• Bigger Brother


      Statistics
      � Weight: 99kg
      � Height: 40cm
      � Length: 80cm
      � Width: 70cm
      � Speed: 12mph
      � Year built: 2001
      � Status: Active
      � Weight class: Heavyweight
      � Location: Brighton, West Sussex, England



      Armour
      4mm Steel & 10mm Polycarbonate
      Power
      2 x Electric motors run on 750 watts
      Weapons
      CO2 powered spiked gas ram flipper. Flipper is powered by a ram from a JCB digger and can flip a Mini Metro in 0.25 seconds.
      Strengths
      Is very fast combined with an effective flipper.
      Weaknesses
      Has a reputation for being thrown out the arena too often.
      Team Bigger Brother
      Ian Watts, Cathy Watts, Joe Watts, Ellie Watts, Megan Watts & Sam Watts
      Information
      Team Bigger Brother have been fighting with their machine Bigger Brother 15 years since their first appearance on Robot Wars in Series 3. Bigger Brother was well known in Robot Wars for the kids in its team who were loved by the roboteering community and still are to this day. Bigger Brothers best series of Robot Wars was series 5 where it beat reigning champion Chaos 2 in the after winning the previous two series, beating Hypno-Disc in the grand-final despite getting thrashed and then going on to finish as runner-up to Razer. It also won the Minor Meltdown tournament in Robot Wars Extreme 2. Bigger Brother has still been fighting a lot in the live events and has done well including winning the Robots Live! event in Exeter 2007.

      Achievements
      • Robot Wars - UK Series 4 - 3rd in Tag Team Championships (with Plunderbird 4) (2000)
      • Robot Wars - USA Nickelodeon - 3rd in International Tag-Team Terror with Kat 3 (2001)
      • Robot Wars - UK Series 5 Runner-up (2001)
      • Robot Wars - UK Series 6 Semi-finalist (2002)
      • Robot Wars Extreme 2 - Minor Meltdown Champion (2002)
      • Robot Rumble 2006 Semi-Finalist
      • Robots Live! - Exeter 2007 Winner
      • Robots Live! - 3rd in Team Championships 2010 with Team Saints & Sinners