Not to be confused with the Dutch Reboot competitor Petunia.
Petunia was a middleweight robot built by Team Happy Robots originally for Season 4.0 of Comedy Central BattleBots.
Petunia with its frame and motors assembled
Petunia was a four-wheel drive, rectangular-shaped robot with a pair of articulated steel spikes powered by a homemade linear actuator.[1] A big feature of Petunia's design was to be its drive. It was going to include a combination of car steering and skid steering with each wheel driven independently by an EV Warrior motor. The team decided to put a heavy focus on the drive design after their lightweight robot Daisy had drive problems in Season 3.0.[2]
The team planned on competing with Petunia at Season 4.0. However, they had major electrical problem, and were unable to compete. The team continued to work Petunia aft Season 4.0, with the most recent update having all of the drive motors attached to the frame.[3] However, Petunia never competed at BattleBots, and its unknown if it competed in any events.
