0:00:02 > 0:00:04This is Robot Wars! Families and friends competing with
0:00:04 > 0:00:06home-made fighting machines in pursuit of victory.
0:00:06 > 0:00:08Facing off in our bulletproof arena,
0:00:08 > 0:00:12they must also deal with the savage hazards and fiendish house robots.
0:00:12 > 0:00:1530 teams begin but only one can win.
0:00:15 > 0:00:17Let the games commence!
0:00:22 > 0:00:27Robot Wars, where metal fighting machines built by brilliant amateurs
0:00:27 > 0:00:30battle to become the best in the world.
0:00:33 > 0:00:37From every corner of the country and every walk of life.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41This time we have more fiendish hazards.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45Spinner, killer, entanglement devices,
0:00:45 > 0:00:47and even a ten-way free-for-all.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49Come on!
0:00:57 > 0:00:58Previously...
0:01:00 > 0:01:05Behemoth pushed its way to victory and a place in the grand final.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08Tonight, six more teams will compete for a chance
0:01:08 > 0:01:11to become the Robot Wars champion.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14So strap yourselves in and let's meet our first team.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17From Grove...
0:01:22 > 0:01:25Last time, young Toby caused the upset of the series...
0:01:25 > 0:01:30And the fight and the two points are going to go to Cherub,
0:01:30 > 0:01:33which means that you're going through to the final, guys!
0:01:33 > 0:01:35Do your little wing thing!
0:01:35 > 0:01:39..turning Ant from Behemoth into a viral internet phenomenon.
0:01:40 > 0:01:44He's back with his dad, sisters, and a new robot.
0:01:44 > 0:01:49We've got five weapons in total. We've got the double hit hammer,
0:01:49 > 0:01:51the bent mace, the straight mace,
0:01:51 > 0:01:55the smaller sword and the bigger sword.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57- May I unveil this? - Yeah, you can.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59That is not a happy thing.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01- What is that to do?- That's the mace.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04The momentum of the thing will smash down, presumably.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07These things, however, have a very specific purpose - what do they do?
0:02:07 > 0:02:09They're meant to entangle spinning bars.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11Are you fighting a big spinner any time very soon?
0:02:11 > 0:02:13- Yep, we are. - Are you fighting Carbide very soon?
0:02:13 > 0:02:15- Yep. - Is that the whole purpose of this?
0:02:15 > 0:02:17- Yep.- Nicely worked out. Very good.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19Could Gabriel win Robot Wars?
0:02:19 > 0:02:20Yeah.
0:02:20 > 0:02:25Gabriel 2 will face the reigning champion of Robot Wars.
0:02:26 > 0:02:27From Derby...
0:02:33 > 0:02:36Carbide is, simply put, the most feared machine in the UK.
0:02:39 > 0:02:40People are scared of it.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45With opposing teams now allowed to use chains and cables
0:02:45 > 0:02:47to entangle spinners,
0:02:47 > 0:02:51could the new rule end Carbide's Robot Wars dominance?
0:02:52 > 0:02:55So you've never fought against an entanglement weapon.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58No, they've always been banned up until this year.
0:02:58 > 0:03:02- Right.- I think they've brought it in because of how we acted last year.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04So you guys were too good.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06- Yeah.- And how are you going to battle against it?
0:03:06 > 0:03:07We'll still smash them up.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12And the final team for this group battle...
0:03:12 > 0:03:14From Barrowford...
0:03:20 > 0:03:23My name is Graeme Dawson and my robot is Big Nipper!
0:03:23 > 0:03:27Team captain Graeme is a family man for whom robots run in the blood.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30I live in Lancashire with my wife and three-year-old daughter.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32My daughter's really into Robot Wars.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35She even says the "Three, two, one activate,"
0:03:35 > 0:03:36when they start.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39She's like, "Three, two, one, activaaate!"
0:03:39 > 0:03:40Like that.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45The last series, we were watching it on TV and I gave her
0:03:45 > 0:03:48our transmitter for the robot and she said straight away,
0:03:48 > 0:03:50"Oh I'm driving that one," and it was Carbide.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52- Oh, good choice. - That was a good choice, yeah.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54Would you like her to be driving Carbide in the battle
0:03:54 > 0:03:57- that you're about to go into? - Yeah, that would be all right.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59- Good luck.- All right, thank you.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02Our first three teams head out for group battle one.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06Only the winner of each group battle automatically goes through
0:04:06 > 0:04:07to the semifinals.
0:04:09 > 0:04:13The losers must fight again in the robot redemption battles
0:04:13 > 0:04:14to decide who will join them.
0:04:16 > 0:04:17Over to Jonathan Pearce.
0:04:19 > 0:04:20Thanks, Dara and Angela.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22While the teams for our first group battle arm up then
0:04:22 > 0:04:26in the arena, there's time for a rundown of the rules for you.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29Teams win battles by immobilising their opponents by flipping them
0:04:29 > 0:04:32out of the arena or by forcing them down the arena pit.
0:04:32 > 0:04:36If there isn't a clear winner after the three-minute battle,
0:04:36 > 0:04:38it's up to our judges to appoint one.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41Professional Noel Sharkey, Professor Sethu Vijayakumar
0:04:41 > 0:04:45and Dr Lucy Rogers are our judges judging on control,
0:04:45 > 0:04:48aggression, and my favourite, damage.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51And in the arena, competitors can change the course of a battle
0:04:51 > 0:04:54by hitting the Arena Tyre, which at random will either
0:04:54 > 0:04:57fall left, dropping the Pit Of Doom,
0:04:57 > 0:05:01or fall right, firing the brand-new Fog Of War.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03The Fog Of War!
0:05:05 > 0:05:07We'll release the rogue house robots.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10The guardians of the arena are the house robots,
0:05:10 > 0:05:12who are stationed in the Corner Patrol Zones.
0:05:12 > 0:05:16Competitors who stray into those zones will be bashed up
0:05:16 > 0:05:18by these arena bruisers, so you're wise to give them
0:05:18 > 0:05:20a wide berth, really.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25In the arena for the first group battle
0:05:25 > 0:05:27is 350kg of titanium axe-wielding mayhem...
0:05:30 > 0:05:32It's Shunt!
0:05:32 > 0:05:35Big Nipper and Gabriel are the first in the unlucky line of robots
0:05:35 > 0:05:38to try and dethrone our current champion Carbide.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40Rather them than me.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42Roboteers, stand by.
0:05:46 > 0:05:47Three...
0:05:47 > 0:05:52AUDIENCE JOIN IN: ..two, one, activate!
0:05:52 > 0:05:54Carbide, bottom of your picture.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56Go, Gabriel 2!
0:05:56 > 0:05:58It's not exactly an Archangel flying, is it?
0:06:00 > 0:06:03Carbide moves to have a go at Gabriel 2,
0:06:03 > 0:06:06and takes a chunk out of Gabriel 2.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08Keep going, you're all right.
0:06:08 > 0:06:09Don't worry about that.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11It's built to sustain damage.
0:06:11 > 0:06:17Terrifically well-designed by Craig Colliass and his family team.
0:06:18 > 0:06:22Big Nipper trying to stay out of trouble, I think, early on.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25The big flailing mace comes down on Gabriel 2
0:06:25 > 0:06:28- with the entanglement devices. - Rip off the spikes.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31Toby there driving Gabriel 2 against Carbide.
0:06:31 > 0:06:35This is building up to be some struggle for the reigning champions.
0:06:35 > 0:06:39They haven't had to work quite like this so early on in any heat,
0:06:39 > 0:06:40not in my memory.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42Oh, there goes the Dial of Doom.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47Which means a house robot could go wild and rogue.
0:06:47 > 0:06:51And indeed, Shunt then comes out into play.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55OK, this is a solid scrap, all right.
0:06:55 > 0:07:00It is Gabriel 2 bouncing up on Big Nipper and are they immobilised?
0:07:00 > 0:07:02No, they're still moving.
0:07:02 > 0:07:03That's all right, Toby, keep going.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06Look at the concentration on the faces of Dave Moulds and
0:07:06 > 0:07:10Sam Smith, who's a quiet man out of the arena, but inside he's a beast.
0:07:10 > 0:07:11Nipper, Nipper!
0:07:12 > 0:07:15- Yeah.- I think Big Nipper is gone.
0:07:15 > 0:07:16They're immobile, they're out.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18Two minutes left! I can't watch this.
0:07:18 > 0:07:24Which means now two minutes to go of just Carbide and Gabriel 2.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28OK, the wheels are messed up.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30Using that bar spinner... Oh!
0:07:30 > 0:07:32How can Gabriel 2 take this damage?
0:07:33 > 0:07:36Keep driving, keep driving!
0:07:36 > 0:07:38The wheels are buckled, how can it?
0:07:38 > 0:07:40Because it's designed to do it.
0:07:40 > 0:07:45Carbide beginning to struggle in the defence of that title.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47Just keep going around. This way.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50Look at my finger, go around here.
0:07:50 > 0:07:54Underneath Carbide, something is stuck there.
0:07:54 > 0:07:55Something has come off.
0:07:58 > 0:07:59It's part of the tyre!
0:07:59 > 0:08:03And Gabriel 2 has created damage and flips Carbide over!
0:08:03 > 0:08:05Ooh!
0:08:05 > 0:08:08Look at those wheels buckling. They're like a zombie!
0:08:08 > 0:08:11Gabriel can keep going, they can absorb that impact.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16And the reigning champion is in trouble here now!
