The Killsaws were used as wheels by BattleBots co-creator Trey Roski for his robot Ginsu. The hazard also benefited from larger SystiMatic sawblades with closer-bound teeth, themselves featuring a different red sawblade layered on top of their outer faces. In Season 3.0, the Killsaws were among a number of hazards (along with the Ramrods and Spinners) to receive upgraded motors, becoming five times more powerful than in earlier appearances. The Season 2.0 Killsaws incorporated additional red-coloured blades mounted flush with the standard silver blades. For televised seasons, several more would be located in various places, the arrangement also changing to two pairs of saws per area outlined by red or yellow borders. In these iterations, a single set of three was housed beneath a Lexan panel, fitted with 18-inch diameter carbide-tipped blades and outlined in yellow and black hazard tape at Las Vegas only. The Killsaws, along with the floor and wall Spikes, were among the very first arena hazards to be introduced in BattleBots, appearing in the 1999 Long Beach and Las Vegas events. However, they were sometimes vulnerable to damage themselves by robots wielding horizontal spinning weapons. Manufactured by SystiMatic, these would rise up from the floor and make contact with any robot which drove over them, causing severe damage and occasionally launching them across the BattleBox in the case of Lightweight competitors. Killsaws: As their name implied, the Killsaws (also officially spelt as Kill Saws or KillSaws ) were sets of circular saws concealed within the BattleBox floor. The Pulverizer, one of the most famous and feared BattleBox hazards Starting in ABC Season 1, they were now operated manually by members of each opposing team. Throughout the Comedy Central seasons, the Pulverizers were operated by Peter Lambertson along with the other BattleBox hazards present throughout this era. These changes made the Pulverizers more damaging and durable from that point onwards in the original run. Further upgrades for Season 3.0 included stainless steel hammer heads and shafts weighing 150lbs more than their predecessors according to Peter Lambertson. From Season 2.0 onwards, the Pulverizers were significantly upgraded with much larger heads containing an internal free-weight. In most cases, however, robots above the Middleweight division were able to survive their blows with only superficial external damage.įor Season 1.0, they initially consisted of 50lb sledgehammers which could only cause minimal damage and were relatively undersized compared to the robots themselves. Robots especially vulnerable to the Pulverizers included lightweight competitors, which could potentially be flattened by the hammer heads, as well as any competitor which had part or all of its internals exposed. One of the more famous hazards, they served to deliver internal damage to any competitor which drove or was pushed directly underneath them. Pulverizers: The Pulverizers were large pneumatic hammers housed in each corner of the BattleBox. Others were replaced or removed altogether following their initial appearance: A number of these were adapted in between events and in some cases included in the modern incarnations used for the ABC and Discovery seasons. īelow is a list of hazards first introduced for the main BattleBox during the 1999 events and Comedy Central seasons. However, the competition which it was used for was not televised. įor Season 5.0 only, a miniature replica of the BattleBox was created for a backstage antweight competition, complete with red and blue starting squares, Killsaws and Spike Strips. In Season 4.0, the BattleBox received a new, taller roof with multiple Lexan panels and an aluminum truss structure, an appearance which would be largely maintained for subsequent seasons. The BattleBox ceiling during the latter comprised of a quarter-inch thick layer. During the Comedy Central run (Seasons 1.0-5.0), the walls consisted of two layers of half-inch panels along the lower half, along with a single layer of half-inch panels on the upper half. 5 2015-2019 (ABC Seasons 1-2, Discovery Seasons 3-4)ġ999-2002 (Long Beach, Las Vegas, Seasons 1.0-5.0) ĭesigned and constructed by Peter Lambertson, the original 1999 Long Beach and Las Vegas iterations incorporated a steel-plated floor raised two feet off the ground, and a 22ft-high Lexan enclosure incorporating 1-inch thick walls.
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