![]() The Ransom Everglades team were also active competitors in BotsIQ events around the time of SpiderPig's debut, competing with other robots including the 15lb Fluffy, and the 120lb machines El Cholo and Fluffy DeLarge. Plow IIX, finishing the championship with an even 2-2 match record. It repeated a similar pattern with a second win over The Devastator, before being eliminated by Mr. ![]() ![]() In the 2009 High School Championship, SpiderPig began with a victory over Sherman's March, only to be relegated to the losers' bracket following defeat against The Blender. SpiderPig's name is a likely reference to the 2007 animated comedy film The Simpsons Movie, specifically the parody song sung by Homer Simpson as he makes his pet pig Plopper walk on the ceiling. Photos released on an unofficial BattleBots builders forum suggest that the outer steel layer was initially finished in a dark orange or "hot pink" color, though the completed machine ultimately entered the arena in a two-tone gray paint scheme. Amongst SpiderPig's other key features included 1" thick front and back plates, an outer layer of steel between 3/4 and 1" in thickness, and a vacuum system enabling the robot to maintain traction on the BattleBox floor. SpiderPig was a middleweight robot built by the Miami-based Ransom Everglades team for the 2009 BattleBots High School Championship.Īn invertible, low box-shaped robot with a waterjet-cut aluminum chassis, it eschewed active weapons in favor of a powerful eight-wheel drive system and a focus on defence against powerful spinners. Statistics correct as of its most recent appearance on the show, or if not applicable, qualification attempt.
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