0:08:16 > 0:08:18Gabriel 2 have never performed anything like this.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22Carbide have never had to work anything like this!
0:08:22 > 0:08:23This is sensational stuff!
0:08:23 > 0:08:26This is the 91st Wonder of the World!
0:08:27 > 0:08:31Unfortunately Gabriel has now lost all of his entanglement things.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35It's Carbide running upside down, that's OK.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37Can you actually use both wheels?
0:08:37 > 0:08:39Yeah? Fine? Not into the... No, not there.
0:08:41 > 0:08:42Jesus!
0:08:44 > 0:08:46What is going on?!
0:08:47 > 0:08:50Gabriel 2 is still going!
0:08:50 > 0:08:53Heavens to Betsy, Gabriel, you can take some punishment.
0:08:54 > 0:08:59And again from Carbide, once more the reigning champions.
0:08:59 > 0:09:05This time the Dial of Doom goes to depress the Pit of Gloom.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10Drive away from it, that's it, just keep going.
0:09:10 > 0:09:11Keep driving.
0:09:11 > 0:09:16Look at Craig giving Toby instructions in that control booth.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19Well, I never thought I'd see Carbide struggle like this
0:09:19 > 0:09:22and I never thought I'd see a plucky, strange,
0:09:22 > 0:09:25awkward beast of a robot like Gabriel 2.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30- Don't have any traction, basically. - You don't have what?
0:09:30 > 0:09:33- Any traction.- Don't worry about traction, just keep driving.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35It's like a cartoon character,
0:09:35 > 0:09:38like its little legs are moving but it's not going anywhere.
0:09:39 > 0:09:43Torn, battered, bruised, brilliant.
0:09:43 > 0:09:45They're still in there.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48Who's going to brush up the arena floor?
0:09:48 > 0:09:51Six, five - it's going to go to the judges, is it?
0:09:51 > 0:09:53- This is unbelievable! - HORN HONKS
0:09:53 > 0:09:57This is one of the greatest fights ever in Robot Wars history!
0:09:57 > 0:09:59Well done!
0:09:59 > 0:10:01Well done.
0:10:01 > 0:10:03That was an epic fight.
0:10:03 > 0:10:07I mean, judges' decision I think has to go to Gabriel.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10I mean, really? They both went at each other.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12But you've got to that say more damage was done to Gabriel
0:10:12 > 0:10:14than it was to Carbide.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17Toby, that was... You did such a good job.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19Well done, mate, that was brilliant.
0:10:19 > 0:10:20That is a cool robot.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25Well, Gabriel 2 showed the way to go
0:10:25 > 0:10:28with the mace hit early on on Carbide,
0:10:28 > 0:10:31taking punishment but they were OK to do that.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34They knew this machine had a big heart,
0:10:34 > 0:10:37they knew it had the entanglement devices.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39All right, didn't really work on Carbide,
0:10:39 > 0:10:43but Big Nipper was in trouble early on, didn't last that long,
0:10:43 > 0:10:48leaving the big two in this one to come together time and time again.
0:10:48 > 0:10:49Carbide on the attack.
0:10:49 > 0:10:53Look at the manglement of Gabriel 2,
0:10:53 > 0:10:58but Toby was focused and Toby knew what he was doing
0:10:58 > 0:11:00and he knew Gabriel 2 could last the distance
0:11:00 > 0:11:02because it's meant to do that.
0:11:06 > 0:11:10Well, we loved it, they loved it,
0:11:10 > 0:11:12you clearly loved it.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15Look at those faces!
0:11:15 > 0:11:18I mean, considering we don't know who won yet,
0:11:18 > 0:11:19you both look gleefully happy.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21I can't speak for Craig but that's probably
0:11:21 > 0:11:24- the best fight we've ever had. - Really?- Oh, by miles, yeah.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26- That was awesome.- Toby did an unbelievable job driving,
0:11:26 > 0:11:28you could see the intensity on his face.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31Tony has gone from apprentice to fully-fledged driver, I think,
0:11:31 > 0:11:32- don't you guys?- Yes!
0:11:32 > 0:11:35Round of applause, please. 13 years old.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37Right, should we look at Carbide's damage?
0:11:37 > 0:11:40- Yep.- Do a bit of sweeping along the way there, will you?
0:11:40 > 0:11:41Go on. Earn your keep.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44OK, so, I mean, he looks all right.
0:11:44 > 0:11:45Yeah, it's not so bad, new tyre.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47- Sticker's got scratched.- I mean...
0:11:47 > 0:11:49LAUGHTER
0:11:49 > 0:11:51A couple of little scratches. OK, right.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54Come in here, Craig. Right, give me my brush back.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58It was of course the judges' decision.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00Winner of these bit and through to the semifinal...
0:12:00 > 0:12:02..it's Carbide.
0:12:02 > 0:12:03Well done.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:12:07 > 0:12:11Gabriel 2 may be defeated but they receive a spontaneous
0:12:11 > 0:12:13guard of honour from the other roboteers.
0:12:14 > 0:12:19Well, I thought we did really well because we survived but...
0:12:21 > 0:12:23And Toby drove really well.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25Yeah, Toby drove really, really well.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28Not many people can actually say they go three minutes with Carbide
0:12:28 > 0:12:30hitting them and still drive out of the arena
0:12:30 > 0:12:32so we're really, really pleased with that.
0:12:35 > 0:12:39We want to win but we want to win in a way that everyone's happy.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41And that's hard.
0:12:43 > 0:12:48This particular wheel must have had I think eight to ten direct hits
0:12:48 > 0:12:52from Carbide and it was still running, it was still going round.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55Just goes to show that if you've got the right material
0:12:55 > 0:12:59in the right situation, you can actually do the almost impossible.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03I think at the beginning, my wife was a little concerned
0:13:03 > 0:13:06I was spending too much time making crazy stuff.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10She would say, "You can invent all these things,
0:13:10 > 0:13:12"why can't you make something that makes money?"
0:13:15 > 0:13:19Growing up in a house of robots was pretty amazing.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22I feel like it kind of set me up for life.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25So when I'm older I really want to be an engineer.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32Part of us always feels bad about smashing someone else's creation
0:13:32 > 0:13:35but with a robot like Carbide you can't feel remorse.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40So, Dave and Sam go straight through to the semifinals but
0:13:40 > 0:13:44closer inspection to Carbide has revealed serious battery problems
0:13:44 > 0:13:46that could mean an early exit for the champions.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49Situation's developing here with Carbide.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51I don't want to interrupt you when you're doing important work.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54What happened when you took the bonnet off this?
0:13:54 > 0:13:57So, there's a bit more damage than we were expecting, to be honest.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00Once we'd opened the battery pack pods up we basically found
0:14:00 > 0:14:02that we've torched all our batteries.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04Because you don't normally fight for three minutes.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06- That's it, yeah. - Is there a danger you're out?
0:14:06 > 0:14:09- It would be that, yeah. - I don't want to lose our champions
0:14:09 > 0:14:10- on the table.- It would be a shame.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13All right, cool, go find the batteries and good luck.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15- Thank you very much. - There you go. Carbide in danger.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19With the future of our champions in the balance,
0:14:19 > 0:14:22time to find out who will be joining them in the semifinals
0:14:22 > 0:14:24from our second group battle.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28From Cheshire...
0:14:32 > 0:14:34An enduring father and son team,
0:14:34 > 0:14:38Michael Oates has had a lifetime ambition to win the show.
0:14:38 > 0:14:42There's been so many decisions in my life, like which school to go to,
0:14:42 > 0:14:44which university do I do? Which degree do I do?
0:14:44 > 0:14:47But the one thing I've always known my whole life,
0:14:47 > 0:14:49I want to win Robot Wars.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52Michael's even sacrificed his university social life
0:14:52 > 0:14:55and delayed his exams to chase his dream.
0:14:55 > 0:14:59You're supposed to be joining bingo society, or, you know,
0:14:59 > 0:15:02the French history society or something or doing other stuff.
0:15:02 > 0:15:03When's that going to start?
0:15:03 > 0:15:06- But this is more fun, isn't it? - Do you approve of this, by the way?
0:15:06 > 0:15:10Well, he's worked very hard beforehand, so I'm trusting him.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12Because it's Robot Wars, isn't it?
0:15:12 > 0:15:14Who wouldn't want to be here? This is amazing.
0:15:14 > 0:15:19In their group battle, Eruption face schoolteacher Will and his dad.
0:15:21 > 0:15:22From Reading...
0:15:27 > 0:15:29- You're a teacher?- Yeah.
0:15:29 > 0:15:33Kind of expect them to be upholding citizens and then...
0:15:33 > 0:15:34- In the classroom, yeah.- OK.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36In the arena it's a lot of go for it.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38I'm a complete monster in there.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44The schooldays are very regimented. You get in at eight o'clock,
0:15:44 > 0:15:47you teach your classes, you go home.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49When we're doing Robot Wars, it's chaos.
0:15:52 > 0:15:53Oh, dear.
0:15:53 > 0:15:54Stop!
0:15:54 > 0:15:57We've got order in one half and then complete and utter
0:15:57 > 0:15:59unparalleled chaos in the other.
0:15:59 > 0:16:03Dreams shattered.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05Machine in shards.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11I need to get in that arena and I need to rip stuff apart
0:16:11 > 0:16:12and I can't really explain why.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14He keeps saying I've done a little bit too much.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17He's got a kill switch now, so if I'm going too destructive,
0:16:17 > 0:16:19he can turn me off and I just can't do anything.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22When the eyes light up and they're red, then you know that's when
0:16:22 > 0:16:24- you switch them off. - That's what it's all about.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26I mean, that's a little bit terrifying.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30The final team in this group battle...
