Chiyung Jinlun

Chiyung Jinlun
Chiyung Jinlun with its team
Participation Information
Series	1
Team Information
Team	Xiake
Team Members	Zheng Jianfeng Wang Zhengwei Gào Hǎilún Ding Niu
Robot Statistics
Weapons	Drum spinner

赤阳金轮 (translated by the team as Chiyung Jinlun, loosely meaning Golden Sun Wheel) was a competitor robot from Suzhou, China, which fought in the first season of King of Bots. It reached the semi-finals of the competition, defeating Steel Dragon, Megabyte, Snake and Great White in successive victories.

Design

Chiyung Jinlun was a red and black, box-shaped robot, driven by four externally-mounted wheels enabling it to drive either way up. Its main weapon was a large vertical spinning drum, which used two teeth to cause significant damage to opponents. The robot also featured a set of front and rear wedges to get underneath and push opponents around – the front wedge also served to lead opponents directly into the drum spinner, and was made interchangeable with a set of three smaller wedges.

For its battles with Megabyte and Great White, polycarbonate walls were added to the side of Chiyung Jinlun, offering it greater protection against spinning weapons while protecting its wheels.

Robot History

Season 1

Chiyung Jinlun launches Steel Dragon off the floor with its first attack

Chiyung Jinlun holds Steel Dragon close to the grinders

Chiyung Jinlun first appeared in Episode 3, where it fought overhead flail spinner Steel Dragon in the first round. Both robots started tentatively, with Chiyung Jinlun slowly approaching Steel Dragon and driving into it; in doing so, it momentarily launched Steel Dragon off the floor while simultaneously getting underneath the latter and buckling its shell. Seconds later, its drum made contact with Steel Dragon’s flails; undeterred, Chiyung Jinlun drove into Steel Dragon again, causing it to lift off the floor a second time before pushing it towards the grinders.

Once more, the two competitors separated, with Chiyung Jinlun driving away before turning round, ramming Steel Dragon again and causing it to rebound towards one of the hammers. With its drum powered down, it nudged Steel Dragon into the wall spikes shortly after the latter sustained a blow from the hammer, and drove away once it became clear that Steel Dragon had become immobilised. In doing so, Chiyung Jinlun bumped into a screw protruding from the arena floor, but emerged victorious by knockout anyway, progressing to the second round.

Chiyung Jinlun deflects Megabyte away almost immediately

Chiyung Jinlun continues to harry Megabyte

In the second round, Chiyung Jinlun faced the North American entry Megabyte; prior to the battle, the Xiake team fitted the robot’s extra side armor in an effort to protect its wheels from the latter’s full-body spinner, while also removing its rear wedge. Straight away, Chiyung Jinlun drove into Megabyte as the latter spun up – the impact deflected Megabyte into the wall and caused it to spin uncontrollably across the arena. Chiyung Jinlun followed up this attack with an attempted lunge at Megabyte, but missed; after briefly hesitating, it positioned itself in front of Megabyte before charging and buffeting it across the arena perimeter.

Chiyung Jinlun leaves Megaybyte stranded against the wall following its last attack

This attack resulted in a gyroscopically-destabilized Megabyte clipping the wall and flipping itself over; Chiyung Jinlun tore one of Megabyte’s top blades off before flipping it back onto its wheels. The attack left Megabyte stranded as its pole landed on top of the wall and left its wheels suspended off the floor; Chiyung Jinlun initially bumped into its opponent, then the nearby wall spikes, before leaving Megabyte to be counted out as the latter attempted – and failed – to break free. With this, Chiyung Jinlun earned a surprise knock-out victory and progressed to the third round.

There, it faced Snake, a heavyweight from Team Unknown Son, who the Xiake team had previously fought against in Fighting My Bots. With Snake not being armed with a spinning weapon, the team chose to remove Chiyung Jinlun's extra side panels prior to the battle, while keeping the single-wedge configuration.

