Number 34 - Cobalt

 

Cobalt has sported two different kinds of spinners, one in each season in which it competed. In season 2 in 2016, it sported a deadly asymmetrical horizontal blade. In season 4 in 2019, Cobalt featured an even more deadly vertical disc spinner. Cobalt's builder, Dave Moulds, has competed in various other robot combat competitions, winning Robot Wars a couple of times with a robot called Carbide. In season 2, Cobalt drew returning quarterfinalist Overhaul in the qualifying round, but won by knockout in under a minute and a half. With that impressive performance, it reached the round of 32 as the 14th seed, drawing wildcard recipient and 19th seed Bombshell. Bombshell knocked Cobalt out in 1:45 on its way to the championship. It stayed out of Battlebots for three years, returning in 2019 with a vertical spinner. Its first fight was against flipper robot SubZero, which it knocked out in one of the most violent fights ever. Its second match was against the 1-0 lifter robot DUCK!, which is pretty much indestructible (just ask Tombstone, Reality, and many others). Cobalt threw it around the Battlebox for pretty much the entire fight, and became the only Battlebot to tear off its wedge, but its low wedge got stuck in a slot for one of the killsaws, giving DUCK! the win by knockout. Its third fight was Bombshell in a rematch from season 2. Cobalt got revenge by knocking the Swiss army bot out. At 2-1, another win would have almost positively put Cobalt in the final 16. Its next opponent was End Game, another deadly vertical spinner, which taught Cobalt a lesson and won by knockout. Because it impressed in all four fights, Cobalt was given a play in fight against season 3 runner up Minotaur, who was 3-3. It was a really close fight with a lot of devastating hits, but it somehow made it to the judges, who gave it to Minotaur. Although Cobalt's season was over, it wasn't through impressing the audience, as it was given the Most Destructive Robot award at the end of the season. It did not return in season 5. Cobalt's Battlebots record is 3-4 (.429) with three knockouts. For its absolutely devastating weapon, dominant wins, and good losses, Cobalt truly belongs among the top 50 Battlebots of all time.