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Battlebots bounty hunters5/17/2023 ![]() He later formed part of Team Black and Blue as they entered DUCK! for the 2019 competition. In spite of its success, Beta did not return for either of the next two seasons, instead competing in the Chinese show King of Bots, where John Reid helped out his old rival Gabriel Stroud with his flipper bot Tánshè. Joined by Grant Cooper of Team Robo Challenge - who assisted with weapon operations and repairs - Beta reached the quarter-finals of the main competition, losing a close duel with Tombstone at that stage after receiving serious damage to its armor and weapon mount. The weapon's quick fire rate, self-righting capability, and damage output quickly made Beta a crowd favorite. When Beta returned again for World Championship II, it finally worked as intended, allowing it to demonstrate its electrically-driven hammer to devastating effect. The bag contained Beta's custom weapon controller, wiring harness, armor mounting, wheel bearings, chargers and more, but was eventually found eight weeks later. This was due to American Airlines losing a 25kg bag of important parts for Beta on its way to San Francisco. Unfortunately, despite multiple attempts to get it working, they were forced to forfeit their first match. Multiple changes had been made to Beta in order to bring it up-to-date, including a new hammer arm which was bent so it could strike opponents even when mid-air and a suction fan system to replace the magnets. Team Hurtz were forced to withdraw and intended to remedy this ahead of the next competition, but the show was canceled after Season 5.0.ĭave Moulds working on Beta during World Championship I.īeta returned for World Championship I on ABC, with John Reid being assisted by Dave Moulds of Team Carbide, who would later enter Cobalt under his own team. However, as its magnets pulled the floor panels up, Beta could not move under its own power in the BattleBots test box. Joined by long-term teammate Dominic Parkinson as well as two-time Robot Wars champion George Francis of Chaos 2 fame, the original build of Beta showed up in a finished state to compete in the Comedy Central Season 5.0 heavyweight division. The robot was built especially for the show, armored in polycarbonate with stainless steel corner panels, and was armed with a large geared hammer deemed so powerful that it needed strong magnets to keep the bot from destabilizing. It also had to withdraw from World Championship I, but returned for World Championship II, V and most recently, World Championship VII.īuilt by John Reid of Team Hurtz to replace KillerHurtz after Season 4.0, Beta would finally debut during World Championship II. So if we can hit it on the top, we can kill them with a good hit." - John Reid during World Championship IIīeta (pronounced bee-tah and sometimes stylized as βeta, beta or BETA) is a heavyweight robot which originally intended to compete in Season 5.0 of Comedy Central BattleBots, but had to withdraw. ![]() It's very rare, people aren't expecting that, so people don't put a whole lot of armor on the top, it's all on the sides. What's different about Beta is we come in from the top. ![]() " There are a lot of vicious weapons in BattleBots - spinners, drums - but they all come in from the side.
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