0:00:02 > 0:00:04Welcome to Robot Wars, where teachers, doctors and bartenders
0:00:04 > 0:00:07lead their home-made fighting machines into battle.
0:00:07 > 0:00:09Facing off in our bulletproof arena, they will have to deal
0:00:09 > 0:00:12with our deadly house robots and wicked hazards.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15New knockout battles, even tougher competition.
0:00:15 > 0:00:16Let the battle commence!
0:00:21 > 0:00:22Robot Wars,
0:00:22 > 0:00:26where metal fighting machines built by brilliant amateurs
0:00:26 > 0:00:29battle to become the best in the world.
0:00:33 > 0:00:36From every corner of the country, and every walk of life.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40This time, we have more fiendish hazards.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44Spinner, killer entanglement devices,
0:00:44 > 0:00:48- and even a ten-way free-for-all. - Come on!
0:00:57 > 0:00:59Previously...
0:00:59 > 0:01:02..monstrous spinner Carbide decimated the competition.
0:01:05 > 0:01:09Tonight, six more robots compete for a place in the grand final.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13So, buckle up, let's meet our first team.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16From Haynes...
0:01:22 > 0:01:25Our first team captain is a mechanical design engineer.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27So, he's in the right place for a show all about engineering
0:01:27 > 0:01:30and creating impressive robots.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35Yes, yes, this show is all about engineering
0:01:35 > 0:01:37and creating impressive robots.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39It's not just about engineering, is it, though?
0:01:39 > 0:01:42- It's about putting on a show.- It's about putting on a show, isn't it?
0:01:42 > 0:01:45Tom from Bucky. We're very, very quickly going to pan to that guy.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48- Yes.- Who is that guy? - Er, this is Mo....
0:01:48 > 0:01:52I didn't mean Mo, I meant that guy in the tooth.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55- Oh, that's Bucky the Mascot. - That's Bucky the Mascot.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00I feel if it's going to be taken seriously as a sport,
0:02:00 > 0:02:02you need a mascot.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05Joining them in this group battle...
0:02:07 > 0:02:08From London...
0:02:13 > 0:02:15Josh from Team Rapid is an entrepreneur
0:02:15 > 0:02:16on a very unique crusade.
0:02:18 > 0:02:22He's created possibly the world's toughest, most expensive robot.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25And if you can beat him, he'll give you a job.
0:02:27 > 0:02:31- You are using this whole process to find talent.- Yeah.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34Robot Wars inspires engineering. It's how I got into engineering.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36The best people that we want to hire
0:02:36 > 0:02:38- need to be better than everybody we know.- OK.
0:02:38 > 0:02:42- So, anyone that beats us, come and see us.- Automatically better.
0:02:45 > 0:02:49People that watch Robot Wars in the next few months -
0:02:49 > 0:02:51eight, ten, 12 years old are the people who are going to be
0:02:51 > 0:02:53the engineers in the next 20 years.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56The final team in group battle one are...
0:02:58 > 0:02:59From Camberley...
0:03:04 > 0:03:07The next generation of robot builders are here.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11Dan and his classmates are making their Robot Wars debut
0:03:11 > 0:03:14with what must have been the most exciting homework ever.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19I believe that using practical work
0:03:19 > 0:03:22and technology is a much better way of learning,
0:03:22 > 0:03:23because you get to get involved
0:03:23 > 0:03:26and know what it's actually going to be like
0:03:26 > 0:03:29when you're putting those skills into use in the real world.
0:03:30 > 0:03:34- Track-tion, the youngest team in the competition.- That's right.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37- Are you the boss here, Dan? - Yes, I am. My team.- Yes, I am!
0:03:37 > 0:03:39How did the team form?
0:03:39 > 0:03:43Well, we all go to an after-school club at our school.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46Some of the teams have got 20 years' experience here.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49- Well, I mean...- Do you think you have the edge?
0:03:49 > 0:03:51We have three weeks' experience, so...
0:03:51 > 0:03:53- SHE LAUGHS - ..I think we can take them on.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58The three teams head to the arena for our first group battle.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02One winner from each group battle will skip around,
0:04:02 > 0:04:05automatically securing their place in the semifinal.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09The losers must fight again in the Robot Redemption battles
0:04:09 > 0:04:11to decide who will join them.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16So, for the first time tonight, it's over to Jonathan Pearce.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19Dara and Angela, thank you very much.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22I'm really excited by the prospect of our first group battle.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24It's got absolutely everything.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26Now, battles are fought for three minutes,
0:04:26 > 0:04:29competitors can get a clean win by flipping an opponent out,
0:04:29 > 0:04:33pushing them down the pit or mashing them into submission.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38If there's no clear winner after three minutes,
0:04:38 > 0:04:39it'll be up to our judges
0:04:39 > 0:04:42Dr Lucy Rogers, Professor Sethu Vijayakumar,
0:04:42 > 0:04:44and head judge Professor Noel Sharkey.
0:04:44 > 0:04:48And in the arena for every battle are the house robots.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51If competitors stray into the Corner Patrol Zones,
0:04:51 > 0:04:55then the house robots can deal them unlimited damage.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58Hazards to our competitors in the arena are the spikes, fire,
0:04:58 > 0:05:02the flipper and the pit, as well as the brand-new
0:05:02 > 0:05:04Fog Of War!
0:05:05 > 0:05:07The Fog Of War!
0:05:09 > 0:05:14The Fog Of War fills that arena with dense fog for ten seconds.
0:05:14 > 0:05:19But within that murky mist, the deadly house robots are waiting.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23In the arena for the first group battle,
0:05:23 > 0:05:25and still not returning my calls...
0:05:27 > 0:05:29..it's Matilda.
0:05:30 > 0:05:34- It's battle time! - Roboteers, stand by.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37CHEERING
0:05:41 > 0:05:45Three, two, one...
0:05:45 > 0:05:47..activate!
0:05:47 > 0:05:51I love Josh Valman's commitment to engineering
0:05:51 > 0:05:53from the Team Rapid side.
0:05:53 > 0:05:57I know Track-tion are committed to sending them out,
0:05:57 > 0:06:01as we have Fog Of War straight away and that confuses things.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04- Fog Of War used tactically.- Oh, no!
0:06:04 > 0:06:08Under the cover of it, what will happen? Who will emerge victorious?
0:06:08 > 0:06:11Who will be befuddled? Track-tion seem to be going the wrong way.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14That's dangerous territory. They're caught on the spikes!
0:06:14 > 0:06:18- Oh, no, we're done. - That was because of Fog Of War.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21Now they've been ejected by Rapid. They're flung out of the arena!
0:06:21 > 0:06:24So, the Fog Of War was key in the battle.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28Well, this is a flipper that can lift a transit van.
0:06:31 > 0:06:32Well played, well played.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35Well played. They've had three weeks' experience,
0:06:35 > 0:06:36the Track-tion team.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39Against one of the world's most accomplished
0:06:39 > 0:06:42team of engineers in Rapid,
0:06:42 > 0:06:44who are now after Bucky the Robot.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46I love the look of Bucky.
0:06:46 > 0:06:47No!
0:06:49 > 0:06:51False teeth so far,
0:06:51 > 0:06:54and we know what false teeth look like
0:06:54 > 0:06:56in a cup by Grandma's bed.
0:06:56 > 0:06:57Eurgh, not very nice!
0:06:57 > 0:07:00Anyways, in my nightmares, that.
0:07:00 > 0:07:04Rapid underneath Bucky the Robot now, playing piggyback.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07Rapid looks much better than when we last saw them,
0:07:07 > 0:07:10when they couldn't perform the repairs
0:07:10 > 0:07:13on their heavily armoured bot in the pits,
0:07:13 > 0:07:15and they had to pull out.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19Great attention, great focus
0:07:19 > 0:07:21and well done, Bucky, until then.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23- Oh, no.- Uh-oh, can it self-right?
0:07:23 > 0:07:26I can't see them self-righting from there because they're pinned!
0:07:26 > 0:07:28HE LAUGHS
0:07:28 > 0:07:32They have a chomp on the arena. Oh, brilliant, well done!
0:07:32 > 0:07:33Come on, Bucky!
0:07:33 > 0:07:35Well done!
0:07:35 > 0:07:36Bucky the Robot.
0:07:36 > 0:07:40Well, they are the neutrals' favourite here.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42What a strange-looking machine.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46Rapid in underneath Bucky the Robot again.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51It's got a high ground clearance just about everywhere, to be honest,
0:07:51 > 0:07:53Bucky,
0:07:53 > 0:07:55but they're doing really well.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57And they're still in there, entertaining.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01Just exposed a ground clearance there.
0:08:03 > 0:08:04Missed!
0:08:04 > 0:08:07They have the pneumatics running at 60 bar,
0:08:07 > 0:08:11with 120mm bore ram,
0:08:11 > 0:08:13and they can create damage
0:08:13 > 0:08:15and Bucky is a little bit...
0:08:15 > 0:08:16..Oh, skewwhiff there!
0:08:17 > 0:08:20A little bit buckled is Bucky the Robot...
0:08:22 > 0:08:25..but they're doing really well in terms of control.