The initial collision between both competitors

Chiyung Jinlun is grabbed and lifted by Snake

An inverted Chiyung Jinlun proceeds to push Snake over the flame jets

Chiyung Jinlun sustains a hammer blow

In the opening seconds, Chiyung Jinlun waited in the blue square to get its drum up to speed, before driving slowly into an approaching Snake; the collision momentarily launched Chiyung Jinlun off the floor. It proceeded to reverse and drive away from Snake, with both teams activating smokescreens in each other’s control areas. Chiyung Jinlun bounced twice as it drove up one of Snake’s front wedges, before again ramming head-on into the latter – however, its drum could not gain a bite on Snake’s snatch weapon. It continued to drive into and away from Snake, which proceeded to shepherd Chiyung Jinlun towards the grinders before getting underneath it. Escaping, Chiyung Jinlun continued to dodge Snake even as it backed into the floor rods; however, it was soon grabbed from the side by Snake, which lifted and threw Chiyung Jinlun over itself. Inverted and with its wedge nullified, Chiyung Jinlun dodged Snake again, before chasing, ramming and pushing it over the flame jets. It continued to pursue Snake before speeding into the blue square, its drum clipping the front of Snake as the latter drove in. Chiyung Jinlun kept avoiding Snake’s attacks for some time; however, in an attempt to escape its opponent, it reversed into the wall spikes, allowing Snake to get underneath and push it towards a nearby hammer. It sustained two hammer blows to its baseplate as it tried to drive away; despite driving up Snake’s front end again, Chiyung Jinlun avoided getting grabbed, speeding away and continuing to dodge Snake for some time.

Chiyung Jinlun sustains damage as Snake rams it into one of the grinders

Chiyung Jinlun re-rights itself with assistance from one of the circular saws

Chiyung Jinlun is grabbed and lifted again

The two competitors are locked together over the flames

This was until Snake got underneath Chiyung Jinlun from the side and rammed it twice into one of the grinders – Chiyung Jinlun’s wedge was buckled as a result, as the robot drove itself into the same grinder to try and re-right itself. While avoiding Snake, Chiyung Jinlun eventually drove over one of the circular saws, which flipped it back upright - however, the damage to its wedge left its right-front wheel lifted off the floor, hampering its maneuvrability as it drove at high speed into the grinder and spun towards the floor rods. The rods momentarily lifted Chiyung Jinlun, which attempted to drive away from a pursuing Snake. Spinning near the grinders, Chiyung Jinlun was grabbed and pushed near the wall spikes by Snake, again getting lifted and thrown onto its back as a result. It retreated towards the wall, then drove over the flame jets and circular saw mounts as Snake suddenly lost mobility on the other side of the arena. Shuttling back and forth, Chiyung Jinlun rammed Snake one last time with less than 25 seconds remaining; as a result, it was left stranded on Snake’s weapon, its wheels spinning helplessly in the air as both machines were burned by the flame jets. The subsequent Judges’ decision ruled that Snake had been completely immobilized before both competitors became locked together; as a result, Chiyung Jinlun was declared the winner.

Through to the top eight of the competition, Chiyung Jinlun next faced the Anglo-Australian multibot, Great White – for this battle, the Xiake team refitted the robot’s extra side panels, while also swapping its regular front wedge for a set of smaller ones.

Chiyung Jinlun comes under early attack from Remora

Chiyung Jinlun rams Great White into the wall...

