Omega-13

Omega-13 was a heavyweight robot competing in Seasons 3.0 through 5.0. Built by Brent Regan, it was a low, rectangular robot made of 6061 aircraft-grade aluminum. Its main weapon was two sets of hinged spikes, five on each set. Omega-13 used its immense pushing power to win its fights (Regan called this "inertial kill"). While it was one of the most maneuverable robots in the competition, it never got to the semifinals. It reached the round of 16 in Seasons 3.0 and the quarterfinals in Season 5.0.

Brent Regan also built the similar T-Wrex for the middleweight class as well as lightweight Little Whacko.

Robot History

Season 3.0

Omega180 — Omega-13's Season 3.0 appearance.

Omega-13's first opponent was Scallywag. This was a close match, with both robots ramming and pushing each other. Scallywag got some lifts on Omega-13 and was the more aggressive of the two, but Omega-13 managed to inflict more damage, which allowed it to narrowly advance on a 23-22 decision.

Omega13bender — Omega-13 shoves Bender against the spikestrip.

The next fight in the round of 64 was up against Bender. Bender went straight at Omega-13, resulting in one of Bender's teeth breaking off. This resulted in the rotating disc going unbalanced and throwing off the drive belt, causing the disc to stop. Omega-13 started ramming and pushing Bender around the arena. However, Omega-13 took some serious hits from the killsaws, resulting in damage to the titanium armor and one of its wheels. The match ended in a judges decision and Omega-13 was the winner on a 35-10 decision. Omega-13 advanced to the round of 32 and its next opponent was B.O.B.

Before the match, Brent removed the m

Omega13vsBOB sf01 — B.O.B. on the killsaws by Omega-13.

iddle spikes on Omega-13 and replaced it with a cut down steel plate. In the match, both robots were moving around the arena, until Omega-13 went straight at B.O.B. This hit to the steel plate broke off one of the teeth on B.O.B.'s disc, making it unbalaced. B.O.B.'s disc stopped working and Omega-13 started ramming into the exterior of B.O.B. and took it to the killsaws until the time ran out. Omega-13 won on a 30-15 judges decision and advanced to the round of 16 against KillerHurtz.

Killerhurtzvsomega13 sf01 — Omega-13 gets spiked by KillerHurtz on the killsaws.

Omega-13 was immediately on the killsaws and KillerHurtz spiked Omega-13 with its axe. KillerHurtz was able to drag Omega-13 to the killsaws with its axe and send sparks flying. Omega-13 was now freed from KillerHurtz's axe and KillerHurtz charged at Omega-13 to the pulverizer. Omega-13 was able to escape but took a shot on the killsaws again right after. Omega-13 was then pinned near the pulverizer and let it go after 15 sconds. Both robot then took more shots from the killsaws and Omega-13 was running away from KillerHurtz for the majority of the match until the time ran out. KillerHurtz won on a 30-15 judges decision and Omega-13 was eliminated from the competition.

Omega-13 wasn't finished, however, as it entered the heavyweight royal rumble at the end of the tournament. In the end, Omega-13 lost out to HexaDecimator.

Season 4.0

Due to previously entered Season 3.0, Omega-13 was allowed to skip the preliminary rounds of Season 4.0, where it eventually fought The Matador. Omega-13 drove around the side of The Matador and rammed it, freeing The Matador and scoring points. The Matador then attempted to land a flip, but missed. Omega-13 then zoomed across the BattleBox before hitting The Matador again and pushing it into the killsaws. Not much happened for a while, before The Matador drove over the killsaws itself. Omega-13 then drove under The Matador and rammed it into the spike strip, holding it for a

MatadorOmega13fall01 — Omega-13 gets flipped by The Matador.

while before depositing The Matador near the killsaws. Both robots then manouvered for a while, with Omega-13 spinning in order to prevent a successful flip by The Matador. The 2 robots then hit each other a couple times before inevitably, The Matador scored a flip against Omega-13, sending it flying through the air and landing a couple feet away. Omega-13 resumed spinning once more, but got flipped by The Matador again, directly into the pulverizer where it took a shot. Backing away, Omega-13 then took a massive flip from The Matador, rolling several times in mid-air before coming to a stop right side up. The Matador then pushed Omega-13 towards a wall, where it flipped it into the lexan. Omega-13 attempted to retaliate by driving The Matador into the screws, but caused no damage. Omega-13 sped across the arena again, but got caught out by the killsaws. It rammed The Matador again, but was directly on top of the killsaws and took quite a bit of damage from it, as The Matador flipped Omega-13 yet again. Omega-13 then had some more sparks shaved off by the killsaws, before taking one last flip from The Matador. The judges scored a close 25-20 decision for The Matador and Omega-13 was out of the competition.

Omega-13 wasn't finished yet, however, as it entered the heavyweight consolation rumble at the end of the tournament. Omega-13 was one of few robots that survived the rumble, but lost out to Little Sister and GoldDigger.

Season 5.0

Frostbite vs omega-13 5 — Omega-13 gets hit by FrostBite's blades.

Omega-13 returned once again for BattleBots Season 5.0, largely unchanged from the previous season. Its first match of the season was FrostBite, where it won the match on a 28-17 judges decision after dominating parts of the match. Omega-13 then fought Ringmaster, where it won by KO and advanced to the quaterfinals for the first time. However, its opponent in the quaterfinals was against BattleBots veteran Voltronic.

Omega-13 vs voltronic 5 — Omega-13 drives over Voltronic.

The match was close as Omega-13 kept driving over Voltronic's wedge and pushed it to the killsaws, but got pushed by Voltronic and send it to the pulverizer until the time ran out. Voltronic won the match on a close 24-21 judges decision and Omega-13 was once again eliminated.