Pussycat

Statistics
• Weight: 99kg
• Height: 50cm
• Length: 122cm
• Width: 55cm
• Speed: 14mph
• Year built: 2002
• Status: Retired
• Weight class: Heavyweight
• Location: Redditch, Worcestershire, England


Armour
Stainless steel, Polycarbonate & Aluminium
Power
3 x Bosch motors, each running on 750 watts.
Weapons
Case-hardened steel blade that can spin at speeds of up to 3500rpm.
Strengths
Always lands on its feet every time it gets flipped.
Weaknesses
Has exposed wheels.
Team Cold Fusion
Alan Gribble, Dave Gribble, Anne Gribble and Stu Barnwell
Information
Pussycat is a robot that has been around since Series 3 of Robot Wars, it was originally built by Team Cold Fusion as the predecessor to their robot Bodyhammer which had been around since Series 1. From Series 3, it was driven by David Gribble who's skilful driving helped it to reach the grand-final of Series 4 where it got beaten by Chaos 2 and also the semi-finals of Series 5 where it lost to Firestorm 3. Pussycat didn't return for Series 6 due to the untimely death of David Gribble who was unfortunately involved a traffic accident and sadly died but it returned for Series 7. However, Alan and his wife Anne worked for the series as Technical consultants leaving Stuart Barnwell to take over as he was looking for robot building advice from them nearer the time. Pussycat didn't progress beyond the heats then, but Stu's driving helped it claim the All-Stars title at the end of the series. Pussycat, was armed with a very powerful spinning blade that was said to be capable of demolishing a garage and was cleverly designed so it could land on its feet like a cat. Alan Gribble passed away in November 2013 after a battle with cancer, but he is always remembered for his sportsmanship at events.

Achievements
• Robot Wars - UK Series 4 Runner-Up (2000)
• Robot Wars - UK Series 4, 8th in the Sumo Basho Competition (2000)
• Robot Wars - UK Series 4, Celebrity Special Winner - Driven by Adam Woodyatt (2000)
• Robot Wars Extreme 1 - All-Stars Tournament Quarter-Finalist (2001)
• Robot Wars Extreme 1 - Tag Team Terror Champion with Diotoir (as a substitute for Mega Morg) (2001)
• Robot Wars Extreme 1 - Annihilator Winner (2001)
• Robot Wars - USA Series, War of Independance Winner (2001)
• Robot Wars - UK Series 5 Semi-Finalist (2001)
• Robot Wars Extreme 2 - Iron Maidens Runner-Up (2002)
• Robot Wars - UK Series 7, All-Stars Champion (2003)