as they head up to the arena.

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Taking us through every destructive detail to their treasured robots is,

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of course, Jonathan Pearce.

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Thanks, Dara. It'll be interesting to see who can keep the gremlins

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at bay, then, during the chaos of this second group battle.

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'From Leeds - Big Nipper.'

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A family team of engineers who're

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responsible for this eight-wheeled machine.

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Its interchangeable weapons are a

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very high pressure crushing jaw,

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or a vertical spinner.

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The team are very confident.

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They've rated their chances

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of winning as 11 out of 10.

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'From Gateshead - TR2.'

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It's a family affair with mum and dad putting full confidence in

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15-year-old Alex's driving skills.

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Of course, it's also got a weapon

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capable of flipping a small car

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at its disposal.

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The team are worried about the

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quality of dad Clive's welding.

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Let's hope they hold it together.

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'From Brighton - Orte.'

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A team of teachers and students have

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a double-skinned steel

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and titanium armour.

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The team described their machine

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as a nightmare in metal

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and as having no weaknesses.

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Captain Ian's been behind lots

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of robot building projects,

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including a robot that eats crisps.

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'From Wallington, Surrey - Supernova.'

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This bot boasts a mighty spinning disc

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which rotates at 2,500 rpm.

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Captain Suren, who works in the gas

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and oil industry, and his team

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promise that Supernova

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will be a crowd pleaser.

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But its disc is so powerful it could

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easily damage itself if used incorrectly.

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Overseeing this fight from the corner patrol zone for this

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group battle, Sir Killalot.

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At 750 kilos, what he lacks in speed he makes up for in damage.

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'Roboteers, stand by.'

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'Three, two, one.

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'Activate!'

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Supernova... Oh, getting a slam on the right-hand side.

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This is like taking a driving test at the Monaco Grand Prix!

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And they're being nudged towards Orte.

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Have they repaired their aerial problems?

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They're stuck on the arena sidewall straightaway.

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Slammed in there by Big Nipper.

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We know all about Big Nipper's weaponry.

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They have the ability to pick up an

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opponent weighing 300 kilos and carry

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it around the arena floor.

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Supernova back in the action and slamming in on Big Nipper.

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Well done, Supernova.

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And if they can get that full spinning potential up,

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it's much faster than most other robots of its type.

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TR2 with a little bit of a push and a shove in there on Supernova.

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Meanwhile, Big Nipper staying out of trouble and comes in behind TR2.

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The flip over the axe of the back -

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the team from Gateshead, on Tyneside.

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Oh, head-to-head there!

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The power of Supernova and Big Nipper.

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Orte long gone, by the way.

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Literally out of the picture.

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And TR2 there and

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Big Nipper teaming up on Supernova!

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Very nearly in the pit. Oh, and Big Nipper nearly went down as well!

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Well, how difficult is it to control these machines, I wonder.

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Very difficult if you've got a gyroscopic effect

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created by a 2,500-rpm spinning disc there

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for Suren in charge of Supernova.

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-May be powerful...

-HE LAUGHS

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..but he couldn't control it.

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They couldn't control Big Nipper, it would seem!

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TR2 now, closing in on Supernova!

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They've finally gone.

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-KLAXON

-They couldn't stay out.

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And Supernova disappear into the big black hole.

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Oh, what a shame, they'd done so well.

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Terrific contest, this.

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We wondered about Orte's control because of the aerial.

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And Supernova, largely untested, and Big Nipper doing the damage there.

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You can see it had it in the link coming out.

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Meanwhile, goodness me, how close that was for Big Nipper.

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But Supernova didn't take the hint.

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And although they came in and may have caused some damage to TR2,

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they got the flipper underneath.

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They carried them, and that's when Supernova went down and out.

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Thank you very much.

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TR2 survive with Big Nipper.

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That was fantastic, you looked really powerful out there.

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Yeah, well, we had a bit of a problem from the start,

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we didn't have the flipper and the axe working. We had no pneumatics.

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So you just drove them and smashed them and that was all it took?

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-Yep.

-How good are you going to be when it goes head-to-head?

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-Who knows, hopefully better!

-That's fantastic.

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And you, winners as well.

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This is... What a happy room this is for once.

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But could have gone terribly wrong.

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Oh, yeah. We nearly went in the pit. Too near.

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There was a point that you skimmed the very edge of it. How did you manage to stay out?

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Because we've got four wheels and only one went in the pit.

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-The other three drove us off, just!

-Listen, well done to both of you.

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Two winning teams. This is the winners' room.

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Supernova, it looked like you were managing to keep it on track.

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I mean, nearly got chucked in the pit, on your sides,

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everything was looking good.

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It was looking good. It felt like TR2 were really gunning for us.

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Just didn't see that pit, and they just pushed us into it.

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Why do you think they were gunning for you?

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Because it's such a destructive weapon.

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So I guess a good hit could disable them.

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-So do you think they were going for you before you got a chance to get them?

-Yeah.

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Before this fight we hadn't tested the drive or the weapon.

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And the fact is, they're both still working right now.

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-It's just we got the pit.

-I'm sorry, hard luck.

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Now, Orte, you hardly got out of the blocks. What happened?

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One fatal blow, it seemed.

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Something fell off, we think the link fell out.

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The safety link that all robots have to have.

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-We think it fell out.

-How did you feel at the steering wheel?

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-It was good.

-Yeah?

-Yeah.

-You gave it your best shot, didn't you?

0:21:420:21:47

-Yeah.

-Yeah, well done.

-Good man.

-Yeah.

-Well done.

-Thank you.

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Supernova started off very well, had a massive attack taking out Orte.

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But then, in trying to run away from Sir Killalot, it fell into the pit.

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We must have hit someone really hard, and it sheared the bolts,

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and this blade basically was embedded into the arena wall.

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So we actually sheared ten bolts off.

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It was amazing, it was an amazing fight.

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We performed quite well, we were a bit unlucky.

