Chaos 2
Encyclopedia
Chaos 2 is a combat robot
from the UK Television Series Robot Wars
, designed and built by self-employed mechanic
George Francis, from Ipswich
, and operated by Team Chaos. Twice winner of the UK Robot Wars Championship and the only robot with that distinction, it was the first robot to use its flipper to throw its opponents out of the arena
altogether. This machine was also the first to defeat Hypno-Disc
in Series 3. Its flipper is considered to be the most powerful in Robot Wars, although it is not as powerful as the catapult-style flipper of Wheely Big Cheese. However, its weapon is superior in terms of efficiency
, but has a limited supply of , which provides the power for the weapon. The robot has been reincarnated several times over the years, previously appearing as Robot The Bruce and Chaos. Its flipper was also used as a self-righting
mechanism when the robot was inverted, flipping the entire robot over in a half-somersault
so it could continue fighting.
Chaos 2 is an inaugural member of the Combat Robot Hall of Fame. It also has its own pullback
toy, pullback minibot and DVD.
First World Championship
Chaos 2 represented England in this competition.
Chaos 2 won the UK championship for the second consecutive time.
Northern Annihilator
All Stars Championship
Second World Championship
Chaos 2 represented the UK in this competition.
This was its final fight. However, after this loss, it received a massive overhaul to bring it back to working order. It no longer fights, but it still appears as a display robot at some Charity Events.
Robot combat
Robot combat is a hobby/sport in which two or more custom-built machines use varied methods of destroying or disabling the other. As of today, in most cases these machines are remote-controlled vehicles rather than autonomous robots, although there are exceptions, particularly in the field of...
from the UK Television Series Robot Wars
Robot Wars (TV series)
Robot Wars is a British game show modelled on a US-based competition of the same name. It was broadcast on BBC Two from 1998 until 2003, with its final series broadcast on Five in 2003 and 2004. Additional series were filmed for specific sectors of the global market, including two series of Robot...
, designed and built by self-employed mechanic
Mechanic
A mechanic is a craftsman or technician who uses tools to build or repair machinery.Many mechanics are specialized in a particular field such as auto mechanics, bicycle mechanics, motorcycle mechanics, boiler mechanics, general mechanics, industrial maintenance mechanics , air conditioning and...
George Francis, from Ipswich
Ipswich
Ipswich is a large town and a non-metropolitan district. It is the county town of Suffolk, England. Ipswich is located on the estuary of the River Orwell...
, and operated by Team Chaos. Twice winner of the UK Robot Wars Championship and the only robot with that distinction, it was the first robot to use its flipper to throw its opponents out of the arena
Arena
An arena is an enclosed area, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theater, musical performances, or sporting events. It is composed of a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for spectators. The key feature of an arena is that the event space is the...
altogether. This machine was also the first to defeat Hypno-Disc
Hypno-Disc
A contestant entry in the Robot Wars TV series, Hypno-Disc was one of the first robots to use the kinetic flywheel weapon — a highly damaging weapon that succeeded in heavily damaging and destroying a great many robots. Hypno-Disc's design, however, was somewhat basic, and its high ground...
in Series 3. Its flipper is considered to be the most powerful in Robot Wars, although it is not as powerful as the catapult-style flipper of Wheely Big Cheese. However, its weapon is superior in terms of efficiency
Mechanical efficiency
Mechanical efficiency measures the effectiveness of a machine in transforming the energy and power that is input to the device into an output force and movement...
, but has a limited supply of , which provides the power for the weapon. The robot has been reincarnated several times over the years, previously appearing as Robot The Bruce and Chaos. Its flipper was also used as a self-righting
Self-righting mechanism
In robot combat, a self-righting mechanism or srimech is a device used for re-right a robot should it get flipped...
mechanism when the robot was inverted, flipping the entire robot over in a half-somersault
Somersault
A somersault is an acrobatic exercise in which a person does a full 360° flip, moving the feet over the head. A somersault can be performed either forwards, backwards, or sideways and can be executed in the air or on the ground...
so it could continue fighting.
