Hunting Wind

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猎风 (translated as Hunting Wind) was a Chinese competitor robot which fought in the first season of King of Bots. In its televised combat debut, it reached the second round after defeating Inverse Scales in its first battle.

Design

Hunting Winds — Hunting Wind with its team

Hunting Wind crosshair — Hunting Wind's crosshair (centre-left) projects onto the arena floor

Hunting Wind was a dark brown and green, two-wheel drive robot with a roughly octagonal-shaped chassis, a steep front wedge and a spiked hammer as its main weapon. The hammer was driven by a pneumatic rack-and-pinion mechanism, similar to those used by the axes of UK Robot Wars competitors Terrorhurtz and Thor, and was capable of denting opponents' armour with ease. Hunting Wind’s hammer was supported by a rear frame attached to a separate piston; however, the frame often resulted in the robot throwing itself off the floor whenever the hammer swung. The robot also featured an LED ‘crosshair’ projected from the top of its front wedge; however, it is currently unknown whether this feature formed part of an automated targeting system for the hammer.

Robot History

Season 1

Hunting Wind vs Inverse Scales 1 — Hunting Wind lifts itself up as it misses its first hammer blow on Inverse Scales

Hunting Wind vs Inverse Scales 2 — Hunting Wind leaves a dent in Inverse Scale's top armour

Hunting Wind vs Inverse Scales 3 — Another successful blow from Hunting Wind

Hunting Wind made its debut in Episode 3, where it faced Inverse Scales in the first round. Immediately, it negotiated out of the blue square towards Inverse Scales, but swung itself off the floor with its first hammer blow, its hammer head touching Inverse Scales’ spinning weapon in the process. After retracting its hammer and gingerly approaching its opponent again, Hunting Wind was briefly pushed back by Inverse Scales, but responded by striking Inverse Scales’ top panel. A powerful ram on Inverse Scales ensued, before Hunting Wind hammered its left-front wheel and top panel again with two more hits. These attacks were sufficient to leave Inverse Scales immobilised by the end of the battle, which went to a Judges’ decision. The decision went in favour of Hunting Wind, putting it through to the second round.

Results

HUNTING WIND - RESULTS
Season 1
Round 1	vs. Inverse Scales	Won

Wins/Losses

Wins: 1
Losses: 0

External Links

Hunting Wind on the King of Bots website (Chinese)