0:00:02 > 0:00:0430 teams in a new knockout competition.
0:00:04 > 0:00:05Four awesome house robots.
0:00:05 > 0:00:08And a brand-new hazard.
0:00:08 > 0:00:10Right here in our bulletproof arena.
0:00:10 > 0:00:12Welcome to Robot Wars.
0:00:18 > 0:00:20Robot Wars - where metal fighting machines
0:00:20 > 0:00:25built by brilliant amateurs battle to become the best in the world.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32From every corner of the country and every walk of life.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37This time we have more fiendish hazards.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41Spinner killer entanglement devices,
0:00:41 > 0:00:43and even a ten-way free-for-all.
0:00:43 > 0:00:44Come on!
0:00:53 > 0:00:54Previously...
0:00:55 > 0:01:00Nuts stunned themselves and the competition, winning their heat.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02They join sleek and clinical Rapid...
0:01:05 > 0:01:06..battle-hardened Behemoth...
0:01:09 > 0:01:11..and reigning champions Carbide in our grand final.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16Now, in our final heat, six more teams do battle
0:01:16 > 0:01:20for a chance to become Robot Wars champion.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23So, get ready, let's meet our first teams.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26From Brentwood...
0:01:34 > 0:01:38Georgina's the captain of Expulsion, a school team from Essex.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40After briefly featuring last series,
0:01:40 > 0:01:43Expulsion has had a complete makeover
0:01:43 > 0:01:46with the aid of just a little bit of industrial espionage.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51A returning robot. Hello, Georgina, how are you?
0:01:51 > 0:01:53- Hello. Good, thank you. - How are team Expulsion?
0:01:53 > 0:01:54Yeah, we're doing really well.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56When we were here last time we just looked around,
0:01:56 > 0:01:58and saw what worked and what really didn't work,
0:01:58 > 0:02:00so we've gone much smaller like other robots
0:02:00 > 0:02:03- so you can actually manoeuvre and... - It's quite compact isn't it?- Yeah.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05- So, you nicked all other people's ideas...- Yep.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07- ..in a robot that looks nothing like Expulsion...- Yeah.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09..and yet you've kept the name Expulsion.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11I think it links us to the school,
0:02:11 > 0:02:13but it also shows where we've come from and where we're going,
0:02:13 > 0:02:16- to have that link.- And you couldn't have gone with the same theme
0:02:16 > 0:02:18- and gone Detention, or Suspension? - Well, we have, actually -
0:02:18 > 0:02:21- we've got a small minibot called Detention.- Really?!- Yeah.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24- Oh, I'm so delighted. I just came up with that, really?- Yeah!
0:02:24 > 0:02:26- And is he joining in? - Yeah, he's going to come in.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28- Oh, you're clustering it, as well?- Yeah.- Nice.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33And it's not just the machine that's gone through a transformation.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35When we first entered Robot Wars last year,
0:02:35 > 0:02:39I was a bit like, "Oh, this is like a male-dominated thing."
0:02:40 > 0:02:42I think coming here's changed my perception -
0:02:42 > 0:02:43everyone's really welcoming,
0:02:43 > 0:02:46and really happy to talk to you and give you advice.
0:02:47 > 0:02:48Thank you!
0:02:48 > 0:02:51I would like to see more females in teams,
0:02:51 > 0:02:53because it just encourages more girls into engineering.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58Georgina and team Expulsion will be up against...
0:02:59 > 0:03:00From Pitsford...
0:03:07 > 0:03:09By day, Jason runs his own building firm,
0:03:09 > 0:03:14but his thoughts never stray far from his axe-wielding robot Thor.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18Probably 50% of my thought process of the day
0:03:18 > 0:03:21goes to the improvements and thoughts on the machine.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24Don't tell my customers, though,
0:03:24 > 0:03:27cos I'm supposed to be concentrating on their house!
0:03:29 > 0:03:31- Jason.- Hello.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33- How are you?- I'm good!
0:03:33 > 0:03:35You've left the building site to be with us.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38- I have, yes.- What do your clients think?- They're all good, actually.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40- Are they?- The clients are fine,
0:03:40 > 0:03:42yeah, the guys - it's a bit of a mixed review.
0:03:42 > 0:03:43- Oh, really?- Yeah,
0:03:43 > 0:03:46they're just constantly taking the mick out of me.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48The final team in this group battle are...
0:03:49 > 0:03:51From Ayrshire...
0:03:57 > 0:03:59In real life, what do you do?
0:03:59 > 0:04:00So, I'm a domestic gas engineer.
0:04:00 > 0:04:01That's what I was thinking -
0:04:01 > 0:04:03- this reminds me of when I look into the boiler.- Yeah.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07The skills that you pick up from building robots
0:04:07 > 0:04:10can be put into practical uses in the real world.
0:04:13 > 0:04:17As soon as you say that you've used Robot Wars to influence your life
0:04:17 > 0:04:20and you do work with tools all the time
0:04:20 > 0:04:22you see them kind of sit up and pay a bit more interest.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27OK, Rachel, I'm guessing that you were drafted in
0:04:27 > 0:04:30to work with those boiler pipes, because you're the welder right?
0:04:30 > 0:04:32Well, not so much with the pipes.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35It's more welding the entire structure together, so...
0:04:35 > 0:04:36And is that the day job?
0:04:36 > 0:04:38Er, no, not at all, actually, no. I work in an office.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40- Do you?!- Yeah, I do.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43And then, by night, she welds.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45Please give it up for Coyote!
0:04:45 > 0:04:47ALL HOWL
0:04:48 > 0:04:50Time to get this party started.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53The teams now make their way to the arena for battle.
0:04:53 > 0:04:57Only one will automatically progress to the semifinals.
0:04:57 > 0:05:01The losers must fight again in the Robot Redemption battles
0:05:01 > 0:05:03to decide who will join them.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05Take it away, Jonathan Pearce.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07Dara and Angela, I thank you.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10Coyote and Expulsion both second generation robots,
0:05:10 > 0:05:13each team building on their experience in battle.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15I keenly look forward to seeing their improvements
0:05:15 > 0:05:16from last series -
0:05:16 > 0:05:22but both teams' experience combined can't match that of the mighty Thor.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27As they arm up for the arena, I'll do my housekeeping.
0:05:27 > 0:05:28Battles are each timed at three minutes,
0:05:28 > 0:05:30with the win being awarded to competitors
0:05:30 > 0:05:33who manage to flip opponents out, immobilise them,
0:05:33 > 0:05:36or kung fu kick them down the pit of doom.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38If there's no clear winner after three minutes
0:05:38 > 0:05:41then it's up to Professor Noel Sharkey,
0:05:41 > 0:05:43Dr Lucy Rogers and Professor Sethu Vijayakumar,
0:05:43 > 0:05:47our esteemed judging panel, to declare a winner.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49In the arena, the fixed hazards are the fire...
0:05:49 > 0:05:51..the spikes...
0:05:51 > 0:05:52..the pits and the flipper -
0:05:52 > 0:05:54but competitors who press the arena tyre
0:05:54 > 0:05:57will allow the Doom Dial to act at random,
0:05:57 > 0:06:01either to release the pit, release a rogue house robot,
0:06:01 > 0:06:02or unleash chaos...
0:06:03 > 0:06:06The Fog Of War.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09..with the swirling Fog Of War.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12The house robots are in the arena as well, of course,
0:06:12 > 0:06:15brooding in the corner patrol zones.
0:06:15 > 0:06:16For this group battle,
0:06:16 > 0:06:19it's a pair of pliers with a personality disorder -
0:06:19 > 0:06:21it's Dead Metal.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27Roboteers, stand by.
0:06:29 > 0:06:30Lads, lads, lads.
0:06:32 > 0:06:36Three, two, one...
0:06:36 > 0:06:38..activate.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40Mighty Thor chasing down Coyote,
0:06:40 > 0:06:43chasing Expulsion into the side wall.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45Oh, no, it's already stuck!
0:06:46 > 0:06:49It's Coyote, though, getting itself in the grips of Dead Metal...
0:06:49 > 0:06:53Oh, there's a little...a little minibot out there, as well.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56- Oh!- Come on!
0:06:56 > 0:06:59Detention there, the minibot of Expulsion.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02Expulsion itself only 70kg,
0:07:02 > 0:07:04so that weight allows for a minibot to come in -
0:07:04 > 0:07:08I'm not too sure what it's doing there at all!
0:07:08 > 0:07:10Why's it getting stuck?
0:07:10 > 0:07:11Thor.
0:07:11 > 0:07:15Well, Jason thinks this is the best Thor he's ever had.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18Keen scuba diver.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21Clever driver. Releases the Dial of Doom.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23Rogue House Robot.
0:07:23 > 0:07:24Oh, Dead Metal.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27Means one of the house robots, of course, is rogue -
0:07:27 > 0:07:30it is Dead Metal with the great pincers.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32It is Thor edging in underneath, there,
0:07:32 > 0:07:35and Thor is on top of this battle -
0:07:35 > 0:07:39but got itself stuck in a CPZ momentarily, and got out.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42One man team, Thor - he likes it that way, does Jason,
0:07:42 > 0:07:45a builder by trade, and building his way, here,
0:07:45 > 0:07:49to a very good first group battle, taking on Coyote.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52Expulsion stuck on the flame pit, immobilised,
0:07:52 > 0:07:55so it's just down, now, to Thor against Coyote.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59Can they get that clamping jaws weapon down, though?
0:07:59 > 0:08:01because at the moment it's Thor doing the work.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03Got a heavy weight blade in there, at the moment.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05Go on, go on!
0:08:05 > 0:08:09Pinned against the arena wall - that's good driving by Coyote.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12Oh, look at the power of the Thor axe -
0:08:12 > 0:08:15but it hit thin air.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17They know they can build a powerful spinner robot,
0:08:17 > 0:08:20the Coyote team, but they love a crusher bot.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23Thor chasing in on Coyote again.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26The school team, I think, are out of it.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29They will have to go through the battle of redemption,
0:08:29 > 0:08:31they're on their side.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34Coyote getting away, once again Jason the aggressor, here,
0:08:34 > 0:08:36he's focused, he's determined to win,
0:08:36 > 0:08:39he has belief in this improved version of Thor.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42Coyote are putting up a great, great fight, though -
0:08:42 > 0:08:44and look, they've nudged the Dial of Doom!