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But it was good fun and we'll definitely be back.

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After another merciless group battle,

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Big Nipper and TR2 are through to the head-to-heads.

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But victory has come at a price.

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This should be straight. It's twisted all over there.

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It's come out of where it slots in...

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The disc isn't working, we might have just pulled some wires out,

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-because it's come out.

-Supernova.

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Well, I think we ran into him, and it did that.

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Father-and-son team TR2 know they have work to do.

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For some reason we haven't got the flipper working.

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So that's what we're going to do now,

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is find out why that failed and hope to have

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it working for the next fight.

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These two valves here are what fire the weapon.

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The gas comes through, stops there until we fire those two,

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which then fires the ram in the piston.

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Luck was on our side that time, next time it might not be.

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With the group rounds complete, the four qualifying robots...

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..will now fight each other in one-on-one battles.

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Our first head-to-head is between King B Remix and Dantomkia.

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King B Remix, is the commander feeling confident?

0:23:290:23:32

Yes, I think we are more confident after the first battle.

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Why do you feel more confident?

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Because you did nothing in the group battles, so you're unscathed.

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Well... He was too gentle and I talked to him, so he'll be...

0:23:400:23:45

-Gave him a little pep talk?

-Yeah.

-What did you say to him?

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-Yare. Yare.

-What does that mean?

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That means kill him.

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On that note...

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Now, Dantomkia, you came through that group battle,

0:23:550:23:58

I wouldn't say unscathed.

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You have a rather large puncture hole.

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And also it's been signed, "And first of many by King B Remix,"

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who you are fighting in the next battle.

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Are you going to stand for that?

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No, they crept in to sign it and

0:24:090:24:11

they are going out of the arena for it now.

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Amy, you are very much the counsellor for this evening,

0:24:130:24:15

how would you describe their emotional state at the moment?

0:24:150:24:18

They've had a few moments with getting the robot fixed and sorted

0:24:180:24:21

and ready for battle, but they're pretty cool.

0:24:210:24:23

You're saying they were down. You're saying they're brittle emotionally

0:24:230:24:26

and it wouldn't take much for them to break again,

0:24:260:24:29

-is that what you're saying?

-No, we're Dantomkia, we're strong.

0:24:290:24:31

-That's what I'm taking from this.

-No, we're strong.

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Even the thing itself is exhaling in its own environment.

0:24:330:24:36

-He's ready. He's roaring, ready to go.

-Really?

-Yeah.

-OK, cool, fantastic.

0:24:360:24:39

Listen, the best of luck, Dantomkia.

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Dantomkia arrive with smoke effects and digital displays.

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But they'll need to prove themselves as fighters in the arena.

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My name's Shane, I'm from Mablethorpe.

0:24:480:24:50

I'm team captain and driver.

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We are from all walks of life.

0:24:520:24:54

I'm an arcade manager. Kevin and Amy, they're bar managers.

0:24:540:24:57

Stu, he's a managing consultant.

0:24:570:24:59

Our robot is Dantomkia.

0:24:590:25:01

We're not from a technical background,

0:25:010:25:03

but robot building itself, what it's taught us is to weld,

0:25:030:25:06

it's taught us electrics, it's taught us gearbox ratios,

0:25:060:25:10

pneumatics, it's taught us a lot.

0:25:100:25:12

And we make a good team now, so all good.

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Dantomkia has two key features.

0:25:160:25:17

It's tail keeps the robot pointing to the ground,

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and its flipper, lots of flips.

0:25:200:25:23

The thing I love about robot fighting

0:25:230:25:25

is watching other people lose.

0:25:250:25:28

Their faces, it's great.

0:25:280:25:30

You're not going to beat us,

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just go and play with your little robot and dream on.

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Heading into the all-important head-to-heads,

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King B Remix weren't really tested in the group stage,

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so this could be a rude awakening for the Portsmouth team.

0:25:430:25:47

I'm Simon. I'm the team captain and designer and builder

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for King B Remix team, from Portsmouth.

0:25:500:25:53

My day job is actually a power electronics engineer,

0:25:530:25:56

so big electrical systems is my thing.

0:25:560:25:59

Martin's also a technical guy.

0:25:590:26:01

Grant is also into technical sales.

0:26:010:26:04

And Natsuko, well, who knows what Natsuko gets up to!

0:26:040:26:07

I have taken my experience from work which is power electronics.

0:26:070:26:11

We build this whole robot on the fact that we can pump a lot of power

0:26:110:26:15

into the motors, into the system, and keep it under control.

0:26:150:26:18

Sometimes though we have been known to overclock it a bit,

0:26:180:26:21

and we set fire to motors. That's our only problem, really.

0:26:210:26:24

We're all about attack.

0:26:240:26:26

But if Natsuko was driving, we wouldn't stop.

0:26:260:26:29

But to take it all the way to the end,

0:26:290:26:30

if the robot gods are smiling, it'd be amazing.

0:26:300:26:34

So here it is, Dantomkia versus King B Remix.

0:26:360:26:40

Faster flipper versus powerful pusher.

0:26:400:26:43

In the arena with our competitors for this fight,

0:26:430:26:45

Matilda and Dead Metal.

0:26:450:26:47

'Roboteers, stand by.

0:26:500:26:52

'Three, two, one...

0:26:560:27:00

'Activate.' KLAXON

0:27:000:27:03

Dantomkia quick off the mark.

0:27:030:27:05

Can get up to 22mph.

0:27:050:27:08

Good driving by King B Remix.

0:27:080:27:11

And they come in on the attack with those front spikes.

0:27:110:27:15

Dantomkia forgot about the floor spikes.

0:27:150:27:18

Now he loves to watch the others lose, says Shane Swan,

0:27:180:27:23

the captain and driver.

0:27:230:27:24

Will his team be the winning team,

0:27:240:27:27

or will he have to take a long look at himself?

0:27:270:27:30

Well, he's in underneath. King B Remix there!

0:27:300:27:32

And they're wedged in there.

