Dreadnought

Dreadnought
Participation Information
Comedy Central Seasons	Season 3.0 Season 4.0 Season 5.0
Other Names	Uppercut (Working name)
Team Information
Team	Team Coolrobots
Team Members	Christian Carlberg Tod Steward Bernadine Ballard Frank Ballard Lois Ballard Mike Ballard Charlene Khanlian Luke Khanlian Jim Kundig Kyle Murray Scott Rouse
From	Santa Monica, CA
Other Entries	Minion, Knee-Breaker, Toe-Crusher, OverKill, UpperCut, TriDent, OverDrive, Mecha Rampage, Nasty, Little Killer
Associated Robots	Yeti, Chunk (Christian Carlberg)
Robot Statistics
Season 5.0
Weapons	Dual spinning flywheels
Statistics correct as of its most recent appearance on the show, or if not applicable, qualification attempt.

Dreadnought was a superheavyweight robot built by Team Coolrobots which competed in three seasons of Comedy Central BattleBots.

It was a two-wheel drive, wedge-shaped robot armed with twin, 22" spinning flywheels. Its large drive wheels allowed Dreadnought to also run inverted. Dreadnought was notable for costing about $70,000 to build. Dreadnought was fairly successful in BattleBots, reaching the televised rounds in Seasons 4.0 and 5.0 but never getting past the Round of 16. Dreadnought also appeared in a four-way exhibition battle in Season 3.0 against Chinkilla, La Machine and Ginsu, where ChinKilla was deemed victorious.

Dreadnought was originally known as UpperCut before its final name was decided. However, it instead inherited the name Dreadnought from a robot Carlberg entered into a LEGO Mindstorms event in 1999. The UpperCut was ultimately given to the team's heavyweight entry into Season 5.0.

Dreadnought hung on a wall, next to Minion.

Dreadnought and Minion during Season 3.0.

Dreadnought in The Pits during Season 3.0.

Christian Carlberg's LEGO robot named Dreadnought in 1999.

Outside BattleBots

Dreadnought made a cameo appearance in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation in the episode Precious Metal. Its given name was 'Slaughter 10'.

Dreadnought at the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation recording.

Robot History

Season 3.0
Dreadnought vs. OJ Dreadnought's first ever match in BattleBots was against OJ. OJ won the fight on a close 24-21 judges' decision and Dreadnought was eliminated from the tournament.
Dreadnought, Ginsu and La Machine vs. Chinkilla (Exhibition Match) Dreadnought, Ginsu and La Machine attack Chinkilla. Dreadnought also participated in a four-way exhibition battle against Chinkilla, teamed up with Ginsu and La Machine. It was La Machine and Dreadnought who showed the most aggression of the three challengers and even turned on Ginsu at one point. The time ran out and Chinkilla won on a close and controversial 23-22 judges' decision.
Season 4.0
Dreadnought vs. The KillDozer Dreadnought's first match was against The KillDozer. Dreadnought's double-disk vertical spinner put a lot of dents into KillDozer, mostly on the plow blade, but Dreadnought kept having to retreat to spin up. Killdozer looked to be on the offensive, despite the damage. However the big steel plow blade eventually gave way to the repeated hits and was torn apart and thrown into the air, piece by piece (one piece might have even bounced off the ceiling). KillDozer managed to get one good hit and Dreadnought's weapon was releasing some smoke. Dreadnought was pushing The KillDozer with its rear wedge and the time ran out. Dreadnought won the fight on a 31-14 judges' decision and advanced to the TV rounds, where it faced Little Egypt.
Dreadnought vs. Little Egypt Dreadnought won the fight by KO and advanced to the Round of 32, where it faced Revision Z.
Dreadnought vs. Revision Z Dreadnought gets underneath Revision Z. After Dreadnought got underneath Revision Z with its rear wedge at one point, the time ran out and Dreadnought won the fight on a 29-16 judges' decision. This win put Dreadnought to the Round of 16, where it faced Little Blue Engine.
Dreadnought vs. Little Blue Engine Dreadnought broke down due to an internal battery shortage and it was being counted out. Little Blue Engine won the fight by KO and Dreadnought was eliminated from the tournament again.
Season 5.0
Dreadnought vs. Gammacide Dreadnought gets pushed onto the killsaws by Gammacide. Due to its seeding, Dreadnought was allowed to skip the preliminary rounds of Season 5.0, where it eventually faced Gammacide. Gammacide bashes Dreadnought and Dreadnought attacks with its saws, but Gammacide managed to flip Dreadnought. Gammacide almost scoops Dreadnought again and gets hit by the killsaws. Dreadnought scoops Gammacide and puts it on a different set of killsaws. After ramming Gammacide into the screws Dreadnought retreats and takes a hit from the killsaws itself. Gammacide collides into Dreadnought again and Dreadnought twirled in the air a bit from the ram. Dreadnought managed to score some hits with its disks, but Gammacide pushed Dreadnought onto some killsaws. Dreadnought hits Gammacide's side with the disks and in another hit Dreadnought flips itself back over. Dreadnought scored another hit with its disks and Gammacide gets wounded by the killsaws. Dreadnought then scooped Gammacide towards the wall and began attacking with its disks again and one hit broke Gammacide's left-arm from its shoulder. Dreadnought continued to torture Gammacide until the timer buzzed, and Dreadnought won the fight on a 29-16 judges' decision.
Dreadnought vs. Diesector Dreadnought fighting Diesector. Diesector attacks Dreadnought. Dreadnought advanced to the Round of 16, where it faced Diesector. In the match, Diesector withstood almost every blow from Dreadnought, causing little damage. Eventually, Dreadnought's weapon motors strained, which proved to be a weakness for them as Diesector grappled the metal pole between the two spinning disks and rammed them into the spikestrip and pulverizers. The time eventually ran out and Diesector won the fight on a 31-14 judges' decision which meant that Dreadnought was eliminated from the tournament after what proved to be its final fight.

Competitive Wins/Losses

• Wins: 4
• Losses: 3

Exhibition Wins/Losses

• Wins: 0
• Losses: 1

Total Wins/Losses

• Wins: 4
• Losses: 4

Competition	Wins	Losses
Season 3.0	None	OJ Chinkilla (Exhibition)
Season 4.0	The KillDozer Little Egypt Revision Z	Little Blue Engine
Season 5.0	Gammacide	Diesector

Mark Beiro Introductions

"Coolrobots' Christian Carlberg presents, the coolest killer DREADNOUGHT!"

"He's got nothing against YOU for say. He just wants to beat on everyone that looks like you! Its DREADNOUGHT!"

"He thinks he's such a big SHIP! Its DREADNOUGHT!"