Splinter

Statistics
• Weight: 100kg
• Height: 65cm
• Length: 135cm
• Width: 80cm
• Speed: 15mph
• Year built: 2001
• Status: Retired
• Weight class: Heavyweight
• Location: Hoogvliet, Rotterdam, Holland


Armour
Welded steel frame, aluminium checker-plate shell with polycarbonate.
Power
2 x 24v Bosch motors running on 750 watts powering its 2-wheel drive. Also runs on 4 x SLA 7Ah Batteries running on 12v.
Weapons
Pneumatic axe with grabbing arms to trap other robots.
Strengths
Really speedy and good weapon synergy.
Weaknesses
Prone to attacks from the sides and the rear.
Team RCC
Leo Van Miert, Mario de Jongh, Babeth Van Son, Niels Schotten & Rick Mass.
Information
Splinter is a heavyweight that was originally built by Stuart Weightman from Team Ivanhoe from Norwich. The first version of this machine was built in 2000 for the UK Fourth Series of Robot Wars where it beat Killerhurtz and Eric in its heat before getting utterly trashed in a very memorable battle by Hypno-Disc in the semi-finals. It earned vengeance on Hypno-Disc in the Extreme 1 Annihilator and finished 3rd. After losing Series 5 in the heats to Bigger Brother, Stuart Weightman decided to sell his creation on Ebay and was bought by Dutch roboteer Leo Van Miert. Under the wing of Team RCC, Splinter tried but failed to qualify for the UK Seventh Wars and also fought in a few Roaming Robots events. It retired after its last battle at the Roaming Robots event at the Billing Aquadrome event in 2004 where it took a lot of damage from Kan-Opener and Terrorhurtz.

Achievements
• Robot Wars - UK Series 4 Semi-Finalist (2000)