0:16:33 > 0:16:34From Ripon...
0:16:39 > 0:16:42It's an interesting thing, the whole cluster bot concept,
0:16:42 > 0:16:44because you split between two very different philosophies here,
0:16:44 > 0:16:46two robots are two different things.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49They are two different things but it gives us two chances.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52With two robots you've got two places that you can attack them.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55You can get them from the front and behind or the left and the right
0:16:55 > 0:16:57and they won't know which way it's coming.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02Double the robots, double the destruction.
0:17:02 > 0:17:06Polar division here between a lifter and a spinner, right?
0:17:06 > 0:17:09Almost like in other parts of your life
0:17:09 > 0:17:12where you are both a classical musician and a rock musician.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14No, I play with Harrogate Symphony Orchestra and I play
0:17:14 > 0:17:16with a band in Ripon as well, on guitar.
0:17:16 > 0:17:20- Are you a tea man and a coffee man? - Yes.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23You've got to have variety so we like to do both.
0:17:26 > 0:17:30With only one team progressing to the semifinals automatically,
0:17:30 > 0:17:34the pressure's on to win this group battle and avoid the redemption
0:17:34 > 0:17:38head-to-heads. Win here and there's one less fight to deal with.
0:17:38 > 0:17:39Over to you, Jonathan.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43Thank you very much, Dara and Angela.
0:17:43 > 0:17:47In the arena, it's leader of the robot coalition of chaos, it's...
0:17:50 > 0:17:52..Sir Killalot.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54Robots are loaded, doors are locked.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56Come on, let's have this battle.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58Roboteers, stand by.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04Whose team are you on?
0:18:04 > 0:18:06- Eruption.- Is it?
0:18:06 > 0:18:08I'm going Aftershock.
0:18:08 > 0:18:12AUDIENCE AND ANNOUNCER: Three, two, one, activate!
0:18:12 > 0:18:14Aftershock, grand finalist twice,
0:18:14 > 0:18:16Eruption, runners-up last time around.
0:18:16 > 0:18:20The cluster bot, Crackers 'N' Smash, and Aftershock immediately after
0:18:20 > 0:18:23the green Crackers machine, pushing it into a CPZ,
0:18:23 > 0:18:26but the house robots aren't there. That's OK.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28Aftershock now pressing in on...
0:18:28 > 0:18:31Oh, look at that!
0:18:31 > 0:18:33Part of the floor flipper has been ripped out!
0:18:33 > 0:18:37Come on, guys, the arena flipper's buggered.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40Cease has not been called, they must go on.
0:18:40 > 0:18:41Are they going to stop that?
0:18:41 > 0:18:43I don't know, actually.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46Bit of consternation up in the control booths.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49Stop, stop, stop, stop!
0:18:49 > 0:18:51No, no, no, don't stop, Crackers 'N' Smash!
0:18:51 > 0:18:53A cease hasn't been called, you've got to go on!
0:18:53 > 0:18:57Aftershock have realised that, Eruption didn't stop at all.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59This could open up for Eruption now because of that confusion.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02I'll tell you what, there'll be tears after this.
0:19:02 > 0:19:03Down wheel!
0:19:05 > 0:19:07- They ceased.- No cease, go on.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09Fine, then, keep fighting.
0:19:09 > 0:19:13Look at the focus on the face of Michael Oates.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15And look at the power of Eruption!
0:19:17 > 0:19:18Oh, my God!
0:19:19 > 0:19:22Michael kept his cool, kept his focus.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25He saw the perfect opportunity and he took it.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27That'll cause an upset, I'm sure.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29Out goes Aftershock.
0:19:29 > 0:19:31That's a massive surprise this early!
0:19:31 > 0:19:34Now he's after the little cluster bots,
0:19:34 > 0:19:37he's after, in particular, Crackers.
0:19:37 > 0:19:42Smashed against the arena wall while Smash does absolutely nothing.
0:19:42 > 0:19:46This is a hugely powerful Eruption machine.
0:19:46 > 0:19:50Michael flipped four of five opponents out of the arena
0:19:50 > 0:19:53in the last series and he's starting where he left off.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56You don't want to be there, you really don't want to be there!
0:19:57 > 0:19:59You're nowhere now.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02He's going for the third.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04Then there was just the one.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07And he's after that one now...
0:20:07 > 0:20:08And it's gone as well!
0:20:08 > 0:20:10- Hat-trick!- Oh, that was a good one.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12And we're in the trench, well done.
0:20:12 > 0:20:14Complete whitewash! Brilliant, Eruption!
0:20:14 > 0:20:17- Yeah, I... - You flagged it! Yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20- HORN HONKS - What a battle that was!
0:20:20 > 0:20:21That was stunning.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24That was stunning, absolutely stunning, yeah.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27- Oh, wow.- Wow.- What's up? What's...
0:20:27 > 0:20:29We were told to stop so we stopped.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31So... Who yelled stop?
0:20:31 > 0:20:33Someone was shouting stop.
0:20:33 > 0:20:34You were shouting stop, so I stopped.
0:20:34 > 0:20:38I shouted it cos I thought nobody noticed that the pit was up.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40Well, no, I stopped cos you shouted stop.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42Well, they were saying, "Cease, cease, cease,"
0:20:42 > 0:20:43and I said, "Stop moving."
0:20:43 > 0:20:46- JONATHAN:- Yeah, yeah. Yada, yada, yada.
0:20:46 > 0:20:50Up it comes. You can see part of the floor flipper being ripped away
0:20:50 > 0:20:55by that powerful Aftershock 2,400rpm vertical flywheel.
0:20:55 > 0:20:59But this is the moment Aftershock came to the end of this bout.
0:20:59 > 0:21:03Eruption with a mighty, mighty fling from that
0:21:03 > 0:21:05full-pressure pneumatic flipper.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10And the rest knew then they were in peril.
0:21:10 > 0:21:14And Eruption simply wanted them all gone.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17Mighty style. This is hugely impressive.
0:21:17 > 0:21:18First battle.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21This was the moment that changed the fight for me.
0:21:21 > 0:21:25Aftershock damaging the flipper before being thrown into the air
0:21:25 > 0:21:28by Eruption as it bounced out of that arena.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32Right, I'm taking you for a walk through this.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34Look at that thing. See that bendy bit there?
0:21:34 > 0:21:37- Yeah.- Right, next. See this I'm holding here?- Yeah.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39It's still warm. Put it in your hand, right?
0:21:39 > 0:21:42Yeah, it's still warm. That's from there, that lives there.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44- Wow.- It's not there any more, right?
0:21:44 > 0:21:46This bit, right, see this?
0:21:46 > 0:21:48- Oh, my God. - That was a working flipper, right?
0:21:48 > 0:21:52I am sending you an invoice cos you are ruining my house.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54We've got to rebuild that again, right?
0:21:54 > 0:21:55The only thing... Back over here.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57The only thing that's keeping me happy about this
0:21:57 > 0:21:59is that you ended up out there.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01Safest place for it, I think.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03Probably was, actually, yeah. Flipped by you.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05Enjoy that? Did you enjoy that?
0:22:05 > 0:22:08Yeah, it was a bit of confusion with the arena flipper being destroyed -
0:22:08 > 0:22:10some people thought the fight was over.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13Play to the whistle, lads. If a big siren goes off we stop,
0:22:13 > 0:22:15otherwise you keep fighting, because...
0:22:15 > 0:22:19Did we not enjoy the bit where he hoicked him out?
0:22:19 > 0:22:22That is literally the point of this entire exercise,
0:22:22 > 0:22:26is for one of you to take the other one and, hoi, out.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28Yeah. That's why I was... Yeah. I mean, yeah...
0:22:28 > 0:22:30We've not got any damage as such, we've got a little bit.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32Oh, no, no, some of your stickers have slightly rubbed.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34That comes later, the damage. We'll get you later.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37There may be a rematch because you go channelling back in again.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40So you go into the redemption - basically into the quarterfinals -
0:22:40 > 0:22:43and you go straight through to the semifinal.
0:22:43 > 0:22:47Give it up for Eruption, ladies and gentlemen.
0:22:47 > 0:22:49After that controversial battle,
0:22:49 > 0:22:52Michael and Eruption go straight through to the semifinals.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55Will from Aftershock and Ian from Crackers 'N' Smash
0:22:55 > 0:22:57must fight again for their chance to stay.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00But for now, the postmortem continues.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05- It was my fault. - I wouldn't worry about it.
0:23:05 > 0:23:07Don't worry. We'll beat him up later.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13A touch of confusion, we saw the flipper get damaged.
0:23:13 > 0:23:15- I think we did the damage to the flipper, did we?- Yeah.
0:23:17 > 0:23:21And then, this gentleman over here, he shouts, "Stop," so I panicked,
0:23:21 > 0:23:23and said, "Will, cease, cease, cease!"
0:23:23 > 0:23:25Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop!
0:23:26 > 0:23:28Quiet down, Will.
0:23:28 > 0:23:30- Are we not ceasing or what? - Cease.
0:23:30 > 0:23:34He was powering down and then a certain young man
0:23:34 > 0:23:35called Michael rear-ended us.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44My son did the right thing, he waited for the official cease,
0:23:44 > 0:23:48- he carried on so... - Yeah, yes.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51I mean, best mates.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54They have apparently a little pact where they get rid
0:23:54 > 0:23:57of the opponents before each other
0:23:57 > 0:24:00and it looked like he picked off...
