Jaws of Death

Season 5.0
Season 4.0
Season 3.0

Participation Information

Comedy Central Seasons

Season 3.0
Season 4.0
Season 5.0

Team Information

Team

Operation Boilermaker

Team Members

Curt Meyers
Alec Aizner

Bas Van Der Veer
Amy Sun
Bernie Haverkamp
Tim Jones
Eugene Meydbray
Chad Meyers

From

San Jose, CA

Other Entries

Kill-O-Amp, BOT-3.14159..., Counter Revolution

Robot Statistics

Weapons

Hydraulic Jaws

Statistics correct as of its most recent appearance on the show, or if not applicable, qualification attempt.

"The engine sounds great with it's CompCams exhaust pipe. It makes a great noise in the arena. Internal combustion engines are cool on a robot!"

— Curt Meyers on Jaws of Death

Jaws of Death was a superheavyweight robot built by Operation Boilermaker, which competed in the final three seasons of Comedy Central BattleBots.

It was gas-powered and armed with a pair of large hydraulic jaws, with its name being an inverse of the popular term "jaws of life" used by rescue services across the world. Built over a six month time frame, the team claimed its jaws could exert 40,000lbs of force.^[1] Jaws of Death never made it out of the preliminary rounds, but was surprisingly popular, even appearing in official BattleBots merchandise. Following the end of Comedy Central BattleBots, Jaws of Death fought in Steel Conflict 3 with modest success. Some years later, Jaws of Life fought in the 2008 edition of RoboGames, where it lost all three of its fights.

Operation Boilermaker previously entered Robot Wars 1997 and the first five BattleBots competitions with Kill-O-Amp. The team also fought with Counter Revolution at the 2009 Pro Championship and eventually entered it into the first ABC reboot season, where it was destroyed by Tombstone.

Jawsofdeath afterBattlebots — Jaws of Death at *RoboGames*.

Curt Meyers also competed at the original Robot Wars in 1996 and 1997 with Pokey, a renamed Bounty which was built with help from Dallas Goecker of Sallad fame for the 1995 UIUC Engineering Open House Wasteland Competition.^[2] Dallas Goecker would later revive it under the same name for Seasons 3.0 to 5.0.

Robot History[]

Season 3.0[]
Jaws of Death vs. The KillDozer The KillDozer pushing Jaws of Death. Jaws of Death's first opponent was The KillDozer. Jaws of Death won on a 29-16 judges' decision and advanced to the next round.
Jaws of Death vs. Electric Lunch Jaws of Death grabs Electric Lunch. Electric Lunch pushes Jaws of Death against the spikestrip. Next up for Jaws of Death was Electric Lunch. In the match, Jaws of Death used its claws to grab onto the side of Electric Lunch, but Electric Lunch escaped and started pushing Jaws of Death against the arena wall. The whole match was turned into a pushing match until the time ran out. Electric Lunch won on a 30-15 judges' decision and Jaws of Death was eliminated from the tournament.
Season 4.0[]
Jaws of Death vs. Rocky Balbota Jaws of Death's first match was against Rocky Balbota. Both Jaws of Death and Rocky Balbota had a hard time moving around, but Rocky Balbota eventually managed to ram into the jaws and break off a panel. Rocky Balbota appeared to be in control of the fight until it accidentally hit the wall and became impaled. Unable to escape, Jaws of Death bit into its opponent and put holes in its side panels. Rocky Balbota was counted out and Jaws of Death won by knockout.
Jaws of Death vs. Gammacide Jaws of Death's next match was against Gammacide. The robots circled around each other, with Jaws of Death trying to stay facing Gammacide to get a bite. Gammacide hit Jaws of Death as the primary weapon struggled to get a grip on Gammacide in this match. Gammacide eventually rammed Jaws of Death from behind and raised it on its plow, slamming it into the wall standing straight up. Jaws of Death's gas-powered engine was no longer running and as such, the robot was now immobile. Gammacide won by knockout and Jaws of Death was eliminated from the tournament again.
Season 5.0[]
Jaws of Death vs. Magnasty Destructotron (Forfeit) Jaws of Death was scheduled to fight Magnasty Destructotron first, but its opponent has forfeited due to technical issues, Jaws of Death won by default and moved on.
Jaws of Death vs. DaCraw Jaws of Death's right claw damaged from fighting DaCraw. In the final preliminary round, Jaws of Death met DaCraw. DaCraw was able to maneuver to the back of Jaws of Death and use its jaws to damage its back. Jaws of Death was then able to inflict damage to DaCraw's sides. Both robot's weapons were damaged while inflicting damage to each other. Both robots were still mobile at the end and DaCraw won on a close 23-22 split judges' decision, eliminating Jaws of Death from the tournament.^[3]