0:27:320:27:35

Well, one mistake by King B Remix to open themselves up to the blip,

0:27:350:27:41

and they are not going to get out from there.

0:27:410:27:44

That is brilliant driving by Dantomkia.

0:27:440:27:48

And now, of course, King B Remix can be flipped out by Matilda.

0:27:480:27:52

KLAXON

0:27:520:27:54

Good start, I felt, by King B Remix.

0:28:010:28:04

Confident. Dantomkia with the initial mistake.

0:28:040:28:08

But once they had recovered from that,

0:28:080:28:10

they got in underneath King B Remix.

0:28:100:28:12

From then on, one outcome likely.

0:28:120:28:15

That was brutal.

0:28:170:28:19

And this, of course, was the coup de grace from Matilda.

0:28:190:28:24

Great performance by Dantomkia.

0:28:250:28:27

They showed perfect control, precision, great aggression.

0:28:270:28:30

And the way it flipped it in behind the tyre,

0:28:300:28:33

you couldn't have done better.

0:28:330:28:35

Rushing their robot back to the pits,

0:28:350:28:37

King B Remix need to find out as soon as possible

0:28:370:28:40

-how bad the damage is.

-Bad.

0:28:400:28:42

We broke it by just giving it too much...

0:28:420:28:45

If it can't be fixed, then if something very strange is going on,

0:28:450:28:49

then I'm panicking when it all starts going to pieces.

0:28:490:28:52

That's it. Thank you very much.

0:28:520:28:55

We have clean snapped the chain...

0:28:550:28:59

with power.

0:28:590:29:01

I whizzed up the power to maximum.

0:29:010:29:04

And that's what happened. That's like 1.6 tonnes

0:29:040:29:07

breaking force on that chain.

0:29:070:29:10

-Wow.

-That was a bit easy, wasn't it?

0:29:100:29:13

Shame, shame on them.

0:29:130:29:14

Shouldn't have put a hole in my robot.

0:29:140:29:16

At the end of the first head-to-head,

0:29:180:29:21

Dantomkia take the lead with three points,

0:29:210:29:23

with King B Remix on zero.

0:29:230:29:25

Next up, it's Big Nipper versus TR2.

0:29:260:29:29

Since their group battles,

0:29:310:29:33

teams have been fixing and repairing damage.

0:29:330:29:36

There you go, mate.

0:29:360:29:37

TR2 have now sorted their weapon firing system

0:29:400:29:43

and are feeling confident about the competition.

0:29:430:29:46

The best machine will win.

0:29:470:29:49

-Hope it's us.

-After limited success with their spinning disc,

0:29:490:29:53

Big Nipper have decided on a weapon change and will be using their

0:29:530:29:57

crushing jaws in the next battle.

0:29:570:29:59

The jaws are for lifting and crushing.

0:29:590:30:01

They can lift the robots up with a crushing power of about

0:30:010:30:04

three and a half to four tonne, so they tend to pick up the robots.

0:30:040:30:08

We can sustain a lot of a lot of damage,

0:30:080:30:10

so face power with power.

0:30:100:30:12

Big Nipper make the daunting walk to the arena.

0:30:120:30:14

If they can crush rivals TR2 and take the full three points,

0:30:140:30:18

they'll go joint top of the league.

0:30:180:30:20

I'm Graeme, we're from Lancashire and our robot is Big Nipper.

0:30:200:30:24

My day job is a toolmaker,

0:30:250:30:27

my brother is an electronics engineer,

0:30:270:30:30

my dad is a weaver.

0:30:300:30:32

We like the idea of a crusher but we wanted to build something different

0:30:320:30:36

so we thought, if it could pick the robots up, it would be a good idea.

0:30:360:30:40

We got all the materials from the local scrapyard, mostly titanium.

0:30:400:30:44

That's what you need to build a strong robot.

0:30:440:30:48

-And we've got these for both sides of the disc as well.

-You've got six bolts...

0:30:480:30:51

Being a toolmaker has helped a huge amount

0:30:510:30:53

for building the robot because I know how to use the machines,

0:30:530:30:57

I can use CNC machines and lays and spark eroders.

0:30:570:31:00

Without that experience,

0:31:000:31:01

I would have never have been able to build the robot as it is.

0:31:010:31:04

The strategy that we have in the arena is

0:31:040:31:07

go full speed and attack, attack, attack!

0:31:070:31:10

TR2 may have the youngest driver in the head-to-heads but he's proving

0:31:120:31:16

himself to be as good as any we have in the competition.

0:31:160:31:20

I'm Alex from Newcastle and my robot is TR2.

0:31:200:31:22

Robots and rugby, they're my two main hobbies, definitely.

0:31:240:31:27

I couldn't split them. I really couldn't split them.

0:31:270:31:31

I'm the captain of Team TR2 and also the driver,

0:31:310:31:34

my dad is the engineer and builder and my mum supplies the tea.

0:31:340:31:38

We just started going to live events

0:31:380:31:40

until we got into building robots and there we were.

0:31:400:31:44

I was just fascinated by it.

0:31:440:31:46

Being a geek, it sort of really intrigued me

0:31:460:31:48

and inspired me to have a go at that myself.

0:31:480:31:51

I'm not worried about anything going wrong on the robot.

0:31:510:31:54

It's tested over three years, 50 fights a year.

0:31:540:31:57

We know it works. If anything is going to go wrong,

0:31:570:31:59

it's going to be Dad's welding.

0:31:590:32:01

With a place in the final at stake, over to you, Jonathan.

0:32:020:32:06

So prepare for punishment.

0:32:060:32:08

Head-to-head two. Big Nipper against TR2.

0:32:080:32:10

One tonne of flip against four tonnes of crush.

0:32:100:32:12

The house robots are Dead Metal and Matilda.

0:32:120:32:15

'Roboteers, stand by.'

0:32:190:32:21

No flip on the first fight for TR2.