0:08:25 > 0:08:26Steering out of trouble.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29Oh, and steering into Matilda!
0:08:29 > 0:08:31Can they get away again?
0:08:31 > 0:08:34And we saw a quick shot of Mo Hossaini up there,
0:08:34 > 0:08:38maintenance engineer and electrician in his time. Oh!
0:08:38 > 0:08:39Can they self-right there?
0:08:40 > 0:08:43- Might be out of gas. - There's no more gas in Bucky.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47No more nip in those mashers. It won't matter though, I think.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49Are they going to be saved by the bell?
0:08:49 > 0:08:52If he goes the full three minutes, it'll go to the judges.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54Rapid think they have done enough.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57Called, it does go to the judges! Oh, just in time.
0:08:58 > 0:09:02- You did good. Well done.- Feel sorry for the Track-tion team.- Well done.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04- Aw, look at their little faces. - Well done.
0:09:05 > 0:09:10Track-tion, straightaway in trouble from Rapid.
0:09:10 > 0:09:14Using the big Killalot shreds to try and get some traction,
0:09:14 > 0:09:18but it didn't last long. Rapid had them in their sights
0:09:18 > 0:09:20and out went the team of schoolchildren
0:09:20 > 0:09:21from Collingwood School.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26Rapid one of the most expensive robots we've ever seen,
0:09:26 > 0:09:29and Bucky was plucky, and Bucky stayed in.
0:09:29 > 0:09:33Managed to get away from that perilous position, only just,
0:09:33 > 0:09:36against this mightily powerful Rapid
0:09:36 > 0:09:39who could be a dark horse in this series.
0:09:41 > 0:09:45OK, that is one of the strangest things I've ever seen.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48Genuinely, one of the weirdest robot fights. I mean, I love this thing
0:09:48 > 0:09:51but it was just watching a set of plastic false teeth
0:09:51 > 0:09:52drive around a room,
0:09:52 > 0:09:55being chased by a wedge for three minutes.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58- For three minutes? It lasted. - Lasted the whole three minutes.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01You're thrilled, I imagine, with that, you lasted three minutes.
0:10:01 > 0:10:03- You didn't come last, by the way. - No.- Some children came last.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05- I didn't go out.- Didn't go out.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08Plus, you've got a giant tooth in the room with you.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10Hello, giant tooth.
0:10:10 > 0:10:11Hello.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13Nope, still blanking me,
0:10:13 > 0:10:14I don't like that guy. LAUGHTER
0:10:14 > 0:10:17Don't like that guy at all. Lovely, well done, Bucky. Very good.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19Where is...? APPLAUSE
0:10:21 > 0:10:23OK. Happy, you're happy?
0:10:24 > 0:10:27Shiny and nice and delightful. Can you come here for a second?
0:10:27 > 0:10:30Because technically, I have to do one thing, right?
0:10:30 > 0:10:33- Even though I think we all know who won that fight...- Me.- OK.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36Even though many of us know who won that fight,
0:10:36 > 0:10:39it has to go to the judges because you didn't immobilise him in time.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42- Right, OK.- Can I confirm this? Who was the winner of this fight?
0:10:44 > 0:10:46It's a unanimous decision...
0:10:46 > 0:10:50Prepare to be surprised! ..for Rapid.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52Well done, buddy.
0:10:52 > 0:10:53- Well done.- Great fight.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58Oh, Rapid just won. Rapid just won, it was judges' decision.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00- How are you?- Good, yeah.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02- Youngest team out of the arena...- Yeah.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04- ..by rich Rapid.- Yeah, Rapid.
0:11:06 > 0:11:10- He just had so much speed on us. - And then boom, gone.- Gone.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13You know, they just spent a lot of money on that
0:11:13 > 0:11:14and the money has gone to...
0:11:16 > 0:11:17..what it's meant to do.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21It was a shame to take out Track-tion,
0:11:21 > 0:11:22but the guys took it really well.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25It's really quite impressive what they've done as a school
0:11:25 > 0:11:27and getting these kids into engineering and giving them
0:11:27 > 0:11:29experience of what real engineering looks like.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34Rapid goes through to the semifinals.
0:11:34 > 0:11:38The two losers must fight again to stay in the competition.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40Time for our next group battle.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43From Burntwood...
0:11:49 > 0:11:51Craig Danby claims his robot
0:11:51 > 0:11:54has one of the world's largest spinning weapons.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57Apex is the biggest bar spinner ever to compete in Robot Wars.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03That looks like one whopper of a spinner.
0:12:03 > 0:12:07- Yeah. This is the little one. This is 38.45 kilos...- Right.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10..and its effective diameter is 1.2 metres.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13And this is the really big one. This is the 39-kilo bar.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16Obviously, you're here on a team with your pals and your brother.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19- Yeah.- The pressure's on here. - Yeah, the pressure is massively on.
0:12:19 > 0:12:24We'll either go down in a blaze of glory or it will win everything.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27The brothers are experienced roboteers
0:12:27 > 0:12:30but Craig admits that working with Chris
0:12:30 > 0:12:33means the arena may not be the only place that sparks fly.
0:12:33 > 0:12:37Chris is very single-minded and he likes to do things his way.
0:12:37 > 0:12:40It's going to take quite a lot for me to just bite my tongue
0:12:40 > 0:12:42and do as I'm told, rather than shout at him
0:12:42 > 0:12:44and tell him what to do, like I usually do.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46And they'll be up against...
0:12:47 > 0:12:49From Newcastle upon Tyne...
0:12:52 > 0:12:54Overhead spinner.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58My name is Adam Hamilton.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01I'm 25, from Newcastle upon Tyne, doing it for the lads.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06The robot has been built, literally, just to prove a point.
0:13:06 > 0:13:07You don't have to be an engineer.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09You don't have to have loads of experience.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12You don't have to be absolutely minted with money.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15We started from nothing and we're on Robot Wars
0:13:15 > 0:13:16and we're going to win.
0:13:18 > 0:13:22- Are you guys engineers, are you...? What?- No.- What? What are you, then?
0:13:22 > 0:13:26Just everything. I've had every single job you could think of.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28I've been a butcher and I got sacked the same day I started.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31- So...- Not a good butcher, I would have said.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33Emma, please tell me that you, by contrast, are, therefore,
0:13:33 > 0:13:36the trained mechanical engineer who's built this?
0:13:36 > 0:13:37Unfortunately not. Sorry.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39I am a student that studies early years
0:13:39 > 0:13:43- and health in contemporary society. - Great. So, this is ludicrous.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45This is fantastically ludicrous.
0:13:45 > 0:13:46This is a folly. This is madness
0:13:46 > 0:13:49that you would even think that you can compete here,
0:13:49 > 0:13:51but this looks great.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54The final team in this group battle are true veterans of the sport.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59From Oxford...
0:14:03 > 0:14:09John, you and Terrorhurtz, le grand fromage of the Robot Wars...world.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12I have been doing this for quite a long time. Almost 20 years now.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15You're, kind of, a daddy. People come to you for advice.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17They come to you to get a steer on things.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22It was back in 1997...
0:14:22 > 0:14:26..I heard some stories of this thing called Robot Wars,
0:14:26 > 0:14:29started in America, come over here.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32Despite nearly two decades of experience,
0:14:32 > 0:14:35John has never won a Robot Wars grand final.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40And up against two young pups,
0:14:40 > 0:14:43Apex and Vulture. New. The new guard.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45Does that scare you a little bit, or are you excited?
0:14:45 > 0:14:47- Apex is pretty...scary.- Yeah.
0:14:47 > 0:14:51That's the second group battle. Over to you, Jonathan.
0:14:51 > 0:14:52Thanks, Dara and Angela.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55The house robot. It's the sh-sh-shuffling sh-sh-Shunt
0:14:55 > 0:14:57to give you sh-sh-shivers.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01Right, here we go. It's going to be amazing.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05Roboteers, stand by.
0:15:05 > 0:15:06CHEERING
0:15:13 > 0:15:14Three...
0:15:14 > 0:15:15..two...
0:15:15 > 0:15:17..one...
0:15:17 > 0:15:19activate!
0:15:20 > 0:15:22Terrorhurtz, immediately into slam Apex
0:15:22 > 0:15:25and the 1,200 millimetres bar spinner.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27And they're locked together
0:15:27 > 0:15:29in a dance of doom.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31Terrorhurtz is on form!
0:15:34 > 0:15:36Terrorhurtz with the control.
0:15:36 > 0:15:37The experience, there,
0:15:37 > 0:15:41of 18 years' experience fighting in arenas.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44John Reid and Nick Lynch.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46KLAXON
0:15:46 > 0:15:47Down goes the Dial Of Doom!
0:15:47 > 0:15:49Fog Of War!
0:15:49 > 0:15:52And we have the Fog Of War...
0:15:53 > 0:15:56..critical in turning the tide of battle in the Arena.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59It's a gamble to hit that doom dial with the Fog Of War,
0:15:59 > 0:16:01it could give robots a moment to launch a sneak attack.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04A great additional hazard, this series, I think.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06At the moment, it seems to me that Apex
0:16:06 > 0:16:09and Terrorhurtz were leaving Vulture alone.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11Now, the tactic has changed.