0:08:44 > 0:08:45Rogue House Robot.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47Oh, get away from me!
0:08:47 > 0:08:51Which means that Dead Metal is the rogue house robot
0:08:51 > 0:08:54charging down on little Detention, trying to get away.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58Dead Metal trying to get back into its CPZ...
0:08:58 > 0:09:00Oh, you bully!
0:09:00 > 0:09:02Oh! Come on, Thor.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04It's dangerous, because, as you know, Jason,
0:09:04 > 0:09:06house robots never forget!
0:09:06 > 0:09:08Oh, and Coyote going in there, as well.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13They don't like the fact that the school team was bullied,
0:09:13 > 0:09:15and they're having a go!
0:09:15 > 0:09:19Yeah - come and have a go if you think you're hard enough, Coyote.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21Well, it's daring.
0:09:21 > 0:09:25Oh, big slam, now, and that's Coyote's arm broken -
0:09:25 > 0:09:29it's now Jason's fight to lose as they come together mano a mano...
0:09:29 > 0:09:30Oh, hello.
0:09:32 > 0:09:36..but I don't think Coyote's weapon is working.
0:09:36 > 0:09:37Oh, right in the neck.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41Onto the spikes goes Coyote...
0:09:41 > 0:09:44..pinned in, there.
0:09:44 > 0:09:45The weaponry not working.
0:09:45 > 0:09:46Jason not letting up,
0:09:46 > 0:09:49he's not taking any chances - it will go to the judges.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51Thor the aggressor right at the end.
0:09:51 > 0:09:52KLAXON
0:09:52 > 0:09:53Cease.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57Man, that was good.
0:09:57 > 0:09:58Holy cow!
0:09:58 > 0:10:00Well it really was tense.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02Apart from Expulsion,
0:10:02 > 0:10:07they were the victims of the early attacks by Coyote,
0:10:07 > 0:10:10they picked on them in the school playground that is the arena
0:10:10 > 0:10:13and it's a tough old learning ground, this.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15Thor wedging Coyote.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18Expulsion caught on the flame grid -
0:10:18 > 0:10:21they should be able to self-right, but they can't,
0:10:21 > 0:10:22which means, of course, immobilised,
0:10:22 > 0:10:27leaving the judges to have to decide between Coyote and Thor.
0:10:27 > 0:10:28It'll be a tough decision, this.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30For me, Thor would have edged it,
0:10:30 > 0:10:32but it's going to be very, very close.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35That indecisive driving, there, by Coyote, could count against them -
0:10:35 > 0:10:40but they could be back in the redemption battle if they lose.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43For the winner it's a place in the semifinals.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48The first group battle goes the full three minutes.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51The judges awarded the victory to our Northampton builder.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53I'll go and break the good news.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57- You look like a happy man. - Yeah, that went well.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59It did go well. It went in your favour, also.
0:10:59 > 0:11:00- It did, yeah.- Yeah.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02- You won, you know that? - I didn't know that, no.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04- OK, well you did!- Had a hunch!
0:11:04 > 0:11:06And that was the thing,
0:11:06 > 0:11:09we had seen you kind of sit on your laurels a little bit, last series,
0:11:09 > 0:11:12but the aggression that we recognise from the first series
0:11:12 > 0:11:14- was back with a vengeance. - Yeah, yeah.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16I enjoyed that, had a little go at Dead Metal, as well.
0:11:16 > 0:11:18- Yes, you did, you did! - Little bit of payback.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20Well, you look happy and you should be happy.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23- Go, polish her up and ready for the next one.- Yeah. Thank you very much.
0:11:23 > 0:11:24Cheers, see you later.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30Expulsion and Coyote will have to fight again
0:11:30 > 0:11:32for the chance to stay in the competition -
0:11:32 > 0:11:36but now, let's meet the teams in our second group battle.
0:11:36 > 0:11:37From Madeley...
0:11:46 > 0:11:50Magnetar is captained by engineering whizz kid Ellis Ware.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52With his parents' blessing he dropped out of school
0:11:52 > 0:11:55to concentrate on his passion for building robots.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59- It looks beautiful.- Thank you.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01- I like the copper.- Thank you.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03So, has this basically been your full time job?
0:12:03 > 0:12:06Essentially, yeah. I do this sort of thing kind of full time -
0:12:06 > 0:12:09self-employed sort of engineer, and I do other bits and pieces,
0:12:09 > 0:12:11but the robot thing is the main focus, actually.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14- That's - that's your life at the moment?- It kind of is, a bit.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20So, my daily life is largely robot building,
0:12:20 > 0:12:22but I also, between times, I'm a self-taught engineer
0:12:22 > 0:12:24and I supply robotics parts to the robotics industry.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29I've been called a boy genius, and I really don't like that at all.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31I'm just building robots as well as I can.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35Joining them in this group battle are...
0:12:35 > 0:12:37From Reigate...
0:12:42 > 0:12:44Hobgoblin team captain Harry Hills
0:12:44 > 0:12:47is another roboteer here with the encouragement of his parents -
0:12:47 > 0:12:49but for different reasons.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54I think my parents think it was good for me to find out how things work.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57I got in trouble for taking apart a microwave.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59Asking questions like, "What's inside of a wall?"
0:13:02 > 0:13:05It's a smart robot - you've got an eggbeater, that nobody else has,
0:13:05 > 0:13:08you have an interesting design - that thing at the front that spins,
0:13:08 > 0:13:10they're calling it the eggbeater, am I right?
0:13:10 > 0:13:11Yes, because if you chuck an egg into it...
0:13:11 > 0:13:13- It'll get beaten.- It'll get beaten.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15Yeah, to be honest, if you chuck an egg at most of our metal robots,
0:13:15 > 0:13:17- the eggs going to come off badly... - Let's not...
0:13:17 > 0:13:19- Let's not think about that. - OK, fine.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22It clicked when I was about 14.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24"Oh, I know how to take things apart."
0:13:24 > 0:13:28The heavenly gates opened, and I was like "Wow, I can make stuff."
0:13:29 > 0:13:32I think that the perfect name for a robot
0:13:32 > 0:13:36is something that Prince could shout just before the beat drops, right?
0:13:36 > 0:13:39So, Aftershock, that works great, you can see him going, "Aftershock!"
0:13:39 > 0:13:41and then boom, and it all goes bang, bang, bang.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43Hobgoblin doesn't work quite as well,
0:13:43 > 0:13:45I don't think it passes the Prince test.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48Ladies and Gentlemen, Hobgoblin, aka Prince.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50Give them a round of applause, ladies and gentlemen.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55The final team in this group battle are...
0:13:56 > 0:13:57From Mablethorpe...
0:14:02 > 0:14:06Push To Exit are captained by a Crufts-winning dog fanatic.
0:14:06 > 0:14:10According to Shane, it's not as bizarre as it sounds.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13When you think about robots and dogs, they're very similar -
0:14:13 > 0:14:15you'll get your dog, you'll be grooming it for eight hours
0:14:15 > 0:14:18and you'll go in the arena for three minutes,
0:14:18 > 0:14:20you'll come out again, and win or lose.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25We love when the robots aren't the only thing in your lives -
0:14:25 > 0:14:28but they're definitely losing the battle against the dogs in this one.
0:14:28 > 0:14:29Yeah, they are, this year.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32I've brought me pictures of me dogs along to give me a bit of luck.
0:14:32 > 0:14:33How many dogs do you have?
0:14:33 > 0:14:36Well, I've got four dogs in total, three we show.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38- One's a Crufts winner. - Oh, well done, very good.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40- That's Betty, the one I show, that's my dog.- Yeah.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42Um, Thor and Boo.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44Aww, that's sweet.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47When Crufts is on, it's the pinnacle of dogs.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49This is the pinnacle of robots.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52Shane and his team make their way to the arena.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55Only one of these determined teams will skip a round
0:14:55 > 0:14:58and jump straight to the semifinals.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01The two losers must battle again to stay in the competition.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04To commentate, it's over to you, Jonathan.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06Thanks very much Dara and Angela.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09The house robot in the arena for this battle...
0:15:09 > 0:15:11..it's Shunt.
0:15:13 > 0:15:14It's battle time.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16Roboteers stand by.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22They've worked so hard on the improvements for this series,
0:15:22 > 0:15:27- these three teams. - Three, two, one...
0:15:27 > 0:15:28..activate.
0:15:28 > 0:15:34Watch out for that Hobgoblin unique eggbeater weapon in lurid green.
0:15:34 > 0:15:39Oh! Hobgoblin, watch out for the front flipper of Push To Exit.
0:15:39 > 0:15:43He want to show that a front hinge flipper can work - oh!
0:15:43 > 0:15:45- That's not good. - Fire, fire, fire.
0:15:45 > 0:15:46We're firing, we're firing.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48Nothing's happening.
0:15:50 > 0:15:54Shane, you've been flipped yourself, mightily, by the floor flipper.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00Hard man, is Shane.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03He'll be determined to get that robot righted
0:16:03 > 0:16:05and right back in the thick of things.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10Oh, Hobgoblin is stuck in gear.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13Magnetar didn't even need to do anything!
0:16:13 > 0:16:18I don't think Push To Exit has any more life in it.
0:16:18 > 0:16:23Hobgoblin in trouble, as well. Magnetar looks tight.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25Well, that was over in a flash.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27- Come on, come on, flip yourself! Look at that.- Come on!
0:16:27 > 0:16:29Push To Exit, they're immobile.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31- MOTOR WHIRS - The drive's still going.
0:16:31 > 0:16:32Don't do me, Ellis, please, don't do it.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35Whatever Shane thinks and tries to do,
0:16:35 > 0:16:39Hobgoblin trying to turn through its own circumference,
0:16:39 > 0:16:41which means it would be...
0:16:41 > 0:16:43Oh, just about mobile, are they?