...but sustains crucial damage to its center wedge

Chiyung Jinlun buffets Great White towards the flame jets

Great White splits one of Chiyung Jinlun's armor panels in two

Chiyung Jinlun pins Great White against the spikes

Chiyung Jinlun began tentatively, leaving the blue square before shuffling back and forth towards Great White. Despite sustaining an attack from Great White’s minibot, Remora, it drove into and buffeted the main robot into the wall spikes – seconds later, its drum threw Great White back against the bulletproof screens, dislodging a few of the latter’s armor panels. Spinning its drum up, Chiyung Jinlun turned and rammed Great White again – the impact, however, bent its middle wedge upwards, preventing its drum from turning for the remainder of the battle. Undaunted, Chiyung Jinlun repeatedly drove into Great White, pushing and deflecting it across the arena and into Remora while taking more damage itself. Withstanding more attacks from Remora, it rammed Great White and sent it skidding over the flame jets, and turned away as Great White inadvertently immobilized Remora with its own spinner. However, Chiyung Jinlun then sustained a side-on attack from Great White itself, which tore through its left-hand side panel. It dodged and drove head-on into Great White’s spinner once again, all while constantly nudging, deflecting and pushing it further towards the arena perimeter. Despite Ellis Ware of the Great White team activating a smokescreen in the Xiake team’s control area, and Great White almost tearing its other side panel clean off, Chiyung Jinlun continued to pressure its opponent, eventually pushing it into and pinning it against the spikes.

Chiyung Jinlun is tipped by the floor flipper, an action later deemed to be illegal

Chiyung Jinlun's wedge is torn apart as it continues driving into Great White

Chiyung Jinlun loses its right-front tire

A shove from Chiyung Jinlun results in Great White being flipped by one of the circular saws

The battle ends with Chiyung Jinlun pushing Great White into the grinder mount

Chiyung Jinlun held Great White in place for several seconds, after which the referee advised its team to cease the attack. The two competitors separated, with Chiyung Jinlun being promptly tipped by one of the floor flippers, prematurely activated by the Great White team. Again, it maneurvered itself into Great White’s spinner, its wedge being completely torn open as it buffeted and pushed the Australian machine back once again. Dodging a charge from Great White, it steered its opponent towards the grinders, only to have its right-front tire shredded by Great White’s spinner as the two machines collided head-on once again. With only three wheels gripping the floor, Chiyung Jinlun pushed and deflected Great White back again; it briefly hesitated in the corner, before slamming into Great White and sending it sliding onto one of the floor flippers. It got underneath Great White as the flipper tipped the latter onto its spinner, and bumped it again before briefly hesitating in the blue square. Moments later, Chiyung Jinlun pushed Great White twice more – firstly towards the flipper, then towards and into one of the circular saws. In a shower of sparks, the saw threw Great White over – Chiyung Jinlun capitalized by pushing the inverted Great White into the grinder before the latter self-righted. For the remainder of the battle, the two competitors pushed each other around, with Chiyung Jinlun pinning and pushing Great White into one of the grinder mounts until time ran out. Both competitors survived to a Judges’ decision as a result – after the battle finished, Chiyung Jinlun immediately caught fire as a result of the damage inflicted by Great White, although this moment was not broadcast in the televised episode.

During the Judges’ assessment of the battle, the Great White team’s use of the floor flipper on Chiyung Jinlun was deemed to be illegal, as they fired the flipper earlier than 90 seconds after the battle started. As a result, Chiyun Jinlun received a higher points tally in the subsequent decision, and was declared the winner. With this, it reached the semi-finals, where it fought Megabyte for the second time.

Results

Wins/Losses

• Wins: 4
• Losses: 1

Outside King of Bots

Before appearing on King of Bots, the Xiake team competed in the Chinese FMB (Fighting My Bots) competitions with the featherweight Little Beezlebub from Impasse. A four-wheeled robot featuring a similar shape and drum weapon to Chiyung Jinlun, Little Beezlebub from Impasse debuted at the inaugural FMB Championship in 2016, where it finished runner-up to Gagu Snake.

In addition to this, Chiyung Jinlun is currently on the Heavyweight waiting list for RoboGames 2018.

Trivia

• Alongside Thunder and Lightning, Chiyung Jinlun was the most successful Chinese entry in Season 1, reaching the semi-finals.
• Chiyung Jinlun fought two robots in consecutive fashion which would later be reinstated; Megabyte received a wildcard which eventually allowed it to face Chiyung Jinlun for a second time, while Snake directly replaced the withdrawal Rust Boar due to its strong performance against Chiyung Jinlun.

External Links

• Chiyung Jinlun on the King of Bots website (Chinese)