0:16:11 > 0:16:16Down comes the big, blowing hammerhead of Terrorhurtz.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19That axe can turn at 180 degrees in half a second.
0:16:19 > 0:16:221,200 Newtons of force on the end.
0:16:22 > 0:16:25- Good stuff.- Ram him into a wall.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27They are stuck,
0:16:27 > 0:16:32which means that Terrorhurtz can push across the arena floor,
0:16:32 > 0:16:33and he really knows what he's doing.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36John, a little bit of pressure
0:16:36 > 0:16:39on the team in the last series.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42Who was in control of the weaponry?
0:16:42 > 0:16:44- In the rules?- Oh, come on!
0:16:46 > 0:16:50Apex has come to play, simply to hold Vulture on the Flame Pit.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52They might be scorched themselves, as Shunt comes in.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54The arm is actually dead now.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56- Have we lost drive? - Yeah, we lost drive in one side.
0:16:57 > 0:17:01Quick, Vulture, got across the arena floor at 16mph.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03Very aesthetically pleasing machine.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05They are all into art and design.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08Adam works in a 3-D printing company.
0:17:08 > 0:17:09But, at the moment, the design for them
0:17:09 > 0:17:11will be simply staying alive.
0:17:11 > 0:17:12They are not moving.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16If they are immobilised for 10 seconds, they are out.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19They have to be able to move through their circumference.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22Just about... Ooh! I don't think they are now.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24- It's not moving.- No, it's not.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28I think they are immobilised. Vulture.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30Vulture looks a little bit to me
0:17:30 > 0:17:32like a Robot Wars budgerigar out there.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34Vulture. Are you sure?
0:17:34 > 0:17:37Terrorhurtz and Apex don't care one jot.
0:17:37 > 0:17:38I think they are gone.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40This is good. Keep moving.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42Terrorhurtz, the only machine out there, really, for me,
0:17:42 > 0:17:44really creating terror.
0:17:44 > 0:17:50Apex, because of the new weaponry, largely untested.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52Oh! That animal!
0:17:52 > 0:17:55Just as I was heading for Shunt!
0:17:55 > 0:17:57I think the Danby boys,
0:17:57 > 0:18:02the Foxic veterans, Team Foxic beforehand.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04Apex now. Still...
0:18:04 > 0:18:06And then there was one.
0:18:06 > 0:18:07CHEERING
0:18:07 > 0:18:08Woohoo, Terrorhurtz!
0:18:08 > 0:18:10Clear winner. Terrorhurtz.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14Oh, wild. John's getting wild in there.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19Wow. Terrorhurtz gone a little bit rampant here.
0:18:19 > 0:18:20KLAXON
0:18:22 > 0:18:23Experience told.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28Straight in, trying to negate the power
0:18:28 > 0:18:30of that massive spinning bar.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34Oh, top nut comes off there somewhere.
0:18:36 > 0:18:37Vulture, untested.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40Team a little bit nervous that their weapon system wouldn't work.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42Partially,
0:18:42 > 0:18:44without really creating too much damage.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47Look at that massive axe of Terrorhurtz.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50Tough roboteers team. There's the char-boiled Vulture.
0:18:50 > 0:18:51Ugh!
0:18:55 > 0:18:58- John! Well?- Pretty happy with that.
0:18:58 > 0:19:02- It's a very scary machine, that Apex.- Yeah, you're beaming.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04I like John when he's happy.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06I'm pretty happy now.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09Please, can we make some noise for Le Grand Fromage!
0:19:15 > 0:19:17Nick done good.
0:19:17 > 0:19:18You got plenty of good hits.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21- It was excellent, excellent stuff.- Thanks.
0:19:22 > 0:19:23I know you mean it.
0:19:29 > 0:19:31Nick lives in rugby, I live in Oxford,
0:19:31 > 0:19:33so we don't see each other that often.
0:19:33 > 0:19:35It's usually just before one of these big events...
0:19:36 > 0:19:40..shouting at each other and getting on each other's nerves,
0:19:40 > 0:19:42but he's one of the cleverest people I know.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44He's very good at theory.
0:19:44 > 0:19:48He gets me sorted, keeps me on track when I have some silly ideas.
0:19:50 > 0:19:54While John basks in the glory of victory, for the two losing teams,
0:19:54 > 0:19:58Adam's Vulture and Craig's Apex, the pressure's beginning to show.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03BLEEP.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13Apex represents about 3,000 hours' worth of work.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17If Apex gets destroyed,
0:20:17 > 0:20:20it would be just the worst feeling in the world.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25The group stages are now complete.
0:20:25 > 0:20:29The losing teams must battle it out in a head-to-head
0:20:29 > 0:20:31to stay in the competition.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34Now, while they are resetting for battle,
0:20:34 > 0:20:38I'm going to steal a couple of moments with Lucy.
0:20:38 > 0:20:42Lucy, for anyone who doesn't know, what's the role of the house robot?
0:20:42 > 0:20:45Well, they are really the guardians of the whole of the arena.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47First, they are there for safety.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50If a robot goes rogue, if it's on fire,
0:20:50 > 0:20:54the house robots can go in, move it to a safe place,
0:20:54 > 0:20:57so the humans don't have to go in with potential damage there.
0:20:57 > 0:21:01And they are a hazard, just like the pit, the fire,
0:21:01 > 0:21:03and the flipper and the spikes.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06You can use those robots to push your opponent into them
0:21:06 > 0:21:09and, if you go into that zone, you are going to get attacked.
0:21:09 > 0:21:10It's a free for all.
0:21:10 > 0:21:14Now, with the introduction last series of the rogue robots,
0:21:14 > 0:21:19hit the tyre and any of the house robots could come out,
0:21:19 > 0:21:22ten seconds, and attack any robot.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25Obviously, rogue robots have thrown a spanner in the works
0:21:25 > 0:21:26for a lot of the roboteers.
0:21:26 > 0:21:30How do you feel about the Fog Of War, our other new hazard?
0:21:30 > 0:21:31For us, that just confuses us
0:21:31 > 0:21:34because we can't see anything either.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36Not only can the roboteers not see anything.
0:21:36 > 0:21:37It's just same for the roboteers.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40The Fog Of War!
0:21:45 > 0:21:46I can't see where I'm going.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49Well, you do see it becomes quite a tactical game.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52Some of them just sit still and wait until it clears
0:21:52 > 0:21:54and others are getting stuck in there.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56But if you've got a spinner that needs time to spin up,
0:21:56 > 0:21:59getting that is great because you've got time to spin up
0:21:59 > 0:22:01before anyone else can come and see you.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03- Thank you very much, Lucy. - No problem.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06Our first teams to fight it out
0:22:06 > 0:22:08for Robot Redemption are...
0:22:12 > 0:22:14Dan, how are you? You're in the middle of doing
0:22:14 > 0:22:16some important repair work. What are you doing?
0:22:16 > 0:22:19We're currently in the state of trying to bolt this new wedge
0:22:19 > 0:22:20onto the front of our robot.
0:22:20 > 0:22:24- But that's not your wedge. - It's not our wedge.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26This Robot Wars community is incredible
0:22:26 > 0:22:28and the team from Vulture...
0:22:28 > 0:22:30- Yeah?- ..have actually lent this to us so we can
0:22:30 > 0:22:32have a better chance against Apex.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37So we're in the Redemption Knockouts,
0:22:37 > 0:22:39so we've got one last chance.
0:22:39 > 0:22:43If we lose this fight, that's...
0:22:44 > 0:22:46..big-time suckie.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49It is just a case of putting the bar on
0:22:49 > 0:22:52and destroying the hopes and dreams of some children.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56While Craig fine-tunes his master plan...
0:22:58 > 0:23:00..team captain Dan's also talking tactics.
0:23:05 > 0:23:07If we can keep the spinner slow,
0:23:07 > 0:23:10- then we can get them there. - Yeah.- So just drive it at them.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12- That's what happened in the last fight.- Yeah...
0:23:12 > 0:23:15- We should be able to just ram them. - That can take a lot of force.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19If you think you're not going to be able to do it,
0:23:19 > 0:23:21you're not going to be able to do it.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23But if you keep going, you keep saying,
0:23:23 > 0:23:24"We're going to do this",
0:23:24 > 0:23:27you're going to get through it, you're going to do it.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30I just like to keep that attitude going no matter what happens.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32The losers will be going home.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35Teams have to win here or the dream is over.
0:23:35 > 0:23:39This is their only chance for Robot Redemption.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41In the arena for this battle,
0:23:41 > 0:23:44direct from the seventh circle of hell...
0:23:46 > 0:23:47..it's Dead Metal,
0:23:47 > 0:23:49and part-time baguette crimper,
0:23:49 > 0:23:52full-time bad man Sir Killalot.
0:23:53 > 0:23:57Three, two, one...
0:23:57 > 0:24:00..activate!
0:24:00 > 0:24:03Will that bar weapon of Apex be vulnerable to the new
0:24:03 > 0:24:07wedge at the front of Track-tion?
0:24:07 > 0:24:09Oh, a bit tentative here, you know?