0:16:45 > 0:16:47Ooh, you can hear the death hum of the drum of Magnetar
0:16:47 > 0:16:49getting up to speed.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52It's like a banshee for the beaten teams out there.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55KLAXON Cease.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57Shortest one so far.
0:16:57 > 0:16:58Yeah.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00Magnetar wins this one.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02- Well done, mate. - Well done, well done.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08Good early attack by Push To Exit.
0:17:08 > 0:17:13There is the front hinge flipper at its best.
0:17:13 > 0:17:18Hobgoblin might have sustained some damage inside, there...
0:17:18 > 0:17:21..but it was all about Magnetar for me.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23They've got magnets underneath the robot that hold it down.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26It can get out of control - it did in the last series.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28Not now, though, this is a controlled performance by them.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31Push To Exit, that's where the big damage was.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34Look at that - off come the entanglement cables,
0:17:34 > 0:17:36and out go the hopes of Push To Exit.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42There's a number of reasons we've been watching Magnetar.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44Not at least because Ellis is sort of our boy genius
0:17:44 > 0:17:45that we've adopted on the show.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47He builds these and they're like a thing of beauty -
0:17:47 > 0:17:48and he's self-taught.
0:17:48 > 0:17:52Plus a Magnetar is a type of star that's left after a Supernova,
0:17:52 > 0:17:54and that gets nerd points from me, anyway.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01We'll see Ellis and Jason from Thor in the semifinals -
0:18:01 > 0:18:03but now the losing teams from the group battles
0:18:03 > 0:18:06must fight for their chance to stay in the competition.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12Our first robot redemption fight is set to be an emotional battle
0:18:12 > 0:18:14between old friends -
0:18:14 > 0:18:15Harry's Hobgoblin
0:18:15 > 0:18:17and Jamie's Coyote.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22So, in the next round of the competition, we're facing Hobgoblin.
0:18:22 > 0:18:24Er, they're good friends of ours.
0:18:26 > 0:18:31A lot of my friendship groups are now robot centred,
0:18:31 > 0:18:34and there are kind of a few of us who are around the same age,
0:18:34 > 0:18:37who've almost kind of grew into it together.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41The best of friends, and we help each other out
0:18:41 > 0:18:44to make sure that our robots are running as well as they can be.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48Both teams must now leave their friendship
0:18:48 > 0:18:50at the doors of the arena.
0:18:50 > 0:18:54Victory here will guarantee only one of them a place in the semifinals.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56Defeat will send their old friend home.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00In the corner patrol zones -
0:19:00 > 0:19:02pushier than a used car salesman, Shunt...
0:19:03 > 0:19:07..and the ruthless dictator of destruction, Sir Killalot.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18Roboteers, stand by.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21Lads, lads, lads.
0:19:21 > 0:19:22- Nice, lads.- Good luck, guys.
0:19:23 > 0:19:28Three, two, one...
0:19:28 > 0:19:30..activate.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32Oh, how quickly best friends could become enemies.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34Good driving attack, there, initially.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36You can see the Hobgoblin eggbeater weaponry there.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38Harry Hills is no longer at the controls,
0:19:38 > 0:19:40he's given those controls to Matt Smith.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42He's still having a word in his ear, though,
0:19:42 > 0:19:44to steer him around that arena floor.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47They need to dodge the arena pitfalls.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50Of course, the spikes, the flame pit and, indeed, the pit itself.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55Probably a bad place to be.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57Little Roadrunner in there
0:19:57 > 0:20:01against this stronger, sleeker, fitter looking Coyote machine.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06Open the pit, Coyote. Roadrunner, open the pit.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08Yes, he's doing it. Go!
0:20:08 > 0:20:11Yes, get them down the pit, get them down the pit.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14Well done, Callum Jones, at the control of the little clusterbot,
0:20:14 > 0:20:16pushing the Dial of Doom,
0:20:16 > 0:20:19which means, of course, that the pit can descend...
0:20:19 > 0:20:21CROWD CHANTS: In the pit, in the pit!
0:20:21 > 0:20:25..and the crowd want Hobgoblin in that pit -
0:20:25 > 0:20:28and Coyote's doing the chasing, and is in underneath Hobgoblin.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30Maybe try and drive over the base of it,
0:20:30 > 0:20:32erm, can you do, like, hard turns on the diagonals?
0:20:32 > 0:20:35They needed to get the front of their machine
0:20:35 > 0:20:37pointed at an opponent.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40Otherwise, they themselves could get flipped.
0:20:41 > 0:20:45Er, I think he's taken the weapon link out.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47It's not flipping entertaining at the moment.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49Oh, it's a bit of pipe fitting, don't worry, don't worry.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51Oh, it's a little bit dancey and prancey -
0:20:51 > 0:20:53we want smashy and mashy.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56And I think, here, Jamie's trying to feed Hobgoblin
0:20:56 > 0:20:58to the house robot - he is, and Sir Killalot.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00That's not a fun place to be, as he's...
0:21:00 > 0:21:01Was that the belt?
0:21:01 > 0:21:04I don't know, I saw something go.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07Hobgoblin stuck on the flame pit now.
0:21:07 > 0:21:09Coyote, Jamie McHarg, of course.
0:21:09 > 0:21:11Oh, that's a drive belt.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13Oh, dear, that - we are not in a fun place.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15Yeah, I'm trying to get off, I'm stuck.
0:21:17 > 0:21:21Hobgoblin... Oh, just edges away, and Killalot can't come out,
0:21:21 > 0:21:23can't come out - as long as they stay clear of that CPZ,
0:21:23 > 0:21:25Killalot can't get them...
0:21:25 > 0:21:28..but Coyote can feed Hobgoblin back into the house robot.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30They tried this before, they do it again.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33I think he's the cleverer driver of the great friends, is Jamie.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39Oh... Oh, no.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41Yep, tyre's gone.
0:21:41 > 0:21:42And look, here, at Shunt -
0:21:42 > 0:21:44and look at the sparks coming off of Shunt.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46Oh, that's not nice.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48Bad luck, that's bad.
0:21:48 > 0:21:50That's us spent, pretty much.
0:21:50 > 0:21:54At the moment, Hobgoblin is sustaining that damage...
0:21:56 > 0:21:59That is Shunt just going loco on him. What?!
0:21:59 > 0:22:02..but surviving that damage.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07- Whoa!- Whoa, you just dropped Shunt's axe!
0:22:09 > 0:22:13Whoa, and comes away with a little minor moral victory, there!
0:22:16 > 0:22:18Lads, lads, lads!
0:22:18 > 0:22:20Listen to the crowd, listen!
0:22:22 > 0:22:27But, boys, Shunt wants revenge - and he'll get it.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29Come on, then, Shunt, what have you got?!
0:22:31 > 0:22:33And he's flipped Hobgoblin over.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35KLAXON Cease.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37- I want that as a souvenir! - Well done, well done.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39They gave it all they had.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41Now, what's Coyote...?
0:22:41 > 0:22:43Oh, Coyote now thinks he can have a piece of Shunt.
0:22:43 > 0:22:44That is unwise.
0:22:44 > 0:22:49Coyote, get out of there, otherwise you're going to get slammed.
0:22:49 > 0:22:52- I thought Shunt was feeling a bit under the weather.- Yeah!
0:22:52 > 0:22:55I think we've learnt the lesson to not mess with Shunt.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57- Yeah, Shunt's quite bad.- Yeah.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02Good early attack by Coyote trying to pierce down
0:23:02 > 0:23:06on the high grade aluminium and hardened steel shell of Hobgoblin.
0:23:06 > 0:23:10Hobgoblin haven't been very lucky with their machine.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12All they really wanted to do here was to show
0:23:12 > 0:23:17that that eggbeater weapon was a good weapon to have.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20Well, I can tell you what - it can mete out damage
0:23:20 > 0:23:22and it can take damage -
0:23:22 > 0:23:27and it has taken off the titanium tip of Shunt's axe.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29Brilliant stuff.
0:23:29 > 0:23:31Hasn't saved them, though - Coyote go through.
0:23:33 > 0:23:37About to meet Coyote, through to the semifinals.
0:23:37 > 0:23:38- Hello!- Hello.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40That was all right.
0:23:40 > 0:23:41- Yeah, it was good, yeah.- Yeah!
0:23:41 > 0:23:45- It looked like you're pincer wasn't quite...doing the job.- No.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48- The motor's now become slightly detached from it...- Ah.- So... Yeah.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51So, was it intentional to feed him to the house robots?
0:23:51 > 0:23:52- That was the aim, yeah.- OK.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54Once we actually were able to get a grab on,
0:23:54 > 0:23:56we tried to feed him to Shunt or Killalot.
0:23:56 > 0:23:57Well done, well done!
0:24:01 > 0:24:03Jamie's ruthlessness in the arena
0:24:03 > 0:24:05means he's through to the semifinals -
0:24:05 > 0:24:08but it's at the expense of his old friend Harry,
0:24:08 > 0:24:10who's now out of the competition.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13It doesn't matter if you're out with your best friend
0:24:13 > 0:24:16or if you barely know them, your aim is to go in there and destroy them.
0:24:16 > 0:24:17As soon as those arena doors close
0:24:17 > 0:24:21and you're in opposing booths, it's search and destroy.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26Time for our next all or nothing
0:24:26 > 0:24:28Robot Redemption battle.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30Georgina and her schoolmates
0:24:30 > 0:24:32against dog loving Shane.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35Only the winner will stay in the competition.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39We've added these extra curves to hopefully self-right
0:24:39 > 0:24:41a bit better than last time, because that didn't work.
0:24:41 > 0:24:42I mean, it's our last chance
0:24:42 > 0:24:44and we're going to go all-out in this fight,
0:24:44 > 0:24:47spinner right up, and hopefully do some damage.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50Where it's sitting, it's caught on this bit,
0:24:50 > 0:24:51so it won't be able to turn to then self-right.
0:24:51 > 0:24:53So, if we get rid of these bits...
0:24:55 > 0:24:59You learn different things here than you learn at school -
0:24:59 > 0:25:03but Robot Wars is a great way of applying the specific knowledge
0:25:03 > 0:25:06that you learn in each different lesson to a real world situation.