0:32:230:32:24

No-one in charge, apparently, for Big Nipper.

0:32:270:32:29

'Two, one. Activate.'

0:32:290:32:33

Here we go. TR2 coming in from the right,

0:32:330:32:35

trying to get away there from the clutching, gripping claws

0:32:350:32:40

of Big Nipper and getting in underneath and ready to flip.

0:32:400:32:44

Big Nipper! And over goes 110 kilos.

0:32:440:32:47

The heaviest machine in this heat of Robot Wars.

0:32:470:32:51

Simply tossed up into the air, as Matilda watches on.

0:32:510:32:54

And, again, Big Nipper is thrown by TR2.

0:32:560:32:59

They've repaired the CO2 supply.

0:32:590:33:02

Have they got enough of it to keep up this punishing pace

0:33:020:33:05

in the Robot Wars arena?

0:33:050:33:07

Big Nipper into the clutches of Dead Metal and down comes a

0:33:070:33:11

circular saw onto that armament.

0:33:110:33:14

Between seven and ten millimetres of grade five titanium in that armament

0:33:140:33:18

and they've survived to make this a good battle

0:33:180:33:21

but TR2 on the offensive. Good steering there.

0:33:210:33:24

Big Nipper getting away and trying to draw them into the CPZ.

0:33:240:33:28

But TR2 having none of that.

0:33:280:33:29

KLAXON

0:33:290:33:31

-AUDIENCE:

-In the pit!

0:33:310:33:33

And the last moment of this for Big Nipper!

0:33:330:33:36

Sure to go now!

0:33:360:33:38

And down they go and, in the end, they made it easy for TR2.

0:33:380:33:42

SIGHING

0:33:420:33:44

Tea for two, a cream tea.

0:33:440:33:47

It was that easy in the end for TR2.

0:33:470:33:51

But certainly TR2, the better machine getting in underneath

0:33:510:33:56

Big Nipper there with a slam into the side walls.

0:33:560:33:59

Imagine the damage caused, perhaps to the drive system.

0:33:590:34:04

I wonder if it was fully working.

0:34:040:34:06

There! As they got so near the pit it made it an easy task for

0:34:060:34:10

TR2 to simply shove them home.

0:34:100:34:13

The weapon seem to be lacking a bit in power,

0:34:180:34:21

but that could be because it's so cold today.

0:34:210:34:23

It didn't work in the first fight, so anything's an improvement.

0:34:250:34:28

We're happy.

0:34:280:34:29

This is one of the five where we saw the house robots really get into it.

0:34:290:34:32

Saw Dead Metal really cause some damage.

0:34:320:34:36

Dead Metal saw us come down and just scratched all the way up here.

0:34:380:34:41

For some reason, we didn't have enough power

0:34:410:34:43

so we need to look at that

0:34:430:34:45

but I think what we'll do is put the other weapon on.

0:34:450:34:48

Dantomkia and TR2 are both

0:34:480:34:50

on three points,

0:34:500:34:51

with King B Remix and

0:34:510:34:53

Big Nipper yet to score,

0:34:530:34:54

leaving this competition wide open.

0:34:540:34:57

I'm here with one of our judges - renowned mechanical engineer Dr Lucy Rogers.

0:34:590:35:03

We've been talking, Lucy, about how accessible robotics is and this is

0:35:030:35:06

also true for animatronic robotics.

0:35:060:35:08

Indeed. Here's a replica of an eight-metre dinosaur

0:35:080:35:12

that is at a theme park down on the Isle Of Wight.

0:35:120:35:14

I can take this small one...

0:35:140:35:16

-Yep.

-..into a school, they can program it on their desk

0:35:160:35:19

and I can then take the card,

0:35:190:35:21

put it in the main ones at the theme park

0:35:210:35:23

-and they can control them.

-And this is the kind of program

0:35:230:35:26

kids are being taught in schools these days,

0:35:260:35:28

which you program it as a flow chart, so you can make

0:35:280:35:30

-very easy requests...

-Yep.

-..to make something very direct happen.

0:35:300:35:33

-Yep.

-So, presumably, this is incredibly encouraged.

0:35:330:35:36

-Kids love this, I presume.

-Yeah.

-And what can you make it do?

0:35:360:35:38

Well, I've got it nodding and also wagging its tail.

0:35:380:35:43

But I've also got a sensor.

0:35:430:35:46

ROARING

0:35:460:35:47

And it knows when its mouth's open and when its mouth's closed.

0:35:470:35:50

So I can program it to roar with its mouth open.

0:35:500:35:53

-ROARING

-Fantastic. Brilliant.

0:35:530:35:56

-Isn't he good? She, it's a she.

-She? It's a she?

0:35:560:35:59

-She.

-You can sex a dinosaur?

0:35:590:36:00

You can sex a replica animatronic dinosaur?

0:36:000:36:03

Half of all dinosaurs were female.

0:36:030:36:05

I'll give you that. The odds are not quite in your favour

0:36:050:36:07

but I'll give you that.

0:36:070:36:10

Next to face each other in the head-to-heads,

0:36:100:36:12

it's the top-of-the-table clash between Dantomkia and TR2.

0:36:120:36:16

Dantomkia make final adjustments to their robot in the knowledge that

0:36:170:36:21

a victory here could put them through to the final.

0:36:210:36:23

It stopped about there. Needs to come down a bit more.

0:36:230:36:25

I think it's just catching on the side.

0:36:250:36:27

So take this off. Wind it down.

0:36:270:36:29

We sustained one tiny little bit of damage.

0:36:310:36:33

Other than that, we're pretty much unscathed.

0:36:330:36:35

We're ready to go the whole distance.

0:36:350:36:37

All they need to do is defeat the undefeated TR2.

0:36:390:36:43

Quietly confident now, but not cocky.

0:36:430:36:47

-That's the thing.

-We've got to remain composed.

0:36:470:36:49

Got to stay in the zone.

0:36:490:36:51

Alex is doing well, he's driving well.

