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For the unrelated King of Bots entrant with the same name, see Robo Challenge#Spectre.

Spectre was a competitor robot that appeared in Series 3 of Robot Wars. It fought exclusively in the Robotic Soccer side competition, losing in the preliminary rounds to The General.

Design[]

Spectre was a reverse-wedge shaped robot painted yellow and black, and armed with two spikes and a pickaxe that ran through the end of the wedge. The robot featured an angry face painted on the front end, as well as two football boots covering its spikes in keeping with the theme of Robotic Soccer.

Qualification[]

Spectre attended the auditions for Series 3 to run the obstacle course and attempt to impress the producers. Although it was not selected for the main competition, it was invited to take part in the Robotic Soccer side event.

The team also attempted to qualify for Series 5 and 6 with Spectre 2 (alternatively Spectre II), a low wedge-shaped robot also armed with an axe. For the former, it attended the Birmingham leg of the 2001 Live Event tour, and is known to have won a qualifier battle against Haardervark. However, it would not qualify for either series. By the time of its attempted Series 6 entry, Spectre 2 cost £1,000 to build, with Louise Howell and Katie Travic joining the team in place of Mark Howell and Joe Hawkins.[1][2]

Robot History[]

Series 3[]

Spectre general football

Spectre 'tackles' The General

In the Robotic Soccer side competition, Spectre faced The General in its preliminary round. Spectre spun around in the opening seconds as The General immediately drove towards the ball and pushed it away, dribbling past Matilda before she blocked its run and knocked the ball away. The General wedged itself against the wall while shoving Matilda, allowing Spectre to come in and 'tackle' The General before spinning and knocking the ball away from The General as it attempted to push Spectre away. Even so, The General regained possession of the ball, dribbling it along the edge of the arena before being blocked by Matilda once again. However, Matilda accidentally knocked the ball towards the open goal, allowing The General to progress to the Robotic Soccer final, while Spectre was eliminated.

Results[]

SPECTRE - RESULTS
Robotic Soccer
Round 1
Preliminary vs. The General Lost

Series Record[]

SpectreTeamS3

The team controlling Spectre

Series Spectre Series Record
The First Wars Did not enter
The Second Wars Did not enter
The Third Wars Robotic Soccer
The Fourth Wars Did not enter
The Fifth Wars Failed to qualify with Spectre 2
The Sixth Wars Failed to qualify with Spectre 2
The Seventh Wars Did not enter
Series 8 Did not enter
Series 9 Did not enter
Series 10 Did not enter

Trivia[]

  • Spectre was one of four competitors in the Series 3 Robotic Soccer competition that never appeared in any other series, the other three being Alien, Malfunktion and Gnasher.

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