Blendo was declared joint Heavyweight Champion in 1995 with The Master in exchange for withdrawing from the event after creating a safety hazard by launching pieces of its opponents out of the arena.

However, despite displaying improved effectiveness, it again lost its only battle against Bacchus, which proved to be its last competitive fight.īlendo debuted in the 1995 US Robot Wars tournament, and was arguably the most destructive robot of that period. Blendo's slow and poorly controlled drive system compounded with its opponents' highly improved armor made it all but obsolete.Īhead of Season 3.0, its final season, Blendo received several upgrades, which included replacing its iconic wok shell with a newly made titanium shell, which had teeth designed much differently from previous seasons for a better chance of damaging other bots. In addition, according to an interview with fellow Mythbusters star Adam Savage, Blendo’s original drivetrain was also controlled by the internal combustion engine through a series of clutches, meaning that translational movement would be lost if the gas engine were to stall as well.īlendo entered each of the first three seasons of BattleBots with the BattleBox being sufficiently protective against flying debris, but did not achieve any success. While this made for a persistent attack, it meant that if Blendo's spinner were to cut out mid-battle, it would not be able to start up again. Thus, Blendo would theoretically spin unabated for the entire battle. Jamie Hyneman starting up Blendo's Internal combustion engine with his power drill.īlendo's spinner was manually activated before the match by Jamie Hyneman inserting a power drill through a hole in Blendo's top to start the internal combustion weapon motor. Blendo had a spin speed of 500rpm, reportedly having a top speed of up to 80mph, and its destructive power was described by Hyneman as 'a piece of steel the size of a fist traveling at the speed of sound'. The body, made out of a salvaged wok, was surrounded by a sharpened steel ring at the bottom, augmented by two blades. It was a low profile, shell spinner design powered by a 5hp lawnmower engine. It entered the first three Comedy Central BattleBots seasons as well as the Las Vegas 1999 event.

We challenged ourselves to create an unbeatable machine that had power and intimidation on its side.' - The M5 Industries website's description of Blendoīlendo was a heavyweight robot built by Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage, who later found fame as the co-hosts of Mythbusters. ' This spinning robot has deadly blades that will slice through anything that comes in contact with its path.

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