0:36:510:36:54

We've got a chance now of getting through.

0:36:540:36:56

Three crucial points up for grabs here which would propel either team

0:36:560:37:00

into a strong position to make it through to the final.

0:37:000:37:03

Over to you, Jonathan.

0:37:030:37:06

Dantomkia versus TR2, two powerful flippers.

0:37:060:37:09

Precision and control will really count here.

0:37:090:37:12

-ALL:

-Activate!

0:37:120:37:14

KLAXON

0:37:140:37:15

"We're ready to go all the way," says Dantomkia.

0:37:150:37:17

"We're quietly confident," say TR2.

0:37:170:37:20

They very nearly got in under the side there of Dantomkia and, again,

0:37:200:37:24

go for an assault on the side of that big mean yellow machine.

0:37:240:37:28

Dantomkia using the weaponry to self-right.

0:37:280:37:32

And, of course, one of the first ever self-righting

0:37:330:37:37

srimech system we saw in Robot Wars,

0:37:370:37:40

using the weaponry and they've done it again well there.

0:37:400:37:43

Slammed onto the arena wall,

0:37:430:37:45

but bounce up they come again, like Tigger.

0:37:450:37:48

GASPING

0:37:480:37:49

Oh!

0:37:510:37:52

And Dantomkia getting in underneath.

0:37:520:37:55

Very nearly flipped TR2 there.

0:37:550:37:56

But it's flipped. This is a really good contest, isn't it?

0:37:580:38:02

It's flipping fantastic for me.

0:38:020:38:05

Over they go again.

0:38:050:38:07

And now they come in for the kill, TR2.

0:38:070:38:09

And I wonder what's happened there to Dantomkia.

0:38:090:38:11

What's happened?

0:38:110:38:12

That final flip I think immobilised him.

0:38:120:38:15

-Yeah, we're dead.

-They cannot move, it seems to me.

0:38:150:38:18

Something's come loose.

0:38:180:38:20

KLAXON

0:38:200:38:21

And TR2, the winners here.

0:38:210:38:24

Yes!

0:38:240:38:27

What damage sustained by Dantomkia, I wonder.

0:38:270:38:29

Titanic tussle here.

0:38:320:38:34

Right from the start, they went almost head-to-head.

0:38:340:38:38

There's the flip by the arena wall.

0:38:380:38:41

The self-righting mechanism of Dantomkia working there,

0:38:410:38:44

but don't forget, they're draining themselves of power with each flip.

0:38:440:38:49

TR2 on the offensive, and again and again.

0:38:490:38:53

Trying to get underneath the side, getting in behind...

0:38:530:38:56

..and that was the final flip.

0:38:570:39:00

-What happened there?

-I've no idea.

0:39:020:39:03

Can you repair, do you think, in time for your last battle?

0:39:030:39:06

-We'll see.

-Because the last battle is vital. You have to win this last battle.

0:39:060:39:09

-I'm sure... It's normally something simple. Fingers crossed, you never know.

-Yeah.

0:39:090:39:13

-We'll see.

-TR2, congratulations.

-Thank you!

0:39:130:39:16

That's a fantastic victory, it really is.

0:39:160:39:19

It was, kind of, an unusual manoeuvre at the end though

0:39:190:39:22

because you knew he was done for and then you

0:39:220:39:24

just started backing your bum towards him in a very aggressive...

0:39:240:39:27

You were basically flaring yourself at him like a baboon.

0:39:270:39:30

We've got the yellow and green axe on the back,

0:39:300:39:32

-so we tried to hit him with that.

-You have a bum axe, of course.

0:39:320:39:34

And then you just get him with the bum axe.

0:39:340:39:36

It's the first time we've been able to

0:39:360:39:38

use the bum axe on anybody, so...

0:39:380:39:41

Killed by a bum axe. Yes.

0:39:410:39:45

When I first started, the robot didn't seem itself, anyway,

0:39:450:39:49

and it was like a slippery slope.

0:39:490:39:50

It got worse and worse and worse and then died.

0:39:500:39:52

Which points to batteries,

0:39:540:39:55

but I just really don't know at this moment.

0:39:550:39:57

What do you do? What do you do?

0:39:590:40:02

I've got just the tool to fix it.

0:40:030:40:05

OK.

0:40:050:40:06

Damn you! Damn you!

0:40:060:40:09

TR2 take a commanding lead

0:40:090:40:12

with six points.

0:40:120:40:14

Dantomkia lose ground and stick on three,

0:40:140:40:17

whilst Big Nipper and King B Remix

0:40:170:40:19

are still to score.

0:40:190:40:21

Next up, it's Big Nipper versus King B Remix.

0:40:260:40:30

The two teams who have yet to score.

0:40:300:40:32

You guys need three points to get through, right?

0:40:320:40:34

-We desperately need three points, yes.

-Are you confident?

0:40:340:40:37

Relatively, mildly, not at all.

0:40:380:40:40

One of those.

0:40:400:40:42

-This is do or die.

-Yeah, we're going for it.

-Definitely.

-Good luck.

0:40:420:40:47

With Big Nipper.

0:40:470:40:49

-Now, Big Nipper, you've changed your weapon a number of times.

-Yep.

0:40:490:40:52

Which is looking less like versatility

0:40:520:40:53

and more a lack of strength

0:40:530:40:55

and a lack of belief in your rotating weapon

0:40:550:40:57

because you came out with a gripper, which was like a little pincer thing

0:40:570:41:00

and it didn't really get to grips with anything at all.

0:41:000:41:02

The lifter didn't work properly, so we couldn't lift them up.

0:41:020:41:05

You couldn't lift it up and you couldn't do anything with it. You've changed now to what?

0:41:050:41:09

-Our better weapon.

-Your better weapon which...

0:41:090:41:11

-Spinning wheel.

-Your spinning wheel, which goes 4,000 rpm.

0:41:110:41:13

-What are you going to do to him?

-He's going home in a bin bag.

