KillerB

KillerB
Participation Information
Comedy Central Seasons	Season 3.0 Season 4.0 Season 5.0
Team Information
Team	Team KillerBotZ
Team Members	Chuck McManis Matt Kottlowski Ed Haas Jim Gadd
From	Sunnyvale, CA
Other Entries	Double Trouble, Little Hater, Road Rage
Robot Statistics
Weapons	Ramming Wedge
Statistics correct as of its most recent appearance on the show, or if not applicable, qualification attempt.

KillerB was a heavyweight robot built by Ed Haas, Jim Gadd, and Chuck McManis and driven by Matt Kottlowski of Team KillerBotZ that competed in the final three seasons of Comedy Central BattleBots. It was a yellow, black and red-striped robot armed with a ramp and a piercing stinger. KillerB appeared to be a basic two-wheel drive robot, but had two omni-directional wheels underneath the robot that helped the robot move. It performed acceptably in BattleBots, reaching the televised rounds in Season 4.0, but bad luck and reliability issues prevented it from getting further than the Round of 32.

KillerB also competed in the first season of Robotica and was named for the noise it made when its wheels moved.

In 2015, team member Ed Haas was known to be in possession of KillerB. He posted on his personal Flickr account announcing his intentions to rebuild the machine as KillerC, possibly for World Championship II. Although the dismantling of KillerB was well documented, including showing that the existing frame was to be mounted from Haas's garage ceiling, no information regarding KillerC's building or design processes has surfaced.

Robot History

Season 3.0
KillerB vs. Phrizbee KillerB's first ever match in BattleBots was against Phrizbee in the final preliminary round. KillerB won on a 40-5 judges' decision and advanced to the TV rounds, where it faced Tripulta Raptor.
KillerB vs. Tripulta Raptor KillerB pushes Tripulta Raptor toward the pulverizer. KillerB started pushing Tripulta Raptor toward the pulverizer and Tripulta Raptor lost one of its tracks from the impact. KillerB won the match by KO and KillerB advanced to the Round of 32, where it faced Surgeon General.
KillerB vs. Surgeon General It was a quick match as Surgeon General hit the corner of KillerB and penetrated its armor, ripping the batteries out of it and rendering it motionless. KillerB was now being counted out and Surgeon General won the brawl by KO. This meant that KillerB was eliminated from the tournament. KillerB didn't participated the Heavyweight Consolation Rumble at the end of the tournament most likely due to damage in its last match against Surgeon General.
Season 4.0
KillerB vs. Sharkbyte KillerB pushes Sharkbyte against the arena wall. Due to previously competing in Season 3.0, KillerB was allowed to skip the preliminary rounds of Season 4.0, where it eventually fought Sharkbyte. In the beginning of the match, Sharkbyte moves out of the way and KillerB slams itself into the screws. KillerB bounces back and heads toward Sharkbyte, whose weapon is spinning at full power. KillerB is able to get its ramp under Sharkbyte without getting hit by the spinning disk and drives Sharkbyte into the wall. The angle that Sharkbyte hits the wall at rips off one of the Lexan strips separating the spikes from the wall. KillerB shoves Sharkbyte again and another Lexan strip is shattered. KillerB drives Sharkbyte towards the pulverizer and Sharkbyte took one hit from the pulverizer. KillerB gets underneath Sharkbyte and Sharkbyte lands on top of KillerB. KillerB slams itself against the arena wall and Sharkbyte bounces off KillerB. KillerB gets underneath SharkByte again and pushed it under the pulverizer. Sharkbyte was spinning its disk again and the fake "shark jaws" gets caught on the disk, which came off from the impact. After a few more hits from the pulverizer, Sharkbyte finally escaped and KillerB suddenly stopped moving as its speed controller had overheated. Sharkbyte then pushed KillerB under the pulverizer and KillerB was counted out. Sharkbyte won by KO at 1:52 and KillerB was eliminated from the tournament again. Sharkbyte pushes KillerB under the pulverizer.
Heavyweight Consolation Rumble KillerB was scheduled to compete in the Heavyweight Consolation Rumble at the end of the tournament but due to technical issues, KillerB was forced to pull out along with Voltronic.
Season 5.0
KillerB vs. El Diablo Grande Despite reaching the Round of 32 in Season 4.0, KillerB had to go through the qualifiers again in Season 5.0. However, due to lack of participants, KillerB received two byes in the final preliminary rounds. Because of this, KillerB was already back in the TV rounds, where it faced El Diablo Grande. El Diablo Grande won on a 37-8 judges' decision and KillerB was eliminated from the tournament once again. Because it lost in the round of 64, KillerB couldn't participate the Heavyweight Consolation Rumble at the end of the tournament. Even if it did, it wouldn't come back for the Heavyweight Royal Rumble due to an incident with Nightmare in the rumble which resulted in all the rumbles getting canceled.

Wins/Losses

• Wins: 2
• Losses: 3

Competition	Wins	Losses
Season 3.0	Phrizbee Tripulta Raptor	Surgeon General
Season 4.0	None	Sharkbyte
Season 5.0	Bye (X2)	El Diablo Grande

KillerB's frame mounted on team member Ed Haas's garage ceiling in 2015

Mark Beiro Introductions

"He's mechanized, Africanized and rumor has it, not circumcised. Go figure. It's KILLERB!" (KillerB vs. Sharkbyte)

See Also

• Killer B

External Links

• Killerbotz Website (Archived)
• Chuck Mcmanis's Website