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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'll 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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And this is it. Fight after incredible fight has seen the best robots from

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across the country smash their way through the competition.

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Along the way, the mighty have fallen, flown and been smashed to pieces,

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cooked on the flames or tossed out of the Arena.

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Now, our Grand Finalists are within reach of becoming 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 bulletproof terrordome is the Fighting Arena where,

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over the past five weeks,

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we've witnessed a succession of epic confrontations between the UK's most

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destructive fighting robots.

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As well as their rivals, the robots must also face the Arena hazards.

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The Spikes, the Flipper, the Pit and Fire.

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Tonight, it's the Grand Final.

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In less than one hour, we'll crown the winner of Robot Wars.

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Tonight's worthy finalists have smashed,

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flipped and shoved their way here.

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But it's not just about brute force.

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Clever use of the Arena hazards and the house robots have sorted the weak

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from the strong to give us these five amazing finalists.

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TR2.

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TR2, the youngest driver in the competition, is relentless in his attack,

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flipping robots left, right and centre.

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Carbide.

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Carbide, with their merciless drive to destroy all who face them,

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has made them the most feared robot in the pits.

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Apollo.

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And Apollo, described as a launcher,

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they have taken three out of four house robots on as well as nearly

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all the competition.

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CHEERING

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Shockwave.

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Shockwave had never fought before,

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but the incredible power generated in this robot has come as a shock

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to us all.

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Pulsar.

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Vertical spinner Pulsar -

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that revolutionary 9,000rpm weapon has decimated opponents.

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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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There is still one place in the Grand Final up for grabs,

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which our judges have awarded to one of the five runners-up

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from the qualifiers.

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Behemoth, Thor, Dantomkia, Storm 2 and Gabriel - you are all runners-up,

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but only one of you can join the five episode winners in the Grand Final.

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Now, the judges have based their decision on performances across all

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of the battles.

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And the team that they have chosen...

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..is Thor.

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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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So, the axe-wielding Thor, driven by Jason from Northampton,

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is back in the game.

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Impressing the judges with not only his incredible driving skills and

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aggression in the Arena, but also his never-ending drive to keep fighting,

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despite taking some of the biggest hits in the series.

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Thor now completes our line-up of

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six battle-hardened robots for the

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final show. Each of the robots must

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now fight it out in a three-robot Group Battle,

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where only two teams from each can go through to the next stage.

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There is nowhere to hide as one slip-up here means they are out of

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the competition. The four successful robots then battle it out in the

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Head To Heads, a brutal league where they fight each other once,

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scoring three points for a win and two for a judges' decision.

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The top two robots at the end of this will be our well-deserved

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finalists and square up against each other in this evening's Grand Final.

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The first group stage is between

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TR2, Pulsar and Thor.

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Hello, TR2.

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-Hello!

-This is your place at the final table.

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Yeah, we're finally there!

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And without any difficulty so far, really.

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-Currently undefeated.

-And how do you handle a melee fight?

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I'm just going to stay back a bit, see what happens and play it by ear.

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Can one stay back in this kind of contest?

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Hopefully, yeah. We'll find out.

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-Best of luck, TR2.

-Thank you.

-Thank you very much.

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So, Jason, back from the dead and looking for revenge.

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-Absolutely, yeah.

-Beautiful!

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Ahead of Pulsar and TR2,

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they've both said that you're the one to watch and that if you get going and that

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starts moving, they're in trouble.

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They are in trouble. I'm going to beat seven bells out of everything

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-that gets in the way.

-Yes! What do you make of those two?

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They're good, yeah. Pulsar's a lovely machine.

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I think I'm going to go for that first.

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And TR2,

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as yet unbeaten.

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Yeah, he is, isn't he? Yeah.

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Hoping to finish that?

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We'll see how it goes, yeah!

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If I can get under the front of TR2, that's the trick with that one.

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OK, best of luck, Thor and Jason.

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Thank you very much!

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-So, now, Pulsar, you're up against Thor and TR2.

-That's right, yeah.

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Any of them specifically you're worried about with the

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robot you have?

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Well, TR2 has a powerful flipper and it's very low on the

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front so if he gets underneath anywhere and tips me over,

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then that's a problem so it's going to be a hard fight.

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With the all-important Group Battle looming,

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Team Pulsar are using every last second to try and resolve their

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temperamental motor issues.

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Sometimes we're losing the wheels control.

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We're trying to fix that, but in order to do that,

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we've just got troubleshooting and it's like chasing...

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-It's needle in a haystack, isn't it?

-Yeah.

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We're actually going to hit the robot with a hammer to see if

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the shock has any effect on the drive system.

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WHIRRING

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CLATTER

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INDISTINCT

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I don't like... Hitting it with a hammer is the only way to move

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forwards. That doesn't feel very healthy.

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At this stage, just one mistake and the dream will end -

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dumped in the pits or skewered on a spike.

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Three teams enter the Arena, but only two can return.

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-JONATHAN PEARCE:

-Thanks, Dara and Angela.

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This Grand Final features six of the toughest machines I've ever seen.

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As usual, our judges Professor Sethu Vijayakumar,

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Dr Lucy Rogers and head judge Professor Noel Sharkey will be

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overseeing each three-minute battle.

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Let's meet the competitors.

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'From Shropshire, Pulsar.'

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Saved from going home by Chompalot's elimination in their heat, Pulsar,

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designed by Ellis Ware,

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is a cutting edge robot,

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using the latest brushless motors

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which means it's the fastest

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spinning drum in the competition

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at 9,000 rpm.

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'From Northampton, Thor.'

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Back with a vengeance, we hope!

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The builder from Northampton, Jason Marston,

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caused huge damage in his heat with

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his one-tonne axe blows.

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He drove circles around the

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competition with the 8hp motors

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making Thor the fastest robot in the

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competition at 30mph.

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'From Gateshead, TR2.'

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The youngest team captain in the competition, 15-year-old Alex Brown,

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has won every battle they've fought

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so far.

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This family team say their pneumatic

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flipper can flip a one-tonne car.

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The house robots for this first match - Shunt,

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with its titanium-tipped axe,

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and Dead Metal, with the saw and pincers.

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It likes to grip and rip.

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If competitors venture into those house robots' corner patrol zones,

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they'll fall victim to their ultraviolent tendencies or,

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as I like to describe it, they'll be

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smashed to smithereens.

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'Roboteers, stand by.'

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CHEERING

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'Three, two, one...'

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-Let's get ready to wreck!

-'..Activate.'

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Out comes Thor, the wild card, against Pulsar,

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allowed back into the competition because Chompalot were wrecked

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and out earlier on in the series, you'll remember.

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And there's Thor straight away into the house robot,

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not where he wants to be,

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and Pulsar using speed and good control techniques to get in at TR2,

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the team from Gateshead on Tyneside, the big Newcastle United fans.

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Thor, Jason the builder by trade, has he had time to rebuild?

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What's happened out there to Pulsar?

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Just moving. If they're immobile longer than ten seconds,

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the judges can count them out.

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Away they go. This is a good contest between the two of them.

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Steering away from danger.

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Intriguing, this - an axe,

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a grinder and a flipper and they can use that flipper to self-right, TR2,

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and as the flipper rises, so the axe flies down as well.

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It's a novel machine.

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We've seen so many cutting edge robots.

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We see Thor using its axe to

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self-right as well and then smashing down,

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in towards the house robots.