0:41:130:41:16

He's going home in a bin bag. Yeah, OK.

0:41:160:41:20

Going home in a bin bag,

0:41:200:41:22

write that in huge letters as you watch this battle.

0:41:220:41:25

Big Nipper, get their bin bags ready!

0:41:250:41:28

King B Remix against Big Nipper.

0:41:320:41:34

Big Nipper sporting their deadly spinning disc

0:41:340:41:36

against the pushing power of King B Remix. Here we go!

0:41:360:41:39

# Home in a bin bag

0:41:390:41:41

# You're going home in a bin bag, yeah! #

0:41:410:41:43

We'll wait and see.

0:41:430:41:45

-AUDIENCE:

-In the pit! In the pit!

0:41:450:41:47

Good speed on the arena floor by both.

0:41:470:41:50

Onto the floor. Oh, the floor spike and pin there!

0:41:510:41:56

Momentarily, it seemed to me.

0:41:560:41:58

King B Remix, we haven't seen anything really of that

0:41:580:42:02

20 kilo spinning disc. Get it started!

0:42:020:42:06

Get it causing damage!

0:42:060:42:07

This is what we want to see!

0:42:070:42:10

And I think it is causing damage now!

0:42:100:42:13

Yes, the spinning disc is working and it's cutting through the front

0:42:130:42:16

of King B Remix!

0:42:160:42:18

They're into the corner there now and I don't think they'll get out.

0:42:180:42:22

Oh, yes, look at the shards there of the armament coming away!

0:42:240:42:28

Almighty power, there.

0:42:290:42:30

And the big spinning disc and I think King B Remix have gone.

0:42:320:42:37

They have done. They're spinning now.

0:42:370:42:40

Spin to win.

0:42:400:42:42

Big Nipper. Well done. Very good display.

0:42:420:42:47

Good battle. There's the winner.

0:42:470:42:49

'Cease.'

0:42:490:42:51

Always going to be a question - could they get the weaponry working?

0:42:560:43:00

Wasn't working there as King B came on the attack.

0:43:000:43:05

You just see it starting to spin.

0:43:050:43:08

And once that spinning disc gets up to speed there,

0:43:080:43:11

that's when the shards started to fly all over the arena floor.

0:43:110:43:14

Looked like dandruff! And that was the final blow.

0:43:140:43:17

Brilliant stuff by Big Nipper.

0:43:170:43:20

Well done.

0:43:200:43:22

What let us down is, as in Robot Wars always, the link came out.

0:43:250:43:29

We got two links. We've got the one we've got on the top

0:43:290:43:31

but we've got a second link under there. Unfortunately, it...

0:43:310:43:34

-Came out.

-It came out. And that was that.

0:43:360:43:39

We really did want to do some damage to him,

0:43:390:43:41

but his link came out before we got a chance to do the damage, really.

0:43:410:43:45

After the fourth head-to-head, TR2

0:43:470:43:49

are still leading with six points.

0:43:490:43:51

Big Nipper join Dantomkia in

0:43:510:43:53

second place with three points,

0:43:530:43:55

whilst the initially laidback team

0:43:550:43:57

from Portsmouth, King B Remix,

0:43:570:43:59

have yet to score.

0:43:590:44:00

Next to face each other, it's top and bottom of the league,

0:44:100:44:13

TR2 versus King B Remix.

0:44:130:44:15

King B next. Four-wheel drive.

0:44:160:44:19

Not sure how much push he's got.

0:44:190:44:22

So don't open the pit...

0:44:220:44:25

-Yep.

-..until we know how much push he's got

0:44:250:44:28

because if it can help push us...

0:44:280:44:30

-He could put in the pit.

-It can pit us.

0:44:300:44:32

Use the arena hazards if we can.

0:44:320:44:36

TR2 is a great robot but let's show we are too.

0:44:360:44:38

Let's give them a real battle.

0:44:380:44:40

Yeah, I mean, I've seen this machine can do better

0:44:400:44:42

and I think we should do better.

0:44:420:44:44

We'll do our best.

0:44:440:44:46

King B Remix versus TR2 here.

0:44:520:44:54

King B didn't fare well against the flipper of Dantomkia.

0:44:540:44:57

Will they have any success here?

0:44:570:44:59

'Three, two, one.

0:45:010:45:03

'Activate!'

0:45:050:45:07

KLAXON

0:45:070:45:09

They have to win it.

0:45:090:45:10

TR2 with that low ground clearance floor flipper will

0:45:100:45:14

get in underneath whenever they can.

0:45:140:45:16

And they're already on to the arena sidewall.

0:45:200:45:23

TR2 can flip a one tonne car, don't forget.

0:45:230:45:27

And TR2, I think, the most impressive robot we've seen

0:45:270:45:30

in this heat so far.

0:45:300:45:32

And there goes another flip on King B Remix.

0:45:350:45:38

Pointless in the competition so far.

0:45:380:45:40

But still full of heart.

0:45:400:45:42

I think TR2... Oh, they've manoeuvring them towards

0:45:440:45:47

the arena side gate and trying to get them out of the arena.

0:45:470:45:50

Oh, they need to get out of the CPZ.

0:45:500:45:52

Down goes the pit.

0:45:520:45:54

All TR2 needs to do is stay out of trouble because King B Remix

0:45:540:45:58

is a beaten robot. He's just a plaything...

0:45:580:46:01

Oh, no. Surely not, no.

0:46:010:46:04

Not the flame pit, please!

0:46:040:46:07

That's cruel. That's horrible.

0:46:070:46:09

I'll tell you what, we love it.

0:46:090:46:11

Oh, are you allowed out, Killalot? Are you allowed out, Killalot?

0:46:130:46:15

Are you? I'm not going to argue, Killalot.

0:46:150:46:18

Get back, get back, get back. I'm certainly not one to argue with you.

0:46:180:46:22

TR2, I wouldn't argue with that machine either.

0:46:220:46:24

-AUDIENCE:

-In the pit! In the pit!

