Draven
Draven in Extreme 1 (Series 5)
Participation Information
UK Series	Extreme 1
Other Names	Anthrax (Original Name)
Team Information
Team	Anarchic Engineering
Team Members	Martin Gutkowski Joe Gibson Richard Johnstone
Robot Statistics
Weight	100kg
Dimensions	1.16m x 0.73m x 0.55m
Power	3 x electric motors
Weapons	Hydraulic crushing jaw mounted on a lifting arm
Robot statistics correct as of its most recent appearance on the show

Draven was a competitor robot from Cranbrook in Kent that featured solely in the first series of Robot Wars Extreme. It was a box-shaped robot powered by two 1200W permanent magnet motors with an (at the time) unique hydraulic crushing jaw with 4 tonnes of pressure, which was mounted on a lifting arm, allowing it to lift approximately 200kg and self-right. Due to poor reliability, it failed to qualify for Series 4 and Series 5. Draven's only televised battle was in a Wild Card Warriors battle with King B Powerworks during Extreme 1, where it lost due to mechanical failure.

Similarly to Roadblock, Draven was originally given the name Anthrax and this name was used during the original airing of its sole episode appearance. By the time the episode reached the BBC, however, the name had to be changed due to an anthrax scare in the USA at the time. All usage of the original Anthrax name was removed and all subsequent airings of the episode stayed this way.

In its Series 5 qualifier, Draven broke down, and was dumped out of the arena by Shunt.

Draven was subsequently rebuilt into the form shown above/left and made two appearances the the ESAT/BT young scientist exhibition in Dublin where it appeared alongside King B, Bigger Brother, Razer, Panic Attack and Chaos 2.

Robot HistoryEdit

Extreme 1Edit

Draven and King B Powerworks collided, with the following minutes showing not much of note. Draven had a slight advantage as King B's circular saw was not working, but the only chance it received to clamp onto King B was missed, and King B then slid beneath Draven in a Panic-Attack style manoeuvre. King B then steered Draven into the pit release button and dumped the newcomers down; another newcomer had failed.

ResultsEdit

Wins/LossesEdit

• Wins: 0
• Losses: 1

Series RecordEdit

• Series 1-3: Did not enter
• Series 4-5: Failed to qualify
• Series 6-7: Did not enter