0:25:06 > 0:25:07- So...- I agree.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10Grind these off - and as the weapon will have already been spinning,
0:25:10 > 0:25:11it will probably be quicker
0:25:11 > 0:25:14- than when we last tried to self-right.- Yeah.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17You can't just say, "Oh, I learn this to do this,"
0:25:17 > 0:25:20you've got to adapt your skills and change for the problem.
0:25:21 > 0:25:25While Georgina and her team focus on getting their weapon up to speed,
0:25:25 > 0:25:29Shane and his team seem to be taking a more relaxed approach.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31He's even found another dog and robot fan.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35He fights robots and has dogs.
0:25:35 > 0:25:39So, last year when we fought... No, not last year - the year before,
0:25:39 > 0:25:41when we fought in the arena one of us,
0:25:41 > 0:25:42cos Crufts was that weekend,
0:25:42 > 0:25:44so, the loser went to Crufts.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47The winner carried on here and got in trouble with the wife.
0:25:47 > 0:25:48I went to Crufts.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50He went to Crufts - so, I got in trouble with the wife!
0:25:53 > 0:25:56They even have time for a bit of robot-baiting trash talk.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58They've been expelled from school,
0:25:58 > 0:26:00now they're getting expelled from the arena.
0:26:00 > 0:26:04And we're going to cause some roboteers some robot tears.
0:26:05 > 0:26:07I'll see myself out.
0:26:07 > 0:26:08Get your coat.
0:26:08 > 0:26:09I've already got it.
0:26:11 > 0:26:12In the arena for this fight,
0:26:12 > 0:26:15the vertical saw and bad attitude of Dead Metal,
0:26:15 > 0:26:20and the house robot who's rear end deserves its own Instagram...
0:26:22 > 0:26:24..it's the flywheel of Matilda.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30- Roboteers stand by. - Stand by!
0:26:32 > 0:26:35It's so warm. Wearing these coats was a bad choice.
0:26:36 > 0:26:41Three, two, one...
0:26:41 > 0:26:42..activate.
0:26:42 > 0:26:44Have Georgina and the Expulsion team worked out a solution
0:26:44 > 0:26:47to their self-righting problem with that extra armament?
0:26:47 > 0:26:49Can they show us what their machine is capable of?
0:26:49 > 0:26:52Shane's been joking around in the pits - but can Push To Exit perform?
0:26:52 > 0:26:54Something's not working.
0:26:54 > 0:26:55It is, it is, it is.
0:26:55 > 0:26:56Oh, both teams have the pressure
0:26:56 > 0:26:59of actually trying to make their robots work.
0:26:59 > 0:27:01Who's going to come out on top, then?
0:27:01 > 0:27:05It's quite lovely - it's like a record player when it's going.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08I just wonder whether the weight of the dynamic spinner
0:27:08 > 0:27:10has a tendency to pull them over.
0:27:10 > 0:27:11Fire.
0:27:12 > 0:27:14Come on!
0:27:15 > 0:27:16My wheels are off the ground.
0:27:16 > 0:27:17Wait, wait, wait...
0:27:19 > 0:27:22They're trying to get the flipper to work, and it's not -
0:27:22 > 0:27:25so, I wonder if they've still got pneumatic problems.
0:27:25 > 0:27:26They can just dodge away -
0:27:26 > 0:27:30but, look, the controls are out of the hand.
0:27:32 > 0:27:34Keeps cutting out.
0:27:34 > 0:27:35They have a problem here,
0:27:35 > 0:27:39I think maybe with the relay system to the flipper.
0:27:39 > 0:27:43Oh! Expulsion - a little bit naive, there.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45Go on, spin, spin...
0:27:45 > 0:27:46No?
0:27:49 > 0:27:51Go on, go on, slowly, slowly up.
0:27:51 > 0:27:53- Push it up. - Slowly up, slowly up.
0:27:53 > 0:27:56- Come on.- Slowly up.- Come on!
0:27:57 > 0:28:00Expulsion moving...momentarily...
0:28:00 > 0:28:03It's still spinning!
0:28:03 > 0:28:06..and twitching. It's still trying to spin and self-right.
0:28:06 > 0:28:07There is life in Expulsion...
0:28:07 > 0:28:09KLAXON Cease.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11..but it will go to the judges to make a decision.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14- It lasted...- Yeah, we got a minute. - A minute, we got a minute.
0:28:14 > 0:28:16I'd say we'd be happy if we got a minute out of it.
0:28:16 > 0:28:19- No detention for them.- No.
0:28:19 > 0:28:21- Anthony, hold me! - HE SOBS
0:28:21 > 0:28:22We tried didn't we?!
0:28:22 > 0:28:25We tried so hard!
0:28:28 > 0:28:33Push To Exit made the early running, something flew off Expulsion, there.
0:28:33 > 0:28:35Good retaliation from Expulsion.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40Little bit of naivety - it'll count against them
0:28:40 > 0:28:42when the judges have to make their decision.
0:28:42 > 0:28:45Push To Exit, to me, looked immobile.
0:28:45 > 0:28:47Expulsion, though, upside down, still twitching away.
0:28:47 > 0:28:49Judges will have to decide.
0:28:49 > 0:28:50APPLAUSE
0:28:50 > 0:28:51Thank you, yes.
0:28:53 > 0:28:56I believe this is probably a bit of yours.
0:28:58 > 0:29:00It was a kind of a frustrating fight.
0:29:00 > 0:29:01- Very frustrating.- Yeah.- Yeah.
0:29:01 > 0:29:03They were on top of you at one stage,
0:29:03 > 0:29:05but you couldn't get the flipper to flip.
0:29:05 > 0:29:06- It kept cutting out, for some reason.- Ah!
0:29:06 > 0:29:08I don't know what's happened.
0:29:08 > 0:29:10You end up - as you have in any fight so far -
0:29:10 > 0:29:12- end up on top of yourself.- Yeah.
0:29:12 > 0:29:15- With - I see a flaw in the design of it.- Yeah, maybe a little one.
0:29:15 > 0:29:16It did go to an adjudication,
0:29:16 > 0:29:18and after watching the entire fight again -
0:29:18 > 0:29:20and this is tough because one of you is going home
0:29:20 > 0:29:23and the other is staying to fight a semifinal -
0:29:23 > 0:29:27but the judges, at the end, were unanimous,
0:29:27 > 0:29:29and the adjudication of this fight,
0:29:29 > 0:29:32the winners, the people who are staying with us...
0:29:32 > 0:29:33..are Expulsion.
0:29:33 > 0:29:35CROWD CHEERS Expulsion are staying with us.
0:29:40 > 0:29:44So, Georgina and team Expulsion earn their place in the semifinals...
0:29:44 > 0:29:46Guys, how do you feel?
0:29:46 > 0:29:48Feel amazing - that's our first win, so that's great.
0:29:50 > 0:29:53..but that defeat pushes Shane to the exit,
0:29:53 > 0:29:55and he's sick as a dog about it.
0:29:55 > 0:29:58Damn you!
0:29:58 > 0:30:00You're a fool if you just come here to enjoy yourself.
0:30:00 > 0:30:02Really, I do come here to enjoy myself,
0:30:02 > 0:30:04but I really, really want to win.
0:30:05 > 0:30:08Shane is now having second thoughts about his robot future.
0:30:08 > 0:30:10I don't know what to do at the moment,
0:30:10 > 0:30:13so, I don't know, I'll make my mind up...
0:30:13 > 0:30:16If I carry on, I carry on - I might just call it a day.
0:30:17 > 0:30:19I'll stick with the dogs, stick with the dogs.
0:30:21 > 0:30:25We now have our four semifinalists ready to wage war
0:30:25 > 0:30:26for a place in tonight's final.
0:30:28 > 0:30:29For our first semifinal,
0:30:29 > 0:30:31builder Jason's Thor
0:30:31 > 0:30:33against gas engineer Jamie's Coyote.
0:30:35 > 0:30:37When they met in the group stage,
0:30:37 > 0:30:40Coyote suffered heavy blows from the sharp end of Thor's axe.
0:30:43 > 0:30:45Oh, right in the neck.
0:30:45 > 0:30:46Coyote will need to toughen up
0:30:46 > 0:30:49if they want to make it to tonight's final.
0:30:49 > 0:30:50Coyote next.
0:30:50 > 0:30:52We're just going to try and repeat the previous performance,
0:30:52 > 0:30:54and as long as I don't destroy myself
0:30:54 > 0:30:57or do something stupid like go down the pit,
0:30:57 > 0:30:59er, it should be fine.
0:31:00 > 0:31:02We've literally just found out we're fighting Thor,
0:31:02 > 0:31:04and obviously we had them in the melee,
0:31:04 > 0:31:06and they gave us a bit of a tanking
0:31:06 > 0:31:08so we're going to maybe alter our tactics slightly,
0:31:08 > 0:31:10just see how we get on, see if we can, er...
0:31:10 > 0:31:12..put on a bit of a better show against them
0:31:12 > 0:31:14than we did in the previous fight.
0:31:14 > 0:31:17I'm not worried in the slightest - it should be an easy win.
0:31:17 > 0:31:18HE LAUGHS
0:31:18 > 0:31:21Hey, avert your ears!
0:31:22 > 0:31:25So, er, yeah, Coyote next,
0:31:25 > 0:31:27and they're feverishly working away,
0:31:27 > 0:31:29repairing damage, still, from the first fight, I think,
0:31:29 > 0:31:31that they took from Thor.
0:31:31 > 0:31:33So, I'm just going to make Coyote ugly.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36One-man wrecking machine Jason is back
0:31:36 > 0:31:39with his ninth reiteration of Thor -
0:31:39 > 0:31:43this Norse god now boasts five interchangeable hammers,
0:31:43 > 0:31:46and can swing twice as fast as previously.
0:31:46 > 0:31:48Known for running rings around its opponents,
0:31:48 > 0:31:51the machine is still one of the fastest robots in the competition,
0:31:51 > 0:31:55and can even pull a two tonne van with its powerful drive system.