0:46:240:46:26

Very impressive over all the battles tonight, really,

0:46:260:46:29

considering they had one or two problems.

0:46:290:46:32

Oh, and down go King B Remix!

0:46:320:46:34

And as soon as they got that flipper working, they have been devastated.

0:46:340:46:38

King B Remix driving on.

0:46:420:46:44

Little bit suicidal that, but you've got a flipper with this power.

0:46:440:46:48

And they can also use that axe when it comes into play.

0:46:480:46:51

Haven't seen a lot of that, we won't see much more of King B Remix.

0:46:510:46:56

And, eventually, they went down the pit with TR2 coming in,

0:46:560:47:03

almost like, "Come on, matador," said the bull of King B Remix.

0:47:030:47:07

And the matador had the final say.

0:47:070:47:09

So what happened? You didn't turn something on?

0:47:110:47:13

-No, actually I thought...

-Sorry, was that you?

-Yeah, I did turn it on.

0:47:130:47:17

I think I'd switched it off for a while.

0:47:170:47:18

There's a kill switch to make it safe.

0:47:180:47:20

But as it turns out, now I've looked at it,

0:47:200:47:22

I think actually it was the repair we had to quickly do last night.

0:47:220:47:25

-When you see the robots that are out there now, in the pits, it's scary.

-Yeah.

0:47:250:47:28

It's incredible technology nowadays.

0:47:280:47:31

So King B buzz out of the competition

0:47:310:47:33

after failing to score a single point.

0:47:330:47:36

But TR2 head to the final on the back of a winning streak.

0:47:360:47:40

Whoever's got the best drive system

0:47:400:47:42

and the best driver is going to do well.

0:47:420:47:45

Now, I think Alex is proving that he's got the skills

0:47:450:47:47

to drive this machine well.

0:47:470:47:49

We started off the new boys. We think we're now, sort of,

0:47:490:47:52

holding our own, we're joining the big boys now.

0:47:520:47:54

TR2 score the maximum nine points,

0:47:560:47:58

winning all of their battles.

0:47:580:48:01

Dantomkia and Big Nipper are in

0:48:010:48:02

second place on three points

0:48:020:48:03

and must now fight it out

0:48:030:48:05

to see who will join TR2

0:48:050:48:07

in the final.

0:48:070:48:08

Big Nipper have now settled on a winning formula.

0:48:140:48:17

They're sticking with their spinner weapon and are primed

0:48:170:48:20

for their do or die battle.

0:48:200:48:21

Hopefully, with the amount of steel that he's got,

0:48:210:48:24

we should be able to get good grips. Hopefully, we'll trash him.

0:48:240:48:27

Dantomkia are more than happy to up the ante for this key battle.

0:48:270:48:31

We're going to go for it, hell for leather.

0:48:310:48:33

It's full-on from now on.

0:48:330:48:35

End of story.

0:48:350:48:37

For one of these teams, this will be the last long walk into the arena.

0:48:370:48:41

One of them will be going through to the final.

0:48:410:48:44

One of them will be going home.

0:48:440:48:46

Over to you, Jonathan.

0:48:460:48:48

Thanks very much.

0:48:480:48:49

Big Nipper head-to-head with Dantomkia now.

0:48:490:48:52

The winner here will face TR2 in the heat final,

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the house robots, the mighty Sir Killalot and there's Dead Metal.

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Oh, horrible!

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'Three, two, one.

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'Activate!' KLAXON

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Dantomkia...

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..against Big Nipper.

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And Dantomkia slamming Big Nipper in on the arena sidewall.

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Just there looked to me as if the wheels getting up to speed

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even though they were tossed onto the arena wall.

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20 kilos of spinning disc that can reach 4,000 rpm.

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Killalot has them slammed, Killalot has them pinned,

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Killalot has them pinched, Killalot has them raised.

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He signals to the crowd.

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Will it be thumbs down from the crowd?

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They're now trying to get in, I think, behind Dantomkia

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and come for a frontal assault.

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That's not the right way to do it

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because Dantomkia can flip and push from there.

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Into the CPZ. They've got out very, very quickly,

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Big Nipper can get up to 20mph.

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Good speed and manoeuvrability but again shoved back in to the horrible

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CPZ, where Sir Killalot can end many a...

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What's happened to Sir Killalot there?

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Oh man, you're in a jam!

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You're stuck onto the arena wall, Sir Killalot.

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Wham, bam, you need to get out of that jam

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and have another attack on Dantomkia.

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The winner goes through to the heat final.

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Dantomkia well on top, getting in underneath the flip again.

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Look at the sheer power of that flipper robot out there

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and of course it can spin so quickly at a rate of 500 rpm

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to come again and have another attack

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and that's what they're doing on Big Nipper repeatedly here,

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in what has been a terrific battle.

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Big slam! Massive slam!

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Bang! Smash!

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-Crash go the hopes and dreams.

-AUDIENCE:

-Ten, nine, eight...

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They're counting them down to a judge's decision.

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Brilliant, brilliant skill to stay out of trouble

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-by Big Nipper in the end.

-KLAXON

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They're alive, only just. Dantomkia - superb display.

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Well, the judges have to decide on control, damage and aggression.

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They're working over the facts and figures.

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Let's just give them a clue.

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Dantomkia very quick out of the traps to take on Big Nipper.

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There you can see the grinder of Big Nipper up to speed,

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might have caused damage there.

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It did on the side. Was it superficial?

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The aggression was dominated by Dantomkia.

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Big Nipper just survived but only just.

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For me, it's Dantomkia. I don't judge.

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Oh, but that big blow could be decisive.

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Well, they look pensive. This could be closer than we thought, Dara.

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What do you make of it all?

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Well, can I thank both of you for what was an excellent bout.

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It really was. You, at one stage, I thought were delightful.

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You - pick on someone your own size - went after Killalot.

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-Yeah!

-And he picked you up and carried you around like a rag doll.

