Shockwave

Shockwave is a lifter bot with fully interchangeable weapons, which can be substituted depending on who it will face in the arena. Shockwave’s drive motors are the same as those used on fairground carousel rides, and its wheels are taken from a go-cart.

Fact title	Fact data
Location	Reading
Weapon	Rotating Lifting Arm with Multiple Weapon Choices (Wedges/Spikes/Snow Plough)
Weight	110 kg
Defence	4mm of armour plating steel, with 15mm of high density polyethylene plastic
Top Speed	20mph
Drive System	2 x 4kW fairground ride motors driving 4 go-kart wheels
Biggest Weakness	The low and flat top panel is unprotected and therefore vulnerable to an axe or crusher attack

Name: Will Thomas (Son, 24)
Role: Captain and Designer
Occupation: Studying for a PhD in Cybernetics

Shockwave has the ability to lift up 200kg in weight, and pull a car with both team members sitting in it.

Name: Ian Thomas (Dad, 52)
Role: Mechanics and main builder
Occupation: Works in marketing

The team have ten years of fighting experience at live events, but they’ve never competed in Robot Wars. This is the first time Shockwave has fought in any competition, so was untested when they went into battle.