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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'
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