Battlesaw.
Battlesaw was a robot from Team Twister Robotics for the second season of the ABC reboot of BattleBots. The team consisted of Adam Cox (Captain and Chief Designer), Seth Cox (Materials), Jason Cox (Electronics), Jeremiah Loder (Pitman), and Chris Humble (Pitman). This design was ultimately rejected for the second season. The team was supposed to appear on the third season on the Discovery Channel show as an alternate, but Battlesaw was not finished in time and had to drop out.
Battlesaw was finally brought in for Season 4, with it's eight armed spinning ring, but the only known changes so far are its color scheme, having a sky blue top plate and a silver ring over the the full blue body in its Season 3 CAD.
Design
A picture of what Battlesaw was intended to look like.
The robot had two designs, both of which featured triangular spinning arms (12 in the first version and 8 in the second), equipped with interchangeable Tungsten teeth. Both versions were intended to be 4' wide from weapon tip to weapon tip and 10" tall. The weapon was to be ran between 70-140 MPH, with an estimated energy storage between 16.5kJ and 66kJ. It operated on tracks, which utilized Neodymium magnets of opposing polarities to give it extra traction so it wouldn't fly across the arena as much upon impact with the opponent, somewhat similar to the concept of Bad Penny.
Robot History
Discovery Season 4
Battlesaw had two untelevised fights against two newcomers. It first fought Mad Catter and was able to destroy its minibot in a ball of fire, but when it moved onto the main bot, Battlesaw started smoking after tapping its opponent with its ring. With no movement left and the smoke rising, Mad Catter slowly hit the top of Battlesaw for good measure as the refs counted Battlesaw out.
Battlesaw's next untelevised fight was against Extinguisher. What is known is Extinguisher was able to push Battlesaw around easily as it was smoking, bring it to the pulverizer and hammer it. Battlesaw was counted out and Extinguisher won by KO.
Wins/Losses
- Wins: TBA
- Losses: 2
| Competition | Wins | Losses |
|---|---|---|
| Discovery Season 4 | TBA | Mad Catter (Untelevised Undercard Match)
Extinguisher (Untelevised Undercard Match) |
Trivia
- The robot was also planned to be scaled down and built as a 30-pound robot named Minisaw, but the team never went through with this plan due to the loss of interest that resulted from Season 3's prolonged hiatus.