0:24:09 > 0:24:12Apex thought about it, saw that wedge coming at them
0:24:12 > 0:24:14and thought again,
0:24:14 > 0:24:15but now they come on the attack.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18Oh! Wow, they spun horribly out of control!
0:24:18 > 0:24:22What on earth happened there?! It's flying off completely!
0:24:24 > 0:24:26Oh, my goodness me! I've never seen it before.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30I don't even know what happened
0:24:30 > 0:24:32to their hugely powerful fast spinner.
0:24:34 > 0:24:38That I have not seen before!
0:24:38 > 0:24:40The arena's in shards!
0:24:40 > 0:24:42Boy, that was scary.
0:24:42 > 0:24:43In nearly hit the judges!
0:24:48 > 0:24:50Dump it down the pit.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53It's cost us lots of money. There goes my bonus!
0:24:53 > 0:24:54What the hell?
0:24:54 > 0:24:57The robot works, we were told.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59No, it doesn't.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02That's the pulley, that's the belt, there's the everything.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04Well, I've never seen anything like that before!
0:25:04 > 0:25:07Well, the judges have never seen anything like this
0:25:07 > 0:25:08and neither have I.
0:25:08 > 0:25:12Whirring up to power, hits the front wedge of Track-tion.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15They can't keep the thing on the ground.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17It becomes a whirly bird again...
0:25:17 > 0:25:19Whoa! Everything comes apart.
0:25:19 > 0:25:23Oh, dear, dear, dear. And that was the result...
0:25:23 > 0:25:27..bulletproof glass smashed to smithereens.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29Look at that!
0:25:31 > 0:25:33Wow.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37It's not often I'm stunned into silence and lost for words.
0:25:39 > 0:25:40No wonder they're elated.
0:25:40 > 0:25:42That team of schoolchildren has just beaten
0:25:42 > 0:25:45the biggest bar in Robot Wars history.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49If that bar had come this way,
0:25:49 > 0:25:51I'd need a change of trousers.
0:25:52 > 0:25:54Sorry... Can you...?
0:25:54 > 0:25:56Can you repeat that?!
0:25:59 > 0:26:01Can you repeat that for us?
0:26:01 > 0:26:04I quite enjoyed the end of it!
0:26:04 > 0:26:07What did he just say, Anna?
0:26:07 > 0:26:10He said if that bar came this way, he'd need a change of trousers.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13- It was quite terrifying, wasn't it? - It was like a missile.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16It was like a missile.
0:26:16 > 0:26:18- Yeah.- Completely smashed. - It was dramatic.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24- No, I don't think...- Agh!
0:26:28 > 0:26:31AUDIENCE GASPS
0:26:45 > 0:26:47Craig, do you want to come down here?
0:26:47 > 0:26:49Obviously we can do nothing until the forensics teams
0:26:49 > 0:26:52- have had a look around... - Absolutely.- ..but from what
0:26:52 > 0:26:54we gather from an initial examination of the crime scene,
0:26:54 > 0:26:57the victim shot through the window here,
0:26:57 > 0:27:00- hit that window there and then ended up here.- Oh, no.
0:27:00 > 0:27:04I know. And that is what? How many kilograms?
0:27:04 > 0:27:06That's 39.75 kilograms.
0:27:07 > 0:27:11That's smashing through one sheet of polycarbonate glass,
0:27:11 > 0:27:13being bounced back by the other one.
0:27:13 > 0:27:17We're trying to contain 106 kilojoules of energy, it's just...
0:27:17 > 0:27:19There's nothing that powerful out here, so it's...
0:27:19 > 0:27:21- We've never built anything like that.- Yeah.
0:27:21 > 0:27:23And we will never build anything like that again.
0:27:23 > 0:27:25Oh, I don't know. I think this is fun.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28This is great. You're out of the competition, that's not fun for you.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31- No, no.- But, look at that.- Yeah... - Look at that!
0:27:37 > 0:27:42So, Apex leave the arena and the competition in pieces.
0:27:47 > 0:27:52But this means Team Track-tion now go through to the semifinals.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55I'd just like to mention Vulture -
0:27:55 > 0:27:58thanks to them for giving us this wedge.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01To be honest, I didn't expect them to turn it into a helicopter.
0:28:01 > 0:28:03THEY LAUGH
0:28:03 > 0:28:04Literally!
0:28:04 > 0:28:07And we've sustained minimal damage...
0:28:08 > 0:28:11..except for just a tiny little chip in the paint.
0:28:13 > 0:28:15Our next Robot Redemption battle
0:28:15 > 0:28:16is between...
0:28:18 > 0:28:22It's all or nothing now as this is the teams' last chance
0:28:22 > 0:28:23to stay in the competition.
0:28:25 > 0:28:27How are things?
0:28:27 > 0:28:30- Not good. - Hi.- Hi.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32- No...- OK.- I mean, yes.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34- You're saying things are good. - It's fine.
0:28:34 > 0:28:37Well, we have a 20 minute window.
0:28:37 > 0:28:39That's all we've got. The timer's on now.
0:28:39 > 0:28:42So if we're not ready in 20 minutes, on a trolley
0:28:42 > 0:28:44- and on the way to the arena, it's curtains.- Yes.
0:28:44 > 0:28:47- Can you do it?- Yeah, it's just little fiddly bits that need doing.
0:28:47 > 0:28:49OK.
0:28:54 > 0:28:56We're trying to get the scoop level with the floor
0:28:56 > 0:28:58so that we can get under them,
0:28:58 > 0:29:02but it's a bit fiddly and it's trying to reposition it, and stuff.
0:29:02 > 0:29:04We haven't got long, but we'll do it.
0:29:07 > 0:29:10- We need to get the lid on. What about the arm?- Sorry?- The arm.
0:29:10 > 0:29:13- It's fine.- I tested it. - The arm's working.
0:29:13 > 0:29:14Are you absolutely positive?
0:29:14 > 0:29:17- Can you prove that the arm is working?- Yes!
0:29:19 > 0:29:20- Yes?- Yes.
0:29:23 > 0:29:25Can you guys come back in, like, five minutes?
0:29:25 > 0:29:27Like, this is really stressful and I'm not so keen
0:29:27 > 0:29:29on having the camera pointed at me
0:29:29 > 0:29:31while I'm really stressing out over this bolt.
0:29:32 > 0:29:35Can we just finish this off first, please?
0:29:35 > 0:29:37We've just got a quick thing to finish quickly.
0:29:39 > 0:29:41- HE MOUTHS:- Sorry!
0:29:41 > 0:29:43Even Bucky's mascot is feeling the pressure.
0:29:43 > 0:29:45In these high-pressure situations,
0:29:45 > 0:29:48the mascot tends to wander around a lot.
0:29:49 > 0:29:51Picks up team morale.
0:30:03 > 0:30:04Time's up for the teams
0:30:04 > 0:30:08as they must now make their way to the arena.
0:30:08 > 0:30:12This is the last chance for these robots to redeem themselves.
0:30:12 > 0:30:16The winner stays in the competition, the loser leaves Robot Wars.
0:30:17 > 0:30:21In for this fight, it's the mighty, bitey Dead Metal
0:30:21 > 0:30:25and the robot that stole the best years of my life...
0:30:25 > 0:30:27..Matilda.
0:30:27 > 0:30:31Three, two, one...
0:30:31 > 0:30:33..activate.
0:30:33 > 0:30:34KLAXON
0:30:34 > 0:30:38Those almost wind-up clockwork teeth of Bucky The Robot, then,
0:30:38 > 0:30:40against Vulture.
0:30:40 > 0:30:42Bucky I just love.
0:30:42 > 0:30:45Do Vulture have linkage problems
0:30:45 > 0:30:47as the Bucky team thought?
0:30:47 > 0:30:52Will Bucky have too much ground clearance as Vulture thought?
0:30:52 > 0:30:54They say they chomped Terrorhurtz,
0:30:54 > 0:30:58but they can't avoid the Floor Flipper,
0:30:58 > 0:31:01and now they're in the big bite of Bucky The Robot.
0:31:01 > 0:31:03Ooh!
0:31:03 > 0:31:05Smash into Dead Metal.
0:31:05 > 0:31:08That hurt. I could feel that from where I am.
0:31:08 > 0:31:09KLAXON
0:31:09 > 0:31:11Well, we saw the tyre push.
0:31:11 > 0:31:13The Dial Of Doom goes left,
0:31:13 > 0:31:16that means the Pit Of Doom And Gloom descends.
0:31:16 > 0:31:19- AUDIENCE:- In the pit! In the pit!
0:31:19 > 0:31:22They're in that Corner Patrol Zone danger. Now they're out...
0:31:22 > 0:31:24Oh, very nearly the pit.
0:31:26 > 0:31:28- Oh!- There's a bit of smoke action out the back.
0:31:29 > 0:31:31Good contest, this.
0:31:31 > 0:31:34For a place to stay in the competition,
0:31:34 > 0:31:36let's not forget that.
0:31:36 > 0:31:38She is the flag bearer,
0:31:38 > 0:31:39Sabrina, an events manager.
0:31:42 > 0:31:44I think the arm's dead.