0:24:00 > 0:24:02Aftershock before Crackers 'N' Smash.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05So maybe the pact, you know...
0:24:07 > 0:24:09There's bruised hearts as well as bruised robots.
0:24:12 > 0:24:13I take this...
0:24:14 > 0:24:15..incredibly seriously.
0:24:16 > 0:24:20And anyone who knows me will tell you, I am super competitive.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22Make no mistake, this is a really serious competition
0:24:22 > 0:24:24and everyone's going to win.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34Time for our first Robot Redemption battle.
0:24:34 > 0:24:38Toby's Gabriel 2 versus Will's Aftershock.
0:24:38 > 0:24:42The winner will go through to the semifinals, but the loser is out.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44Team Gabriel, hard at work.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46- Yeah.- We've got Aftershock next.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49Some vertical spinner, have we done anything different?
0:24:49 > 0:24:52Yep, we've added holes here, so that we can attach
0:24:52 > 0:24:54entanglement weapons.
0:24:54 > 0:24:55- OK, well, best of luck.- Thanks.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01This is our last chance of redemption in the competition,
0:25:01 > 0:25:04so we've got to go in and just annihilate them, really,
0:25:04 > 0:25:07just all out. We've got to make the most of this second chance.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10We didn't have enough red mist in the last one, we've got to come in,
0:25:10 > 0:25:12just go for it like I used to.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15This time no holding back and just, yeah, we've got to smash it.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18- COMMENTATOR:- In the arena for this battle, the ever so pushy
0:25:18 > 0:25:21Shunt and the equally persuasive Sir Killalot.
0:25:22 > 0:25:26Three, two, one...
0:25:26 > 0:25:29AUDIENCE JOIN IN: ..activate!
0:25:29 > 0:25:31This to stay in this heat of Robot Wars,
0:25:31 > 0:25:33the winner goes through to the semifinals.
0:25:33 > 0:25:39Aftershock splendidly tossed out of the arena in that early battle,
0:25:39 > 0:25:43now fighting with Gabriel 2 to survive.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45You can see the mace of Gabriel 2,
0:25:45 > 0:25:49you can see the concentration on the face of Will Thomas.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52Is he evil? Go in and kill 'em!
0:25:52 > 0:25:55That was his verdict early on.
0:25:55 > 0:25:56That was a good attack, though, wasn't it?
0:25:56 > 0:25:58- Gabriel 2 through to the air. - But it can take that.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01Yeah, it can, it bounces back well.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04- Certainly does.- That high density polyethylene plastic
0:26:04 > 0:26:06is designed to take on those purple spinners.
0:26:06 > 0:26:07It's working.
0:26:09 > 0:26:13The tyres took the punishment as it bounced down, took the shock
0:26:13 > 0:26:15of the landing, and they're up and over...
0:26:16 > 0:26:20..the big vertical flywheel of Aftershock.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22Now that could be crucial.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24Gabriel 2 is ground clear,
0:26:24 > 0:26:27it seems to take it up and over the flywall so very easily
0:26:27 > 0:26:30and it does have that entanglement chain out there,
0:26:30 > 0:26:31it seems to have been eaten away.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34Oh, hello, there's the entanglement stealth.
0:26:34 > 0:26:37Oh, good stuff. It works, kind of.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40Simple nylon rope attached to Gabriel 2. If it gets caught inside
0:26:40 > 0:26:42that spinning disc, it could disable that Aftershock weapon,
0:26:42 > 0:26:44and with it Will's dreams.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46Will, there's plenty of entanglement around.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49Little bit of instruction there from Ian,
0:26:49 > 0:26:51who used to work on fighter jets.
0:26:53 > 0:26:54Leave him be, just wander around.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56Son Will at the controls.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02And in underneath Gabriel 2.
0:27:02 > 0:27:03This is a tense one.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06Now, is Gabriel OK?
0:27:06 > 0:27:08Oh, such as shame, he actually got them.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11Gabriel 2 is not moving.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13It's stopped moving, it's stopped moving.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15No, not moving. Yep.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18Gabriel 2 is in the claws of Sir Killalot.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20Oh, Killalot! No, not the...
0:27:20 > 0:27:22Oh, no, not the mace.
0:27:22 > 0:27:25Oh, dear, oh, dear! How cruel is that?
0:27:25 > 0:27:28- HE WHISPERS:- Well done, Killalot, we love it. We love it.
0:27:29 > 0:27:30Chopped his head off.
0:27:32 > 0:27:37Gabriel 2, great battle, great bravery, bye-bye.
0:27:37 > 0:27:40Well done. Sorry, you did so brilliant.
0:27:40 > 0:27:42OK, well done. Well done.
0:27:43 > 0:27:44It's OK.
0:27:44 > 0:27:46- You all right? - Yeah, yeah, I'll be fine.
0:27:46 > 0:27:50Yeah, it's all right to say you're all right now. Will is evil.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52Though, the first time the entanglement looked like it
0:27:52 > 0:27:55might actually be good for something.
0:27:55 > 0:27:57Did the entanglement work?
0:27:57 > 0:28:00Did it really? The rail was there, trying to stop the fly wheel.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04Not too sure it really worked.
0:28:04 > 0:28:06Gabriel 2, up on one wheel.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11That's better use of the entanglement, look at that there.
0:28:12 > 0:28:14That's what it's there for.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17But look at the flying wheel just chomping it up, spitting it out.
0:28:19 > 0:28:23Came in again on Gabriel 2, up on its side,
0:28:23 > 0:28:28Gabriel 2 landing there with 110 kilos of weight.
0:28:28 > 0:28:31I think something got shook up inside.
0:28:32 > 0:28:36And it was a heavyweight KO blow from Aftershock.
0:28:39 > 0:28:42Well, the mace is broke, there's also hearts breaking
0:28:42 > 0:28:45all around the arena to see Gabriel go home.
0:28:45 > 0:28:47I know, it's a bit of a sad thing, really.
0:28:47 > 0:28:51We just needed one less hit and I think we should have been OK, but...
0:28:53 > 0:28:55..Aftershock is a fantastic robot.
0:28:55 > 0:28:59The team are just great, and hats off to them.
0:28:59 > 0:29:00Like that.
0:29:00 > 0:29:01That one, like that.
0:29:01 > 0:29:04Please make some noise for Gabriel!
0:29:04 > 0:29:05CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:29:07 > 0:29:11After a fantastic start against champions Carbide,
0:29:11 > 0:29:14Gabriel 2 are now out of the competition.
0:29:14 > 0:29:18The next teams fighting to stay are Big Nipper and Crackers 'N' Smash.
0:29:23 > 0:29:24For me, there's a lot of pressure.
0:29:26 > 0:29:29A lot of money's been spent, a lot of time has been spent,
0:29:29 > 0:29:31and people have put their dreams into this.
0:29:35 > 0:29:38There's always the nervous bits, cos robots are robots.
0:29:39 > 0:29:41And I have to find a way to make it all happen.
0:29:45 > 0:29:47Not just for me but for them as well.
0:29:55 > 0:29:58Initially, the robot took 18 months to build.
0:29:58 > 0:30:00We've made everything ourselves.
0:30:00 > 0:30:04That was like every weekend and evenings and holidays.
0:30:05 > 0:30:07I wasn't married then.
0:30:09 > 0:30:13So much time and work has gone into these amazing machines,
0:30:13 > 0:30:16but only one can survive this fight.
0:30:16 > 0:30:19- COMMENTATOR:- The house robots in the corner patrol zones
0:30:19 > 0:30:20are the titanium tipped axe of Shunt
0:30:20 > 0:30:22and the totally clawsome, Sir Killalot.
0:30:25 > 0:30:26Three...
0:30:26 > 0:30:31AUDIENCE JOIN IN: ..two, one, activate!
0:30:31 > 0:30:33This to stay in the heat.
0:30:33 > 0:30:37The team of Crackers 'N' Smash, not fanatics who want to win.
0:30:37 > 0:30:39For them, Robot Wars is more about the enjoyment of designing
0:30:39 > 0:30:41and creating something, the charity of human spirit.
0:30:41 > 0:30:43- HE PRETENDS TO VOMIT - Pass me the sick bucket!
0:30:43 > 0:30:45Not in my world,
0:30:45 > 0:30:47or the world of Big Nipper.
0:30:47 > 0:30:51That's why the entanglement arm of Crackers has just been bitten off
0:30:51 > 0:30:53by Big Nipper.
0:30:54 > 0:30:57Great control and aggression from Graeme Dawson. There's more to come,
0:30:57 > 0:31:00I think, from Big Nipper, they are getting better and better.
0:31:02 > 0:31:05Learning about the arena, learning in this competition
0:31:05 > 0:31:10how to steer... There goes the other entanglement arm!
0:31:10 > 0:31:12And they're in real trouble now, Crackers.
0:31:13 > 0:31:16Really good start here by Big Nipper.
0:31:16 > 0:31:17HE LAUGHS
0:31:17 > 0:31:19You don't want to be there.
0:31:21 > 0:31:22He sat on me.
0:31:22 > 0:31:24Really don't want to be there.
0:31:24 > 0:31:25Oh!
0:31:27 > 0:31:28Oh, goodness me.
0:31:28 > 0:31:31Is there anything left that's working in there?
0:31:32 > 0:31:34I've never seen that before, you know,
0:31:34 > 0:31:38never seen Sir Killalot actually perch on another robot.