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We see more attempts to maul and wreck and create carnage.

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They all need to get away from that pit because Shunt is waiting to

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nudge them.

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The axe has come in here.

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Shunt just watching... Oh, good blow!

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TR2 came in with a little flip and Thor is in trouble.

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He needs to get away from the house robot's mean-looking axe,

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which has pinned him in and dragged him into his lair.

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You do not want to go into Shunt's lair, believe you me.

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I have been in there.

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It is not a pretty sight.

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There is Pulsar.

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Just nudging away, being quietly effective.

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Steering away from any damage and

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when they can get that drum up to speed,

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you will hear the hum.

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It's not a humdrum sound for any victim.

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The siren lures its victims down to doom.

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There's not a lot of movement in

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Pulsar and I think the spinner may have

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stopped. The house robot might have had something to do with that and it

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certainly has now.

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Sparks fly!

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I can't see Pulsar...

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Pulsar doomed for me, unless a miracle happens.

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Oh, flipped over!

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Well, their goose is cooked and meanwhile Thor and TR2 will both go

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through. They need to stay out of trouble.

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They have done.

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Well done.

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INDISTINCT

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Thor just about managed to

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avoid the axe of the house robot then took

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a flip from TR2, bouncing around.

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Oh, smash! That's where major carnage was caused.

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Pulsar soon to head for a black hole and these two fight on.

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Trying to cause each other damage.

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Very nearly caught by the house robot

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as we see poor little Pulsar tossed and tormented and I think

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the two winning robots look strong,

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they look durable and they're capable of causing damage.

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TR2 and Thor, you are through.

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Pulsar, not so lucky this time.

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-Oh, no.

-You started really strong.

-Yeah, the drive, I just don't know what's wrong with it.

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We've been fixing it the entire time.

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-We don't know what's wrong with it.

-Go fix that gremlin.

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You have been wonderful. Can we have a round of applause, please, for Pulsar?

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APPLAUSE

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Thank you, guys. So, Thor and TR2, I mean you can hardly contain yourself.

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-It went to plan.

-Yeah, no-one moved at the start.

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I think everyone had the same idea.

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-See what happens!

-See who's going where first.

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-Yeah!

-Nobody went!

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And also then we had Shunt getting involved.

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I thought he had done some real internal damage when his axe went

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-right down.

-We were hoping!

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LAUGHTER

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Not this time, not this time. TR2 and Thor!

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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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It was really gutting that the drive just wasn't consistent again.

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We tried everything we knew.

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We've come a long way, much further than we expected to so it's all good in the end.

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We've got a few repairs to make. The lid's come flying off.

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My floorhugger's all bent back and I need to change some settings on the

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speed controller inside.

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Timewise, we haven't got a lot of time so we just have to crack on

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with it.

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We've taken a little bit of damage. We're not too sure how much yet.

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Around the back here, you can see where the spinner's caught us and

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just taken a little chew out of the back panel and it's taken a chew

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on us there.

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Nothing much, that's about it, so half an hour,

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we should be ready to fight again.

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So, TR2 and Thor go through and into

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the next stages.

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Hoping to meet them are our

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finalists in Group Battle 2,

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Shockwave, Apollo and Carbide.

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It feels like there's a little bit of tension in the camp.

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-Sheryl, how are you feeling?

-OK.

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That face is nervous,

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although you have done this trick before where you've gone, "50/50,

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"not quite sure if we're there," and then you demolish everything you

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-come in contact with.

-Yeah, I think this time we're just going to leave

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the decision up to them. We're just going to spin up and see who comes to us

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-first, I think.

-Out of the two you're up against, which, if any,

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-pose you the most problems?

-Er, probably Apollo.

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The front end's really thickly armoured and is a bit of a threat

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-for us, really.

-OK.

-At the start of the competition,

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-we would have said we had money on them to win it.

-Really?

-Yeah, if we can take them out...

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Shockwave, how are you going to tackle them?

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The front end looks quite weak on there, quite flimsy.

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It's a lot weaker than Behemoth.

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If we can damage it in the same sort of way, we'd be happy with that,

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-I think.

-Best of luck, lads, see you later.

-Thanks.

-Bye.

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We're here with Apollo, the great entertainers of this series.

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In this battle now, you've got Carbide and Shockwave.

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Any particular things you fear about those two?

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It's the same as normal.

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We've just got to keep our front end on the attack and hopefully no-one will

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get behind us. That's the tactic.

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Hopefully with there being another robot in there,

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Carbide will see another target as well.

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Hopefully those two will attack each other and leave us to go to

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Killalot in the corner or something like that!

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So watch out Carbide, watch out Shockwave,

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but mainly watch out Sir Killalot. Fabulous.

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I know they're a little anxious about Carbide.

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So, apparently you have a weak front end.

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Yes, it's been said many times.

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-No, it's medications...

-Let's talk about the machine. How's it looking?

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Well, it's as best as it can do.

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It's in the same condition as when we arrived.

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It's a tough fight, though, but we've got a game plan.

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We're going to hit Carbide head-on with the scoop.

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-Right.

-And if we can get them before they spin up to full speed,

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-we might be able to get them.

-So, literally charge?

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Failing that, we're going to feed Apollo into them and sort of

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-sacrifice Apollo.

-So much fighting talk!

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I love it. This is going to be a real scrap.

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Definitely. We could be going home in a bin bag.

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Home in a bin bag!

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Shockwave's second Group Battle of the night.

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-Best of luck.

-Thank you very much.

-Thank you.

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-JONATHAN PEARCE:

-Thanks, Dara and Angela.

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So, to the second Group Battle of the Grand Final.

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To continue in the competition, robots have to try and stay alive.

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'From Reading, Shockwave.'

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This father and son team,

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Will and Ian Thomas,

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had a lucky win their heat final,

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defeating Thor,

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and they'll have been pleased at the

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pushing power supplied by their 4kw

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motors from a carousel ride.

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Will it be enough to push them to ultimate victory?

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'From Derby, Carbide.'

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In its heat, Carbide asserted itself

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as the robot to beat.

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Their 20hp spinning bar was able to

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slice through Behemoth's 8mm

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titanium bucket with absolute ease.

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'From Birmingham, Apollo.'

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The boyband of Robot Wars, Dave, Ben and Marc,

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piloted Apollo to heat victory,

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flipping competitors and

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house robots alike.

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Their 1,000psi flipper produces

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five tonnes of force,

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but in the heat,

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Apollo's backside has proven

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heavily susceptible to damage.

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The house robots, Shunt once again and, for the first time tonight,

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the master of mean,

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the knight of evil delight,

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Sir Killalot.

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'Roboteers, stand by.'

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CHEERING

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'Three, two, one, activate.'

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Strong-looking robots, but they've all had reliability issues thus far

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in Robot Wars. Here we are in the Grand Final

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and Carbide being shoved across

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the floor by Shockwave.

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Oh, goodness me, look at this!

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Carbide has taken out the side wall of the Arena.

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I have never seen that before.

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They say that that blade has ten times the power of anything

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we've seen on Robot Wars, and causing more danger to Shockwave,

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but can this carry on?

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We have safety issues out there now because the Arena wall...

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I cannot believe they are allowing this to continue.

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They won't. Cease has been called.

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Look at the power here of Carbide.

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That blade, up to 2,500rpm, sliced through steel.

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I don't know what happens next.