0:31:55 > 0:31:58The builder from Northampton is, once again,
0:31:58 > 0:32:00the lone wolf of the competition.
0:32:00 > 0:32:03Thor's been part of Jason's life for 13 years now -
0:32:03 > 0:32:06he even considers it a part of him, which is a bit weird.
0:32:07 > 0:32:09Up next, we have Coyote -
0:32:09 > 0:32:11this year the team have gone for a steampunk appearance,
0:32:11 > 0:32:13and are the only side in the competition
0:32:13 > 0:32:15to boast a chainsaw for a tail.
0:32:15 > 0:32:17They'll be hoping, then, to be wily enough
0:32:17 > 0:32:19for them to get their teeth on their prey.
0:32:19 > 0:32:22The jaw's powerful enough to crush up to 1,000kg, by the way.
0:32:22 > 0:32:25The team from Ayrshire have an eclectic mix of skills.
0:32:25 > 0:32:28Team captain Jamie is a gas engineer,
0:32:28 > 0:32:30and weapons operator Rachel is a welder -
0:32:30 > 0:32:33safe to say it'll certainly get heated in the arena
0:32:33 > 0:32:34during this battle.
0:32:34 > 0:32:37In the arena for this fight -
0:32:37 > 0:32:40surgical strikes, but absolutely no medical qualifications,
0:32:40 > 0:32:41it's Dead Metal,
0:32:41 > 0:32:45and the giant robot dinosaur - but not the friendly kind -
0:32:45 > 0:32:47it's Matilda.
0:32:48 > 0:32:53Three, two, one...
0:32:53 > 0:32:54..activate.
0:32:54 > 0:32:56Jason and Thor are so determined to win this series.
0:32:56 > 0:32:59They caused a lot of damage to Coyote in their group battle.
0:32:59 > 0:33:00Very confident going into this.
0:33:00 > 0:33:02Coyote had to repair damage to get it working again,
0:33:02 > 0:33:05but we've seen Jamie use the house robots to win battles.
0:33:05 > 0:33:07He's tactical, so he can get the upper hand
0:33:07 > 0:33:09this time around, perhaps.
0:33:09 > 0:33:12Thor trying to get in underneath the ground clearance.
0:33:12 > 0:33:14This is what Coyote were worried about.
0:33:14 > 0:33:16They thought they were suspect.
0:33:16 > 0:33:18Thor doing the chasing
0:33:18 > 0:33:21and the nudging into the arena sidewalls,
0:33:21 > 0:33:24trying to get the axe to come down, can't get a clean hit.
0:33:24 > 0:33:28Good move, there, by Coyote, trying to get in underneath Thor
0:33:28 > 0:33:29and flip it up.
0:33:29 > 0:33:31Coyote's weapon is damaged, here,
0:33:31 > 0:33:34which means that Thor's going to push him on, push him on,
0:33:34 > 0:33:35push him into the house robots.
0:33:35 > 0:33:37Oh, good use of the tyre, there -
0:33:37 > 0:33:39but it means that the house robot's gone rogue.
0:33:39 > 0:33:41It's Matilda coming out into play.
0:33:41 > 0:33:43Thor, a little bit of naivety on the flipper.
0:33:43 > 0:33:45Matilda is closing in, as well, watch out, Thor!
0:33:45 > 0:33:47Oh, Thor!
0:33:47 > 0:33:49His weapon taken out by Matilda.
0:33:49 > 0:33:50Oh, no.
0:33:50 > 0:33:52What the hell was that for?
0:33:52 > 0:33:55Whoa, a weaponless wrestling match, now,
0:33:55 > 0:33:57which means Jason's experience and skilled driving
0:33:57 > 0:33:59should give him the edge -
0:33:59 > 0:34:02but I tell you what, it's going to be closer than we thought.
0:34:02 > 0:34:06Oh, it's this rogue robot - she's a nasty little wench.
0:34:06 > 0:34:11And CO2 is vented, which means the weaponry is redundant.
0:34:11 > 0:34:19So, Jason, now, will have to rely on his push-ability, shove,
0:34:19 > 0:34:24try and grind his way to victory with his sheer strength.
0:34:24 > 0:34:29Because the hammer cannot now come down.
0:34:29 > 0:34:32This is going to be closer than we thought.
0:34:32 > 0:34:35It could be, now, a battle of attrition.
0:34:35 > 0:34:38Thor trying to push Coyote onto Matilda again.
0:34:38 > 0:34:41I don't think we've seen that sort of destructive power
0:34:41 > 0:34:45of a house robot in the series so far, as Matilda went wild,
0:34:45 > 0:34:47went rogue and wild.
0:34:47 > 0:34:49I need to get him on the floor flipper, actually.
0:34:51 > 0:34:57Coyote sense, here, they could have an unlikely victory,
0:34:57 > 0:35:01and all of a sudden Jason looks concerned.
0:35:02 > 0:35:04He's the only man in that team,
0:35:04 > 0:35:07so his repairs take longer, of course, no-one working with him.
0:35:09 > 0:35:11Oh, bits of him coming off.
0:35:11 > 0:35:14What's that on the arena floor?
0:35:14 > 0:35:16Something there's come off Coyote.
0:35:16 > 0:35:19Oh, just missed it!
0:35:21 > 0:35:24Phwoar, this is a good tense one, isn't it?
0:35:24 > 0:35:26Coyote dances past the floor flipper.
0:35:28 > 0:35:31Whoa, which way's this going to go?
0:35:31 > 0:35:35As we move on towards a judges' decision, maybe...
0:35:36 > 0:35:39Coyote, again, just away from the spikes,
0:35:39 > 0:35:42that's good driving by Thor that puts them into that area.
0:35:45 > 0:35:49His control is just brilliant.
0:35:49 > 0:35:51Superb stuff, here.
0:35:51 > 0:35:54Across the arena floor they go again, beyond the flame pit.
0:35:54 > 0:35:57Jason using all his experience, here,
0:35:57 > 0:36:01to try and get Coyote impaled or in flames -
0:36:01 > 0:36:05but I'll tell you what, this is going to be very close.
0:36:05 > 0:36:07We're into the last ten seconds countdown.
0:36:07 > 0:36:10It's going to go to the judges and it may not go Thor's way.
0:36:10 > 0:36:13It's going to be a tight decision - or have Thor done enough
0:36:13 > 0:36:16- before the destruction by Matilda? - KLAXON
0:36:16 > 0:36:17Cease.
0:36:23 > 0:36:25See, now they both do a big spin.
0:36:25 > 0:36:27Yeah, it's like both boxers dancing at the end.
0:36:27 > 0:36:29- Totally.- "I won, I won, I've definitely won it."
0:36:29 > 0:36:31- It's like, "Judges." - "Look at that, see that?"
0:36:31 > 0:36:33- LUCY ROGERS:- I mean, Thor got some brilliant hits in.
0:36:33 > 0:36:35They crunched Coyote down like that.
0:36:35 > 0:36:38- I mean, Coyote didn't get the weapon...- Anything.- ..weapon...
0:36:38 > 0:36:41- No.- ..there was no weapon used anywhere in that fight,
0:36:41 > 0:36:43so, that was pretty clear to me.
0:36:45 > 0:36:46Time and time again they came together.
0:36:46 > 0:36:51When Thor's axe was working, Jason was on top.
0:36:51 > 0:36:53I don't think there's any doubt about that -
0:36:53 > 0:36:55but it was to be a house robot
0:36:55 > 0:36:58that was to play the biggest role in this fight.
0:36:58 > 0:37:04There, off the floor flipper, ill advised driving from Jason -
0:37:04 > 0:37:07but look at Matilda.
0:37:07 > 0:37:08She turned, positioned herself
0:37:08 > 0:37:10and then did that.
0:37:14 > 0:37:19For the second time tonight, Thor takes it to a judges' decision.
0:37:19 > 0:37:21With a place in the final at stake,
0:37:21 > 0:37:23it's time to break the news.
0:37:23 > 0:37:26Two weaponless robots hugging each other at the end.
0:37:26 > 0:37:28Yeah, tangoing around, yeah.
0:37:28 > 0:37:30Oh, man, you got some wallop from Matilda.
0:37:30 > 0:37:32Did not see that coming at all.
0:37:32 > 0:37:33I was so zoned in on the fight,
0:37:33 > 0:37:35didn't see the button get pressed, nothing.
0:37:35 > 0:37:37- Right, do you want to know who won?- Yeah, go for it.
0:37:37 > 0:37:39Unanimous in favour of...
0:37:39 > 0:37:41- ..Thor.- Ah, appreciate it.
0:37:41 > 0:37:43Right, you've got a final - hard luck Jamie.
0:37:43 > 0:37:45Right, final to prepare to.
0:37:45 > 0:37:47There's sharp bits on it now, because of Matilda.
0:37:47 > 0:37:48OK, OK, I'll stay away. You pull.
0:37:48 > 0:37:51Um, there's a bit of red rage, which we obviously saw there,
0:37:51 > 0:37:54when you're in the zone but you can get rattled a bit.
0:37:54 > 0:37:56Yeah, well, I mean...
0:37:56 > 0:37:58You get so zoned in, you just...
0:37:58 > 0:38:00It was just... That was just intense.
0:38:00 > 0:38:02- I don't know, yeah. - Well, now that you're through,
0:38:02 > 0:38:04I'm guessing your eyes are going to be on Matilda.
0:38:04 > 0:38:06Yeah, she's copping it, I'm telling you.
0:38:06 > 0:38:09That's it, we've fell out now - I want me CDs back and everything.
0:38:09 > 0:38:11How much does it mean to get into the final
0:38:11 > 0:38:13- after this amount of time? - Yeah, it's great, it's great.
0:38:13 > 0:38:14- Yeah?- Yeah. Yeah.- Good.
0:38:14 > 0:38:16Two fights, final, lovely. Going to plan.
0:38:16 > 0:38:18- Right, go, get that sorted.- Cheers!
0:38:20 > 0:38:23The next battle will decide who takes on the mighty Thor
0:38:23 > 0:38:26in pursuit of the Robot Wars title.