0:31:44 > 0:31:47Mascot in there as well for a bit of luck.
0:31:47 > 0:31:48They need a lot of luck!
0:31:48 > 0:31:50Oh, they're over, they're over.
0:31:50 > 0:31:52Oh, leave him, leave him, leave him.
0:31:52 > 0:31:55Can they self-right? Do they have enough CO2?
0:31:55 > 0:31:59- Come on!- Come on, self-right yourself. No!- Oh, dear.
0:31:59 > 0:32:02Vulture waiting to prey, as vultures do.
0:32:02 > 0:32:04A gruesome bird.
0:32:04 > 0:32:08And I don't think Bucky will be lucky.
0:32:08 > 0:32:11It's like a pair of dentures trying to talk out of somebody's mouth.
0:32:11 > 0:32:12KLAXON
0:32:12 > 0:32:13Cease.
0:32:13 > 0:32:15Bucky toothless in the end.
0:32:15 > 0:32:18Oh, they entertained us. Well done.
0:32:18 > 0:32:21CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:32:21 > 0:32:23- Come here.- Well done.
0:32:29 > 0:32:31I thought Bucky did well early on,
0:32:31 > 0:32:33despite the Vulture weaponry coming down.
0:32:33 > 0:32:35I don't think that's been as effective
0:32:35 > 0:32:36as the team thought it might.
0:32:36 > 0:32:39They haven't tested it before, we know that.
0:32:39 > 0:32:42The Vulture's control not great there.
0:32:42 > 0:32:44It can get across very tidily,
0:32:44 > 0:32:48but preferably on all wheels, not just the one.
0:32:48 > 0:32:50And, of course, that let Bucky chomp down on it.
0:32:51 > 0:32:56Bucky unaware and tumbling, tumbling over
0:32:56 > 0:32:59and out of the competition.
0:32:59 > 0:33:01- That was unexpected.- Yeah.
0:33:01 > 0:33:0320 minutes ago, you were sitting over on that bench
0:33:03 > 0:33:07hoping for the best, and now you're in the semifinals.
0:33:07 > 0:33:09It's a miracle, honestly.
0:33:09 > 0:33:12It's been just a massive challenge to get it all stripped
0:33:12 > 0:33:14and working again.
0:33:14 > 0:33:17And it did the thing, it won.
0:33:17 > 0:33:21Right, off you go, into the semifinals. Good luck.
0:33:21 > 0:33:24With Vulture through to the semifinals,
0:33:24 > 0:33:26we must now say goodbye to Bucky.
0:33:28 > 0:33:31This could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
0:33:37 > 0:33:41Time for our first semifinal...
0:33:44 > 0:33:47The school kids have done well.
0:33:47 > 0:33:49I don't think they expected to get this far
0:33:49 > 0:33:51and they've done really well to do it.
0:33:55 > 0:33:58It's pretty amazing that we've managed to get this far
0:33:58 > 0:33:59into the competition.
0:34:00 > 0:34:03I've seen they've been working on it all day yesterday and,
0:34:03 > 0:34:05to be honest, it looked like all they were doing
0:34:05 > 0:34:08was making it look more shiny.
0:34:08 > 0:34:10We just want to beat them.
0:34:11 > 0:34:14Just, kind of, show the judges that we can do better than them.
0:34:18 > 0:34:23Persevering is something which I think is a great skill
0:34:23 > 0:34:28and you need to be able to do that to, you know, get through things.
0:34:28 > 0:34:33Our machine is probably worth around about 2,000 to 5,000,
0:34:33 > 0:34:36in that kind of zone,
0:34:36 > 0:34:39and their robot's worth £25,000.
0:34:39 > 0:34:41So...
0:34:42 > 0:34:45- It's a big difference. - ..a wee difference, there.
0:34:46 > 0:34:49Rapid, you're about to go in against Track-tion.
0:34:49 > 0:34:50It's high-stakes for you.
0:34:50 > 0:34:53If you win, you'll have beaten a load of 12 and 13-year-olds,
0:34:53 > 0:34:56if you lose, you've lost to a load of 12 and 13-year-olds.
0:34:56 > 0:34:59So it's kind of a no-win situation, really, isn't it?
0:34:59 > 0:35:00What are you going to do?
0:35:00 > 0:35:03I'm not sure. It's a shame, we wanted to fight someone else
0:35:03 > 0:35:05- and get some more test data. - Really?- Yeah.
0:35:05 > 0:35:07Why, will you not get test data from beating them?
0:35:07 > 0:35:09- Well, we've fought them already. - Oh, OK, fine.
0:35:09 > 0:35:11- We're looking for more...- Yes. - ..to see what happens.
0:35:11 > 0:35:13They're quite hard to get hold of.
0:35:13 > 0:35:16- They are they've got a big front end now as well.- Yeah.
0:35:18 > 0:35:20It is an expensive sport.
0:35:20 > 0:35:22If you look at some of the other people that did well
0:35:22 > 0:35:25in the competition and you work out what they spent as well,
0:35:25 > 0:35:27you know, it's comparable.
0:35:27 > 0:35:29Rapid really is a luxurious robot
0:35:29 > 0:35:35with custom pneumatics running at a ridiculous 870psi.
0:35:35 > 0:35:37Rapid's flippers have apparently only been running at 20%
0:35:37 > 0:35:40in the last fights because of a leak.
0:35:40 > 0:35:44Now, once fixed, Rapid can reportedly flip a van.
0:35:44 > 0:35:46Josh Valman has overseen the build of Rapid
0:35:46 > 0:35:48by team-mates Lettie and Andy,
0:35:48 > 0:35:51young engineers who also run a research and development company
0:35:51 > 0:35:54which have offices around the world. They are very good.
0:35:54 > 0:35:56Josh not only wants to win the competition,
0:35:56 > 0:35:59but he's also hoping to hire roboteers taking part
0:35:59 > 0:36:01as engineers.
0:36:01 > 0:36:03Track-tion is a school team
0:36:03 > 0:36:05of 12 and 13-year-olds from Surrey.
0:36:05 > 0:36:08It's the only tracked robot in the competition and those
0:36:08 > 0:36:12tracks should give them plenty of pushing power in the arena.
0:36:12 > 0:36:15Team captain Dan has hand-picked his team of four pupils
0:36:15 > 0:36:18and Track-tion is determined to go further than
0:36:18 > 0:36:22any of the previous school teams and beat the adults.
0:36:26 > 0:36:28Roboteers, stand by.
0:36:31 > 0:36:33Josh wants to encourage young engineers.
0:36:33 > 0:36:35Here, he wants to destroy them.
0:36:35 > 0:36:37I can't get over how leaky that is.
0:36:37 > 0:36:41Straight in with the weapon, then, I guess. Or shall we...?
0:36:41 > 0:36:44I think he's spotted... Is that a leakage?
0:36:44 > 0:36:47Three, two, one...
0:36:47 > 0:36:49..activate!
0:36:49 > 0:36:51KLAXON
0:36:51 > 0:36:54I think Rapid have noticed they have a leakage problem,
0:36:54 > 0:36:56which means they'll need to get this over and done with!
0:36:56 > 0:36:58- They have done!- Oh, wow. Well done.
0:36:58 > 0:37:01Josh, Andy and Lettie knew they had a problem.
0:37:01 > 0:37:04They knew they had to go out and out for a quick victory.
0:37:04 > 0:37:05Cease.
0:37:05 > 0:37:08- Rapid is ruthless.- That is mean!
0:37:08 > 0:37:11- Sorry, guys.- That's all right. - Very mean!
0:37:11 > 0:37:15The young aims and dreams crushed.
0:37:15 > 0:37:17You rotters, Rapid.
0:37:17 > 0:37:19I think it would be very hard to get anything shorter than that.
0:37:19 > 0:37:21Yeah, OK. Well, there we go.
0:37:21 > 0:37:23- Six, I think that might be a record. - Yeah.
0:37:24 > 0:37:26- It's got to be.- It's certainly...
0:37:26 > 0:37:29Eruption, I think, did 10 seconds last series.
0:37:30 > 0:37:34We think this could be a record victory for Robot Wars.
0:37:35 > 0:37:38Straight in, straight under
0:37:38 > 0:37:40and straight out of the arena.
0:37:42 > 0:37:45They will be back a little bit later on
0:37:45 > 0:37:47in their fourth play-off that could get them into
0:37:47 > 0:37:50the 10-Robot Rumble in the grand final.
0:37:50 > 0:37:53We'll wait and see. Let's hope so.
0:37:54 > 0:37:56They're learning.
0:37:56 > 0:37:58Perhaps Josh could give them a job.
0:37:58 > 0:38:00Go on, Josh, give them a job.
0:38:00 > 0:38:02Josh, that's a message from Matilda,
0:38:02 > 0:38:03"Give them a job!"
0:38:06 > 0:38:08Not out of the competition yet.
0:38:08 > 0:38:11If we win the next fight, I believe we're into the melee
0:38:11 > 0:38:14and that could get us much further into the competition,
0:38:14 > 0:38:16which is doable.
0:38:18 > 0:38:20Well, we had a big leak.
