Iron-Awe

Iron-Awe was a collection of robots that participated in Series 4 through 7. The original Iron-Awe from Series 4 was an aluminium box-wedge shaped robot which ran on tracks. It featured a 3kg felling axe weapon, and was the first robot to self-right by using an axe. The team's next robot, Axe-Awe succeeded Iron-Awe.
The Series 6 entry Iron-Awe 2 ran on wheels rather than tracks and had a flipper at the front, along with the axe. Iron-Awe was built on a 40mm square aluminium box section frame, originally part of a workshop table and was sourced from a local scrap yard. Iron-Awe 2, interestingly, has been flipped out of the arena on both its appearances.
The Series 7 entry Iron-Awe 2.1 had improved manoeuvrability and a lower ground clearance, as the team had abandoned the kart wheels of Iron-Awe 2 in favour of small aluminum wheels. While Iron-Awe never made it past the heats, it was a seasoned competitor nonetheless. Its best appearance was in Series 7, where it flipped Bigger Brother out of the arena to make the heat final.
Although the earlier incarnations had relatively little success, the team's later robots, most notably Iron-Awe 5, have risen to UK fame in its power to throw robots from the arena, doing so five times in a single battle. As a result of this success, Iron-Awe was promoted to The Combat Robot Hall of Fame in 2009.

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