Talos, stylized as TALOS, was a heavyweight robot designed by Aberrant Robotics which applied for BattleBots World Championship II.
It was a six-wheel drive, box-shaped robot armed with an overhead piercing weapon which featured two hinged wedges at the front. It is unknown whether Talos' primary weapon intended to articulate and reach out to grab in a similar way to the 2022 BattleBots applicant Mantis. The Talos name derives from the bronze status of Greek legend.
- "We actually submitted a piercer in Season 2 named Talos. It wasn't very good, but it was our first foray into Heavyweights."
- — P1 captain Brandon Zalinsky on the team's first BattleBots entry.[1]
Aberrant Robotics were originally accepted to compete in the 2016 competition as a reserve. However, they were unable to find the time to acquire sponsors to fund building Talos ahead of the season, so withdrew.[2] The team would later compete with Parallax, and more recently, P1.
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- Talos sported a similarly-shaped chassis to the Robot Wars competitor of the same name.
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