0:38:26 > 0:38:29This semifinal is between Ellis's Magnetar
0:38:29 > 0:38:31and Georgina's Expulsion,
0:38:31 > 0:38:32and I think it's about time
0:38:32 > 0:38:33we saw this great machine
0:38:33 > 0:38:35realising it's potential.
0:38:35 > 0:38:37Expulsion, can I interrupt you for a second?
0:38:37 > 0:38:42OK, I have a secret wish to see this robot actually do what it does,
0:38:42 > 0:38:44- but also to see it self correct. - Yeah, hopefully.
0:38:44 > 0:38:46Is that working yet?
0:38:46 > 0:38:48Well, we think so - we're not quite sure.
0:38:48 > 0:38:49We've taken something off the weapon
0:38:49 > 0:38:51- that we think might have been stopping it.- OK.
0:38:51 > 0:38:53So, hopefully that will have fixed it.
0:38:53 > 0:38:57And is the idea that er, when it's down, weapon face down,
0:38:57 > 0:38:58it'll just spin the body around?
0:38:58 > 0:39:01Yeah, so the weapon's stays still, and it's like a spinning top -
0:39:01 > 0:39:02the whole body starts spinning,
0:39:02 > 0:39:05and then after a few seconds it kind of bounces back up.
0:39:05 > 0:39:06- Wobbles back into place.- Yeah.
0:39:06 > 0:39:08OK, that's exciting - I want to see that happen.
0:39:08 > 0:39:10Are you worried about facing Magnetar?
0:39:10 > 0:39:12Yeah, I mean, it's always a worry,
0:39:12 > 0:39:14- they're a great machine with a great driver.- It is, yeah -
0:39:14 > 0:39:15but, actually, the only thing is,
0:39:15 > 0:39:17no-one's actually broken through any of this, really.
0:39:17 > 0:39:20No, we haven't really had much damage at all in any of our fights.
0:39:20 > 0:39:23- You've just found yourself lying on a...- On the wrong face.
0:39:23 > 0:39:25- ..lying on the wrong side, yeah, OK. - Yeah. Face down.
0:39:25 > 0:39:28- Avoid the flipper.- Yeah. - Just don't drive onto the flipper.
0:39:28 > 0:39:29- Yeah - yeah.- It might help.
0:39:29 > 0:39:31We tell you about the flipper, it's not a secret flipper.
0:39:31 > 0:39:33I didn't even realise I was there!
0:39:33 > 0:39:35We don't move it around different parts of the arena
0:39:35 > 0:39:36for different fights.
0:39:36 > 0:39:38- It's always there, right?- Yeah. - Stay away from that.
0:39:38 > 0:39:40- Yeah.- OK, fine, good luck. - Thank you.
0:39:40 > 0:39:43The school team face Magnetar,
0:39:43 > 0:39:47built entirely by the self-taught and very relaxed Ellis.
0:39:47 > 0:39:48We're chilled.
0:39:48 > 0:39:50It worked well in the first fight,
0:39:50 > 0:39:53the belt went a bit slack, er, we've tightened that up,
0:39:53 > 0:39:56done tests again, and we're ready to go, so we're enjoying the scenery.
0:39:56 > 0:39:58We had to dust the front of it, you know, bit stressful.
0:39:58 > 0:40:00Yeah, we're just polishing it really.
0:40:00 > 0:40:02- I might... I might sharpen the teeth.- Yeah.
0:40:02 > 0:40:05- Then again...- But then again, it doesn't really need it.
0:40:08 > 0:40:12Boy genius Ellis is back with a new robot, Magnetar.
0:40:12 > 0:40:16This powerful drum spinner with a tip speed of 250mph
0:40:16 > 0:40:20is a more reliable machine than its predecessor Pulsar,
0:40:20 > 0:40:24and generates enough gyroscopic power to flip itself clean over.
0:40:24 > 0:40:26The magnet part of this robot
0:40:26 > 0:40:29comes from the addition of powerful, rare earth magnets,
0:40:29 > 0:40:31which Ellis can add to the base of the machine
0:40:31 > 0:40:34to keep it stuck to the floor of the arena.
0:40:34 > 0:40:37Now, having left school at 15, Ellis taught himself engineering
0:40:37 > 0:40:39through watching YouTube
0:40:39 > 0:40:42and watching old Robot Wars videos, he's a big fan -
0:40:42 > 0:40:45but it's no longer about learning. He wants to win,
0:40:45 > 0:40:49and show that he can mastermind a bulletproof bot.
0:40:49 > 0:40:52Expulsion are back with a redesigned machine.
0:40:52 > 0:40:56This school team from Essex has done their homework -
0:40:56 > 0:40:58they've got ideas by looking at other robots in the pits
0:40:58 > 0:41:01and copying aspects of their designs.
0:41:01 > 0:41:03Their unique spinner has a tip speed of 92mph,
0:41:03 > 0:41:06and its armour can withstand machine gun fire.
0:41:06 > 0:41:09Team captain Georgina's leaving school this year
0:41:09 > 0:41:10to study architecture -
0:41:10 > 0:41:12I bet she's got a taste for robot fighting,
0:41:12 > 0:41:15and plans to build her own robot to battle against her school team.
0:41:15 > 0:41:17Interesting school reunion, that.
0:41:17 > 0:41:20Georgina also wants to inspire other young women
0:41:20 > 0:41:22to get involved in robot fighting.
0:41:22 > 0:41:25In the arena for our second semifinal,
0:41:25 > 0:41:29with a CV that reads like a bowling ball in a tumble dryer,
0:41:29 > 0:41:31it's Sir Killalot -
0:41:31 > 0:41:36and the angriest robot scorpion hedgehog in Glasgow,
0:41:36 > 0:41:37it's Dead Metal.
0:41:38 > 0:41:43Three, two, one...
0:41:43 > 0:41:45..activate.
0:41:45 > 0:41:49Two young teams, bright team captains -
0:41:49 > 0:41:51and Expulsion's tactics early on...
0:41:51 > 0:41:53The Fog Of War.
0:41:53 > 0:41:55- ..to create the Fog Of War - - MOTOR WHIRS
0:41:55 > 0:41:57but what am I hearing?
0:41:57 > 0:41:59I'm hearing Magnetar's death drum whirring up!
0:41:59 > 0:42:02Oh, what a powerful onslaught!
0:42:06 > 0:42:08Ellis used that Fog Of War brilliantly
0:42:08 > 0:42:09to get his weapon up to speed,
0:42:09 > 0:42:13his lethal drum catapulting Expulsion right onto that flipper
0:42:13 > 0:42:15Dara warned Georgina to avoid -
0:42:15 > 0:42:18that's exactly where she ended up yet again.
0:42:18 > 0:42:22God almighty, will they ever have a break?
0:42:22 > 0:42:24This poor team.
0:42:24 > 0:42:26- Nothing, absolutely nothing.- No.
0:42:26 > 0:42:29A wry smile - how can you smile
0:42:29 > 0:42:33when your machine's just had that done to it?
0:42:33 > 0:42:34Press the button.
0:42:35 > 0:42:39- They have had the worst run. - The worst luck.
0:42:39 > 0:42:43Well, they went for the tactic of trying to confuse Magnetar.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45I don't think we've got drive, either.
0:42:45 > 0:42:46KLAXON Cease.
0:42:46 > 0:42:50You can hear Magnetar's death drum - all over for Expulsion.
0:42:50 > 0:42:52That was spectacular!
0:42:52 > 0:42:57It was spectacular - it is all over and done with
0:42:57 > 0:43:00for a bright, young team, the team of Expulsion.
0:43:02 > 0:43:07Plenty of potential - but in the pit they go.
0:43:07 > 0:43:10Whoa, Magnetar looks devilishly powerful.
0:43:10 > 0:43:13That's what they tried to do early on.
0:43:13 > 0:43:16Dial of Doom, release the Fog of War.
0:43:16 > 0:43:20You can hear Magnetar's drum thrumming away.
0:43:20 > 0:43:22That's what happened...
0:43:24 > 0:43:26..and the floor flipper didn't help.
0:43:26 > 0:43:29Six feet in the air, bash, crash, down and out.
0:43:30 > 0:43:32Great win for Magnetar -
0:43:32 > 0:43:34Expulsion through to the third floor.
0:43:34 > 0:43:35Still got a chance.
0:43:37 > 0:43:42Come on! How will you last more than four seconds in a fight?
0:43:42 > 0:43:43- Is there any...?- We did last time!
0:43:43 > 0:43:47Ah, and that was... You know, we'll get to you, we'll get to you.
0:43:47 > 0:43:50But this, in itself, is a story, because you...
0:43:50 > 0:43:52- You, tactically, you went, you hit the bumper...- Yeah.
0:43:52 > 0:43:54..and then there was smoke everywhere,
0:43:54 > 0:43:55and it was really exciting,
0:43:55 > 0:43:57- and then it was ping, pong, ping and gone.- Yeah!- Yeah.
0:43:57 > 0:43:59It was like a ball wasn't it? Bouncing everywhere.
0:43:59 > 0:44:01Were you happy how it went for those first three seconds?
0:44:01 > 0:44:04It was quite spectacular - we wanted to make a nice fight, so...!
0:44:04 > 0:44:06You flung them up, and then you just caught the flipper
0:44:06 > 0:44:08just at the right moment,
0:44:08 > 0:44:10- and - man you got altitude, you really did. Yeah.- Yeah.
0:44:10 > 0:44:13My commiserations to Expulsion - but, my God, well done.
0:44:13 > 0:44:15- I know!- That felt good, yeah? - It was quick.
0:44:15 > 0:44:16Yeah, it was quick, yeah -
0:44:16 > 0:44:19but it was er, that was a very, fairly destructive bit of...
0:44:19 > 0:44:21That Fog of War, that's terrifying, you can't see a thing.
0:44:21 > 0:44:23Yes, cos anything could be happening.
0:44:23 > 0:44:24I literally had no idea where I was.
0:44:24 > 0:44:26There's just no advantage to either team, really.
0:44:26 > 0:44:28No, not really, that's a good point.
