Mad Cow (later Mad Cow's Revenge) was a lightweight robot which competed in Seasons 3.0 and 5.0 of Comedy Central BattleBots. It was originally a tall cylindrical full-body spinner powered by a chainsaw motor for Season 3.0. Underneath the shell was a shell that was designed to absorb shocks. It was then changed to an invertible pentagonal robot armed with a horizontal flywheel and a rear wedge for Season 5.0. It didn't perform well in competition, winning only one battle.
Mad Cow's Revenge was then sold to Anarchy Robotics. It returned for the NPC Charity Open in 2004 under the name Amish Rebellion, but it again only won one battle. Outside of Battlebots events, Amish Rebellion competed at Robot Club & Grille March 2003, Robot Assault 2003, and Motorama 2004, losing each of its fights on those occasions. Team captain Greg Dabkowski would continue to compete in smaller weightclasses after BattleBots up until 2009.
Robot History[]
Team MadCow with Mad Cow at Season 3.0
Season 3.0[]
Mad Cow's first fight with Vermicious Kenid. Vermicious Kenid won the match by KO at 1:44 and Mad Cow was eliminated.
Season 5.0[]
Mad Cow's Revenge was first pitted against Havoc. Mad Cow's Revenge was able to do serious damage to Havoc, and Havoc eventually stopped moving after its power switch was torn off. Mad Cow's Revenge won by KO and advanced to the next round, where it faced Afterburner. Afterburner won on a 37-8 Judge's decision and Mad Cow's Revenge was eliminated from the tournament.
2004 NPC Charity Open[]
Wins/Losses[]
- Wins: 2
- Losses: 4
| Wins | Losses | |
|---|---|---|
| Season 3.0 | Bye | Vermicious Kenid |
| Season 5.0 | Havoc | Afterburner |
| 2004 NPC Charity Open |
Bye |
Trivia[]
- Mad Cow and its middleweight teammate, Bovine Intervention, as well as Featherweight teammate Morpheus were the only three robots from Connecticut to compete in a BattleBots competition.
- Mad Cow was originally going to have a spinning dome, similar to Ziggo's, but it broke during testing.
Mad Cow with its prototype dome.