0:31:41 > 0:31:44And I think he's damaged Crackers.
0:31:44 > 0:31:46Oh, they're going back into the CPZ again.
0:31:46 > 0:31:48What on earth? They're a bit wobbly, I think.
0:31:48 > 0:31:51Now what's Big Nipper doing over there? Ramping up...
0:31:51 > 0:31:53Oh! What a run-in, what a hit!
0:31:53 > 0:31:56- You turned it off, did you?- Well done!- Yes.- It was already off.
0:31:56 > 0:31:58- Was it?- Superb hit.
0:31:58 > 0:31:59Wow, that's out.
0:32:01 > 0:32:04That's one of the biggest flips we've ever seen in Robot Wars.
0:32:05 > 0:32:09Big Nipper showing they're a force to be reckoned with
0:32:09 > 0:32:12and Smash is ejected out of that battle, goodbye.
0:32:13 > 0:32:17That was a bit dangerous, Big Nipper going in there.
0:32:17 > 0:32:21Bit bold, don't forget the house rules as we've said many times.
0:32:21 > 0:32:26The house simply always wins, and house robots never forget.
0:32:26 > 0:32:31There is no hiding place for that little robot. Oh, dear.
0:32:31 > 0:32:33I would not like to be that.
0:32:33 > 0:32:36Professor Noel Sharkey is a strange old Robot Wars demon,
0:32:36 > 0:32:38he loves destruction, you know.
0:32:40 > 0:32:43Leave him now, he's stuck.
0:32:43 > 0:32:45Now why are they on the flame pit?
0:32:45 > 0:32:47I think that's immobilised.
0:32:49 > 0:32:50Yep.
0:32:50 > 0:32:51And that's them finished.
0:32:51 > 0:32:54That's them cooked.
0:32:54 > 0:32:56That's them gone.
0:32:56 > 0:33:00Well, it was a good display but the Botwright family
0:33:00 > 0:33:03didn't get their bots right in the end
0:33:03 > 0:33:08and their cluster bots are mere playthings of Sir Killalot.
0:33:10 > 0:33:11Taking a light out.
0:33:11 > 0:33:14- Yeah.- Sorry about that!
0:33:14 > 0:33:15Excellent.
0:33:17 > 0:33:18OK, let's repair our lights.
0:33:20 > 0:33:22That's a powerful spinner.
0:33:22 > 0:33:24- Yeah.- Very good spinner.
0:33:24 > 0:33:26Yeah, I wasn't expecting it to come up flying that high.
0:33:28 > 0:33:32Let's have a look to see if the entanglement mechanism works
0:33:32 > 0:33:33from Crackers.
0:33:33 > 0:33:36Against Nipper's big... No, it didn't.
0:33:36 > 0:33:38It's chopped the arm straight off.
0:33:38 > 0:33:41Really, really impressive Big Nipper,
0:33:41 > 0:33:44there, crashing into Smash.
0:33:44 > 0:33:48Sir Killalot playing its part
0:33:48 > 0:33:52with a big old sit-down protest.
0:33:53 > 0:33:57And, really, Crackers from that moment was never working right.
0:33:57 > 0:34:01This one of the biggest hits we've ever seen in Robot Wars history.
0:34:02 > 0:34:05Absolutely flew
0:34:05 > 0:34:08and crashed into the light rigging.
0:34:11 > 0:34:15Well, Smash is thoroughly smashed in the trench.
0:34:15 > 0:34:17The good news is it's repairable,
0:34:17 > 0:34:20the bad news is you've got quite a while to repair it
0:34:20 > 0:34:21cos you're going home!
0:34:21 > 0:34:23We've got a long time, that's it for us.
0:34:23 > 0:34:25- I'm sorry!- Yeah.- Will you be back?
0:34:25 > 0:34:26Will Crackers 'N' Smash be back?
0:34:26 > 0:34:29We'll be back, we'll have something new, something better,
0:34:29 > 0:34:30and we'll be back. Definitely.
0:34:30 > 0:34:33We hope so. Right, make some noise from the trenches!
0:34:33 > 0:34:35- Thank you!- Crackers 'N' Smash!
0:34:37 > 0:34:40We now have our four semifinalists. First into the arena
0:34:40 > 0:34:43are our champions Carbide against Aftershock.
0:34:43 > 0:34:47It's been the most testing competition yet for Dave and Sam.
0:34:48 > 0:34:51Our batteries arrived just in time so just got some unboxing now,
0:34:51 > 0:34:53got to solder the connections on,
0:34:53 > 0:34:56new connections on each of those batteries,
0:34:56 > 0:34:58get them on charge and chuck them in the robot.
0:34:58 > 0:35:02So, we're up against it now to get all that done before our schedule.
0:35:06 > 0:35:08Carbide, obviously our champions,
0:35:08 > 0:35:11we're used to seeing them sitting on the edge
0:35:11 > 0:35:14watching other people, helping other people out,
0:35:14 > 0:35:17drinking tea and looking serene,
0:35:17 > 0:35:20and Dave especially looks panicked.
0:35:22 > 0:35:24I guess there's a weight
0:35:24 > 0:35:28that comes with being the champions and I mean they've heard
0:35:28 > 0:35:31all of the other people in the pits have designed weapons
0:35:31 > 0:35:33specifically to take them down,
0:35:33 > 0:35:36the entanglements have been a bit of a bugbear for Dave in particular
0:35:36 > 0:35:39and have also meant that they've had to do a lot more work
0:35:39 > 0:35:41than they ever had to do in any other series,
0:35:41 > 0:35:44so I think they're feeling it a bit now.
0:35:44 > 0:35:46It's written all over poor Dave's face.
0:35:53 > 0:35:56Aftershock are there, they've put on their Carbide blade,
0:35:56 > 0:35:59this is a weapon that they've designed specifically
0:35:59 > 0:36:01to deal with Carbide because they were beaten by them
0:36:01 > 0:36:03in the grand final. So, this is payback time,
0:36:03 > 0:36:06Will and Ian looking a bit more worried
0:36:06 > 0:36:09than they, I think, would like, but they've got more speed,
0:36:09 > 0:36:12they've got more power and they're going to try
0:36:12 > 0:36:13and take down the champions.
0:36:16 > 0:36:17It's almost time for you to get in,
0:36:17 > 0:36:20this looks like quite complex work to be doing at the last minute.
0:36:20 > 0:36:23Yeah, I mean we swapped our disc out for a new bar
0:36:23 > 0:36:25and while doing that, we found our weapon motor was seized.
0:36:25 > 0:36:28- Oh.- So we're swapping over to a brand-new one.
0:36:28 > 0:36:29Yeah, OK, can you do it?
0:36:29 > 0:36:31Oh, yeah, we can.
0:36:32 > 0:36:34Let's have a look at Aftershock -
0:36:34 > 0:36:37Will and Ian Thomas have been fighting robots for ten years,
0:36:37 > 0:36:39they've made the grand final twice,
0:36:39 > 0:36:4024 kilos spinner,
0:36:40 > 0:36:43has a tip speed of around 140mph.
0:36:43 > 0:36:46Although spinning slower than some other spinners,
0:36:46 > 0:36:48it carries more weight at the edge
0:36:48 > 0:36:51which means it delivers more kilojoules of energy
0:36:51 > 0:36:52into its opponents.
0:36:52 > 0:36:54Team captain Will is
0:36:54 > 0:36:57a mild-mannered design and technology teacher by day,
0:36:57 > 0:36:59this Jekyll and Hyde of Robot Wars
0:36:59 > 0:37:03says he loves the release of seeing things destroyed.
0:37:03 > 0:37:06Always the quiet ones, isn't it?
0:37:06 > 0:37:09The robot to beat again this year, Carbide,
0:37:09 > 0:37:12the brutal 25 kilo bar
0:37:12 > 0:37:15spinning at 240mph.
0:37:15 > 0:37:17The team, Sam Smith and Dave Moulds,
0:37:17 > 0:37:21upgraded the already incredibly powerful robot by a further 20%.
0:37:21 > 0:37:24I think Sam and Dave will have to work harder this year,
0:37:24 > 0:37:27we know that, to keep ahead of the pack. Can they handle the pressure?
0:37:29 > 0:37:32In the arena, the single scoop of pain with Shunt
0:37:32 > 0:37:34and the waffle cone of destruction with Sir Killalot.
0:37:34 > 0:37:37Will we have a repeat of the last series final
0:37:37 > 0:37:39or will Aftershock face off against best friend Eruption?
0:37:39 > 0:37:43I think if anyone can dethrone the champion at this early stage,
0:37:43 > 0:37:45it could be Aftershock.
0:37:45 > 0:37:49I think we should hide from the metal.
0:37:51 > 0:37:52Three...
0:37:52 > 0:37:55AUDIENCE JOIN IN: ..two, one,
0:37:55 > 0:37:57activate!
0:37:57 > 0:37:59Aftershock with the one-two solution,
0:37:59 > 0:38:01the new blade especially for Carbide.
0:38:01 > 0:38:05Carbide with new batteries for a battle like this.
0:38:06 > 0:38:08Oh!
0:38:08 > 0:38:12Well, they're untroubled so far, Carbide, they came together there,
0:38:12 > 0:38:17Will Thomas trying to get that one-two solution working on Carbide
0:38:17 > 0:38:20and it looks to be causing damage.
0:38:20 > 0:38:23The champions here are up against it!
0:38:23 > 0:38:24Oh!
0:38:25 > 0:38:28Huge impact between both machines!