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I'll leave it to the health and safety guys.

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They'll be able to tell you what's happened exactly.

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So, Carbide went in the corner and has hit the barrier and has managed

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to rip the steel barrier. It's a 6 mil steel plate and it's ripped it

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from the wall so we've had to stop the fight while we sort it out.

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We're going to refix the barrier and then we'll get back on with the fight.

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While the Arena is being rebuilt after that huge hit from Carbide,

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there's bad news from Shockwave.

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This side's OK.

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But it was that one hit along the right-hand side of the machine,

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it just tore it apart.

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You can see the damage caused here

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from the huge hit from spinner Carbide.

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And this dislodged our drive wheel

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on this side and as soon as that

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came off, we lost all the chains and we lost the entire side of the

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drive. So, yeah, that was one massive impact that did that.

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Just looking at the damage,

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Shockwave is beyond repair at the moment.

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We can't compete any more in this.

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The teams meet in the Arena to discuss the implications of Shockwave's damage

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and the realistic chance of repair within the allotted time limit.

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Oh, it's always disappointing to lose, but

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we always knew that Carbide was going to be a fantastic robot to fight and

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I reckon they'll go far.

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CHEERING

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So, Shockwave admit defeat,

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but do so with their heads held high after an incredible tournament from

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the father and son team.

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That is not the way you wanted to get through to the Head To Heads.

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No, it would have been nice to have won the fight by flipping somebody

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out or flipping a house robot in the meantime, but, no, it's a win.

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-We'll always take a win.

-You guys, Carbide...

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-Hello!

-I mean, Shockwave were a little nervous about facing you and

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it turns out those nerves were justified.

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Yeah, we peeled it a bit.

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What did you do? Not only did you destroy Carbide

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you destroyed the set as well.

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-Yeah, yeah, sorry about that.

-It's a first.

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They're out there hammering away, trying to get it sorted again.

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-Yeah.

-That was kind of dream case scenario for you guys,

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I mean without the destructive.

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Yeah, it would have been nice if the fight went the full distance and we

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felt like we earned it, same as these guys, but it was still good fun.

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-You'll take the win?

-A win's a win, yeah.

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A win's a win. Congrats, guys!

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That's the kind of battle we like to see in the finals of Robot Wars.

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All of the robots out there full of energy,

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smashing into each other like crazy.

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Unfortunately, for Shockwave, it just got ripped to pieces.

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It was just too much for it.

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The great thing is Carbide and Apollo are in really good shape for

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the next battle.

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So, now we have our four robots

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through to the Head To Heads - TR2,

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Apollo, Carbide and Thor.

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They'll now fight each other once

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with one aim in mind -

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score as many points as possible

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to secure their place

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in tonight's Grand Final.

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First to fight are Carbide and Thor.

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Yeah, we've just found out that we've got Thor in the next round.

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So that'll be quite interesting.

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I know he's got an anti-Carbide front end or something he's been

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whispering about, so we'll see how that goes.

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This is the anti-Carbide plate.

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It's made out of a very hard material, wear plate material.

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It's 10 mil thick so it should withstand all the impacts from it.

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So we're changing the hammerhead on Thor to this pointy one,

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which is hardened steel, and that is because the top of Carbide is made

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out of quite a soft plastic.

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I'm hoping we can punch through it and get to the juicy innards.

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My name's Jason Marston.

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My day job, I'm a builder.

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What inspired me to build Thor?

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Watching it on TV and I thought,

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"I could do better than that," and I couldn't.

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Not for a few years, anyway.

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To win Robot Wars, it would be a bit of a dream come true.

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After all these years of building, it would be, yeah.

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It would be special, actually, yeah.

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Our aim was to design a robot that was so powerful,

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it's feared by everybody. Carbide is an aggressive robot with military

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grade armour and a 200mph spinning blade.

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Me and Sam build the best spinning robots in the UK and we've joined

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forces to build something completely incredible.

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I grew up watching Robot Wars and it inspired me to be an engineer.

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To win it would be really special.

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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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-JONATHAN PEARCE:

-Carbide against Thor.

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-The first Head To Head of the Grand Final.

-'Three, two, one, activate.'

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And Thor thus far has not come up against a spinner.

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Has taken precautions.

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Flips off the floor flipper, self-rights,

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has got that front buffer plate...

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Oh, goodness me!

0:23:070:23:08

Look at the power of Carbide's assault!

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Oh, again!

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Well, they've put the buffer on, they have the pointed steel top.

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They are being absolutely savaged and the buffer didn't last long.

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Off it flies, a wheel has gone, the side panel ripped away.

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This is the most potent robot we have seen thus far in

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the Grand Final,

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in this series of Robot Wars, perhaps ever - Carbide.

0:23:340:23:38

Can they survive?

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They just need to dodge and get away and maybe lure Carbide -

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the stronger, the faster, the more potent robot - towards the pit.

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Trying to survive.

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INDISTINCT

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The punch to self-right.

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The wheel's hanging off, look!

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Have the motors gone?

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I don't think it can manoeuvre.

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A wheel is dangling off.

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The armament always its biggest weakness

0:24:130:24:16

and Carbide taunting and teasing

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and winning.

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Some power in Carbide, I can tell you.

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Carbide, as a chemical compound, one of the strongest in the world.

0:24:250:24:29

Carbide the robot, one of the strongest we've ever seen.

0:24:290:24:33

Carbide got the spinner up to speed and sliced its way through,

0:24:330:24:38

the wheel torn away.

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Yes, it could self-right, but this

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was a battle it was never going to win.

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Thor came into that battle with a new strategy,

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with a new armour just to sort of negate Carbide's power.

0:24:490:24:53

I think it worked initially for a bit and then the whole armour plate

0:24:530:24:57

flew off. We were scared for our lives.

0:24:570:25:00

The bulletproof glass did its job.

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So Thor suffered a lot of damage and it seems to be in really bad shape.

0:25:020:25:08

It will be interesting to see if it will be battle-worthy for the next one.

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The rear end has been taken completely out.

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The side pod here, which holds the wheel and the drive system for the

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right-hand side, has been completely destroyed.

0:25:200:25:22

The plate that I've put on the front to stop him has been destroyed.

0:25:220:25:25

The bump stop has been destroyed.

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That wheel in there has been destroyed.

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The new speed control I fitted, that's been destroyed as well.

0:25:300:25:33

Pretty much no chance of getting it ready for the next two fights.

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The spoils of this war go to Carbide

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with three points

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and Thor with none.

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Our next Head To Head is between TR2 and Apollo.

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In the next fight, we're against Apollo so at the minute,

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we're welding a new front end on TR2 cos it's about an inch off the ground

0:25:500:25:54

at the minute after Pulsar hit it front on.

0:25:540:25:57

It's really going to come down to driver versus driver, I think, on this one.

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We have every faith in you, mate.

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Good! I'm glad you do!

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LAUGHTER

0:26:040:26:05

Me, Mark and Ben used to work together at holiday parks

0:26:080:26:11

as Bluecoat entertainers.

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The flipper can flip around about a tonne,

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whereas the robots weigh just over 100kg.

0:26:160:26:18

We should be launching them about six foot in the air.

0:26:180:26:20

It'd be a massive achievement for the team, of hard work and dedication,

0:26:230:26:26

to get it rewarded if we could win the championship.

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I am the captain of Team TR2 and also the driver.

