X/Change was a heavyweight robot built by Team RC-Kev, which was originally accepted to compete in BattleBots World Championship V and World Championship VI.
Modular by design, X/Change was a four-wheel drive, box-shaped robot with hinged wedges at the front and a selection of primary weapons, hence its name. X/Change was an upgraded version of Kevin Cleasby's King of Bots entry Switch, featuring modular weaponry including a geared hammer, grappling weapon and drum spinner. Team RC-Kev was revealed to BattleBots Facebook Supporters as one of the accepted teams in February 2020, ahead of filming for World Championship V. However, the COVID-19 pandemic not only delayed the filming schedule, but also prevented international teams from making the journey to the US to compete. As such, they were forced to withdraw their application.
X/Change also applied for World Championship VI, though travel issues concerning NIE Visa forms not being accepted for UK teams in time for filming prevented X/Change from competing once more.
Team captain Kevin Cleasby previously competed as part of Team Make Robotics, who entered Radioactive into the 2015 season of BattleBots, as well as their more well-known Behemoth for all three reboot series of Robot Wars.
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He opted to spearhead his own team for Chinese shows King of Bots and This is Fighting Robots, competing with Switch in both competitions, and various UK live events thereafter.
In This is Fighting Robots, Switch lost both its initial rumble and subsequent team battle, so was eliminated early from the show. For the second season of King of Bots, Switch went undefeated in its two battles, yet due to the unique team format of the show, was eliminated without a loss to its name. Kevin Cleasby was also part of Vulcan in the first season of the show, pairing up with Alan Young of Team MAD, who himself applied for BattleBots with Chronic and Orion.
Kevin Cleasby competed with Microswitch in the 2018 King of Bots UK International Championships, under the name Team Switch, but lost all three of its fights. Microswitch later competed in Motorama in the 30lb division. Much like Switch and X/Change, its primary weapon was interchangeable.
The most recent version of Switch competed in November 2021 in a Robots Live! event held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and hosted by Team MAD. It amassed nine wins in total across the event, with each robot fighting in a round robin system. A mini bracket followed, which Switch ultimately won after beating former Robot Wars competitor Apocalypse, Team MAD's own Orion and John Reid's Tánshè in the final.
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