0:38:28 > 0:38:31Drum's gone, Will... Disc's gone.
0:38:31 > 0:38:33It's gone, the one-two solution!
0:38:33 > 0:38:35I think it's gone!
0:38:35 > 0:38:37I don't think it's working!
0:38:37 > 0:38:39Carbide now senses they've got a chance to come in.
0:38:39 > 0:38:42Aftershock planned that weapon
0:38:42 > 0:38:45so that they wouldn't take so many damaging hits
0:38:45 > 0:38:47from Carbide!
0:38:47 > 0:38:50- Are they dead! - What, are we done or what?
0:38:50 > 0:38:52I think we're done, yeah. Yeah, we're stopped.
0:38:52 > 0:38:55Will Thomas has downed tools.
0:38:55 > 0:38:58Oh, Aftershock is totally dead, so they're just being kind.
0:38:59 > 0:39:04Well, they were causing so much trouble for the champions
0:39:04 > 0:39:07but the champions reign continues thus far.
0:39:07 > 0:39:10Oh, dear, poor old Will Thomas.
0:39:10 > 0:39:12I think... I think we lost the drive motor early on.
0:39:12 > 0:39:15No, no, it still... I think you've jammed it with the wheel.
0:39:15 > 0:39:18Will is going to be very disappointed with that.
0:39:19 > 0:39:21That was their Carbide-proof weapon.
0:39:24 > 0:39:27Good slam, weapon to weapon,
0:39:27 > 0:39:29still working, Aftershock, there,
0:39:29 > 0:39:35and I think they had the potency, really, to cause damage
0:39:35 > 0:39:40but once that one-tooth blade stopped whirring,
0:39:40 > 0:39:45Carbide sensed victory and that was a big slam on this,
0:39:45 > 0:39:47look at the slam on the side of Carbide,
0:39:47 > 0:39:49and the damage caused there
0:39:49 > 0:39:52but they simply couldn't sustain it.
0:39:52 > 0:39:55Carbide, were they waiting for their moment? That's where it went,
0:39:55 > 0:39:58that's the end of the blade and that, of course,
0:39:58 > 0:40:00was the start of the moment when Carbide were on top.
0:40:07 > 0:40:08I'm sorry.
0:40:08 > 0:40:10It's OK. It'll be all right.
0:40:10 > 0:40:11Well done. High-five.
0:40:11 > 0:40:13Team captain, that's working out all right for you.
0:40:13 > 0:40:16Yeah, we were definitely worried about that one.
0:40:16 > 0:40:18I mean, Aftershock is an amazing machine
0:40:18 > 0:40:21and we reckon it really was 50-50 going into that, so...
0:40:21 > 0:40:22Do you want to see the fatal blow?
0:40:22 > 0:40:24- Oh, yeah.- Let's have a look.
0:40:26 > 0:40:29- Oh, wow.- Great hit but it looks like it just took...
0:40:29 > 0:40:31- A big nick out the bottom and the top.- Yeah, big nick.
0:40:31 > 0:40:33Good uppercut there. Yeah.
0:40:33 > 0:40:36Does it feel different watching it back than when you're
0:40:36 > 0:40:38- in the middle of it? - Yeah, it was so quick.
0:40:38 > 0:40:39It feels like ten seconds in there.
0:40:39 > 0:40:41Well, you need to go and get ready,
0:40:41 > 0:40:44- you still have a good bit of work to do.- Oh, yeah.- Right, off you go.
0:40:44 > 0:40:46Good luck, well done. Well done, lads.
0:40:48 > 0:40:50The champions are through to tonight's final
0:40:50 > 0:40:53but they're showing the strain of their incredible battles.
0:40:53 > 0:40:57Took quite a bit of damage. That's the most damage Carbide's ever had.
0:40:58 > 0:41:00We've got two big gashes,
0:41:00 > 0:41:02one on the side which has compromised the structure
0:41:02 > 0:41:04a little bit, and then a more superficial one
0:41:04 > 0:41:06in the back corner on the wedge.
0:41:08 > 0:41:11Time to find out who will face Dave and Sam's Carbide
0:41:11 > 0:41:14from our next semifinal between Graeme's Big Nipper
0:41:14 > 0:41:16and Michael from Team Eruption.
0:41:16 > 0:41:19One of the most interesting things about Robot Wars
0:41:19 > 0:41:22is it is a ground war, and often what counts
0:41:22 > 0:41:24is how low to the ground you can go.
0:41:24 > 0:41:27You can see both of these ones, both Big Nipper there and Eruption,
0:41:27 > 0:41:29have sharpened the very front of their robot
0:41:29 > 0:41:31in order to get under each other.
0:41:31 > 0:41:34They're right next door to each other playing the same game
0:41:34 > 0:41:37at the same time, trying to get their robot as squat as possible,
0:41:37 > 0:41:41as razor-sharp, in order to, in his case, clamp and bite
0:41:41 > 0:41:43and, in his case, flip.
0:41:43 > 0:41:44The game is
0:41:44 > 0:41:47how little clearance you can have between you and the ground.
0:41:50 > 0:41:53Get underneath his flipper and hopefully rip it off.
0:41:53 > 0:41:55Then he's just a little box on wheels.
0:41:55 > 0:41:56Then we'll beat him easily.
0:41:58 > 0:42:00If they get the first hit and bend our front end up
0:42:00 > 0:42:03so we can't get under them again, we're going to be in real trouble.
0:42:04 > 0:42:07I will analyse each fight, I will think in depth
0:42:07 > 0:42:08about what we're going to do.
0:42:08 > 0:42:10I think more how do I beat that person,
0:42:10 > 0:42:12what is his driving style going to be,
0:42:12 > 0:42:15what tactics is he going to use to try and beat me?
0:42:17 > 0:42:20Eruption is a tough pneumatic flipper
0:42:20 > 0:42:23and the flipper moves at 44 metres per second
0:42:23 > 0:42:27which means it flips open in under a second.
0:42:27 > 0:42:29The side pods are interchangeable
0:42:29 > 0:42:31so father and son Michael and Adrian Oates
0:42:31 > 0:42:33can change them to suit opponents.
0:42:33 > 0:42:36Michael's biggest fear is spinners like Carbide.
0:42:36 > 0:42:40Last series he flipped four out of five opponents out of the arena.
0:42:40 > 0:42:44For me, Eruption, definitely one to watch.
0:42:44 > 0:42:46The Big Nipper team are based in Lancashire.
0:42:46 > 0:42:49Team captain Graeme Dawson has built one of the toughest robots
0:42:49 > 0:42:50in the competition.
0:42:50 > 0:42:54The team can either use a spinner or giant set of crushing jaws.
0:42:54 > 0:42:57These robot-building artisans built their robot
0:42:57 > 0:43:00out of ultra-hard titanium which is usually used to build jet engines.
0:43:00 > 0:43:03The Lancashire boys, pretty unflappable.
0:43:03 > 0:43:07I would be too if I had a robot as tough as Big Nipper.
0:43:10 > 0:43:13In the arena for the first time tonight, the matriarch of mayhem,
0:43:13 > 0:43:17no, it's not Miley Cyrus, it's our Matilda.
0:43:21 > 0:43:23And Shunty McShuntface.
0:43:26 > 0:43:28Three...
0:43:28 > 0:43:30AUDIENCE JOIN IN: ..two, one,
0:43:30 > 0:43:32activate!
0:43:35 > 0:43:38Eruption have had to fight one les battle than Big Nipper.
0:43:38 > 0:43:42They will be the pressure machine, they look the more potent machine.
0:43:47 > 0:43:51And they've been flipped here by Eruption who started the stronger.
0:43:53 > 0:43:57Now let me put this into some sort of perspective for you.
0:43:57 > 0:44:01That's 109 kilos of machine being just lifted up like an ant
0:44:01 > 0:44:06in that arena by Eruption and no wonder Graeme Dawson is concerned.
0:44:06 > 0:44:09The Lancashire toolmaker and this down-to-earth team
0:44:09 > 0:44:12at the moment hot and bothered by Eruption
0:44:12 > 0:44:15and also the gorgeous Matilda.
0:44:15 > 0:44:17Go on!
0:44:22 > 0:44:25New to Robot Wars, what's happening out there?
0:44:25 > 0:44:26I have no idea.
0:44:26 > 0:44:28That seemed to come out of nowhere.
0:44:28 > 0:44:29I can't see where I'm going.
0:44:29 > 0:44:31It did come out of nowhere there,
0:44:31 > 0:44:34the attack on Big Nipper.
0:44:34 > 0:44:36Not greatly sustained by Eruption
0:44:36 > 0:44:39but sustained by Matilda and gets away.
0:44:39 > 0:44:42And Eruption couldn't quite get clear of it either.
0:44:42 > 0:44:45They have now but they've gone back to that dangerous area, they're OK,
0:44:45 > 0:44:48come together, head-to-head
0:44:48 > 0:44:50on the back of Big Nipper, that spinner.
0:44:50 > 0:44:52He bent it on the first hit.
0:44:52 > 0:44:54He's still turning...
0:44:54 > 0:44:56On the flames, there goes Eruption.
0:44:56 > 0:45:00They want to get away from there, with the batteries,
0:45:00 > 0:45:01could be in danger.
0:45:01 > 0:45:02Look at the concentration
0:45:02 > 0:45:04on the face of young Michael Oates up there.
0:45:04 > 0:45:08- There's smoke coming off somebody. - Yes, Big Nipper is starting to...
0:45:08 > 0:45:11Oh, look at its little claws at the front, Big Nipper's are all...
