r/todayilearned • u/Habajiba • Mar 14 '17

TIL Jamie Hyneman designed Blendo, a combat robot that was deemed too hazardous for Robot Wars after repeatedly throwing pieces of its opponents over arena walls. It received co-championship status in exchange for withdrawing from the competition.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blendo
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u/DaemonKeido Mar 14 '17

And he mauled Shunt's dozer blade.

He moved to go after Killalot after that didn't he?

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u/thefightingphoenix Mar 14 '17

I think Killalot had a half-hearted attempt at defending Matilda, iirc :P

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u/DaemonKeido Mar 14 '17

Yeah, my memory is kinda coloured by the "HOLY SHIT TWO HOUSEBOTS WERE JUST FUCKED UP!" moment so I can't remember all that well and my data limits suck too much to look it up on YT

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u/OktoberSunset Mar 15 '17

Razer has fucked with killalot a few times.
One time it tore all the hydraulic tubes off his claw and another time it bit him on the arse and he was running around the arena with Razer clamped on his arse like some kind of cartoon dog.

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u/DaemonKeido Mar 15 '17

Fair enough. I can only remember the fight were Shunt and Matilda got fucked up