0:44:28 > 0:44:30Yeah, and then you hung back, you didn't...
0:44:30 > 0:44:31Just one hit, I don't want to wreck it
0:44:31 > 0:44:34any more than absolutely necessary, so that was good, it all worked.
0:44:34 > 0:44:35Well, how gracious of you,
0:44:35 > 0:44:38he doesn't want to wreck it any more than he absolutely has to.
0:44:38 > 0:44:40- Wreck me, or wreck him? - That didn't come across...!
0:44:40 > 0:44:42- You know what I mean.- You have a third place playoff to do,
0:44:42 > 0:44:44but going into the final is Magnetar.
0:44:44 > 0:44:48Ladies and gentlemen, Magnetar give them a round of applause.
0:44:48 > 0:44:49Well done.
0:44:53 > 0:44:55I just hung back when the Fog Of War came through.
0:44:55 > 0:44:56You can't see anything.
0:44:56 > 0:44:59It's a lot more potent than I thought it was -
0:44:59 > 0:45:01but that actually gave me time to spin up,
0:45:01 > 0:45:03so, then, by the time I could see,
0:45:03 > 0:45:05it was a matter of creeping forwards and more or less just touching them.
0:45:12 > 0:45:16I was a bit disappointed the floor flipper made them go higher, but...
0:45:22 > 0:45:23So, Ellis' Magnetar
0:45:23 > 0:45:25make it to tonight's final,
0:45:25 > 0:45:27where he'll take on Jason's Thor.
0:45:27 > 0:45:28But all is not lost
0:45:28 > 0:45:32for Georgina's Expulsion or Jamie's Coyote.
0:45:32 > 0:45:35This series, a wild card will make up the sixth team
0:45:35 > 0:45:36in our grand final.
0:45:36 > 0:45:40To earn the wild card, they must win our mammoth, winner takes all,
0:45:40 > 0:45:44no time limit, fight to the death, 10 Robot Rumble,
0:45:44 > 0:45:47made up of the second and third place teams from every heat.
0:45:47 > 0:45:50They are Apollo...
0:45:52 > 0:45:53..Sabretooth...
0:45:55 > 0:45:56..Eruption...
0:45:58 > 0:46:00..Big Nipper...
0:46:01 > 0:46:02..Terrorhurtz...
0:46:03 > 0:46:05..Track-tion...
0:46:06 > 0:46:08..Concussion...
0:46:09 > 0:46:11..and Iron-Awe 6...
0:46:13 > 0:46:17..all battling for a last chance to become the new Robot Wars champion.
0:46:22 > 0:46:24Jamie from Coyote and Georgina from Expulsion
0:46:24 > 0:46:27are both determined to secure their spot
0:46:27 > 0:46:29in that explosive ten-way fight -
0:46:29 > 0:46:31but only one can go through.
0:46:33 > 0:46:36So, we're in the third place playoff against, um...Expulsion,
0:46:36 > 0:46:38on the other bench, there.
0:46:38 > 0:46:40We fought them in the melee,
0:46:40 > 0:46:41we took them out quite quickly,
0:46:41 > 0:46:44just pushed them against a wall, and they couldn't self-right,
0:46:44 > 0:46:45but I've just had a wee look
0:46:45 > 0:46:48and I think they've made a couple of attachments
0:46:48 > 0:46:50to try and stop them from tipping over as easily.
0:46:50 > 0:46:54Yeah, and down. OK, and hold on.
0:46:54 > 0:46:56What are you doing to do to make sure you don't end up on your face
0:46:56 > 0:46:57like we've seen you before?
0:46:57 > 0:46:59We've added a few more sort of bars
0:46:59 > 0:47:02so that we actually, physically, can't fall on our face,
0:47:02 > 0:47:04unless we're thrown in the air by the floor flipper -
0:47:04 > 0:47:06so I just have to not drive on the floor flipper.
0:47:06 > 0:47:08Cos they're pretty vicious at the moment, aren't they?
0:47:08 > 0:47:11- Yeah.- OK, so, but aside from that you'll be able to stay up?
0:47:11 > 0:47:14- Yeah, hopefully.- Hopefully. Hopefully.- Fingers crossed.- OK.
0:47:14 > 0:47:16- And then get into the ten-way.- Yeah.
0:47:16 > 0:47:18- And then it's a free-for-all. - Exactly!- OK.
0:47:18 > 0:47:21Well, you look positive, you look confident - enjoy it.
0:47:21 > 0:47:22Thank you!
0:47:26 > 0:47:31In the corner patrol zones, luminous eyes and powerful thighs -
0:47:31 > 0:47:33it's Matilda...
0:47:33 > 0:47:36..and part-time table saw Dead Metal.
0:47:36 > 0:47:41Three, two, one...
0:47:41 > 0:47:42..activate.
0:47:42 > 0:47:44Both teams have had to fight every round in this heat -
0:47:44 > 0:47:47how much has that taken out of them?
0:47:47 > 0:47:49Expulsion moving their way dangerously towards Matilda,
0:47:49 > 0:47:51gets a slam in there on Coyote -
0:47:51 > 0:47:52they changed their blade,
0:47:52 > 0:47:54I expect them to be a little bit more aggressive.
0:47:54 > 0:47:57You need to be a little bit more accurate with your driving,
0:47:57 > 0:47:58there, Georgina and the team.
0:47:58 > 0:48:00Straight onto the arena sidewall,
0:48:00 > 0:48:03pinned there by Coyote with the big weaponry we know.
0:48:03 > 0:48:06Look at this blade, though, of Expulsion - that's impressive.
0:48:06 > 0:48:09It's all about ramming the electronics,
0:48:09 > 0:48:12the engineering skills of Robot Wars for Georgina and her team,
0:48:12 > 0:48:14and they've done it so many...
0:48:14 > 0:48:16You just need to learn to drive!
0:48:18 > 0:48:20Good display so far, though -
0:48:20 > 0:48:22but back come Coyote.
0:48:22 > 0:48:25He's been tactically astute all the way through, Jamie.
0:48:25 > 0:48:27Ooh, what's happened here?
0:48:27 > 0:48:29The shovel's working...
0:48:30 > 0:48:34..but I think they've lost traction or something, they've stopped.
0:48:34 > 0:48:37Expulsion still... Oh, still working but still a bit daft,
0:48:37 > 0:48:40going onto the blade of Matilda - they're on the arena wall.
0:48:40 > 0:48:42I think Expulsion, here, are immobile.
0:48:45 > 0:48:48It will surely go to a countdown to count them out...
0:48:48 > 0:48:49Matilda!
0:48:49 > 0:48:50..and can Expulsion survive?
0:48:50 > 0:48:53- Oh, that's us out.- Weapon's gone. - I've lost drive.- Yeah.
0:48:53 > 0:48:55We're into the countdown - I think they've gone, Coyote.
0:48:55 > 0:48:57They've moved - they're going to make it to the melee.
0:48:57 > 0:49:00And there's a little bit of movement there from Expulsion.
0:49:00 > 0:49:02- KLAXON - Will they survive the countdown?
0:49:02 > 0:49:04- Cease. - I think they have.
0:49:06 > 0:49:09They really improved this machine -
0:49:09 > 0:49:13yes, a little bit of entanglement or something came off Expulsion,
0:49:13 > 0:49:16there, from Coyote.
0:49:16 > 0:49:18Coyote got a decent attack in,
0:49:18 > 0:49:22but never felt we had the crushability factor
0:49:22 > 0:49:23of Coyote's weaponry.
0:49:23 > 0:49:26By this stage, when Expulsion was hit by Matilda,
0:49:26 > 0:49:27it was all over, for me,
0:49:27 > 0:49:29and Expulsion had already won the third spot.
0:49:29 > 0:49:31Expulsion have won,
0:49:31 > 0:49:34Coyote were counted down and out, and immobile.
0:49:34 > 0:49:35Oh, nice pirouette Matilda -
0:49:35 > 0:49:38what a win then for Expulsion. Well done.
0:49:40 > 0:49:43For Jamie and Coyote, the harsh reality
0:49:43 > 0:49:45is that they must now leave the competition...
0:49:47 > 0:49:49..but for Georgina and team Expulsion,
0:49:49 > 0:49:51the good news is they now need to get ready
0:49:51 > 0:49:53for the ten-way robot rumble.
0:49:55 > 0:49:57Expulsion, you won!
0:49:57 > 0:49:59- Oh, my God, did we?! - Yes, you did.- Oh, my...!
0:49:59 > 0:50:03Yeah, straight countdown for Coyote, so you got through into the ten-way.
0:50:03 > 0:50:05Oh, my God, that's bad.
0:50:05 > 0:50:07We have a crier!
0:50:07 > 0:50:10She's like, "I didn't think I'd cry at Robot Wars!"
0:50:10 > 0:50:13So, who are you, now, with all your tools?
0:50:13 > 0:50:14What are you doing here?
0:50:14 > 0:50:16I'm-I'm literally just the driver,
0:50:16 > 0:50:17but I'm one of their teachers, as well.
0:50:17 > 0:50:20OK, well, get the hammer in there.
0:50:20 > 0:50:22- Yes, well done, guys! - Oh, I love criers.
0:50:24 > 0:50:26Oh, is he going to cry?
0:50:26 > 0:50:28Oh, we have another one!
0:50:28 > 0:50:30Right, what do we need to do?
0:50:30 > 0:50:32- Is he crying, as well? - No, I'm not, no.
0:50:32 > 0:50:34I am so proud of you, though.
0:50:34 > 0:50:37Go get it fixed, go.
0:50:39 > 0:50:44It's an amazing achievement for Georgina and team Expulsion -
0:50:44 > 0:50:45but now it's time
0:50:45 > 0:50:47for our main event,
0:50:47 > 0:50:50our final between Jason and Ellis...
0:50:51 > 0:50:53..and Jason has a cunning plan
0:50:53 > 0:50:55to bring Ellis' winning streak to an end.
0:50:59 > 0:51:00What are these?
0:51:00 > 0:51:01Yeah, these are steel ropes
0:51:01 > 0:51:03with a breaking strain of about seven tonnes,
0:51:03 > 0:51:06and, er, hopefully we can get them,
0:51:06 > 0:51:09- deliver those into Magnetar's drum...- Right.
