• S.M.I.D.S.Y.



      Statistics
      • Weight: 100kg
      • Height: 26cm
      • Length: 120cm
      • Width: 80cm
      • Speed: 10mph
      • Year built: 1999 (Rebuilt 2016)
      • Status: Retired
      • Weight class: Heavyweight
      • Location: Yorkshire, England


      Armour
      Steel, Hardox & Polycarbonate
      Power
      2 x Bosch motors running on 750 watts. Powering its four-wheel drive.
      Weapons
      Pushing Power. Rear mounted Spinning disc that weighs 12.5kg and spins at 200mph
      Strengths
      Invertable
      Weaknesses
      Has been vulnerable to axes in the past and Newbie Team
      Team
      Team Leigh
      Information
      S.M.I.D.S.Y. is a heavyweight robot that was built originally in 1999 by 3 separate roboteers who built the robot over the internet. It had been competing in Robot Wars since Series 3. It made 3 heat finals losing Series 4 to Panic Attack, Series 5 to Chaos 2 and Series 7 to Atomic. S.M.I.D.S.Y.s name is stands for Sorry Mate, I Didn't See You, it got its name due to the fact the original team were all Motorcyclists and that its a common refrain heard from car drivers to motorcyclists. Since Robot Wars, S.M.I.D.S.Y. has been sold to 7 other teams and given to Jim and Morgan Leigh

      Achievements
      • Robot Wars - UK Series 4, 14th in Pinball Competition (2000)
      • Robot Wars - UK Series 4, 5th in Sumo Basho Competition (2000)
    • Forum Posts

      team death

      Post battle analysis and repair

      I took three Featherweight Robots to the latest Robodojo live event November 2025 and had a spot of bother with all three.

      Sometimes

      team death 25th November 2025, 17:51 Go to last post