Chaos 2 is an inaugural member of the Combat Robot Hall of Fame. It also has its own pullback
Pullback motor
A pullback motor is a simple clockwork motor used in toy cars.Pulling the car backwards winds up an internal coil spring. When released, the car is propelled forwards by the spring...
toy, pullback minibot and DVD.
Statistics
| Weight: | 84 kg (during its last appearance in Robot Wars Extreme: Series 2) |
| Dimensions: | 38 cm × 92 cm × 72 cm |
| Clearance: | 7 cm |
| Power: | electric motors |
| Weapons: | powerful pneumatic CO2 Carbon dioxide Carbon dioxide is a naturally occurring chemical compound composed of two oxygen atoms covalently bonded to a single carbon atom... powered flipper |
Series 3
UK Championship| Round | Opponent | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | Crocodilitron | won by knockout | |
| Round 2 | Sonic | won by knockout | |
| Round 3 | The Big Cheese | won by point | The first time Chaos 2 used their srimech mechanism.The Big Cheese caused heavy damage to Sergeant Bash at the end. |
| Round 4 | Trident | won by knockout | |
| Round 5 | Mace II | won by knockout | This was seen as a spot of revenge fom George Francis, after the original Mace robot knocked out Chaos, his previous machine, in the Second wars. |
| Round 6 | Firestorm | won by knockout | First time a robot is flipped out of the arena |
| Grand Final | Hypno-disc Hypno-Disc A contestant entry in the Robot Wars TV series, Hypno-Disc was one of the first robots to use the kinetic flywheel weapon — a highly damaging weapon that succeeded in heavily damaging and destroying a great many robots. Hypno-Disc's design, however, was somewhat basic, and its high ground... |
won by knockout | Also flipped Matilda onto her side (as well as making its armour fall off) and flipped over Shunt, knocking off its exhaust stack and its top bodyshell |
First World Championship
Chaos 2 represented England in this competition.
| Round | Opponent | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | Killerhurtz (Czech Republic) | won by knockout | Despite being boxed into the CPZ and having its gas canister burst by Shunt |
| Round 2 | Razer Razer (Robot) Razer is a combat robot that competed on the British television series Robot Wars. It was constructed by Simon Scott and Ian Lewis from Bournemouth; the team later expanded to include webmaster Vincent Blood... (England) |
lost by knockout | Reversed into pit after canister was burst |
Series 4
UK Championship| Round | Opponent | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | Atomic vs. Indefatigable | Qualified by knockout | Flips Indefatigable out of arena |
| Round 2 | Medusa 2000 | Won by knockout | Very nearly flipped Medusa 2000 out of the arena twice. Medusa 2000 also showed poor control by backing into the claw of SGT Bash and having one of its back wheels crushed. |
| Round 3 | Atomic | Won by knockout | |
| Round 4 | Steg 2 | Won by knockout | |
| Round 5 | Tornado Tornado (robot) Tornado was a competitor on the UK TV series Robot Wars, noteworthy as the champion of the sixth series.Tornado was built by Andrew Marchant, Bryan Moss and David Gamble, from Sawtry, near Huntingdon. It even got its own Robot Wars Remote Controlled Toy, Diecast Minibot and pullback toy.Post Robot... |
won by knockout | Tornado flipped out of the arena after about half a minute. |
| Round 6 | Stinger | Won by judges' decision by 1 point | Chaos 2's first judge's decision. Stinger and Chaos 2 were even on damage, style and aggression, but Chaos 2 won on control. |
| Grand Final | Pussycat | Won by judges' decision | Impressed the judges by throwing Pussycat several feet in the air, but slowed down a little and lost some of its power in its weapon somewhat after having a piece of polycarbonate Polycarbonate PolycarbonatePhysical PropertiesDensity 1.20–1.22 g/cm3Abbe number 34.0Refractive index 1.584–1.586FlammabilityV0-V2Limiting oxygen index25–27%Water absorption – Equilibrium0.16–0.35%Water absorption – over 24 hours0.1%... sliced off the back of it. They came back though, nearly flipping Pussycat out of the arena, and pushing them into Shunt, who, oddly, missed with the axe. |
Chaos 2 won the UK championship for the second consecutive time.
