Wedges were a type of weapon used in Robot Wars. The hugely successful La Machine was the first to use a wedge, but the wedge also became hugely successful in the UK Series, with two of the first ever Grand Finalists, including the Grand Champion, using wedges to great effect. Even in the final year of the Series, Storm 2's basic wedge managed to take out the New Blood Championship.

DefinitionEdit

A wedge or ramp is simply when a robot's body slopes to the ground, creating a triangle shape. The bottom of the wedge is designed to negotiate ground clearances and turn robots over.

Quite often, a wedge will be classified under ramming blades also.

Advantages and DisadvantagesEdit

Advantages

• Wedges were the easiest weapons to make. They were only as expensive as the chassis.
• Wedges were very useful in conjunction with another weapon, usually a flipper or an axe. As robot combat went on, traditional wedges tended to evolve into some form of flipping weapon.
• In the early wars, wedges were very effective finishing weapons, as few robots had self-righting mechanisms.
• Heavily armoured wedges could prove to be very good defensive weapons. Terrorhurtz and Hypno-Disc were both outclassed by Tornado's "charity scoop".

Disadvantages

• With the invention of srimechs, wedges became severely ineffective on their own.
• Wedges have trouble navigating uneven surfaces. Very low wedges can be hindered by the slightest imperfection in the floor; this was seen in Storm 2's battle with Mute when Storm 2 ruined its wedge by getting jammed in the Disc of Doom.
• Although they could be incorporated with an invertible design, an inverted wedge was far less effective and often counted against a robot. Tornado, once turned over by Bigger Brother has considerable less push and was pitted very easily.
• In the Seventh Wars, robots with only wedges were banned because of the new rule stating that all robots needed a moving weapon. This rule forced the highly succesful Storm 2 to adopt a lifter in order to qualify, and Grand Champion Tornado to add a flail to its wedge.
• If the wedge takes too much damage, it will bend and therefore no longer allow the robot to get underneath opponents. The most severe case of this was Bulldog Breed's defeat at the hands of X-Terminator

List of robots with WedgesEdit

NB: Many famous wedges, such as Firestorm and Chaos 2, are excluded on this list due to their famed flipping weapons. Only robots whose wedges were their primary weapon are included below.

Robots are listed alphabetically. Robots that aren't heavyweight are listed with a green background.

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