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

0:26:370:26:40

Winning it would be brilliant,

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but the possibility of going home in a bin bag is quite exciting, really.

0:26:450:26:48

You know you've got a challenge on your hands to keep the robot

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in one piece and get it through the competition.

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If you don't want your robot hurt, don't put it in the Arena.

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-JONATHAN PEARCE:

-Apollo against TR2.

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This is about flip, flop and make them fly.

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But don't forget, teams, your time is nigh.

0:27:010:27:03

You only have limited CO2 supplies so make sure your flips count in the

0:27:030:27:09

opening battles. But not spat out, thrown out there by Apollo.

0:27:090:27:14

And again the huge launcher,

0:27:150:27:18

it can launch a 100kg competitor at least six feet into the air.

0:27:180:27:23

Oh-ho!

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And very nearly flipping TR2 out of orbit.

0:27:240:27:29

Look at that! So close to going out of the Arena!

0:27:290:27:33

Teetering and tottering

0:27:330:27:35

and falling back down to earth with some bump.

0:27:350:27:39

And into Dead Metal and the pincers and the circular saw and they're

0:27:390:27:43

trying to get it going and just tossed around like a leaf in a wind.

0:27:430:27:48

Great driving there by the Apollo team, Dave Young at the controls.

0:27:480:27:53

But this time, it's TR2 that can get in underneath and Apollo goes into

0:27:530:27:57

Dead Metal's grip and pushes Dead Metal very nearly up and over.

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Wow!

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They do have a concern that the tip of the flipper might get bent in

0:28:050:28:09

battle. It might affect its manoeuvrability, but not here,

0:28:090:28:12

they're having great fun.

0:28:120:28:13

TR2, black and white stripes from Newcastle...

0:28:130:28:20

..being pushed, manoeuvring back.

0:28:240:28:26

Oh, this is a great full-on flipper!

0:28:270:28:32

I think actually the power of the flipper there

0:28:320:28:35

sent TR2 up into the air.

0:28:350:28:36

That's a problem for them.

0:28:360:28:37

It can leave them vulnerable to attack underneath.

0:28:370:28:41

Apollo's ground clearance, by the way,

0:28:410:28:42

the width of a pound coin only so they know they can get in underneath

0:28:420:28:46

opponents like they've done there.

0:28:460:28:48

This is a really good contest.

0:28:480:28:50

If it goes to the judges, who will they go for?

0:28:500:28:52

Maybe that will be decisive.

0:28:520:28:54

TR2 over, seems to be immobilised anyway.

0:28:540:28:58

Can they self-right?

0:28:580:29:00

Have they got enough power?

0:29:000:29:01

Apollo circling.

0:29:010:29:03

The house robots...

0:29:060:29:08

HE LAUGHS

0:29:080:29:09

..thought about coming out, get back they went.

0:29:090:29:11

No way back for TR2 in this one.

0:29:110:29:14

Really good contest.

0:29:200:29:21

Fascinating, actually.

0:29:210:29:24

The power of the Apollo launcher there, you could see.

0:29:240:29:27

Three, two, one, we have lift-off.

0:29:290:29:31

Oh, so nearly out, but I'll tell you what, that is a plucky machine, TR2,

0:29:330:29:40

but, in the end, that was that.

0:29:400:29:42

Well, we sold this as the battle of the flippers and the whole thing was

0:29:430:29:47

about getting underneath and then lifting them up and they got some

0:29:470:29:50

altitude on you at one stage, didn't they?

0:29:500:29:52

Yeah, we just couldn't get underneath them very often,

0:29:520:29:54

so we just didn't have a chance really, going into it.

0:29:540:29:57

You've got two more fights to go. Will you be able to, for the next

0:29:570:30:00

-fight turn this around?

-Yeah. When we come up against Carbide, that's a must win. Must win against Carbide.

0:30:000:30:05

Now, the next people against Carbide will be yourselves.

0:30:050:30:08

Oh! That will be now.

0:30:080:30:11

Actually, I think we might give that one to them now.

0:30:110:30:13

If it keeps Carbide away from you.

0:30:130:30:16

-Happy with that, I presume?

-Yeah, worked very well there.

0:30:160:30:18

At one point, I thought you were trying to nudge them,

0:30:180:30:21

-trying to flip them out of the Arena.

-We were underneath them,

0:30:210:30:23

we could have flipped them at one point,

0:30:230:30:25

but we were trying to see if we could push them towards

0:30:250:30:27

the lower parts of the wall and see if we could get them over

0:30:270:30:30

but just missed it and hit the high part of the wall instead.

0:30:300:30:32

Well, you continue serenely on, Apollo.

0:30:320:30:34

The next one will be the real challenge, though, I think.

0:30:340:30:37

It's one loss. It's our first loss so far, so...

0:30:400:30:43

To be honest with you, the best bit of it all was all of it

0:30:430:30:46

cos Dave is a bad man.

0:30:460:30:48

He is the best driver I've ever seen.

0:30:480:30:51

That victory by Apollo puts them level with Carbide on three points

0:30:510:30:55

and leaves TR2 in joint last place alongside Thor.

0:30:550:30:58

Next up, it's a crucial match between the two teams

0:31:000:31:02

joint top of the table - Carbide and Apollo.

0:31:020:31:06

So, this is the new motor that we've put in

0:31:060:31:09

and it seems to run really nicely.

0:31:090:31:11

We haven't had any problems that we had before with the jamming up.

0:31:110:31:14

We're going to have to keep

0:31:140:31:15

the front of the robot at him, go head on.

0:31:150:31:17

The front of the robot is twice the thickness of the rest of the robot

0:31:170:31:20

and it's whether the rest of the internals of the robot

0:31:200:31:22

can take that impact.

0:31:220:31:23

Three, two, one...

0:31:260:31:30

activate!

0:31:300:31:32

Oh, Apollo going straight onto the attack

0:31:320:31:35

with the wear-resistant steel front,

0:31:350:31:39

but I think they've taken too much damage there.

0:31:390:31:42

I think they're immobilised.

0:31:420:31:43

Carbide knew Apollo were the big ones they had to beat.

0:31:430:31:46

They take punishment a little bit from the house robots.

0:31:480:31:51

Apollo immobilised.

0:31:510:31:53

What's Carbide doing here now? Oh!

0:31:530:31:57

A little bit of skulduggery here.

0:31:570:31:59

Cease.

0:31:590:32:00

They want Apollo gone completely and they attack the vulnerable rear end.

0:32:000:32:05

Underhand tactics there!

0:32:050:32:07

Look at this. Right from the start, that's Apollo on the offensive,

0:32:090:32:14

but therein, they did themselves too much damage.

0:32:140:32:18

But it's the back end that's vulnerable

0:32:180:32:20

and that's what Carbide attacked late on.

0:32:200:32:22

-Carbide! You've done it again!

-I know, I know!

0:32:220:32:26

And it looked like they came in, four seconds on the clock,

0:32:260:32:30

a major blow, upended you guys and...

0:32:300:32:32

Yeah, we were nervous about that one.

0:32:320:32:34

I think we were quite lucky there.

0:32:340:32:36

-It could have gone either way.

-Is there anyone you're afraid of now

0:32:360:32:38

-at this point?

-No, not really.

0:32:380:32:41

LAUGHTER

0:32:410:32:43

Cocky!

0:32:430:32:44

-It's getting there.

-What about you guys?

