US Robot Wars 1996 middleweight 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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Up and Over - Bob Schneeveis, Scorpion - Jerry Burton, Traxx - Damiel Goff, The General - Pat Boon, Scrappy - Jim Clark, Pokey - Kurt Meyers, The Agamemnon - Dan Danknick, Satoru Special III - James Strauss