However, as its magnets pulled the floor panels up, Beta could not move under its own power in the BattleBots test box. Joined by long-term teammate Dominic Parkinson as well as two-time Robot Wars champion George Francis of Chaos 2 fame, the original build of Beta showed up in a finished state to compete in the Comedy Central Season 5.0 heavyweight division.
ĬAD of the original Beta, dated August 2002. The robot was armored in 25mm LexGard polycarbonate with 5mm stainless steel corner armor plates. It also had to pull out of World Championship I, but returned for World Championship II, V and most recently, World Championship VII.īuilt to replace KillerHurtz after Season 4.0, the original build of Beta sported an 11kg aluminum alloy hammer head, notably including neodymium-iron-boron magnets proving approximately 400kg of downforce.
So if we can hit it on the top, we can kill them with a good hit." - John Reid during World Championship IIīeta (pronounced bee-tah and sometimes stylized as βeta, beta or BETA) is a heavyweight robot built by John Reid of Team Hurtz, which originally intended to compete in Season 5.0 of Comedy Central BattleBots, but had to withdraw. It's very rare, people aren't expecting that, so people don't put a whole lot of armor on the top, it's all on the sides. What's different about Beta is we come in from the top. In the case of Beta, its sloped side panels and front wedge are all removable, connected to the toy with small magnets." There are a lot of vicious weapons in BattleBots - spinners, drums - but they all come in from the side. Like other toys in the line, several parts of Beta are removable to mimic damage in battle. It also has a limited range of motion and as such, cannot reliably self-right. Notably, the support for Beta's hammer is not represented, with its gear mechanism lower than on its real-life counterpart. The HEXBUG toy is not without its differences to the 250lb robot. However, if the button is held, the toy will repeatedly fire and reset its hammer. When pressed again, the hammer retracts back to its original position. If the weapon button is pressed and released, the hammer will fire. Beta's iconic hammer is operated in a unique way. The toy is based on the World Championship II design of Beta and bears a strong resemblance to the real-life robot. It was released in 2017 alongside Minotaur individually and also in a two-pack. Beta was one of the BattleBots competitors released as part of HEXBUG's Rivals line of remote control toys.
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