![]() Death hum - First coined onscreen by John Reid in Series 8, a term used in the reboot to describe the sounds made by a heavy rotating weapon as it spins up to full speed.DC - Short for Direct current, a type of electric motor commonly used for drive and weapon systems.armour and chassis damage), or impair one or more parts of their functional systems (e.g. Damage - Inflicted by robots to compromise an opponent's structural integrity (i.e.the weapons of Razer and the Series 5/ Extreme 1 Suicidal Tendencies). Crushability - A word frequently spoken by Jonathan Pearce to emphasise the power of large horizontal or vertical crushers (e.g.CPZ - Acronym for " Corner Patrol Zone", an Arena hazard from Series 1 and Series 3 onwards, which is patrolled by the House Robots.Control - The extent to which a robot is judged to have been operated in battle, with regards to driving skills, dominance over opponents and/or accuracy with weapon attacks.CO 2 - Chemical formula for carbon dioxide, a gas commonly used in pneumatic systems.Clusterbot - A robot which consists of two or more machines entered together as one.Also referred to as the original run or original series. A term, later made official, used to refer to the first runs of Robot Wars. Classic Series - Series 1-7, Extreme 1-2, all international episodes.Christmas Special - Informal name for the standalone side competition episodes aired as part of Series 4 ( Celebrity Special, Tag Team Terror, Northern and Southern Annihilators, War of Independence) so-called as they were initially broadcast in late-December 2000 during the Christmas/New Year holiday period.Challenge Belt - A winner stays on side competition held in both series of Robot Wars Extreme and the one-off Nickelodeon series.Cease - The word used to end or pause most Robot Wars events.CAD - Acyronym for Computer- aided Design, the use of computer software in designing robots.Pioneered by Whirling Dervish (bodyshell) and Mortis (drive), more commonly used by competitors in the rebooted series. Brushless - A type of DC electric motor which does not have brushes (or commutators) as part of its internal structure.Partially determined by the weapon's teeth and rotational speed, as well as the speed in which the robot concerned attacks an opponent weapon-first. Bite - The extent to which a heavy rotating weapon engages with and is able to transfer sufficient kinetic energy for it to damage opponents. ![]() Battle - Any combat-based event between two or more robots.Bar spinner - Also referred to as a spinning blade or simply bar, a powerful heavy rotating weapon characterised by a narrow, typically rectangular shape with blunt, bladed or spiked tips.Axe spinner - Used by Jonathan Pearce in Series 10 to describe the overhead bar spinner weapon of Vulture a type more commonly referred to in robot combat communities as hammer saws or power hammers.Axe Bot - Official term used in the reboot to describe robots armed with overhead spiked or bladed axes.Auditions - Also referred to as the rehearsals, the original screening/selection process for competitors aspiring to take part in Series 2 and Series 3.Armour (US: Armor) - A vital defensive component used to protect a robot's internals from damaging opponents and hazards.Armament - A malapropism used by commentator Jonathan Pearce to describe the armour of a robot, despite armament meaning "weapon". ![]()
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