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电闪 雷鸣 (translated as Thunder and Lightning) is a multibot from Shenzen, China, which competed in the first season of King of Bots. Entered by a father-and-son team, it progressed to the second round after defeating fellow multibot Steel God of War on a split decision.
Design
Thunder and Lightning with its team
Thunder and Lightning, upright
Thunder and Lightning were identical multibots (or clusterbots), and as such they were equally weighted, with the same advantages and disadvantages, the only discernible difference between the two robots being their color-schemes, with one half being painted red, and the other blue. The removable link covers on each machine used the color of the other half of the robot. The two halves were invertible, with two slightly exposed wheels at the back end of both robots. The robots were both armed with vertical spinning discs, with a great deal of power behind their attacks - the low weight of the weapons also allowed them to boast a spinning speed of 15,000rpm. Feeder wedges were also present at the front of the robots, to lead opponents into the spinning discs.
For cohesion, this article presumes that the red half of the robot (driven by the son) was named Thunder, and the blue half (driven by the father) was named Thunder, but this has not been confirmed officially.
Robot History
Season 1
Thunder buckles the wedge of Steel God of War
Thunder is lifted by the Floor Rods
The two-part multibot Thunder and Lightning faced the three-part multibot Steel God of War in the first round. Initially, neither Thunder nor Lightning moved from their starting positions, and one of Steel God of War's wedges ran straight into the disc of Lightning, and was thrown over. Steel God of War's drum spinner approached Thunder, but Thunder had the lower wedge, and buckled the wedge of its opponent, then slammed it upwards, while Lightning focused on a wedge robot. However, Thunder failed to escape, and a wedge drove under its back end to drive it towards a Grinder, where Thunder was held briefly. When freed, Thunder was also suspended by the Floor Rods briefly.
Lightning pushes two robots at once
Lightning gyro-dances into the Grinder
Lightning was also damaged by the arena saws, but managed to launch a brutal attack on a Steel God of War wedge, throwing it high into the air and over, before grinding at its wedge. Lightning was then able to push both static wedges at once, driving them both towards the Grinder, but Lightning instead drove straight into it, and was knocked away in recoil. Lightning attempted to gyro-dance using the power of its spinner in order to self-right, but was stopped by its wedges, as it wobbled onto a floor flipper, and would not be righted until it danced into the Grinder, sustaining damage in the process. Lightning struggled to drive away, and turned itself back over again, before Steel God of War pushed it straight back into the Grinder.
Thunder gyro-dances
Thunder is pinned against the spikes
It had become evident that Lightning had lost the use of one wheel, but Thunder recovered by throwing a wedge of Steel God of War over, also chasing the main body of the machine across the arena. Thunder was pushed from behind by Steel God of War, and used gyroscopic procession to turn itself over, and it was pinned against the wall while Lightning was also pushed back into the Grinder before time expired on a very close match. Although the Judges were not unanimous in their decision, a 2-1 split decision put Thunder and Lightning through to the next round, with the backing of Ian Lewis.
- Ian Lewis: "Damage for 'blue' was very good. It was very strong."
- Fellow Judge: "So for the control, I think for the whole fight, 'blue' controlled the two bots, kept fighting, working with each other, but I don't think the 'three-one' [Steel God of War] worked very... teammates. So control, I think 'blue' is better."
- — The Judges praise the teamwork of Thunder and Lightning
Results
| THUNDER AND LIGHTNING - RESULTS | ||
| Season 1 | ||
| Round 1 | vs. Steel God of War | Won |
Outside King of Bots
Before entering King of Bots, the team found success in the 60kg weight category of FMB competitions.
Wins/Losses
- Wins: 1
- Losses: 0
Trivia
- Thunder and Lightning was not the only robot in the competition to be named after thunder - Thunderstorm also debuted in the same episode as Thunder and Lightning.
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