" That's a great little tussle between the two of them, evenly matched." - Jonathan Pearce on The Grim Reaper and Big Nipper
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It fought in Heat B of the main competition, its first round battle saw it placed up against Annihilator champion Kan-Opener, Tag Team Terror runner-up Barbaric Response, and Series 5 returnee Big Nipper, all of which would be successful in Roaming Robots events. Grim Reaper would not appear again until Series 7.Īfter having a four year interval away from Robot Wars, The Grim Reaper team returned with a brand new Grim Reaper machine for Series 7, completely redesigned with a flipper as its weapon. With neither robot operational, the judges voted in favour of Big Brother, eliminating Grim Reaper in the first round. This attack seemed to immobilise both Big Brother and Grim Reaper, and Sir Killalot flipped Grim Reaper over just before time ran out. Still mobile thanks to its rear wheel, Grim Reaper came back on the attack with its pneumatic spike. Sir Killalot drives over Big Brother and Grim Reaperīoth Grim Reaper and Big Brother lie immobile That's wheely stupid driving." - Jonathan Pearce as Grim Reaper's wheel comes off " Grim Reaper has lost a wheel! The wheel's come off! Slamming then, into the back of Big Brother, and the wheel comes spinning off, and no time for a pit change here. For Series 3, Luke Smith was the team's third member, while Charlie Smith took his place in Series 7. Team captain Simon Smith built each version of the machine, with Gary Smith also present in both of its series. The Grim Reaper was entered into Robot Wars by a team from Bognor Regis in West Sussex. In addition, it had skull heads printed on it. It featured spikes similar to Bigger Brother's on the flipper and serrated blades on below those spikes. Because of the design of the ram-turned-flipper, The Grim Reaper was capable of clamping and pushing, which it did several times against Gyrobot and Big Nipper. It was also far more compact and quick than its predecessor. It was a bright green octagon and featured a CO 2 powered full-pressure flipper capable of flipping 100kg easily, and capable of flipping a maximum weight of 250kg. The team's redesigned robot, known on stat boards as The Grimreaper, was driven by 24v 750w motors. " The three wheeled configuration came purely from the fact that the bearing housings were already in place, and for this reason the Reaper had single rear drive and kart-like steering which was also already in place." - Team Grim Reaper website The Grimreaper (Series 7)