US Robot Wars 1997 heavyweight tournament tree



Robot Wars 1997

The 1997 Robot Wars event took place August 15th thru 17th at the Fort Mason Center, Herbst Pavillion in San Francisco. There were four classes:

  • Featherweight : 10-25 lbs.
  • Lightweight : 26-50 lbs.
  • Middleweight : 51-100 lbs.
  • Heavyweight : 101-170 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 : Wedge of Doom
    • Light : Defiant
    • Middle : Turtle Roadkiller
    • Heavy : Biohazard and Blendo (tie)
Other prize winners were:
  • Best Design : 'Z'
  • Best Engineering : 'Blendo'
  • Strangest Robot : 'Snake'
  • Autonomous : 'Thumper'

Heavyweight

Middleweight

Lightweight

Featherweight

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Biohazard - Carlo Bertocchini, Monster - Kevin Knoedler, Vlad the Impaler - Gage Cauchoise, Prometheus II - Richard Brull, The Rhino - Alex Rose, Scorpion - Jerry Burton, Snake - Mark Setrakian, The Mauler - S. C. Tilford, Bubba - Alex Ramirez, Mash-N-Go - Jim Anderson, frenZy - Patrick Campbell, Z - Vic Lang, Badger - James Bloeman, The Landshark - Willis Wong, La Machine - Trey Roski, Ankle Biter - John McKenzie, Kill-O-Amp - Curt Meyers, DooAll - Scott LaValley, TazBot - Donald Hutson, Tallywhacker - Klaas Langhout, Metallithor - Jay Smith, Blendo - Jamie Hyneman, Hercules - Jim Smentowski, Punjar - Ramiro Mallari, Gut Rip - Bob Schneevis