• The Alien


      Statistics
      • Weight: 99kg
      • Height: 64cm
      • Length: 97cm
      • Width: 95cm
      • Speed: 15.5mph
      • Year built: 2001
      • Status: Retired
      • Weight class: Heavyweight
      • Location: Cannock, Staffordshire, England


      Armour
      Steel tubing and Polycarbonate panels from old phone boxes.
      Power
      2 x 24v Electric motors running on 1000 watts powering its 2-wheel drive.
      Weapons
      Vertically mounted spinning hammer that weighs 12kg and spins at 1300rpm. Top mounted pneumatic srimech can lift 150kg.
      Strengths
      Really fast and has destructive potential.
      Weaknesses
      Srimech isn't reliable and has a poor success rate.
      Team Desert Storm
      Karl Asplin, Christine Asplin and David Turner
      Information
      The Alien is a heavyweight that was built in Staffordshire by Karl Asplin who used to be a part of the original Bulldog Breed team. It was built in 2001 for the Fifth series of the UK Robot Wars where it lost the second round of its heat to Prizephita Mac 2, it also reached the second round in Series 6 where it lost a controversial judges decision to Shredder. The Alien was armed with a very powerful spinning hammer which had 1.5kg lump hammers on each end capable of dishing out a lot of punishment to whatever got too close.