0:38:20 > 0:38:22When we turned the robot on, we realised there was a big leak.
0:38:22 > 0:38:24So we had to get the robot in and fight and win
0:38:24 > 0:38:26as quick as we could before the gas ran out.
0:38:34 > 0:38:37So, now we're going to take the whole pneumatics system out.
0:38:37 > 0:38:38It comes out as one unit.
0:38:38 > 0:38:40Find out where the leak is, fix it, stick the unit back in
0:38:40 > 0:38:42for the next fight.
0:38:44 > 0:38:47Our next semifinal is between...
0:38:52 > 0:38:55So, we've got Vulture next.
0:38:55 > 0:38:59They've got nice flat top panels with the link block on there.
0:38:59 > 0:39:02So hopefully we can aim at that.
0:39:02 > 0:39:05Of course, winning the heat, that's the big thing.
0:39:07 > 0:39:09Very worried about Terrorhurtz.
0:39:09 > 0:39:11It's one of the things that we didn't actually design
0:39:11 > 0:39:13Vulture to fight against.
0:39:19 > 0:39:21So, Vulture are up against Terrorhurtz
0:39:21 > 0:39:22and they're their heroes.
0:39:22 > 0:39:25They watched them growing up, they're obsessed with John
0:39:25 > 0:39:26and with that machine.
0:39:26 > 0:39:29And now they're having to try and fend it off by creating
0:39:29 > 0:39:32what they're calling a pillow. So, hopefully this pillow...
0:39:32 > 0:39:33They're sacrificing armour
0:39:33 > 0:39:35to allow themselves to build this pillow
0:39:35 > 0:39:38that will hopefully stop the axe from getting through
0:39:38 > 0:39:41to the motor. It sounds a little dodgy.
0:39:43 > 0:39:46- Let's talk about the pillow.- Right.
0:39:46 > 0:39:48- It's anything we could get hold of...- OK.
0:39:48 > 0:39:50..in the last four or three minutes that will be brilliant.
0:39:50 > 0:39:54- What is this?- Velcro. - Velcro! Oh, lads!
0:39:54 > 0:39:57This is not great, is it, resorting to Velcro
0:39:57 > 0:39:59to try and stop the axe of the century?
0:39:59 > 0:40:02- Good luck!- Thank you. - Get back to building your pillow.
0:40:07 > 0:40:09- Emma? - I don't know about the pillow.
0:40:11 > 0:40:14This is it, John, you're closer than you've ever been with Terrorhurtz
0:40:14 > 0:40:17- to the final.- Yeah, this is our big chance to get in the final.
0:40:17 > 0:40:19- It's been a long time. - So we've got to get it right.
0:40:19 > 0:40:21- The pressure is on.- It is!
0:40:21 > 0:40:24- You're smiling. Are you nervous? - Yeah, I'm feeling pretty good.
0:40:24 > 0:40:25OK, let's go.
0:40:25 > 0:40:27Terrorhurtz is an axe robot
0:40:27 > 0:40:30with a tonne of force in every hit.
0:40:30 > 0:40:33Its high-angled armoured steel front
0:40:33 > 0:40:35is absolutely perfect for deflecting spinners
0:40:35 > 0:40:38and the polycarbonate chassis is excellent at flexing
0:40:38 > 0:40:40rather than breaking when it comes under attack.
0:40:40 > 0:40:44Terrorhurtz is a masterclass in robot design.
0:40:44 > 0:40:47Team captain John Reid, a freelance design engineer,
0:40:47 > 0:40:49has competed around the world with his robots.
0:40:49 > 0:40:52He's famous for his deadly axes. John loves the design process.
0:40:52 > 0:40:55He says he's spent thousands of hours with team-mate Nick
0:40:55 > 0:40:59designing the flaws out of Terrorhurtz to optimise the design,
0:40:59 > 0:41:01but that design is 15 years old.
0:41:01 > 0:41:03Has Terrorhurtz reached the end
0:41:03 > 0:41:05of its life, I wonder?
0:41:05 > 0:41:08Ambitious rookies Vulture have built
0:41:08 > 0:41:10the series' first axe spinner.
0:41:10 > 0:41:14It has an articulated spinning glass spinning at 6,000rpm
0:41:14 > 0:41:17and heavy hardened steel front armour.
0:41:17 > 0:41:19Adam does a lot of art and graphics.
0:41:19 > 0:41:21He's designed album covers for local bands,
0:41:21 > 0:41:22YouTube background designs
0:41:22 > 0:41:24and he does a lot of work for other roboteers
0:41:24 > 0:41:26to make sure their robot looks
0:41:26 > 0:41:27aesthetically pleasing.
0:41:27 > 0:41:30Having only built robots for two years,
0:41:30 > 0:41:33this competition will be a baptism of fire, though, for the team.
0:41:33 > 0:41:35Although we will see their confidence grow
0:41:35 > 0:41:37as they get more experience
0:41:37 > 0:41:38out in that arena.
0:41:40 > 0:41:41Three, two, one...
0:41:43 > 0:41:46..activate!
0:41:46 > 0:41:47KLAXON
0:41:47 > 0:41:49Terrorhurtz closing in for the kill.
0:41:49 > 0:41:51Vulture's come a long way in this competition,
0:41:51 > 0:41:53but they're up against their heroes, here.
0:41:53 > 0:41:56They'd hate to be destroyed by them.
0:41:56 > 0:41:58So, Vulture's tactics - run, run, run away
0:41:58 > 0:41:59and fight to live another day.
0:41:59 > 0:42:02And Terrorhurtz coming in with a stab.
0:42:02 > 0:42:04Oh, dear, oh, dear!
0:42:04 > 0:42:05Off goes the pillow -
0:42:05 > 0:42:09the bits of white there.
0:42:09 > 0:42:11Oh, dear, oh, dear!
0:42:11 > 0:42:13No rest for the wicked.
0:42:17 > 0:42:20- We've lost that. - And again there.
0:42:20 > 0:42:24Well, they've battled long in this heat
0:42:24 > 0:42:25and they've done really well.
0:42:25 > 0:42:28And they've grown, I think, in confidence.
0:42:28 > 0:42:30A little bit nervy at the start
0:42:30 > 0:42:34and they're clearly just trying to last the three minutes.
0:42:34 > 0:42:36Oh, look at that, slice and dice!
0:42:40 > 0:42:42- We've lost a wheel.- Oh, have we?
0:42:43 > 0:42:45That was a strategy in the past.
0:42:45 > 0:42:48John hasn't really listened to Nick much.
0:42:48 > 0:42:49Yeah, we're gone.
0:42:49 > 0:42:51Come on, get us three. Here we go.
0:42:51 > 0:42:55But they're more of a team for me, this time round, these two.
0:42:55 > 0:42:59And they've got Vulture pinned, which means, of course,
0:42:59 > 0:43:02Matilda can come in, give a little nudge.
0:43:02 > 0:43:03CHEERING
0:43:03 > 0:43:06There we go.
0:43:08 > 0:43:13Now, in comes Terrorhurtz again on Vulture.
0:43:15 > 0:43:19And haven't they done well, simply to stay out there, Vulture?
0:43:19 > 0:43:22Adam driving, trying to get it away
0:43:22 > 0:43:26from the mighty axe of Terrorhurtz.
0:43:26 > 0:43:29That axe in this series is much more effective.
0:43:29 > 0:43:32It's been used with more control than we've seen before,
0:43:32 > 0:43:34more accuracy.
0:43:35 > 0:43:38It's coming back.
0:43:38 > 0:43:42There's Jarvis trying to use the arm of Vulture to come down.
0:43:44 > 0:43:47That weapon hasn't been hugely effective for me,
0:43:47 > 0:43:49even though they said they did take
0:43:49 > 0:43:51a chunk out of Terrorhurtz early on.
0:43:52 > 0:43:56It's not going to happen here now, I don't think.
0:43:56 > 0:43:59Terrorhurtz waiting its moment to charge across the floor
0:43:59 > 0:44:00at a maximum speed of 11mph.
0:44:00 > 0:44:02Go for the bottom.
0:44:02 > 0:44:08Try and use that momentum in the weight and power of the axe.
0:44:09 > 0:44:11They're going to nudge the tyres...
0:44:11 > 0:44:13The Dial Of Doom gives Fog Of War!
0:44:13 > 0:44:17Used tactically again - confusing for them, confusing for me.
0:44:17 > 0:44:20I haven't got a clue what's going on.
0:44:20 > 0:44:21Where's Vulture out there?
0:44:21 > 0:44:24Oh, too near Dead Metal, that's where.
0:44:24 > 0:44:26Terrorhurtz were lying low to stay out of trouble.
0:44:26 > 0:44:28They used the Fog Of War as cover to stay safe.
0:44:28 > 0:44:30Fog Of War again!
0:44:30 > 0:44:32Will the teams react differently this time?
0:44:32 > 0:44:34Terrorhurtz were about to finish them off, I think,
0:44:34 > 0:44:36will this impede their fight?
0:44:36 > 0:44:38John's tactic to sit still...
0:44:38 > 0:44:41And this time Vulture ends up in the Flame Pit after the Fog Of War.
