Velocirippa
Statistics
Weight: 100kg
Height: 80cm
Length: 100cm
Width: 60cm
Speed: 15mph
Year built: 2002
Status: Retired
Weight class: Heavyweight
Location: Clifton, Nottingham, England
Armour
Shell made up of Carbon fibre and Kevlar.
Power
2 x Electric motors powered by 800 watts running its two-wheel drive.
Weapons
Pneumatically powered front flipper.
Strengths
Has self-righting capabilities.
Weaknesses
Exposed drive wheels.
Team Mouse
Trevor Wright, Pat Wright and Ernie Wright.
Information
Velocirippa was a heavyweight robot built by Trevor Wright from Nottingham. It was Team Mouse's first ever robot built for their army. The first version of Velocirippa was built for the Series 3 UK Robot Wars Soccer special where it reached the final losing to Evil Weevil. After losing in the heats of Series 4 and 5, Velocirippa was built in 2002 to the spec it was in before it retired. Again it hasn't enjoyed much success in UK Competitions apart from qualifying for the finals in the 2004 UK Championships where it lost the first round to Storm 2 but it did win the 2006 Tag-team Championships paired with Merlin. In 2008, Velocirippa was retired, the shell was cut up but the chassis was used for Trevor's other creation Meggamouse which still competes today.
Achievements
• Robot Wars - UK Series 3, Robotic Soccer Finalist (1999)
• Fighting Robots UK Championships 2004 Finalist (Roaming Robots Winter Tour)
• Fighting Robots Tag Team 2006 Champions with Merlin