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Saturn was a robot from West Yorkshire in the United Kingdom, which competed in Season 1.5, the debut of This is Fighting Robots. It was built by Team Titanium, who entered the show with considerable experience in UK robot combat events, including recurring appearances on Robot Wars and two FRA UK Heavyweight Championship victories.
Design
3D render of Saturn
Saturn is a circular-shaped, four-wheel drive robot based on the planet of the same name. Its body is surrounded by an angled rim spinner, representing the rings of Saturn, which is balanced by solid blocks travelling around the outer rim of the machine. The outer rim weighs a total of 85lbs (39kg), with a spinning speed of 1500rpm. Saturn also uses an electrically driven axe weapon on top, which provides the robot's self-righting mechanism. The robot's entire base was made out of a single 7075 billet, with a diameter of only 500mm.
Robot History
This is Fighting Robots (Season 1.5)
Saturn damages 008's side after tearing one of its wheels off
Saturn is thrown into the air by Xiake
Saturn recovers to destroy Xiake's side panel
Saturn was not chosen by any of the celebrities in their initial selection process, requiring it to enter a four-way rumble against 008, Ninja and Xiake in order to impress the team captains.[1] Brief highlights of the battle itself were shown as part of Episode 2; a notable moment saw Saturn rip one of 008's wheels off and strike its side armor, causing sparks to fly and the wheel to bounce across the arena. In doing so, Saturn eliminated 008 from the battle via knockout. However, it was then flipped violently by Xiake's drum and momentarily drove up Ninja's wedge, dodging a swing from the latter's blade in the process. Saturn recovered to hit one of Xiake's side panels, destroying the panel and impressing Blue team captain Zhang Yishan in the process. Yishan selected Saturn to join his team as a result, securing its place in the main competition.
Results
| SATURN - RESULTS | ||
| This is Fighting Robots (Season 1.5) | ||
| Main Championship | ||
| Preliminary Rumble | vs. 008, Ninja, Xiake | Selected |
Wins/Losses
- Wins: 0
- Losses: 0
NOTE: Saturn's preliminary rumble is not considered a win or a loss
Series Record
| Series | Saturn Series Record |
|---|---|
| Season 1 | Did not enter |
| Season 1.5 | Selected by celebrity |
| Season 2 | Did not enter |
Outside King of Bots
Big Nipper with its claws weapon
Big Nipper with its vertical spinner
Team Titanium's signature heavyweight is Big Nipper, which has remained active since 2001. It debuted in Series 5 of Robot Wars, sporting horizontally crushing claws attached to a lifting arm, but lost to the eventual champion Razer in the first round. It returned to Series 7 using titanium armour and found more success, reaching the third round before falling to The Grimreaper. Over the hiatus of televised Robot Wars, this version of Big Nipper gained Magmotors for drive, and later an entirely brushless drive. Due to its continuous improvement, Big Nipper became the UK heavyweight champion in 2007 and 2012, also managing to finish third in the 2004, 2006 and 2008 FRA UK Heavyweight Championships, and fourth place in 2014. Big Nipper was able to return to televised Robot Wars in 2016, also sporting an interchangeable spinning disc alongside its claws. Big Nipper finished in third place in its heat during Series 8, before repeating the same feat in Series 10 while collecting notable wins along the way, also representing the United Kingdom in Robot Wars: World Series without losing a battle.
Team Titanium have also built and competed in live events with the following featherweight robots:
- Little Flipper 2: A wedge bot armed with a flipper, featuring a crescent moon painted on one side.
- Little Flipper 3: A low wedge-shaped robot armed with a flipper, which won the 2011 UK Featherweight Championships.
- Little Hitter 1: Formerly known as Blue, a box-shaped robot with a front wedge and an axe, which won the 2004 UK Featherweight Championships.
- Little Hitter 2: A wedged box-shaped robot armed with a axe, which won the 2004 UK Championships.
- Little Hitter 3: Another wedged box armed with a axe, with a more angled body.
- Little Spinner 2: Also known as Buzzbar, a invertible blue T-shaped robot armed with a yellow undercutting blade.
- Little Spinner 3: A blue circular-shaped full-body spinner with yellow side stripes.
- Little Spinner 4: A silver circular full-body spinner with large silver blades.
- Little Nipper: A four-wheel drive vertical crusher which competed in the 2015 World Championships.
Trivia
- Despite Team Titanium competing on the heavyweight circuit since 2001, Saturn is only the team's second heavyweight.
- For Saturn's appearance, Team Titanium also a mascot to filming, a plush E.T..
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