A TEAM from Hayes, called Bucky The Robot, feature are in this week’s episode of Robot Wars on BBC Two with their biter robot.
Team captain is Tom Lloyd, 28, a mechanical design engineer, assisted by Mo Hassaini, 28, a maintenance engineer and electrician, Sabrina Ferriggi, 26, an events manager and mascot Harry Lloyd, 23.
The show goes out on BBC Two this Sunday (5) at 8pm.
Dara Ó’Briain and Angela Scanlon are the presenters, with commentary from Jonathan Pearce.
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The new series features a new competition format, with a Robot Redemption, plus the biggest battle in Robot Wars History - the Ten Robot Rumble.
Ten robots, no time limit, last robot standing, battle it out to determine who takes the wildcard and last spot in the grand final.
This latest series has 30 teams battling it out to take the title. A new hazard is The Fog of War, in which the arena is filled with a dense fog leaving robots vulnerable to attacks from opponents and house robots Dead Metal, Matilda, Shunt and Sir Killalot.
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