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- "To participate in King of Bots is to regain confidence to prove himself."
- — The King of Bots website on the team captain (Translated)
黑暗骑士 (Romanized as hēi àn qí shì) Translated as Dark Knight is a robot from Shenzen, China which competed in the first season of King of Bots. It lost its only battle to the British Tánshè.
Design
Dark Knight's hinged wedge and drum spinner
Dark Knight is a four-wheel driven robot, somewhat box-shaped with indentations in the side. Its primary weapon was a small drum spinner, which could reach top speeds of 8000rpm. Dark Knight is described by the official website as a 'shovel roller'. This refers to Dark Knight's front wedge, which was hinged so that the robot always had a surface on the floor, even when flipped over and running inverted. However, this was at the cost of the wedge's effectiveness overall, and it was exploited in its only battle.
Robot History
Season 1
Tánshè launches Dark Knight onto the rail
Dark Knight is stranded
In the first round, Dark Knight fought the British representative, Tánshè. It started the battle much more slowly, and Tánshè drove under Dark Knight to reach its back end. Dark Knight was then into the spikes on the wall. Tánshè drove under the drum of Dark Knight, and sparks were thrown as the wedge made contact with the spinner, but Tánshè flipped Dark Knight back into the spikes. Dark Knight meandered in the center of the arena, so Tánshè circled around and then rammed into the side of it. It was evident that Tánshè had the lower ground clearance, as it breached the wedge of Dark Knight, and later flipped it over, albeit not with a full-pressure flip. Dark Knight landed on Tánshè and made contact with its drum, as Tánshè pushed it towards the spiked walls, sustaining damage. Tánshè flicked the Dark Knight up, but not over. Finally, Tánshè moved into a position where it could launch Dark Knight into the arena wall with a full-pressure flip. Dark Knight could not break free from the rail where it had been stranded, and so it was counted out, and eliminated in the first round.
Results
| DARK KNIGHT - RESULTS | ||
| Season 1 | ||
| Round 1 | vs. Tánshè | Lost |
Wins/Losses
- Wins: 0
- Losses: 1
Trivia
- The team captain entered the arena holding an illuminated sign reading 'Hello World' before Dark Knight's battle.
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