0:32:440:32:46

I mean, I'm guessing that was exactly to plan -

0:32:460:32:49

right in under them, upended and it was the impact, was it?

0:32:490:32:53

Yeah, one impact dislodged something.

0:32:530:32:54

It might even just be the link.

0:32:540:32:56

We're not too sure, we'll have a look when we're down there.

0:32:560:32:58

Apollo, please, and Carbide!

0:32:580:33:00

APPLAUSE

0:33:000:33:02

The link fell out, which is the safety device for the robot,

0:33:050:33:08

so the robot was completely dead.

0:33:080:33:10

It's a shame that we took those shots right at the end

0:33:100:33:12

once we were dead when we couldn't really defend ourselves.

0:33:120:33:15

-They were making sure though, weren't they?

-Cheap shot!

0:33:150:33:19

We said we'd step it up a notch for the finals and we did.

0:33:190:33:22

We hit them a couple of times, we've caused quite a lot of damage.

0:33:230:33:26

I don't think they're too happy about that, but it's a competition,

0:33:260:33:29

at the end of the day, so we had to do what we had to do.

0:33:290:33:32

Hey! Hey!

0:33:330:33:35

Back off, back off!

0:33:350:33:37

It's the Robot Wars boyband.

0:33:370:33:39

So that victory for Carbide puts them at the top of the table

0:33:400:33:43

with six points.

0:33:430:33:44

Apollo stay second with three

0:33:440:33:46

with Thor and TR2 in last place.

0:33:460:33:49

Next into the Arena, it's TR2 vs Thor.

0:33:490:33:52

Both teams desperately needing a knockout win

0:33:520:33:55

to stay in this competition.

0:33:550:33:56

It is the biggest rebuild Thor's ever had

0:33:580:34:00

during a competition. Carbide was absolutely brilliant.

0:34:000:34:03

We've managed to get it fixed up,

0:34:030:34:05

a bit of welding and rebuild the rear end of it

0:34:050:34:08

and we're almost all but done.

0:34:080:34:10

To have a chance of going through,

0:34:130:34:15

we've got to get three points so, yeah, that's the target.

0:34:150:34:18

The work that we've put into the robot, he's done us proud.

0:34:180:34:21

He didn't want to go back to school and feel he'd let his mates down

0:34:220:34:26

-either.

-He can go back to school with your head held high.

-He can.

0:34:260:34:29

Three, two, one...

0:34:290:34:33

Activate.

0:34:330:34:34

Remarkable that Thor has been repaired to be here at all,

0:34:360:34:40

but getting flipped immediately by TR2.

0:34:400:34:43

They know Thor's armour is its biggest weakness.

0:34:430:34:47

Most of the robot weight is in the weapon.

0:34:470:34:49

They are running away to fight another day

0:34:490:34:53

and here they come again.

0:34:530:34:54

TR2 very confident, I felt,

0:34:570:35:00

and using the flipper and they've used that flipper well so far

0:35:000:35:03

and powerful with the drive into the CPZ.

0:35:030:35:06

If Thor can gets its axe working,

0:35:060:35:08

TR2 know they have a problem with their welding,

0:35:080:35:12

but it's a good aggressive TR2.

0:35:120:35:14

Alex, the driver,

0:35:140:35:16

is a prop forward in rugby and he's keeping a tight grip there

0:35:160:35:21

on Thor.

0:35:210:35:23

Patched up, so damaged earlier,

0:35:230:35:25

but we know they were up to pace right at the start of this battle.

0:35:250:35:28

At the moment, they're in trouble, you can see there.

0:35:280:35:31

Tossed into Dead Metal's grip and onto the fire pit.

0:35:310:35:35

And don't forget that Jason earlier on said they'd been destroyed,

0:35:410:35:44

destroyed, destroyed, destroyed and, er, destroyed,

0:35:440:35:47

but they've come back to fight, but they're fighting Matilda there!

0:35:470:35:51

They hit Matilda, but got an absolute...

0:35:520:35:56

tusk trip and over they went.

0:35:560:35:59

Do not take on Matilda!

0:36:010:36:02

She's an angry beast.

0:36:040:36:05

But what a fight this is.

0:36:060:36:07

A shard of Thor litters the Arena floor.

0:36:070:36:12

TR2 with all the aggression should it go the judges,

0:36:120:36:16

but let us remember that Jason's machine Thor had so much damage.

0:36:160:36:22

And has fought back so brilliantly to be here at all.

0:36:240:36:27

They're holding them into the Arena and therefore negating the power

0:36:270:36:32

of that axe. It came down a couple of times, but missed the target.

0:36:320:36:36

Hits there, that could count.

0:36:360:36:40

Thor...

0:36:400:36:41

Ooh! Onto Matilda's tail.

0:36:410:36:44

Ooh, that's a grizzly moment!

0:36:450:36:47

Ooh..

0:36:470:36:49

And I think that could have done for Thor.

0:36:490:36:51

-He's dead, he's dead.

-Just about nudging...

0:36:510:36:55

No, no, no, no.

0:36:550:36:56

Oh, still alive! Well done.

0:36:560:36:58

Into the CPZ it goes, onto the tusks of Matilda.

0:37:020:37:06

Poor old Thor!

0:37:060:37:07

Thor's hammer to no avail and heading for Thor's Valhalla,

0:37:070:37:14

the hall of the fallen heroes.

0:37:140:37:16

TR2 will see out time and pick up the points.

0:37:170:37:21

Thor venting pressure.

0:37:210:37:23

CHEERING

0:37:230:37:24

Under pressure throughout.

0:37:240:37:25

A good win here for TR2.

0:37:260:37:29

Splendid machine.

0:37:300:37:31

Fighting back from defeat in the last bout

0:37:320:37:36

and still piling on the attacks, one after another.

0:37:360:37:40

Oh, and out goes Thor!

0:37:400:37:42

Out of the Arena, all over.

0:37:420:37:44

-Cease.

-Well done, Matilda.

0:37:440:37:46

Well, throughout the bout, Thor looked a lightweight out there.

0:37:540:37:59

Tossed and flipped,

0:38:000:38:02

had the affront to take on Matilda

0:38:020:38:05

and Matilda's thirst for revenge knows no limits.

0:38:050:38:10

Her anger was rising, her flip was final.

0:38:100:38:15

That was a long repair job for Thor after the last battle.

0:38:170:38:21

It healed its scars,

0:38:210:38:23

came back kind of new, but against the skill of TR2,

0:38:230:38:28

it had no reply.

0:38:280:38:29

TR2, in my opinion, so far the best driver of the series.

0:38:290:38:37

Another bruising battle for Thor and nothing to show for it.

0:38:370:38:40

Horrible!

0:38:400:38:42

More damage to deal with.

0:38:420:38:45

We spent a lot of time upside down,

0:38:450:38:46

which the pneumatic system doesn't like.

0:38:460:38:48

When it's upside down a lot, it starts to freeze up.

0:38:480:38:52

The valve stops working and then you can see the gas being vented out

0:38:520:38:55

so I think that's why the hammer stopped working.

0:38:550:38:59

The wheel support here's come out and this panel here's bent

0:38:590:39:03

so we can't get the gas bottle out.

0:39:030:39:04

Dominated that fight.

0:39:060:39:07

-Yep.

-I mean, Thor had its issues.

