![]() On August 19, 2021, Paul confirmed on Aptyx Designs' Facebook page that Bite Force would not be competing in World Championship VI due to BattleBots not addressing contract agreement improvements regarding team sustainability, which Paul has been trying to get them to do for the last two seasons. Team member Tim Bogdanof joined forces with HiJinx for that year. With the intention of making a new bot, an operational unit of Bite Force was going to be sold to an international buyer but Paul backed out of the sale due to concerns towards the buyer's unsafe intentions. It defeated Witch Doctor in the title decider to win the championship for a record-equaling third time.īite Force's reveal to Facebook Supporters for the original World Championship V roster.Īhead of World Championship V, Bite Force was on the original list of competing robots but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Paul Ventimiglia decided not to compete. Bite Force once again destroyed the competition, winning all of its fights, including knocking out Tombstone in a rematch from the first reboot era title fight. The revamped Bite Force was able to dish out punishment in every fight it fought in with its 40lbs bar, defeating Minotaur in the finals to earn the championship for the second time.īite Force during World Championship IV hero shots.įor World Championship IV, Bite Force returned with little in the way of obvious changes, aside from more "knockout power" in its bar and later a reserve operational bot. This change increased the reliability of the weapon and allowed Bite Force to save considerable weight in favour of more armour by running the entire bot at the same voltage, 24V, and dropping several batteries. Amid the qualifying rounds, Bite Force was internally redesigned after its fight against End Game, replacing its fragile weapon motor with four battle-hardened S28-150 Magmotors. It even had the scars from last season, proving it was structurally identical from the outside. However, Bite Force would win the exhibition rumble at the end of the season against Wrecks and Witch Doctor.īite Force during World Championship III hero shots.įor the 2018 season, Bite Force did not change much externally, though UHMW chain guards were added on the top and front of the bot after losing its weapon to Chomp in the previous season. Bite Force did not perform quite as well this time out, defeating Mohawk in the qualifying round and The Ringmaster in the Round of 32, before losing to Chomp in the Round of 16. This is the version that Paul wanted to build ahead of the 2015 season, but was turned down by production as there were already too many robots with spinning weapons. With a new aluminum chassis sporting an asymmetrical vertical spinning bar powered by a Motenergy ME0909 instead of its grappling jaws, Bite Force also ran on homebrewed urethane wheels instead of tracks. ![]() In doing so, Bite Force became the only champion of the modern era to use tracks, and is also the only robot not armed with spinning weaponry to win the Giant Nut.Īn early CAD of the 2016 Bite Force redesign.įor World Championship II, the robot was completely redesigned. En route to the title, Bite Force defeated the legendary Warhead, edged out HyperShock and Overhaul, destroyed Ghost Raptor and defeated the fearsome Tombstone to earn the first title of the modern BattleBots era. Despite this, Bite Force performed well in its debut outing, winning the first season of the modern era. As such, the robot was built in an extremely short time span. The robot also had high-power magnets attached to the tracks in order to increase grip.īite Force was originally not accepted for World Championship I, but the team were made aware that they had been selected nine days prior to filming. However, in order to make weight with the steel wedge, the top claw of the robot had to be removed and the wedgelets could not be used. ![]() Bite Force also had multiple interchangeable configurations - ranging from small blue wedgelets which could be mounted to the front of the robot to a large, cobalt-blue steel wedge could be mounted to the back of the robot to battle spinners. Initially a tracked robot sporting a 6061 aluminum frame armed with a grabbing jaw to lift and even overturn opposing robots, it would later evolve into a vertical bar spinner using a more traditional four-wheel drive setup. With a 26-1 career record and three Giant Nuts to its name, Bite Force remains the most successful competitor since the show's revival in 2015. Statistics correct as of its most recent appearance on the show, or if not applicable, qualification attempt.īite Force is a heavyweight robot built by Aptyx Designs which competed in the first four BattleBots World Championships as well as the 2019 re:MARS all:STARS event.
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