Whirlpool 70

Whirlpool 70
Whirlpool 70
Participation Information
UK Series	Extreme 1
US Season	1
Other Names	W70
Team Information
Team	The Big Soft
Team Members	Janis Platbardis Christer Floors Mats Larsen
Robot Statistics
Weight	100kg
Dimensions	0.56m x 0.69m x 0.34m
Clearance	15mm
Top Speed	3mph
Power	12V Electric Motor
Weapons	Blades, Hooks, Flails attached to spinning body.
Statistics correct as of its most recent show/competition appearance, or if not applicable, qualification attempt.

"It's emerged from the underwater depths to fight the land robots."

— Jonathan Pearce introduces W70

Whirlpool 70 (also called W70) was a Swedish robot that entered The Second World Championship, which was broadcast as part of the first series of Robot Wars Extreme: Series 1 and the first season of Robot Wars: Extreme Warriors. It lost its only battle, after being flipped by Firestorm 3 and set upon by Sir Killalot.

Design

Whirlpool 70 in the arena

Whirlpool 70 was a tracked robot built out of a swimming pool cleaning device, armed with a heavy rotating steel frame with four flailing maces attached to it, which acted as the robot's full-body spinner. According to Robot Wars Extreme: The Official Guide, the rotating frame could also be fitted with spikes or hooks in place of the maces. The front of Whirlpool 70 was lined with red LED's. However, the robot could not self-right, a weakness highlighted on its statistics board, and it was extremely slow at 3mph.

Robot History

Extreme 1

Whirlpool 70 is crumpled by Sir Killalot

W70 is flipped onto its side by Firestorm 3

Whirlpool 70 is left upside-down after being flipped

Whirlpool 70 started the match very slowly as it tried to get its spinning body up to speed. Drillzilla rammed W70, but was pushed away by Firestorm 3. NEAT Machine used its battering ram to stop W70 from escaping, but W70 then drove very slowly away and into Sir Killalot's grasp. It was here that W70 was damaged by Sir Killalot, leading to its breakdown. Meanwhile NEAT Machine had been flipped over by Firestorm 3, which then proceeded to flip Whirlpool 70 onto its side. Sir Killalot placed W70 back onto its tracks on the floor flipper, but it was no longer moving, and so it was counted out by Refbot. W70 was then thrown by the floor flipper, and was left inverted. Whirlpool 70 still managed to get in Firestorm and Drillzilla's way as they continued fighting, but it had already been eliminated from the battle that was eventually won by Drillzilla.

Results

Wins/Losses

• Wins: 0
• Losses: 1

Whirlpool 70 in the pits

Trivia

• Whirlpool 70 is one of only two robots from Sweden to compete in Robot Wars. The other is Rawbot.