Saint (UK HW)

Saint, also called The Saint and Saint Hammer, is a thwackbot with interchangeable weapons and run by Team Saint. It is one of two heavyweight thwackbots built and owned by the team, the other being Gabriel.

Drive
Saint's two very large wheels are powered by 24V Bosch motors, each running on 750W and with one powering each wheel.

Weaponry
Saint is a thwackbot. It makes use of its momentum both by using the sit-and-spin tactic and through torque reaction. Whilst the custom-made longsword is most commonly used, this can be interchanged with a shorter sword, a rounded hammer and a pickaxe.

Chassis & Armour
Saint's armour and chassis consist of a combination of 3mm-thick Arm steel, conveyor belt rubber and UHMWPE.

Other
Saint is an axlebot, as more than 75% of the wheels' circumferences able to touch a surface unobstructed at any time. This allows Saint to continue to run no matter how it is flipped as long as it stays in the arena, and means that stacking or beaching Saint is impossible. The large wheels also allow Saint to drive out of pits.

Robot History: Overview
The first Saint robot was built in 2007. It was a shallow, roughly crucifix-shaped robot featuring a small pickaxe at one end. Whilst it was designed with the intention of spinning to swing the axe into opponents, it was mildly more effective as a pusher. However, this version of the robot had little success and it was completely redesigned and rebuilt in 2008.

The new, modern model has become popular partly due to the design, partly due to the capability for damage and party due to the robot's staying power.

Honours

 * Finalist: 2009 UK Heavyweight Championships
 * Winner: Roaming Robots Most Entertaining Robot Award 2009
 * Third place: 2011 UK Team Championships 2011 with Team Saints and Sinners
 * Runner-up: Robots: Extreme Wars Live Maidstone 2011
 * Winner: 2012 UK Team Championships with Team Saints and Sinners
 * Finalist: Robots: Extreme Wars Live Winter Tour 2012
 * Quarter-finalist: 2013 Robot Wars Championship
 * Quarter-finalist: Robot Wars Winter Tour 2013
 * Winner: 2014 UK Tag-Team Championship with Behemoth

Whiteboards

 * Saint vs Bullfrog vs Gravity 5.3d vs Maelstrom vs Rattler
 * Maelstrom won


 * Saint vs Eruption  vs Gravity 5.2d vs Rattler vs Thor
 * Saint, Eruption and Gravity 5.2d were still mobile at the end of the battle and a judge's decision was not given


 * Saint vs Brutus vs Maelstrom vs Manta vs Titan
 * Saint, Maelstrom and Manta were still mobile at the end of the battle and a judge's decision was not given