0:51:09 > 0:51:10..and as it goes round,
0:51:10 > 0:51:13it should snap the drive belt and disable his weapon.
0:51:13 > 0:51:14Have entanglement devices
0:51:14 > 0:51:18really improved the chances of an axe getting through?
0:51:18 > 0:51:20I think so - cos even if it doesn't go into the machine
0:51:20 > 0:51:22and stop the drum from going round,
0:51:22 > 0:51:25he's already changing his driving tactics cos he's worried about it.
0:51:25 > 0:51:28So, it's working already, before we even get into the arena.
0:51:30 > 0:51:33For Ellis, all that remains to be done before the final
0:51:33 > 0:51:36is some fine-tuning of his precision machine.
0:51:38 > 0:51:39Yeah!
0:51:41 > 0:51:43Time, then, for tonight's final
0:51:43 > 0:51:46between Jason, the Northampton builder
0:51:46 > 0:51:48behind the axe wielding Thor...
0:51:48 > 0:51:49..and family team Magnetar,
0:51:49 > 0:51:52with one of the deadliest spinners in the competition.
0:51:59 > 0:52:02Builder Jason Marston has been handcrafting his machine
0:52:02 > 0:52:03for over a decade.
0:52:06 > 0:52:09A one-man army driven by his passion for victory.
0:52:10 > 0:52:13I think I've just been doing it that long, it's just part of my life.
0:52:13 > 0:52:14I am the lone wolf.
0:52:19 > 0:52:22A one tonne axe blow partnered with Jason's speed and control
0:52:22 > 0:52:25catapulted Thor straight into the semifinals...
0:52:28 > 0:52:30..but Jason's showboating to the final
0:52:30 > 0:52:32was dealt a blow from Matilda...
0:52:34 > 0:52:35..which left him weaponless.
0:52:35 > 0:52:37What the hell was that for?
0:52:38 > 0:52:40Can Jason recover from this setback
0:52:40 > 0:52:43and win his first heat final in over a decade?
0:52:44 > 0:52:46Jason will be facing Magnetar.
0:52:49 > 0:52:51Ellis Ware left school at 15
0:52:51 > 0:52:54to build his own precision engineered combat robots.
0:52:54 > 0:52:57I like to do my own thing, prove that that can work,
0:52:57 > 0:52:58and evolve the sport.
0:52:58 > 0:53:02His hard work paid off, as he proved Magnetar was not only pretty,
0:53:02 > 0:53:04but pretty deadly in the group stages.
0:53:07 > 0:53:09Ellis' skill was on display again
0:53:09 > 0:53:11when he used the cover of the Fog of War
0:53:11 > 0:53:15to spin up and decimate Expulsion in the semifinal.
0:53:18 > 0:53:21Winning this final will prove that this school dropout
0:53:21 > 0:53:24has what it takes to join the Robot Wars elite.
0:53:24 > 0:53:28For both these captains, this is the greatest test yet.
0:53:30 > 0:53:32Tar v head, here.
0:53:32 > 0:53:34Thor comes out of the imagination of Jason,
0:53:34 > 0:53:39Magnetar out of the precision engineering of Ellis Ware.
0:53:39 > 0:53:43Three, two, one...
0:53:43 > 0:53:45..activate.
0:53:45 > 0:53:50Fascinating - ooh, and look - Thor has the entanglement device
0:53:50 > 0:53:51on the side...
0:53:51 > 0:53:54..and flipped over.
0:53:54 > 0:53:58CO2 now fully restored.
0:53:58 > 0:54:00Repairs have been made.
0:54:00 > 0:54:02Hammer against drum spinner.
0:54:04 > 0:54:05Oh, wow.
0:54:07 > 0:54:10He needs to entangle that drum spinner.
0:54:12 > 0:54:15I think Thor is onto...
0:54:15 > 0:54:17Oh, off the floor flipper -
0:54:17 > 0:54:22which means he needs to use, expense CO2, to self-right.
0:54:22 > 0:54:23Uh-oh, he's gone flying.
0:54:23 > 0:54:26You only have so many hits in that axe -
0:54:26 > 0:54:29he looks resigned there, Jason.
0:54:30 > 0:54:33Is the weaponry working now, for Thor?
0:54:33 > 0:54:37Magnetar's on top, we can hear the whir of the drum.
0:54:37 > 0:54:38Watch out, Thor...
0:54:38 > 0:54:40Oh, my goodness me!
0:54:42 > 0:54:45No! Man.
0:54:45 > 0:54:47Oh, that was... Dammit.
0:54:47 > 0:54:52That is wham, bam, thank you, ma'am.
0:54:55 > 0:54:58What a hit that was by Magnetar.
0:54:58 > 0:55:00The CO2's all over the arena floor.
0:55:03 > 0:55:04You are out.
0:55:05 > 0:55:07Wow.
0:55:07 > 0:55:08That is amazing.
0:55:10 > 0:55:11Yes.
0:55:13 > 0:55:15Magnetar - and we know it has the power,
0:55:15 > 0:55:17we now know it has the control,
0:55:17 > 0:55:20we now know it has a place in the grand final.
0:55:21 > 0:55:23KLAXON Great bit of fighting.
0:55:23 > 0:55:24Cease.
0:55:26 > 0:55:28That was savage.
0:55:30 > 0:55:32And Jason so valiant.
0:55:32 > 0:55:35Knew what he had to do -
0:55:35 > 0:55:40but when he had to self-right, he was using CO2.
0:55:40 > 0:55:43I think that limited the weaponry.
0:55:43 > 0:55:45Got a hit there, needed to get more,
0:55:45 > 0:55:49needed to stop the drum whirring up to full speed.
0:55:50 > 0:55:54There you are, over went Thor, this is the big crash,
0:55:54 > 0:55:56onto the floor it goes again.
0:55:58 > 0:56:01Another hit from the floor flipper,
0:56:01 > 0:56:06and that is where the drum penetrated the CO2 system,
0:56:06 > 0:56:07and out it came...
0:56:07 > 0:56:09..and out go Thor.
0:56:09 > 0:56:13They will be in the 10 Robot Rumble before the grand final.
0:56:13 > 0:56:16Magnetar have an automatic place as heat winners.
0:56:18 > 0:56:20Whoo!
0:56:20 > 0:56:23The smell of smoke in this arena!
0:56:23 > 0:56:27That wasn't quite how you envisaged that ending, was it, Thor?
0:56:27 > 0:56:30That didn't go at all to plan, not at all.
0:56:30 > 0:56:32- Er...- I mean, you said before we went in
0:56:32 > 0:56:35how you were going to try, if at all possible,
0:56:35 > 0:56:38to avoid the hazards, because they've been in vicious form -
0:56:38 > 0:56:41and you got fed by the flipper directly into his spinner.
0:56:41 > 0:56:43That's about as worse as it can get -
0:56:43 > 0:56:46upside down onto a rotating drum is, er, yeah, not good.
0:56:46 > 0:56:48- It's the worse case scenario. - Yeah, yeah!
0:56:48 > 0:56:49And what, CO2 gone?
0:56:49 > 0:56:51All went, yeah, and I can't turn back over.
0:56:51 > 0:56:54- So you're dead.- Done. - You were your own Fog of War!
0:56:54 > 0:56:57- We enjoyed it, it was lovely to watch.- It looked good, didn't it?
0:56:57 > 0:56:58Majestic even -
0:56:58 > 0:57:01and also your beautiful necklace was a bit useless.
0:57:01 > 0:57:03Yeah, that didn't work either, did it?!
0:57:03 > 0:57:06I was so surprised at how easily it cut through.
0:57:06 > 0:57:09Yeah, erm... We'll go back to the drawing board with that, I think.
0:57:09 > 0:57:11- Back to the drawing board.- Yeah.
0:57:11 > 0:57:12Well, you've been absolutely amazing.
0:57:12 > 0:57:15Jason slash Thor - make some noise, please!
0:57:16 > 0:57:17Well done.
0:57:19 > 0:57:21Yes, but you look sort of untroubled.
0:57:21 > 0:57:24That was quite smooth for you, wasn't it?
0:57:24 > 0:57:26I was in trouble when he had me against the wall.
0:57:26 > 0:57:28- Really?- Yeah, because... - He's got more pushing power?
0:57:28 > 0:57:30He has. He was underneath, I couldn't drive backwards -
0:57:30 > 0:57:31if he'd gone on that weapon belt
0:57:31 > 0:57:34- it would have been a very different fight.- You cut through that -
0:57:34 > 0:57:36you modified this specifically to deal with this kind of...
0:57:36 > 0:57:37Yeah, these little bits,
0:57:37 > 0:57:40the idea was if I got caught on one of the steel ropes
0:57:40 > 0:57:41it would kind of deflect them upwards, and...
0:57:41 > 0:57:43Don't know if it worked, I'll check the slow-mo.
0:57:43 > 0:57:46And you were in the right place at the right time when he got flipped,
0:57:46 > 0:57:48- with the weapon going and then - beautiful.- Yeah.
0:57:48 > 0:57:51- Are you looking forward to the grand final now?- I am, yeah.
0:57:51 > 0:57:52I'm really looking forward to it yeah.
0:57:52 > 0:57:54Ladies and gentlemen, give it up for Magnetar!
0:57:54 > 0:57:56Well done again.
0:57:56 > 0:57:59- Thank you, that's all from us tonight, goodnight.- Goodnight.
0:58:01 > 0:58:04Next time on Robot Wars...
0:58:04 > 0:58:06..it's the grand final.
0:58:07 > 0:58:11And it starts with a 10 Robot Rumble.
0:58:12 > 0:58:14Roboteers stand by.
0:58:14 > 0:58:16It's just going to be, like, last man standing.
0:58:18 > 0:58:20Enemies everywhere.
0:58:21 > 0:58:23It'll just look like a complete warzone.
0:58:23 > 0:58:25It's going to be utter chaos.
0:58:27 > 0:58:30It's going to be pretty cool, isn't it?