0:39:070:39:10

They've done tremendously well to get it rebuilt in the time

0:39:100:39:13

so we didn't fight a fully up-to-strength Thor,

0:39:130:39:16

but we're not at full strength, we're bent and buckled as well.

0:39:160:39:20

We're still in there, we can still do it, we can still qualify.

0:39:200:39:23

All we've got to do is beat Carbide.

0:39:230:39:26

After our fourth Head To Head,

0:39:280:39:29

the table looks like this.

0:39:290:39:31

Carbide are in pole position with six points.

0:39:310:39:34

Apollo and TR2 are on three

0:39:340:39:37

and Thor is stuck to the bottom on zero.

0:39:370:39:40

Next up is the big flipper TR2 vs league leaders Carbide.

0:39:400:39:45

So, we've got TR2 next, a very similar machine to Apollo.

0:39:450:39:49

Hopefully we can apply the same sort of tactics.

0:39:500:39:52

They've got similar armour as well, but probably not quite as thick.

0:39:540:39:58

So, if we can do the same thing again, hopefully it'll go our way.

0:39:580:40:01

-Storm it.

-We can attack it immediately...

0:40:010:40:03

-Storm it.

-And head-on charge it straight away.

0:40:030:40:06

-We can open the pit.

-We can open the pit.

0:40:060:40:09

And play around that.

0:40:090:40:10

Or you can try and outside them cos, with the bar spinning,

0:40:120:40:15

with the bar spinning, he might not be able to turn off.

0:40:150:40:18

I've not watched him, how fast he can turn.

0:40:180:40:21

If he's slow turning, you might be able to drive round the back of him.

0:40:210:40:25

Get behind him, ram him into the CPZ,

0:40:250:40:27

-let the house robot do the work for you.

-Yeah.

0:40:270:40:30

Three. Two. One.

0:40:360:40:40

Carbide's awesome power against TR2's flipper.

0:40:400:40:45

Carbide one of the best designed robots we've seen

0:40:450:40:48

with that spinning bar.

0:40:480:40:49

25 kilos in weight and awesome power.

0:40:490:40:53

TR2 needs to avoid any sort of frontal battle.

0:40:550:40:58

Don't forget, they've worked on the angles of the flipper edge.

0:40:580:41:02

Oh! But they still couldn't get in the lead.

0:41:020:41:04

Carbide to get a flip in.

0:41:040:41:06

And I wonder how much damage that has caused to the front flipper.

0:41:060:41:10

A slice is being taken out of it onto the flame pit.

0:41:100:41:14

Into Kill-a-lot in the CPZ.

0:41:140:41:17

He chases them around the arena floor.

0:41:170:41:19

My weapon's stopped.

0:41:190:41:21

One of the tactics was to activate the Pit.

0:41:210:41:23

TR2 getting a famous flip there out of Carbide.

0:41:240:41:28

The spinning blade is slowing, they need to get it up to speed, Carbide.

0:41:290:41:33

Can they do so? Is it fully functioning?

0:41:340:41:37

A slam against the arena wall from TR2.

0:41:370:41:40

Good contest, this.

0:41:400:41:42

Two very good robots.

0:41:420:41:43

Carbide under pressure.

0:41:430:41:45

Carbide under pressure!

0:41:450:41:47

TR2 doing all the work.

0:41:470:41:50

Carbide are retreating fast.

0:41:500:41:52

They're trying to stay away.

0:41:540:41:55

They've forgotten the floor flipper.

0:41:550:41:57

This is all TR2.

0:41:570:41:59

This could be a major upset.

0:41:590:42:01

Another flip for Carbide.

0:42:010:42:03

Over it goes.

0:42:030:42:05

TR2 chasing another flip for Carbide.

0:42:050:42:08

They don't know what they're doing.

0:42:080:42:09

They're under pressure for the first time in Robot Wars.

0:42:090:42:13

Carbide is a toy for TR2.

0:42:130:42:16

Can they survive?

0:42:180:42:20

Shunt waits.

0:42:200:42:21

He wants a toy to play with.

0:42:210:42:23

Carbide...

0:42:230:42:25

Damaged. Limited control, but they're doing their best.

0:42:260:42:30

There's no power in the blade, that's for certain.

0:42:300:42:32

The weapon isn't working.

0:42:320:42:34

Can TR2 get them near the arena gate and get them out?

0:42:340:42:39

They're perilously close.

0:42:390:42:41

Down comes Shunt's blade.

0:42:410:42:43

Misses my a mile.

0:42:430:42:44

I think Shunt is drunk.

0:42:440:42:46

TR2 turns away.

0:42:460:42:48

Is it coming in for a momentous last charge?

0:42:500:42:52

Get him. A minute left. A minute left.

0:42:520:42:54

This is the charge of the bull

0:42:540:42:57

and the matador, Carbide, dances aside.

0:42:570:43:00

But TR2 has been hugely impressive here

0:43:000:43:03

against one of the best machines we've seen

0:43:030:43:05

in this Robot Wars competition.

0:43:050:43:07

Carbide again slammed. They're trying to nudge it away.

0:43:070:43:10

They're trying to get it out of the arena.

0:43:100:43:12

They're trying to cause it as much damage as they can.

0:43:120:43:15

Should they make it all the way through to the final of this,

0:43:150:43:18

the Grand Final of Robot Wars.

0:43:180:43:20

Well, I didn't think we'd see this.

0:43:210:43:23

This has really surprised me.

0:43:230:43:25

I didn't think we'd see Carbide beaten by anything,

0:43:250:43:28

but TR2 went on to the axe of Shunt and that caused damage.

0:43:280:43:33

Can Alex Brown finish off Carbide?

0:43:350:43:38

Another push from TR2 into the CPZ.

0:43:380:43:42

The red lights are on. Ten seconds remain.

0:43:420:43:45

Don't forget, TR2 need the win here.

0:43:450:43:49

It will go to the judges

0:43:490:43:51

and they will decide

0:43:510:43:52

on control, damage and aggression

0:43:520:43:55

but, for me, it was all TR2.

0:43:550:43:57

Needing the big win and the crowd want them to get it.

0:43:570:44:01

That's when the spinning bar was up to speed.

0:44:020:44:05

That's when the only damage was sustained by TR2

0:44:050:44:08

but, from then on, they did all the work.

0:44:080:44:11

They changed the angle of that front flipper to get in underneath Carbide

0:44:110:44:15

and, boy, that worked throughout.

0:44:150:44:17

Carbide's weapon not working there.

0:44:170:44:20

It was just a question,

0:44:220:44:23

could they finish them off with or without the house robots?

0:44:230:44:27

Carbide - such a mean machine but, in the end,

0:44:290:44:33

looking so limp and defeated

0:44:330:44:38

and just hanging on to take it to the judges.

0:44:380:44:41

But, goodness me, only just.

0:44:410:44:44

Unbelievable. I am slightly out of breath.

0:44:550:44:58

Let's start with you, TR2.

0:44:580:45:00

You were under pressure going into that battle.

0:45:000:45:03

You knew you had to go for the win.

0:45:030:45:04

We had to go for the win straight away or we were definitely out.

0:45:040:45:07

You did attempt to get them out of the arena on a number of occasions.

0:45:070:45:10

Was the CO2 gone at that point?

0:45:100:45:11

I don't know. The flips were definitely getting down on power

0:45:110:45:14

so there might be damage there.

0:45:140:45:15

Carbide, how was that battle for you?