0:45:11 > 0:45:13- Oh, they're all bent aren't they? - Bent, yeah.
0:45:13 > 0:45:15I'd say at the moment they've just done enough.
0:45:17 > 0:45:21Look at the focus of both drivers there.
0:45:21 > 0:45:23This is a terrific battle.
0:45:23 > 0:45:27It's not wham, bam, slam, not all the time.
0:45:27 > 0:45:28There's an edge to it.
0:45:30 > 0:45:32And all he's doing is running away.
0:45:32 > 0:45:34He's not getting a lot of points for aggression from me,
0:45:34 > 0:45:36getting none, really.
0:45:36 > 0:45:37Prepare for a big...
0:45:38 > 0:45:40..charge like that.
0:45:40 > 0:45:43They're in underneath and well done Big Nipper and Graeme Dawson
0:45:43 > 0:45:46for getting away from there.
0:45:46 > 0:45:48Rocking and rolling!
0:45:48 > 0:45:50Flipped in the air and self-righting.
0:45:50 > 0:45:55Using the self-righting weapon, the arm.
0:45:55 > 0:46:00What a well-tooled machine this is, so well-crafted.
0:46:00 > 0:46:02Big Nipper
0:46:02 > 0:46:04against the brute power of Eruption.
0:46:04 > 0:46:07I thought there they were sizing up for a flip,
0:46:07 > 0:46:09that's a curious little balletic move, isn't it?
0:46:09 > 0:46:11As they shimmy from side to side.
0:46:11 > 0:46:13It's just dragging.
0:46:13 > 0:46:16I need to get this out of him.
0:46:16 > 0:46:18You can see what big Nipper are trying to do,
0:46:18 > 0:46:20they're trying to get onto the side of Eruption
0:46:20 > 0:46:23to try and cause some damage there.
0:46:23 > 0:46:27Another hit by Eruption, another flip,
0:46:27 > 0:46:29can they keep flipping?
0:46:31 > 0:46:33It flies like a little hovercraft.
0:46:33 > 0:46:35It's the gyroscope effect, makes it wobble.
0:46:35 > 0:46:39This is intriguing. Another flip sends Big Nipper rocking
0:46:39 > 0:46:41and again we've seen...
0:46:41 > 0:46:42We see the jump right there!
0:46:42 > 0:46:46They're in trouble, they're between a rock and a hard place there!
0:46:46 > 0:46:50Don't know where I am.
0:46:50 > 0:46:54Matilda has her great pink lurid fly wheel ready to churn.
0:46:54 > 0:46:57And on the other side, Eruption is waiting to churn,
0:46:57 > 0:47:00we go to the judges, that's very, very close.
0:47:00 > 0:47:02Eruption think they've won it.
0:47:05 > 0:47:06That was a good fight, that.
0:47:06 > 0:47:08That was a good one, wasn't it?
0:47:08 > 0:47:11Yeah, I mean damage was similar on both, I would say,
0:47:11 > 0:47:14because neither of them sustained massive damage
0:47:14 > 0:47:16but aggression, definitely.
0:47:16 > 0:47:21- And control.- Control was the main thing there because, Nipper,
0:47:21 > 0:47:23Big Nipper just could not turn there.
0:47:25 > 0:47:27Judges marking control, damage, and aggression.
0:47:27 > 0:47:32Poor control by Big Nipper there leaving themselves open to attack
0:47:32 > 0:47:35from Eruption, so that's a flawed Big Nipper move,
0:47:35 > 0:47:37no great damage sustained.
0:47:39 > 0:47:43Not to the claws there... Maybe to the claws there, actually.
0:47:43 > 0:47:46A little bit of damage sustained, but again,
0:47:46 > 0:47:49it's an onslaught of aggression from Eruption.
0:47:49 > 0:47:52Big Nipper bounces away, but you can see something came off there,
0:47:52 > 0:47:54bouncing along on the arena floor.
0:47:55 > 0:47:57Big Nipper trying to get on the side of Eruption,
0:47:57 > 0:48:00but every time it was in front of the flipper
0:48:00 > 0:48:04you knew what was going to happen and I think, overall,
0:48:04 > 0:48:06the control, the aggression,
0:48:06 > 0:48:08for me it's Eruption, but it's very, very close.
0:48:08 > 0:48:10Luckily I don't have to decide.
0:48:14 > 0:48:17Very good. Now, stand by your robots.
0:48:17 > 0:48:21God, that was an exciting battle, lads, but we said this beforehand,
0:48:21 > 0:48:23it was going to be like a limbo tournament
0:48:23 > 0:48:26about who could actually get closer to the ground.
0:48:26 > 0:48:28And you both got closer to the ground.
0:48:28 > 0:48:30- Yeah.- So it was a lot of chasing each other around
0:48:30 > 0:48:31trying to find each other.
0:48:31 > 0:48:33You couldn't get traction on that, could you?
0:48:33 > 0:48:35- You couldn't get in to bite him. - No, no.
0:48:35 > 0:48:37I think the first hit, we snapped the front spikes off.
0:48:37 > 0:48:39OK, and you equally couldn't get a decent lift on him.
0:48:39 > 0:48:42No. It seemed to be not quite as powerful as the first fight.
0:48:42 > 0:48:44I think it's because they're quite slippery.
0:48:44 > 0:48:45They've got a load of wheels.
0:48:45 > 0:48:47- Yeah, yeah.- They can drive off you however you get under them.
0:48:47 > 0:48:49Trying to push them to a wall is quite difficult.
0:48:49 > 0:48:51It was a great fight. It is the winner of this
0:48:51 > 0:48:53who goes through to the final of this episode.
0:48:53 > 0:48:56The loser doesn't go away. You go into a third-place playoff.
0:48:56 > 0:48:58So there's still much to play for,
0:48:58 > 0:49:00but it did obviously go to the judges' decision.
0:49:00 > 0:49:03The judges' decision however was unanimous based on the criteria
0:49:03 > 0:49:06and the winner and therefore the finalist is...
0:49:06 > 0:49:09Eruption. Ladies and gentlemen!
0:49:09 > 0:49:10CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:49:14 > 0:49:16Michael and Team Eruption
0:49:16 > 0:49:18and reigning champion Sam and Dave's Carbide
0:49:18 > 0:49:22must battle it out for a place in the grand final.
0:49:22 > 0:49:25With this series, a wild card will join them in that final show.
0:49:27 > 0:49:30For the first time ever, our second and third placed teams
0:49:30 > 0:49:32from every episode will face a ten team,
0:49:32 > 0:49:34last robot standing mega-battle.
0:49:34 > 0:49:38Sabretooth and Apollo have already secured their places
0:49:38 > 0:49:39but who will join them
0:49:39 > 0:49:42fighting to become the new Robot Wars champion?
0:49:45 > 0:49:48Will from Team Aftershock and Graeme from Big Nipper
0:49:48 > 0:49:51know that a victory in this next bout will give only one of them
0:49:51 > 0:49:54the ticket for that ten-way fight.
0:49:54 > 0:49:56So, everything to play for.
0:49:56 > 0:49:58The losers go home,
0:49:58 > 0:50:01the winners go into a ten-robot
0:50:01 > 0:50:05mechanical mayhem meltdown in the series final.
0:50:05 > 0:50:07In the arena, hope they don't charge overtime
0:50:07 > 0:50:10because it's Shunt and Sir Killalot again!
0:50:13 > 0:50:14Three...
0:50:14 > 0:50:17AUDIENCE: ..two, one,
0:50:17 > 0:50:19activate!
0:50:20 > 0:50:22Two worthy machines.
0:50:22 > 0:50:25In this very, very good heat.
0:50:25 > 0:50:28Aftershock, top of your picture, Big Nipper.
0:50:28 > 0:50:30Oh, hello. Skipping around a bit there.
0:50:30 > 0:50:32Big Nipper is the quicker of the two machines.
0:50:32 > 0:50:35Aftershock has the bigger of the vertical...
0:50:35 > 0:50:36Oh! Brilliant.
0:50:36 > 0:50:38Knocked that out, you're out, done.
0:50:39 > 0:50:42Oh, I live for moments like that, do you know?
0:50:42 > 0:50:44Wow, that will keep in your memories for many a month.
0:50:44 > 0:50:46A strange life I lead.
0:50:46 > 0:50:47Well, that's something.
0:50:47 > 0:50:49They're still going.
0:50:49 > 0:50:52How are they both still working?
0:50:52 > 0:50:54Anyway, it's Aftershock and Big Nipper out there.
0:50:54 > 0:50:58Who will live to fight another day?
0:50:58 > 0:51:00They're like right in each other!
0:51:01 > 0:51:03Aftershock, tossed and turned.
0:51:05 > 0:51:07- Wait for it to spin up.- I can't see.
0:51:07 > 0:51:08Wait for it to spin up.
0:51:08 > 0:51:09He comes in again.
0:51:09 > 0:51:13But this is a good controlled Big Nipper we're seeing out here.
0:51:13 > 0:51:16And we are seeing a beaten Aftershock, I think.
0:51:16 > 0:51:17Aftershock is gone.
0:51:17 > 0:51:19Well, that's going to make it easier.
0:51:19 > 0:51:20Yep.
0:51:20 > 0:51:22Yeah, we're out. We're out.
0:51:23 > 0:51:27The control of Big Nipper was decisive.
0:51:27 > 0:51:30Well, well, well.
0:51:30 > 0:51:31They've been immobilised.
