![]() Roadblock's rear end was made up of a section of an old oil drum, which was painted over with red, yellow and black hazard stripes. Ultimately, the BBC liked the appearance of the road signs, and the team deliberately kept the signs unpainted for both series. The signs, salvaged from a skip with assistance from a council employee, were originally planned to be painted over, but when Bodmin Community College ran out of time to do so, they entered Roadblock with them unpainted. Roadblock ultimately took the form of a large wedge-shaped robot with a two-wheel drive system, two 12V gel cell batteries for power and road signs forming its front panel and scoop. With money being a major issue for the newly-formed Bodmin Community College team, a number of local companies donated materials for the robot's construction, including a second-hand electric wheelchair that formed the basis for its chassis and locomotion. Hender Blewett and Peter Kinsey designed Roadblock after studying robots from American robot combat events, namely the original 1994-1997 US Robot Wars competitions founded by Marc Thorpe. Roadblock in the arena before its Gauntlet run Fortunately, the team knew someone who worked at the local council, and this contact took them to a huge skip, from where they chose the "Road Ahead Closed" sign that became the robot's most distinctive feature." - Robot Wars Technical Manual on the construction of Roadblock By chance, Hender saw a road sign that exactly fitted the dimensions of the chassis, and which he could see would make an excellent bonnet. " Initially, the team had problems coming up with a body design. It typically used this wedge to control and turn opponents over, as demonstrated in combat against Recyclopse, Robot the Bruce and Killertron on two occasions.Īfter two appearances in the UK Series, Roadblock was retired and a similarly designed successor, Beast of Bodmin, entered The Third Wars. ![]() Roadblock sought to defend its title in the Second Wars and placed third after being defeated by Cassius in the Grand Final.īuilt as an A-level school project for students at Bodmin Community College, Roadblock was a large wedge-shaped machine covered in road signs that inspired the robot's name. Roadblock notched up a seven-straight battle winning streak, including a dominant performance in the six-way title fight of Series 1. One of the most successful robots in the early years of the show, Roadblock won the first ever broadcast episode of the show and then went on to become the inaugural UK Champion by winning The First Wars. Roadblock (also spelled Road Block) was a robot that competed in the British television game show Robot Wars. " Roadblock was an A level Technology project for Hender.Hender is a very able technology student who has been presented to HRH the Prince of Wales with his technology project." - Peter Kinsey If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.įor technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Kirk Stebbing (email available below). If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. You can help adding them by using this form. We have no bibliographic references for this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about. This allows to link your profile to this item. ![]() If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.įor technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:cup:buhurj:v:6:y:2021:i:3:p:592-598_12. You can help correct errors and omissions. All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. ![]()
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