0:44:43 > 0:44:44And they're caught on the grid.
0:44:44 > 0:44:48I don't think they're going to get away there.
0:44:48 > 0:44:51Death Metal wants them in that area.
0:44:53 > 0:44:55Terrorhurtz pushes them away into the corner.
0:44:55 > 0:44:57KLAXON
0:44:57 > 0:44:59Oh, look where it ends up!
0:45:00 > 0:45:02Valiant, valiant Vulture.
0:45:02 > 0:45:05A great battle, great battle.
0:45:05 > 0:45:09- Yeah!- Well done, guys.- That was great fun! Good job, man.- Cheers.
0:45:09 > 0:45:11That's such a nasty axe!
0:45:13 > 0:45:17Well, Terrorhurtz was the more aggressive and caused more damage,
0:45:17 > 0:45:20had the greater control -
0:45:20 > 0:45:24not that Vulture didn't have decent control
0:45:24 > 0:45:29in steering away from trouble whenever Adam could do so.
0:45:29 > 0:45:31They've come a long way from Newcastle
0:45:31 > 0:45:33to fight against their heroes.
0:45:33 > 0:45:37I think quietly they'll be proud of the job they've done.
0:45:37 > 0:45:40All about pillow talk, meaningless mumble.
0:45:40 > 0:45:42Vulture, slumber peacefully.
0:45:42 > 0:45:44CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:45:44 > 0:45:46Guys, come in. Come in, come in.
0:45:46 > 0:45:48Oh, I like an arena with a bit of debris.
0:45:48 > 0:45:51And that is a solid piece of debris. Let's go over to Terrorhurtz.
0:45:51 > 0:45:54Come here. Now, we're interviewing you here because
0:45:54 > 0:45:57Terrorhurtz is here in all of its prime.
0:45:57 > 0:46:00Your end position is slightly less dramatic.
0:46:00 > 0:46:03Look, that's slightly tragic looking there,
0:46:03 > 0:46:06- I think you'll agree. - Our front is pretty sharp
0:46:06 > 0:46:08so I think we might have just, sort of...
0:46:08 > 0:46:11- ..wedged ourselves.- You're propped up sideways against a wall.- Yeah.
0:46:11 > 0:46:13We've wedged ourselves in there a bit.
0:46:13 > 0:46:15You've just been stored in a corner.
0:46:15 > 0:46:18You've held back on using that axe a fair bit, haven't you?
0:46:18 > 0:46:21Things can always go wrong and as you saw
0:46:21 > 0:46:23about two-thirds of the way through, we ran out of gas.
0:46:23 > 0:46:25I think because we were stuck in them so long,
0:46:25 > 0:46:27- pulling out for so long, we were just...- Did you?!
0:46:27 > 0:46:29- Yeah, out of gas.- Now you know...
0:46:29 > 0:46:33- We spent half the fight running away from you.- And they had no weapon.
0:46:33 > 0:46:35OK, fine, well, let's find out who won,
0:46:35 > 0:46:37and the adjudication was unanimous.
0:46:37 > 0:46:40Stop pointing because it gives away the answer.
0:46:40 > 0:46:41LAUGHTER
0:46:41 > 0:46:44The winner, surprise, surprise, was Terrorhurtz!
0:46:44 > 0:46:47- CHEERING AND APPLAUSE - Well done.
0:46:47 > 0:46:49Terrorhurtz and Rapid will battle it
0:46:49 > 0:46:52out for a place in the grand final.
0:46:52 > 0:46:56This series, a wild card will join them in that final show.
0:46:56 > 0:47:00For the first time ever, second and third placed teams from every
0:47:00 > 0:47:04episode will face a ten-team, last robot standing mega battle.
0:47:04 > 0:47:07Sabretooth, Apollo, Big Nipper and Eruption
0:47:07 > 0:47:09have already secured their place.
0:47:09 > 0:47:14But who will join them fighting to become the next Robot Wars champion?
0:47:19 > 0:47:22We've got another battle coming up. It's against Vulture,
0:47:22 > 0:47:25who are the kind fellows who lent us a wedge
0:47:25 > 0:47:26for our last battle.
0:47:26 > 0:47:31So, we think we have a reasonable chance against them
0:47:31 > 0:47:35and if we win that, then we go through to the 10-way melee
0:47:35 > 0:47:37which will be really cool.
0:47:42 > 0:47:46I just noticed a moral dilemma that you have right now, OK?
0:47:46 > 0:47:51Because you very kindly offered the front plate to Track-tion
0:47:51 > 0:47:53so they could win some battles,
0:47:53 > 0:47:55and they did, and they used it to spectacular effect.
0:47:55 > 0:47:59You're now fighting Track-tion, the team of 12 and 13-year-olds,
0:47:59 > 0:48:01are you going to take it back?
0:48:02 > 0:48:09It's a bit of a difficult situation because we'll be risking damaging
0:48:09 > 0:48:12a very important piece of armour that we will need
0:48:12 > 0:48:13for that big melee.
0:48:13 > 0:48:17And they'd have to actually remove... Take it off now and...
0:48:17 > 0:48:20You know, there is an old saying that no good deed goes unpunished.
0:48:20 > 0:48:23- Yeah.- And you are currently living that.
0:48:23 > 0:48:25I'd say we were reasonably confident.
0:48:25 > 0:48:28Although, either way, they've helped us so much,
0:48:28 > 0:48:32if they do win, I hope they get through to the finals.
0:48:32 > 0:48:35With everything now resting on this one battle,
0:48:35 > 0:48:38Vulture are hellbent on victory.
0:48:38 > 0:48:41We've already taken back the wedge. It's under the table.
0:48:41 > 0:48:42We're not taking any chances.
0:48:42 > 0:48:44Not taking any chances!
0:48:46 > 0:48:49But disaster strikes for Adam and his team.
0:48:50 > 0:48:54Five minutes ago, everything just caved in.
0:48:54 > 0:48:57If they have to forfeit their fight with Track-tion
0:48:57 > 0:48:59they're out of the competition.
0:49:04 > 0:49:08We've snapped the motor, so we're not going to make it.
0:49:18 > 0:49:21Oh, this is always the worst of things.
0:49:21 > 0:49:24This is the saddest moment in any Robot Wars. He's gone, he's dead.
0:49:24 > 0:49:26- Vulture's dead.- A dead bird.
0:49:26 > 0:49:28Why dead, by the way? Why...?
0:49:28 > 0:49:30A simple little thing -
0:49:30 > 0:49:35we nipped a couple of wires and that was just it, couldn't reach it.
0:49:35 > 0:49:38Oh, you'd have to completely rebuild the motor?
0:49:38 > 0:49:40We'd have to completely take apart the motor
0:49:40 > 0:49:42- and then put it back together again.- Oh, that is... Wow.
0:49:42 > 0:49:46- Have you enjoyed it?- Oh, definitely. It's been awesome.
0:49:46 > 0:49:47A simple little thing like that -
0:49:47 > 0:49:51it's a small little wire that got nipped by our webbing frame.
0:49:51 > 0:49:56It's been a fun ride and best of luck to the Track-tion team.
0:49:56 > 0:50:00It was up to me to break the news to the Track-tion team.
0:50:00 > 0:50:03- Hello there. I have some good news. - OK.
0:50:03 > 0:50:04I mean, bad news for Vulture.
0:50:04 > 0:50:08They've had to forfeit, which means that you guys
0:50:08 > 0:50:12- are straight through to the 10-way. - Wow.
0:50:12 > 0:50:15- So you can chill out for a bit. Happy?- Yeah.
0:50:15 > 0:50:17You were happier when you got flipped out by Rapid.
0:50:17 > 0:50:21- Is this shock?- Definitely happy about that.- Good, glad to hear it!
0:50:21 > 0:50:25So Track-tion are through to the 10-Robot Rumble.
0:50:25 > 0:50:28Two robots have earned their place in tonight's final -
0:50:28 > 0:50:31Rapid, the self-made millionaire with the best robot money can build.
0:50:31 > 0:50:35Against Terrorhurtz, the grandaddy of Robot Wars with that deadly axe.
0:50:35 > 0:50:37But only one can win.
0:50:37 > 0:50:39CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:50:42 > 0:50:47Our final is a titanic battle between the old and new guard.
0:50:49 > 0:50:53In one corner is Josh and Team Rapid.
0:50:53 > 0:50:56This modern day entrepreneur has spared no expense
0:50:56 > 0:50:59on his golden robot to secure victory.
0:51:00 > 0:51:04Rapid's a new generation of robot.
0:51:04 > 0:51:06It's quite a piece of kit.
0:51:08 > 0:51:11They started by showing no mercy to the youngest team
0:51:11 > 0:51:12in the competition...
0:51:15 > 0:51:16Yes!
0:51:16 > 0:51:21..before taking out the rest of their opponents in brutal fashion.
0:51:22 > 0:51:27Josh wants to hire any worthy opponent who can beat his robot.
0:51:27 > 0:51:29So has he found his match in tonight's final
0:51:29 > 0:51:32against the grandmaster - John's Terrorhurtz?
0:51:36 > 0:51:40John's been fighting here on Robot Wars since the beginning.