0:51:33 > 0:51:36Very, very controlled Big Nipper team.
0:51:36 > 0:51:38- Well done, guys.- Well done.
0:51:38 > 0:51:39Good fight.
0:51:39 > 0:51:42Well, it was tough early on.
0:51:42 > 0:51:45Power blade against power blade,
0:51:45 > 0:51:49the big vertical wheels of destruction.
0:51:49 > 0:51:53But Nipper for me was the more poised machine.
0:51:54 > 0:51:56Big, big slam there, wasn't it?
0:51:56 > 0:52:00Big Nipper again. Aggressive, forcing the issue.
0:52:00 > 0:52:03Up goes Aftershock, pirouetting.
0:52:04 > 0:52:07Big Nipper knew, I think, they had the fight.
0:52:07 > 0:52:10Which meant that Graeme Dawson could come in time and time again
0:52:10 > 0:52:13and that was the decisive moment. Good win, Big Nipper.
0:52:16 > 0:52:19So, Graham and Team Big Nipper have earned their place
0:52:19 > 0:52:21in the terrifying ten-way melee
0:52:21 > 0:52:24which will take place at the start of the grand final,
0:52:24 > 0:52:26but here is the fight that matters.
0:52:30 > 0:52:32Time now for our final.
0:52:32 > 0:52:35And it's a rematch between last series' grand finalists.
0:52:35 > 0:52:38Eruption brilliantly driven by 18-year-old Michael
0:52:38 > 0:52:40who came so close to winning the title.
0:52:40 > 0:52:42Against them a robot that needs little introduction,
0:52:42 > 0:52:45the reigning champion of Robot Wars, Carbide.
0:52:50 > 0:52:53Our final is a battle of the robot elite.
0:52:53 > 0:52:56Both teams have built the finest examples of robots
0:52:56 > 0:52:58at the top of their game.
0:52:58 > 0:53:00They are Carbide.
0:53:03 > 0:53:05Carbide's key feature has always been its reliability.
0:53:05 > 0:53:08There are spinners out there that on paper can deliver
0:53:08 > 0:53:10bigger hits than us, but after a couple of hits
0:53:10 > 0:53:11they always seem to break down.
0:53:11 > 0:53:13Carbide is relentless.
0:53:13 > 0:53:16Carbide began this competition with his toughest test to date
0:53:16 > 0:53:17against Gabriel.
0:53:17 > 0:53:20I can't speak for Craig, but that's probably the best fight
0:53:20 > 0:53:23- we've ever had.- Really? - Yeah, by miles. That was awesome.
0:53:24 > 0:53:26Early damage left the team shaken.
0:53:27 > 0:53:31With the death hum of their spinning bar returned in the semifinals,
0:53:31 > 0:53:33when they came face-to-face with
0:53:33 > 0:53:36specially designed Carbide killer Aftershock.
0:53:36 > 0:53:38The working motor needed attention.
0:53:38 > 0:53:41Front armour, the back armour needed looking at.
0:53:41 > 0:53:45The main electronic switch here for the weapon needed to be replaced.
0:53:45 > 0:53:47It's a lot of work, really.
0:53:47 > 0:53:50They will face Eruption in the heat final.
0:53:52 > 0:53:56Team captain Michael is fiercely pursuing his childhood dream.
0:53:56 > 0:53:59I think this has kind of been the one thing in my life
0:53:59 > 0:54:01that I've got the most from.
0:54:01 > 0:54:04It's also been the one thing that has been consistent
0:54:04 > 0:54:07throughout my whole life and I don't want to stop.
0:54:08 > 0:54:12When they met in the grand final last series, Eruption was decimated.
0:54:15 > 0:54:16If it all goes right for us,
0:54:16 > 0:54:19we get our chance for revenge from the last series,
0:54:19 > 0:54:20which is going to be really great.
0:54:21 > 0:54:24Michael, famed for his tactical comeback style,
0:54:24 > 0:54:27senses weakness in his arch nemesis.
0:54:27 > 0:54:29I think they're feeling a bit less confident,
0:54:29 > 0:54:31they're panicking a little bit.
0:54:31 > 0:54:32We've got to try and exploit that.
0:54:32 > 0:54:35- OK, Grant. Best of luck.- Thank you.
0:54:38 > 0:54:39A repeat of the last series final.
0:54:39 > 0:54:41Can Michael turn the tide of destruction
0:54:41 > 0:54:43and bring the reign of Carbide to an end?
0:54:43 > 0:54:47In the arena, goodness me, they'll need a day off after this.
0:54:47 > 0:54:52It's sympathetic Shunt against Cuddly Killalot.
0:54:52 > 0:54:53Three...
0:54:53 > 0:54:56AUDIENCE JOIN IN: ..two, one...
0:54:56 > 0:54:58Carbide has had to work harder in this heat
0:54:58 > 0:55:01then I think we've ever seen before. They've had mechanical problems,
0:55:01 > 0:55:03but they seem to have overcome them now.
0:55:03 > 0:55:05Some really good...
0:55:05 > 0:55:06Oh!
0:55:06 > 0:55:09That's a bang from Carbide for Eruption.
0:55:11 > 0:55:15Eruption, well constructed, well improved.
0:55:15 > 0:55:17For this series. This is going to be tight.
0:55:17 > 0:55:20Carbide almost got drawn in there.
0:55:20 > 0:55:21It's got good armour there.
0:55:21 > 0:55:24Why... Get around the back of him, Michael.
0:55:24 > 0:55:26They can't get in underneath here,
0:55:26 > 0:55:30Eruption, with the flipper, because of the power of that spinning bar.
0:55:30 > 0:55:35- Go around the other side a little bit.- Too close to the wall.
0:55:35 > 0:55:38And don't forget they have a heavier bar as well
0:55:38 > 0:55:40they could use in the future
0:55:40 > 0:55:42as they look for improvements, Carbide.
0:55:42 > 0:55:45Haven't used it in this particular heat yet.
0:55:46 > 0:55:49They don't know the power of it.
0:55:51 > 0:55:53Carbide with a good attack.
0:55:53 > 0:55:55Waiting their moment. Came in!
0:55:55 > 0:55:59And they waited the moment perfectly and Eruption are finished here.
0:55:59 > 0:56:02- Has it stuck?- I think it has.
0:56:04 > 0:56:05That must be it.
0:56:05 > 0:56:07He's on the countdown again.
0:56:07 > 0:56:12Well, Sam and Dave, what a team and what a performance by them!
0:56:15 > 0:56:17That was brilliant.
0:56:17 > 0:56:18Oh, well done, guys. That was unbelievable.
0:56:21 > 0:56:23Carbide is back.
0:56:23 > 0:56:24Isn't it?
0:56:27 > 0:56:30Unlucky Michael Oates and dad Adrian.
0:56:30 > 0:56:32A plucky, plucky heat,
0:56:32 > 0:56:35but Carbide were very experienced.
0:56:35 > 0:56:39They knew because of the front bar that Eruption couldn't get
0:56:39 > 0:56:42the flipper in underneath, not if they went head-to-head.
0:56:42 > 0:56:45The only way Eruption could beat them,
0:56:45 > 0:56:48if they came to the side and that didn't happen.
0:56:48 > 0:56:51Now watch for the moment the way Carbide waits,
0:56:51 > 0:56:55sees its chance, bang, comes in,
0:56:55 > 0:56:59Eruption lives there for just a few more moments,
0:56:59 > 0:57:01but the control is limited.
0:57:01 > 0:57:03You can see it.
0:57:03 > 0:57:05And doom is on the way.
0:57:10 > 0:57:13Michael, I mean, you took some serious blows in there.
0:57:13 > 0:57:16Yeah, I think we went head on at them and tried to keep his arm in
0:57:16 > 0:57:18and I think just on one hit,
0:57:18 > 0:57:21Carbide's deflected off and come round and taken our wheel out.
0:57:21 > 0:57:22OK, you'll be back. You'll be back.
0:57:22 > 0:57:24Yeah. Please, make some noise for Eruption!
0:57:26 > 0:57:28It feels like I've had this conversation with you
0:57:28 > 0:57:30a number of times recently about congratulating you.
0:57:30 > 0:57:33You got the blow in early, which is what you needed to do.
0:57:33 > 0:57:34Yes. Performed well,
0:57:34 > 0:57:36considering all the beating that we took before that.
0:57:36 > 0:57:38You burnt out your battery by fighting too hard
0:57:38 > 0:57:41in the first battle. You had to completely rebuild it
0:57:41 > 0:57:44after the second battle. This has not been as smooth a transition
0:57:44 > 0:57:47- through the rounds as it was last time.- Yeah, we've been working hard.
0:57:47 > 0:57:49Going to have to step up the game even more now
0:57:49 > 0:57:52- as the competition gets stiffer, so. - Well, whatever happens
0:57:52 > 0:57:54from here on in, you've won this bout,
0:57:54 > 0:57:56you've won the heat final. Ladies and gentlemen,
0:57:56 > 0:57:57give it up for Carbide!
0:58:00 > 0:58:02Well, we'll see Carbide in the final.
0:58:02 > 0:58:03Eruption's journey to be continued.
0:58:03 > 0:58:05- That's all from us.- Good night.
0:58:10 > 0:58:12Next time on Robot Wars...
0:58:14 > 0:58:15Rapid.
0:58:15 > 0:58:17Rapid is ruthless.
0:58:21 > 0:58:24Apex is the biggest bar spinner ever to compete in Robot Wars.
0:58:24 > 0:58:27They can't keep the thing on the ground!
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