Greenspan

Greenspan was a heavyweight robot built by Team Brown that competed in the final three seasons of BattleBots. Its weapon was a vertically spinning disc that used flailing hammers to deliver a series of blunt strikes (This was called "the hammer mill" by builder Steve Brown). It reached the round of 32 in the third and fourth seasons, and climbed up to the round of 16 in Season 5.0.

Team Brown also entered a lightweight version of Greenspan for Season 5.0 named Mini-G.

Robot History

Season 3.0

Greenspan3 — Greenspan's Season 3.0 appearance.

Greenspan's first ever match was in the preliminary rounds against The Administrator. Since there were no hazards other than the spikestrip, Greenspan shot straight across the box when the light turned green. It was the teams intent to place The Administrator in a purely defensive posture, which worked well until the weapon seized. After that, Greenspan fought with just the rear wedge. Greenspan managed to slam The Administrator into the spikestrip enough times to win the match on a 27-18 judge's decision. After the match, Team Brown discovered the weapon seized because the holes in the hammers were too close to the size of the shaft.

This win put Greenspan to the TV rounds, where it faced I-Beam. The team had never fought in a box with live hazards so instead of zipping across the box again, Greenspan decided to play possum. When the light turned green, Greenspan moved very slowly towards the middle of the box whilst not using the hammermill. The team wanted the I-Beam driver to think Greenspan had a problem. I-Beam charged right at Greenspan. It moved faster than the team anticipated and hit Greenspan pretty hard. At that point, the hammermill fired up and went after I-Beam. Team Brown later discovered that I-Beam was having trouble getting into the spin mode and were not sure what that means but they sure didn't mind it. After a number of hits from the hammermill, I-Beam appeared lifeless. Greenspan started to move out into the middle of the box to entertain the audience a little but the team suddenly realized that the hazards were still on and that they could lose if they commit boticide. Greenspan was turned around and delivered a few more whacks at its helpless opponent, then spun around and pushed I-Beam into the pulverizer with the wedge. I-Beam was being counted out and Greenspan won by KO at 1:07. This win put Greenspan to the round of 16, where it faced Voltronic.

Voltronicvsgreenspansf01 — Greenspan is pushed under the pulverizer by Voltronic.

During the match, Greenspan was immediately lifted by Voltronic and dragged around the BattleBox. Greenspan tried to get around the wedge of Voltronic, but failed after it was caught side on by Voltronic and lifted. Greenspan was then dragged to the pulverizer. Greenspan received 30 seconds of hits from the pulverizer before it eventually stopped moving and was counted out. Voltronic won by KO and Greenspan was eliminated from the tournament.

Greenspan wasn't finished, however, as it participated the heavyweight consolation rumble at the end of the tournament.

Season 4.0

Greenspan sfb01 — Greenspan's Season 4.0 appearance.

In Greenspan's first fight of Season 4.0, it fought Circuit Breaker. This fight provided Greenspan with a chance to test the rear wedge's purpose of primary defense against a spinner.

Circuit Breaker and Greenspan met in the middle of the box and Greenspan spun to take the first blow from Circuit Breaker with the rear wedge. However, it takes some time for Circuit Breaker's weapon to spin back up so Greenspan was spun around and wailed on him with the hammermill. Greenspan must have hit Circuit Breaker hard enough to break something lose inside and Circuit Breaker quit moving. Using the wedge again, Greenspan scooped up its opponent and put it in the spikestrip before Greenspan drove back to its starting square. Greenspan's driver then made a cardinal mistake as he decided to show boat a bit and went back over to wail on Circuit Breaker some more. Circuit Breaker's weapon got caught in the hammer mill and managed to break the welds holding Greenspan's weapon bearings. Circuit Breaker was being counted out and Greenspan won by KO. This win put Greenspan to the round of 32, where it faced OverKill.

OverKill vs Greenspan SF01B — The match deciding hit between OverKill and Greenspan.

This fight was fairly uneventful in the beginning stages, until Greenspan followed OverKill towards the red square. Unfortunately for Greenspan, OverKill drove over the killsaws in the process and was tossed backwards by them and into the front of Greenspan. The hit to the front of Greenspan threw it up into the air and upside down on its back, leaving Greenspan immobilized. OverKill won by a KO in dramatic fashion, eliminating Greenspan from the tournament again.

Greenspan wasn't finished, however, as it participated the heavyweight consolation rumble at the end of the tournament.

Season 5.0

LittleSpan — Little Sister tossing Greenspan into the air.

Greenspan first fight in Season 5.0 was against Little Sister. After Little Sister flips Greenspan's front, Greenspan started hitting the right side of Little Sister with its spinning disc. Shortly after this, Little Sister stopped moving and was counted out. Greenspan won by KO and advanced to the round of 16, where it faced BioHazard.

BiohazardvsGreenspan SF02 — Greenspan gets flipped by BioHazard.

This match was over quickly for Greenspan as it was outmaneuvered by BioHazard, which drove over to Greenspan and flipped it over after Greenspan caused some sparks with its spinning disc. Greenspan didn't have a self-righting mechanism and it was counted out, eliminating it from the tournament again.

Greenspan couldn't compete in the heavyweight royal rumble because the rest of the rumbles were canceled due to an accident with Nightmare during the heavyweight consolation rumble.