0:45:150:45:17

It was pretty fun. I enjoyed it.

0:45:170:45:19

I mean, crucially, the blade stopped working.

0:45:190:45:22

After that, was it pretty much survival?

0:45:220:45:24

Yeah, pretty much for us. Yeah.

0:45:240:45:26

It was a judges' decision.

0:45:260:45:28

I can tell you it was a unanimous decision...

0:45:280:45:30

..in favour of...TR2.

0:45:310:45:34

Congratulations. They liked that.

0:45:360:45:39

An exciting match. Wondered what was going to happen.

0:45:410:45:44

Carbide took some big lumps off TR2 to start with

0:45:440:45:47

but when their blades stopped working, TR2 just got under,

0:45:470:45:51

kept flipping until their gas looked like it ran out.

0:45:510:45:53

They didn't have the power

0:45:530:45:55

so they just used their logic

0:45:550:45:56

and kept pushing it into Shunt

0:45:560:45:58

and I really liked how Carbide were using their initiative,

0:45:580:46:02

trying to get back up the right way using the flipper.

0:46:020:46:04

Back on the flipper, to try and get back up the right way.

0:46:040:46:07

But it didn't seem to do any difference.

0:46:070:46:09

I think there's an electrical fault in there somewhere

0:46:090:46:12

that's caused the bar just to stop working.

0:46:120:46:15

Oh, the clutch plate's fallen apart.

0:46:150:46:17

These are the clutch plates that run the weapon,

0:46:170:46:20

either side of the sprocket, just to protect the motor.

0:46:200:46:22

You can see all this dust around here,

0:46:220:46:24

that's where the clutch plate used to be.

0:46:240:46:26

It used to sit on there, like that.

0:46:260:46:28

It's just disappeared.

0:46:280:46:29

Awesome. Awesome fight with Carbide.

0:46:310:46:34

Tremendous machine. You can see the damage they've given us.

0:46:350:46:38

If I turn that around, you can just see

0:46:380:46:41

it's ripped it apart, but the fight with Carbide was such a buzz.

0:46:410:46:45

Best fight ever. Best fight for me ever.

0:46:450:46:47

Yeah, just the adrenaline rush.

0:46:470:46:49

Sitting up, standing up there in the drivers' pod,

0:46:490:46:52

waiting for the fight to start, it was just electric.

0:46:520:46:55

Despite losing their first fight this evening,

0:46:560:46:59

Carbide remain in first place with six points.

0:46:590:47:01

The judges' decision and the two points for TR2

0:47:010:47:04

move it up to second place

0:47:040:47:06

with five points.

0:47:060:47:07

With a fight still to go, Apollo can still make the final

0:47:070:47:11

if they can beat last-placed Thor

0:47:110:47:14

and secure the full three points.

0:47:140:47:17

All right, it's time for the final head-to-head to decide

0:47:170:47:20

who will fight Carbide in tonight's grand final.

0:47:200:47:23

It's Apollo versus Thor.

0:47:230:47:26

CHEERING

0:47:260:47:28

Thor, as we knew him, died many fights ago.

0:47:300:47:33

This is now Zombie Thor.

0:47:330:47:35

A zombie Thor with bits other robots stuck on to him.

0:47:350:47:39

What is left of this thing at this stage?

0:47:390:47:41

Not an awful lot. Just anything that's in the middle that no-one could get to

0:47:410:47:44

-is about the only stuff...

-Cos I've seen bits of this,

0:47:440:47:47

these wings at the sides, the protective bits,

0:47:470:47:49

they've been flying all over the place as shrapnel.

0:47:490:47:52

It's only the weld and the paint holding it together now.

0:47:520:47:55

Jason, you've been fantastic

0:47:550:47:56

how you kept this thing going so far as you have.

0:47:560:47:59

Ladies and gentlemen, give it up for Thor.

0:47:590:48:01

What is left of Thor.

0:48:010:48:02

Now, Apollo, Thor is clearly not going to roll over and die.

0:48:050:48:08

-Ever.

-No.

-By the looks of it.

0:48:080:48:10

He never gives up. I mean, his robot has gone through so much

0:48:100:48:13

and it's still going. He's a great driver as well

0:48:130:48:16

and he's been fantastic throughout the whole competition.

0:48:160:48:18

Beautiful. Apollo.

0:48:180:48:20

With so much resting on the result of this battle,

0:48:220:48:24

Dara and I will be watching with TR2 in the other control room.

0:48:240:48:27

Two fantastic competitors.

0:48:270:48:29

Thor versus Apollo.

0:48:290:48:31

Three, two, one. Activate.

0:48:310:48:33

Apollo need a victory to get through to the ultimate final.

0:48:330:48:37

Thor out there again.

0:48:370:48:38

Somehow, Jason has put it together but already under pressure.

0:48:380:48:42

All of the TR2 team looking on.

0:48:420:48:44

They need Apollo to go out here.

0:48:440:48:46

They know that.

0:48:460:48:48

But Thor...

0:48:480:48:50

Another bit has come off.

0:48:500:48:51

The floor flipper catches it as well.

0:48:510:48:54

Well, the builder lost his drive system,

0:48:540:48:57

his hammer, his wheel system, his panels

0:48:570:49:00

and now some gizmo off the back.

0:49:000:49:03

The panels are bent, everything has fallen off it

0:49:030:49:06

and yet he's rebuilt and rebuilt,

0:49:060:49:08

and gone out there, and gone out there.

0:49:080:49:11

But that's the end of his road.

0:49:110:49:12

Apollo into the ultimate grand final final.

0:49:140:49:17

TR2 have come so far.

0:49:180:49:20

Driven by the youngest driver in the competition,

0:49:200:49:23

it's been an incredible achievement.

0:49:230:49:25

Sad. Yeah. We're going home,

0:49:270:49:28

we're not out of the competition but we only lost one fight

0:49:280:49:32

so we have done our best.

0:49:320:49:34

Our best wasn't good enough this year.

0:49:340:49:36

Next year, it will be.

0:49:360:49:37

For Thor, it has been one brutal battle after the other.

0:49:420:49:46

A crowd favourite, but for this series, Jason's dream is over.

0:49:460:49:50

Yeah, that fight didn't go too well.

0:49:500:49:53

The back end of the robot completely disintegrated and shot off.

0:49:550:49:58

All the electronics are there. It died.

0:49:580:49:59

But to come fourth in the competition of Robot Wars, spot on.

0:49:590:50:03

Apollo and Carbide have both come on an amazing journey.

0:50:030:50:07

One of these teams is now a battle away from being crowned

0:50:070:50:11

champion of Robot Wars 2016.

0:50:110:50:13

So, we're here. It's the grand final

0:50:150:50:17

and we're getting ready to fight Carbide.

0:50:170:50:19

This hasn't really sunk in yet that we're in the final.

0:50:190:50:22

Carbide, they're a very strong, physical robot.

0:50:220:50:25

If they get you in the wrong place, they can really do some damage.

0:50:250:50:28

We smashed the outer arena, we smashed the inner arena.

0:50:280:50:31

Some really formidable opponents.

0:50:310:50:33

It's more than just a grand final, this is our revenge match now.

0:50:350:50:38

-Yes.

-Apollo's a really good machine.

0:50:380:50:40

I think we got lucky in the first round with it.

0:50:400:50:43

We need to get that link. We've fixed it with a bit of gaffer tape.

