Apollo

Apollo is a wedge flipper robot which the team describe as a ‘launcher’ as it can ‘launch a 100kg competitor at least six foot into the air.’

Fact title	Fact data
Location	North Wales
Weapon	Flipper
Weight	107.9kg
Defence	6mm wear-resistant steel (front), 3mm military grade steel
Top Speed	12mph
Drive System	2 x 1.2kw 24 volt motors, running through a two stage chain drive transmission
Biggest Weakness	The robot has a relatively low supply of gas so the team have to choose wisely as to when to use the launcher.

Name: Dave Young (28)
Role: Captain and Driver
Occupation: Theatre Technician

Apollo is a wedge flipper robot which can ‘launch a 100kg competitor at least six foot into the air

Name: Marc Dermott (32)
Role: Engineer
Occupation: Entertainments Manager

Name: Ben Bacon (28)
Role: Engineer
Occupation: Entertainer

The team met as they were members of the famous Pontins ‘Bluecoats Entertainers,’ and formed a friendship from there. Captain, Dave, has converted his farmyard barn into a ‘Robot Workshop.’ The barn is now ‘a museum’ to all of his old fighting robots from the live event shows.