Gloomweaver

Gloomweaver
Participation Information
Reboot Seasons	World Championship V (Withdrew) World Championship VI (Withdrew)
Team Information
Team	Good Robots for Cool People
Team Members	Miles Pekala Kasper Richards Unnamed teammates
From	San Francisco, CA
Associated Robots	Battle Royale With Cheese (Miles Pekala)
Robot Statistics
Weight	~500lbs
Weapons	Grabber Flamethrower
Statistics correct as of its most recent appearance on the show, or if not applicable, qualification attempt.

Gloomweaver was a heavyweight robot designed by Good Robots for Cool People, which applied for BattleBots World Championship V and VI.

It is a six-legged walkerbot designed to resemble a large spider. Gloomweaver was designed to have grabbing pincers at the front with a flamethrower in the center. Much like the most recent build of Chomp, Gloomweaver was entitled to the 500lb weight limit for walking robots, double that of competitors using more traditional methods of locomotion such as wheels, tracks or shuffling systems. It uses hydraulic systems to power its legs.

Gloomweaver in the build stage in 2021.

Gloomweaver's logo in mid-2021.

Gloomweaver was confirmed to have been accepted ahead of the 2020 season, but had to withdraw due to time constraints with filming of the season being postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to restrictions enforced by the pandemic, the team were unable to work on the robot from September to January 2021, but the team reapplied for World Championship VI regardless of this setback. However, they again had to withdraw as the team's software engineer suffered a house fire, and focus understandably shifted away from Gloomweaver in the lead-up to the 2021 season.

Team captain and lead engineer Miles Pekara confirmed progress on Gloomweaver would eventually resume, and stated the bot was "around 85% completed" as of January 2021. However, there have been no updates since and it is not known whether Gloomweaver applied for future competitions.

"It's going to be reassembled once we get our shop rebuilt."

— Miles Pekara addresses questions over the future of Gloomweaver

Miles Pekara previously entered BattleBots with Battle Royale With Cheese in World Championship III, leading the construction of the robot.

Outside BattleBots

Away from BattleBots, Miles Pekala lent himself to MegaBots, a now-defunct company which aimed to launch a humanoid robot fighting league between giant mechanoid robots.

Trivia

• Gloomweaver was the first walking robot of the reboot era to be publicly revealed to BattleBots fans via Facebook in 2020. However, Chomp would become the first to compete.