US Robot Wars 1996 heavyweight tournament tree



Robot Wars 1996

The 1996 Robot Wars event took place August 16th thru 18th at the Fort Mason Center, Herbst Pavillion in San Francisco. There were four classes:

  • Super Lightweight : 5-25 lbs.
  • Lightweight : 26-50 lbs.
  • Middleweight : 51-100 lbs.
  • Heavyweight : 101-165 lbs.
Two events were featured within each weight class:
  • A standard 'Face-Off' tournament with a 5 minute time limit (results below).
  • A 'Melee' free-for-all, also with a 5 minute time limit. Melee winners:
    • Superlight : X2
    • Light : Lorena 2
    • Middle : The Agamemnon
    • Heavy : La Machine
Other prize winners were:
  • Best Design : 'Biohazard'
  • Best Engineering : 'Biohazard
  • Strangest Robot : 'Sponkey Munkey'
  • Autonomous : 'Gladiator Rodney'

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Doomore - Scott LaValley, Steel at Work - Jean Denis Lefeuvre, The Merrimac - Mark Anderson, Marvin - Willis Wong, La Machine - Roski / Munson, South Bay Mauler - S C Tilford, Tazz - Donald Hutson, The Master - Mark Setrakian, Vlad the Impaler - Gage Cauchois, Prometheus - Richard Brull, Punjar - Ramiro Mallari, Red Scorpion - Raymond Washburn, Munch - Klass Langhout, Namreko 3000 - Mike Okerman, Biohazard - Carlo Bertocchini, Robot Redford Jr - William Bakaleninkoff, TerMinal frenZy - Patrick Campbell, Nemesis - Chris Harriman, Killborg - Ken Atkinson, SWAK - Alex Rose, Gut Rip - Bob Schneeveis, Frank - Kua Patten, Rex - Bob Schneeveis, Bloodletter Jr. - Phillip Putman