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It was impressive. It came to a judge's decision

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and it was a unanimous decision that the team to compete

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in the final is...

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..Dantomkia.

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It was worth it just for that coordinated dance move.

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Are you happy to be facing TR2 again?

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Well, yeah, we've got to face TR2 again. He's a difficult robot but,

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you know, we're treating every fight as our last fight now and just going

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hell for leather, what the hell.

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So, congratulations to Dantomkia and TR2

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on making it through to tonight's final.

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We ended up going too close to Sir Killalot a lot of times,

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so I think that made us lose, really.

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Massively exciting fight.

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Dantomkia had a very clear strategy of pushing Big Nipper into the hands

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of the house robots and this is the first time we actually saw

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Sir Killalot come really alive.

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You could see the power, you could see him lift the robot up

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and toy it back in. Great fight.

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So we have our finalists.

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It's the battle of the flippers - TR2 versus Dantomkia.

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Dantomkia has been a powerhouse since the beginning

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of the tournament, taking out Glitterbomb

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and Overdozer in the group stages.

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And taking no prisoners in the head-to-head.

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First against King B Remix,

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and then putting Big Nipper well and truly in their place -

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the victory that confirmed their spot in the final.

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The undefeated TR2 has become the robot to beat.

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After an issue with CO2 in their group battle,

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they fought weapon free, relying purely on strength

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and driving skills.

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They also proved to be a tour de force

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in the head-to-heads when it came to shaming Big Nipper

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and King B Remix, claiming their rightful place in the final.

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When they first met it was a well matched battle as the two powerful

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flippers went head-to-head.

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TR2 had Dantomkia on the ropes but not for long.

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Scooping the opposition time and time again,

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before delivering the knockout blow.

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Both robots have fought tooth and nail to get here,

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so can TR2 continue their amazing unbroken run

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or have Dantomkia held enough back to take the fight?

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It's TR2 versus Dantomkia.

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Up for grabs is a place in the grand final.

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Yes, get ready for some hot flipper-on-flipper action.

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For the last time tonight, it's over to Jonathan.

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Thank you very much. Competing now in the final, TR2 and Dantomkia.

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The winner here will go through to the grand final

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with Dead Metal and Matilda in the CPZ.

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Who will flip, flap, fly or flop?

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Because as good as the first battle between the two,

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this could be sensational.

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KLAXON

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And TR2's straight on the aggressive.

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Down goes the pit. TR2 doing the pushing.

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Dantomkia the heavier and quicker machine

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but they do have that vulnerable ground clearance.

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But there's a hit from the floor flipper on TR2 and has

0:55:160:55:20

that caused damage? It nearly got pinned by Matilda and her gruesome

0:55:200:55:24

tusks in there. And the Matilda flywheel comes out,

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nearly saws into Dantomkia.

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And they stay out of that CPZ. Oh, this is a worthy battle.

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This is worthy of the grand final itself and the winners go through

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to that grand final.

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And it's TR2 on the offensive, again getting in underneath Dantomkia

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and every lift, every shove, surely is causing damage.

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There's the horrible pink rear end of Matilda

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that no-one wants to see - even in their wildest dreams, I can tell you.

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And I've had a fair few about Robot Wars.

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What a battle this is!

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Flipper against flipper.

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Good control and oh,

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that's a mighty bash by Matilda there!

0:56:030:56:05

Dantomkia get away again.

0:56:050:56:07

Are they venting?

0:56:090:56:10

Can we see gas being vented from Dantomkia, I wonder?

0:56:100:56:15

Spinning wildly to try and get away from TR2.

0:56:150:56:18

At 500 rpm that spin,

0:56:180:56:21

TR2 might have got a bash from the floor flipper but, I tell you what,

0:56:210:56:24

Dantomkia certainly did and now I don't think there's enough power

0:56:240:56:28

in Dantomkia to self-right.

0:56:280:56:30

I wonder if we did see gas is being vented.

0:56:300:56:33

I wonder if that's the end of their power

0:56:330:56:35

and for all their tank, armour, grace, steel armaments,

0:56:350:56:39

they're not going to withstand any pressure here.

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-'Cease.'

-Cease called.

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Brilliant heat final. Brilliant.

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Worthy winner for me, TR2.

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Terrific stuff.

0:56:500:56:52

Shane Swan and Dantomkia, great, great competitors.

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Right from the start.

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Turned, flipped, back again, crashing down.

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TR2 not bothered.

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Nearly got themselves into trouble, there.

0:57:030:57:05

Careless steering by TR2 but you can see the repeated flicks,

0:57:050:57:09

and in the end Dantomkia had to self-right once too often, I think.

0:57:090:57:13

They tried to spin away, Dantomkia, but there caught the floor flipper

0:57:130:57:18

and I think that was the ultimate damage.

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Yes. Giving it up for TR2... Stop that. Giving it up for TR2.

0:57:210:57:24

No, it's too late to trash talk, you've lost the battle.

0:57:240:57:27

It's a boring doorstop. Look at it.

0:57:270:57:29

-How did that win?

-You can't now suddenly start picking on them in a

0:57:290:57:32

verbal battle. Robots is where we fight, my friend.

0:57:320:57:36

Listen, what went wrong, what went wrong?

0:57:360:57:39

-Matilda, really, I think.

-Basically lost your weapon entirely there.

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Huge holes and gashes all over poor old Dantomkia.

0:57:420:57:46

You've given us so much. One last time, one more Brucie for good luck.

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Sweet.

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Storming their way into the grand final,

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make some noise for TR2!

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That was awesome!

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Flipper on flipper. This flipper got involved as well.

0:58:050:58:08

-Did it go the way you planned?

-Yeah, following from the fight earlier on,

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every fight's won by knockout so far.

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Undefeated. Keep confident but not get cocky.

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OK, that's the plan. Wonderful. Give it up for TR2, please!

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CHEERING

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That's it for this week.

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From all of us here at Robot Wars, goodnight!

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