0:50:430:50:46

Hopefully it won't fall out.

0:50:460:50:49

We'll have to find another weakness and try and exploit that.

0:50:490:50:52

It's got to be an engineering challenge, I think.

0:50:520:50:54

It is good to come up with your own ways of putting a machine together.

0:50:540:50:58

It's totally like rock, paper, scissors.

0:51:000:51:02

We're weak against some opposition and strong against others,

0:51:020:51:05

and the same with them.

0:51:050:51:06

It's been epic - the flips, the fights...

0:51:060:51:09

-There's nothing else like it.

-Yeah.

0:51:110:51:12

What else do you go and watch where you get

0:51:120:51:15

robots just fighting in an arena?

0:51:150:51:17

The word "obsession" comes into mind.

0:51:170:51:19

It does get more intense now, doesn't it?

0:51:210:51:24

We were kids growing up watching Robot Wars

0:51:250:51:27

and to win it would be brilliant.

0:51:270:51:29

We have had fun but we really want to win it now.

0:51:290:51:32

This is it. This is the final, lads.

0:51:320:51:34

So, after 53 battle across six shows, it's all come down to this.

0:51:360:51:41

Apollo versus Carbide for the title of Robot Wars Champion.

0:51:410:51:45

This is the final I would have asked for.

0:51:450:51:47

It's the spinner that destroyed the arena

0:51:470:51:49

versus the flipper that humiliated the house robots.

0:51:490:51:52

The teams are ready. Which means, for the last time this series,

0:51:520:51:55

it's over to you, Jonathan.

0:51:550:51:57

CHEERING

0:51:570:52:00

Thanks very much, Dara and Angela.

0:52:000:52:02

What a fight.

0:52:020:52:04

-Roboteers, stand by.

-This is it.

0:52:040:52:07

The audience can't wait.

0:52:130:52:14

-Three...two...one....

-Put on your seatbelts.

0:52:140:52:17

-Activate!

-Here we go.

0:52:170:52:20

Mission revenge.

0:52:210:52:23

Apollo remember that Carbide did the dirty on them earlier on,

0:52:230:52:27

attacking their rear end.

0:52:270:52:28

And in they go to Sir Kill-a-lot.

0:52:280:52:30

We have seen Carbide can get into trouble.

0:52:300:52:33

And Apollo doing all the aggressive work early on.

0:52:350:52:37

But up to speed comes the Carbide blade.

0:52:400:52:43

Underneath goes the Apollo wedge

0:52:440:52:47

with that very low ground clearance.

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They can get in underneath that blade, they can flip,

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they can cause trouble and they've done it.

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They've done it. Sparks flew

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as the blade crashed against the arena floor

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and Carbide in real trouble.

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Then, again, Apollo has flipped Dead Metal out.

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Apollo has flipped Matilda out.

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Carbide is the least compared to that.

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But Shunt and the house robots remembered.

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Carbide against the arena sidewall.

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Can Apollo keep up the sustained attack?

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The pit released. Activated.

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Carbide, it was, with the nudge.

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They know they're in trouble.

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They know, at this stage, Apollo are on top

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and have got themselves very, very dangerously

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on the front end of the flipper.

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When Carbide win,

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they normally get things over and done with very quickly.

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But not here.

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It's all Apollo,

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and there is no shuttle to safety for Carbide.

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Now gripped by the front flipper.

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Oh. How much damage there to Apollo?

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And the front flipper has been bent.

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Shunt came out of the CPZ, or to the very edge of it,

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and caught Apollo's flipper but it's still working.

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Really good final.

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Because Carbide have come back into it.

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I thought they were beaten.

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But look at this now.

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Apollo had a bit of a gas leak

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but has that affected the front flipper?

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It seemed to be staying open.

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Oh, Carbide just beyond the pit.

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They've had problems with the clutch as well, but they are on the attack.

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Carbide...

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They're trying to push Apollo -

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a mighty weight to push at 107 kilos.

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It's now who can get who to the pit

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or into the CPZ onto the floor flipper

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because the weapons are largely caput.

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What on earth happened there?

0:54:490:54:51

Carbide nudges the floor flipper.

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Absolute mayhem out there at the moment.

0:54:580:55:01

Back they come in again.

0:55:010:55:03

Carbide caught in the jaws

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and in towards Shunt.

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And can get damaged in there.

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Untested as a machine before Robot Wars, Carbide.

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They've done brilliantly.

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Cease called.

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What an ultimate final.

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I'm exhausted, they're exhausted.

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The robots are exhausted.

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The judges have to make a decision on control, damage, aggression.

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Let's give you some pointers.

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Apollo on the attack, flipping Carbide.

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Tried it two or three times.

0:55:360:55:38

Carbide's weaponry working.

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Oh, I would not want to be one of those judges having to pick this.

0:55:400:55:43

Apollo attacking again.

0:55:430:55:44

Carbide bouncing but they couldn't finish it off.

0:55:440:55:47

Tossed, turned, tormented,

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teased.

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Then taking punishment from the house robots.

0:55:510:55:55

Still, Apollo applied the pressure.

0:55:550:55:57

That is the final we were hoping for.

0:56:020:56:04

-Yeah, we made it last the three minutes.

-That's what we wanted.

0:56:040:56:08

It was a good fight.

0:56:080:56:09

Absolutely. Motor has been kind of an issue

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on-and-off throughout the series.

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Just when you really didn't want it to play up, it seemed to act.

0:56:140:56:18

We're working on it already.

0:56:180:56:19

-Hopefully the audience enjoyed it and we...

-I think they enjoyed it.

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-CHEERING

-Carbide, everybody. Thank you.

0:56:230:56:26

Yes. Two boxers slugging it out

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because, by the end of it, this legendary flipper,

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which has taking down so many of the house robots, it got tired.

0:56:330:56:36

Yeah, we've got a limited supply of gas.

0:56:360:56:38

The reason the flipper's so powerful is it uses so much gas.

0:56:380:56:41

So, after so many flips, it does start to die down.

0:56:410:56:43

So, for the latter part of that, they couldn't really spin the blade,

0:56:430:56:46

you couldn't really get underneath and get a proper flip out of it

0:56:460:56:49

and became attritional, it became a dirty street fight.

0:56:490:56:52

It did. I think this from them guys earlier in the other fight.

0:56:520:56:55

The flipper arm started to get a bit bent,

0:56:550:56:57

so it wasn't coming down fully.

0:56:570:56:59

So, we had to go to Shunt a few times.

0:56:590:57:01

You went to lure the house robots over to close over...?

0:57:010:57:03

Yes, Shunt gave us a hit and brought the arm back down.

0:57:030:57:06

-Thank you very much. We'll have that.

-That's clever.

0:57:060:57:09

Some reverse robot psychology there.

0:57:090:57:12

All of you, it was a wonderful fight.

0:57:130:57:15

It was a fantastic fight but there was no clear winner.

0:57:150:57:18

So it has gone to a judges' decision.

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That result has come through.

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The decision was unanimous.

0:57:220:57:24

The winner of that fight,

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and therefore the Robot Wars Champions for 2016...

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-..are Apollo.

-Yes!

0:57:330:57:35

Apollo!

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Worthy winners. They say a tournament gets the final it deserves,

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it was an incredible finale to a brilliant competition.

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We hope you enjoyed it as much as we have.

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That's all from us on this series of Robot Wars. Goodnight.

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CHEERING

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