0:51:40 > 0:51:41You're kind of the daddy,
0:51:41 > 0:51:45le grande fromage of Robot Wars.
0:51:45 > 0:51:48Years of battle-hardening experience have turned him
0:51:48 > 0:51:52and his machine into one of the most feared in the world.
0:51:52 > 0:51:55Terrorhurtz is renowned for knocking robots out.
0:51:55 > 0:51:58We must have knocked out at least 50 robots with Terrorhurtz's axe.
0:51:58 > 0:52:01They began tonight by taking out huge spinner Apex
0:52:01 > 0:52:06and Vulture, before smashing their way through the semifinal.
0:52:06 > 0:52:09- The winner, surprise, surprise, was Terrorhurtz!- Well done.
0:52:09 > 0:52:12We hit Vulture so hard, we got stuck on them.
0:52:12 > 0:52:16Despite their years of experience, they've never won a Robot Wars
0:52:16 > 0:52:18grand final, so could this be the end
0:52:18 > 0:52:22of a 20-year journey for John and Terrorhurtz?
0:52:22 > 0:52:24The old guard against the new tech upstart.
0:52:24 > 0:52:26There can only be one winner.
0:52:34 > 0:52:37Roboteers, stand by.
0:52:37 > 0:52:39CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:52:39 > 0:52:42Three, two, one...
0:52:42 > 0:52:44..activate!
0:52:44 > 0:52:46KLAXON
0:52:46 > 0:52:48Terrorhurtz with the axe,
0:52:48 > 0:52:50Rapid with that hugely powerful flipper.
0:52:50 > 0:52:53They do have that protection on top against the axe.
0:52:53 > 0:52:55You can see that now.
0:52:56 > 0:52:58Oh, that surprised me...
0:53:01 > 0:53:04..John and Nick got caught on the floor flipper...
0:53:08 > 0:53:10..with all their experience.
0:53:12 > 0:53:16And Rapid senses they can come in for the kill here.
0:53:16 > 0:53:19They're in underneath Terrorhurtz.
0:53:20 > 0:53:22They're a big old hefty thing.
0:53:22 > 0:53:26Clinging onto life in this heat final.
0:53:26 > 0:53:30They need to get out there, though, from Dead Metal.
0:53:31 > 0:53:33And they do so, Terrorhurtz.
0:53:35 > 0:53:39The protective shield on top of Rapid was coming away.
0:53:40 > 0:53:44Why isn't the axe being brought down by Terrorhurtz?
0:53:44 > 0:53:47Have they run out of power?
0:53:47 > 0:53:52So far Rapid has been a little bit squeaky, leaky, sneaky...
0:53:52 > 0:53:55Oh!
0:53:55 > 0:53:57..but slam Terrorhurtz into Dead Metal again.
0:53:57 > 0:53:59- They're up and they're vulnerable! - Oh!
0:53:59 > 0:54:01And they were very nearly out.
0:54:01 > 0:54:04Oh, caught there in a horrible position,
0:54:04 > 0:54:06square on to that front flipper of Rapid
0:54:06 > 0:54:08and it very nearly cost them this final.
0:54:13 > 0:54:17Squared on to that front flipper of Rapid.
0:54:17 > 0:54:20Oh, now comes the axe.
0:54:20 > 0:54:21And they've been very wily here.
0:54:21 > 0:54:24This is the best Terrorhurtz I think we've seen over the year.
0:54:25 > 0:54:28Merely toyed with it. What a final this is!
0:54:28 > 0:54:31One moment one's on top, then the other.
0:54:31 > 0:54:35Now it's Terrorhurtz doing the chasing and the bumping...
0:54:35 > 0:54:39We have arena dodgems, we have Rapid trying to get in another flip
0:54:39 > 0:54:42- of Terrorhurtz. - Yes, Andy, great hit. Come on.
0:54:43 > 0:54:46This is brilliant stuff. This is what Robot Wars is all about.
0:54:52 > 0:54:54This is about prestige,
0:54:54 > 0:54:56this is about precision engineering,
0:54:56 > 0:54:59this is about guts, this is about the glory
0:54:59 > 0:55:01of a win in Robot Wars for John Reid.
0:55:01 > 0:55:03Will it come? Will it come at long last?
0:55:03 > 0:55:06They're on the attack now. They've pushed Rapid into the corner.
0:55:06 > 0:55:08They've got them in their clutches.
0:55:08 > 0:55:11But the house robot Dead Metal is out there pushing
0:55:11 > 0:55:13and trying to chip away.
0:55:13 > 0:55:16And Rapid's in underneath Terrorhurtz.
0:55:16 > 0:55:19Is there enough power in the Rapid flipper, I wonder,
0:55:19 > 0:55:22at this late stage in what has been a gripping heat final?
0:55:22 > 0:55:26They tried to get the Dial Of Doom working there - they missed.
0:55:26 > 0:55:29- Oh, out they go at last. - Yes!
0:55:29 > 0:55:35Brilliant final but Rapid ultimately toss Terrorhurtz out.
0:55:35 > 0:55:37Wonderful stuff.
0:55:37 > 0:55:39Rapid worthy winners.
0:55:41 > 0:55:45Well, all that is left of Terrorhurtz's crumbled dreams.
0:55:45 > 0:55:47Off the floor flipper with a smash and a bash.
0:55:47 > 0:55:52The axe certainly created danger, from Terrorhurtz's point of view.
0:55:54 > 0:55:56They got away with a near flip by Rapid.
0:55:56 > 0:56:00You tried to get them out of the arena earlier on in the heat final.
0:56:02 > 0:56:06A big bash against the arena side panels
0:56:06 > 0:56:08but they push them towards the Floor Flipper.
0:56:08 > 0:56:11That's good driving there by Andy.
0:56:11 > 0:56:14But, ultimately, they engineered the victory.
0:56:14 > 0:56:19Terrorhurtz out. They will be back in the 10-Robot Rumble
0:56:19 > 0:56:22at the very start of the grand final.
0:56:22 > 0:56:26Automatically in the grand final and worthy heat winners - Rapid.
0:56:26 > 0:56:28CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:56:29 > 0:56:34What an unbelievable battle! I mean, they loved it, we loved watching it.
0:56:34 > 0:56:37Even though we weren't on the right end of the result,
0:56:37 > 0:56:40do you still relish that, being involved in a battle like that?
0:56:40 > 0:56:44It's nice getting some good hits on them. They're very well driven.
0:56:44 > 0:56:46We just couldn't get round the side of them.
0:56:46 > 0:56:49It's such a low front. We just really couldn't do very much.
0:56:49 > 0:56:51I know, it's literally right on the edge, isn't it?
0:56:51 > 0:56:54Every time they get underneath us and once they get underneath us,
0:56:54 > 0:56:57our wheels come off the ground and we're pretty much useless then.
0:56:57 > 0:57:00- Well, an end to a glorious run. - Yeah.
0:57:00 > 0:57:03I mean, untouched and beautifully fought the whole way through.
0:57:03 > 0:57:06- Thank you.- We loved it, we loved it.
0:57:06 > 0:57:08Please put your foam fingers together for Terrorhurtz!
0:57:08 > 0:57:10CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:57:13 > 0:57:15Well, well, well, Rapid.
0:57:15 > 0:57:19That was a very powerful, very controlled performance
0:57:19 > 0:57:22we had from you there. Was it deliberate?
0:57:22 > 0:57:24Did you feel in control the whole way through?
0:57:24 > 0:57:27Actually, we managed to get a reasonably powerful flip out of it.
0:57:27 > 0:57:30But what you did and what some other people don't actually choose to do,
0:57:30 > 0:57:32is you used this arena tactically.
0:57:32 > 0:57:35You fed him to the flipper, you fed him to the flipper again,
0:57:35 > 0:57:37you fed them to the house robots,
0:57:37 > 0:57:39and you basically tried to manoeuvre him around.
0:57:39 > 0:57:41- Again, a deliberate idea? - Yeah, yeah, I think so.
0:57:41 > 0:57:44- We were quite lucky to get under the house robots as well.- Absolutely.
0:57:44 > 0:57:46Well, it was quite impressive, actually, I have to say,
0:57:46 > 0:57:48and you're into the grand final.
0:57:48 > 0:57:50I mean, are you going to keep these tactics up?
0:57:50 > 0:57:52We might blow ourselves up yet. We've still got to find out.
0:57:52 > 0:57:55But that was a beautiful piece of controlled driving.
0:57:55 > 0:57:56Ladies and gentlemen, give it up for Rapid!
0:57:56 > 0:57:59CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:58:00 > 0:58:02Yes, that was another cracking battle
0:58:02 > 0:58:05and we're setting ourselves up for a hell of a grand final this year.
0:58:05 > 0:58:07That's all from us for now, though. Goodnight.
0:58:07 > 0:58:09CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:58:14 > 0:58:15Nuts 2.
0:58:15 > 0:58:18We started out as young kids with a silly robot,
0:58:18 > 0:58:20but Nuts is all grown up now and not so silly any more.
0:58:22 > 0:58:25Look, it's battering it!
0:58:26 > 0:58:29I genuinely think we could win Robot Wars.