Northern Annihilator
| Round | Opponent | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | Spikasaurus vs. Stinger vs. Killerhurtz vs. Dominator 2 vs. Suicidal Tendencies | Eliminated by knockout | Ganged up on by other robots. They very nearly knocked out Killerhurtz. The axes of Dominator 2 and Killerhurtz came crashing down on the bodyshell and flipper of Chaos 2, and the heavy swinging mace of Stinger caused the top of the flipper to completely cave in. Chaos 2 were immobilised from then on. |
Robot Wars Extreme - Series 1
| Round | Opponent | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| International Melee | Alien Destructor vs. Philliper | Won by knocking out Philliper and beating Alien Destructor on a judges' decision | |
| Flipper Frenzy | Thermidor 2 vs. Wheely Big Cheese vs. Bigger Brother | lost by knockout | Was immobilised |
| Challenge Belt | Tornado Tornado (robot) Tornado was a competitor on the UK TV series Robot Wars, noteworthy as the champion of the sixth series.Tornado was built by Andrew Marchant, Bryan Moss and David Gamble, from Sawtry, near Huntingdon. It even got its own Robot Wars Remote Controlled Toy, Diecast Minibot and pullback toy.Post Robot... |
lost by knockout |
All Stars Championship
| Round | Opponent | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | X-Terminator | won by knockout | |
| Round 2 | Wheely Big Cheese | won by judges' decision | |
| Round 3 | Tornado Tornado (robot) Tornado was a competitor on the UK TV series Robot Wars, noteworthy as the champion of the sixth series.Tornado was built by Andrew Marchant, Bryan Moss and David Gamble, from Sawtry, near Huntingdon. It even got its own Robot Wars Remote Controlled Toy, Diecast Minibot and pullback toy.Post Robot... |
lost by judges' decision |
Second World Championship
Chaos 2 represented the UK in this competition.
| Round | Opponent | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | Manta (USA) vs. Mastiff (Italy) vs. Ansgar (Germany) | lost by knockout | Spectacularly drove itself into the pit while flipping one of the robots |
Series 5
UK Championship| Round | Opponent | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | Storm Force | won by knockout | |
| Round 2 | The Steel Avenger | won by knockout | Flips The Steel Avenger out of the arena. Was later presented by the sets technical crew with a broken light "in memory of all the lights you've busted" by flipping robots out of the arena. |
| Round 3 | S.M.I.D.S.Y. | won by knockout | 1st Match: Both Robots immobilised, the judges instantly call for a rematch. Rematch: won by knockout, flips SMIDSY out of arena |
| Round 4 | Wild Thing | won by judges' decision | Chaos 2 leaned into pit, setting off the smoke but doesn't fall in, it is thought to be the closest fight ever |
| Round 5 | Bigger Brother | lost by knockout | Chaos 2 thought to have run out of CO2, first loss in the UK championship |
Series 6
UK Championship| Round | Opponent | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | Destructosaur vs. Mighty Mouse vs. Iron-Awe 2 | qualified by knockout | flips Iron Awe out of arena. |
| Round 2 | Crushtacean | won by knockout | |
| Round 3 | Dantomkia | lost by knockout | first time Chaos 2 has been flipped out of the arena |
Robot Wars Extreme - Series 2
All Stars Championship| Round | Opponent | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | Razer Razer (Robot) Razer is a combat robot that competed on the British television series Robot Wars. It was constructed by Simon Scott and Ian Lewis from Bournemouth; the team later expanded to include webmaster Vincent Blood... vs. 13 Black |
eliminated by knockout | Following a large hit on the chassis by 13 Black, smashing the flipper, Chaos 2 was rendered unrepairable for the rest of Extreme II |
This was its final fight. However, after this loss, it received a massive overhaul to bring it back to working order. It no longer fights, but it still appears as a display robot at some Charity Events.