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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.[1] 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.
Outside BattleBots[]
Dreadnought made a cameo appearance in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation in the episode Precious Metal. Its given name was 'Slaughter 10'.
Robot History[]
Season 3.0[] |
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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. |
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. |
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. |
Dreadnought vs. Diesector ![]() Dreadnought fighting Diesector. ![]() Diesector attacks Dreadnought. |
Competitive Wins/Losses[]
- Wins: 4
- Losses: 3
Exhibition Wins/Losses[]
- Wins: 0
- Losses: 1
Total Wins/Losses[]
- Wins: 4
- Losses: 4
Competition | Wins | Losses |
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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!"