Shaka

Shaka.

Shaka was a heavyweight robot built by Team Dreamdroid which competed in Season 3.0 of BattleBots. It was a box-shaped robot with two-wheel drive armed with two-pronged lifting arm. It didn't perform well as a rookie, losing its first and only match against Son of Whyachi. Despite this, it managed to be the only robot to not be knocked out by Son of Whyachi during its championship season and was a crowd favorite after its battle due to surviving the fight, although some people felt Shaka lost controversially.

Team Dreamdroid also built middleweight entrants Zulu for Season 3.0 and Myter Byter for Season 5.0. They also entered Red Virus and Mechadroid into Robot Wars: Extreme Warriors and I-Droid into Robotica.

Robot History

Season 3.0

Shaka's first match in Season 3.0 was up against eventual champion Son of Whyachi. In order to protect itself, Shaka's builder fitted an inflatable C3-PO and two wooden blocks to absorb impacts. Just before the match though, Team Whyachi were having an electrical problem with their robot that took them 25 minutes to fix. When the fight eventually commenced, Son of Whyachi easily tore off Shaka's protection and ripped the lifting arm and front wheels clean off, although Shaka continued moving. Shaka continued to drive and managed to disable Son of Whyachi's hammers, reducing the fight to a pushing and shoving match. The fight finished with Shaka pinning Son of Whyachi against the spike strip just as the buzzer sounded. Both robots had survived to the end, but Shaka lost to a 16 - 29 decision, eliminating it from the competition.

Wins/Losses

• Wins: 0
• Losses: 1

	Wins	Losses
Season 3.0	None	Son of Whyachi

Trivia

• Shaka looked similar to the team's Robotica entry i-Droid. Shaka looked similar to Red Virus, the teams Extreme Warriors Season 1 entry.