Herr Gepoünden

Herr Gepounden

Herr Gepoünden was a Lightweight built by ZwolfPack Engineering that competed in ROBOLympics 2004, RoboGames 2005, and 2007-2015, as well as the 2005 RFL Nationals, and ComBots Cup V. It was a White, two wheeled, invertible tornado drive robot armed with a thwacking mallet. Herr Gepoünden did decently, consistently reaching multiple losers bracket semifinals, and even knocking out the dreaded two time Lightweight champion K2 in 2015.

Herr Gepoünden was retired after RoboGames 2015, which ended a long eventful career that spanned back to BattleBots 3.0. At the time it was retired it was one of the oldest combat robots still competing in the world, a true testament to just how well designed it was. However it came back in RoboGames 2017.

Robot History

RoboGames 2017

Herr Gepoünden clobbers Touro Light.

Herr Gepoünden's first fight in RoboGames 2017 was supposed to be against Monkey Bot. however Monkey Bot forfeited, and this put Herr Gepoünden through to the next round where it faced Touro Light.

This match started with Touro Light spinning up, Herr Gepoünden then delivered a blow to it sending sparks everywhere. Touro Light then popped Herr Gepoünden, sending it spinning on its side wheel. Herr Gepoünden recovered, and delivered a few pops before Touro Light sent it flying again.

Herr Gepoünden then rushed Touro Light but missed, and Touro Light delivered another blow to Herr Gepoünden, sending it flying. Touro Light followed this up by attacking Herr Gepoünden again, this time stranding it against the arena wall, with its wheels off the ground. Herr Gepoünden was then counted out, meaning that Touro Light had won by KO.

This put Herr Gepoünden in the loser's bracket where it faced newcomers WarPig.

Wins/Losses

• Wins: 21
• Losses: 25

Competition	Wins	Losses
ROBOLympics 2004	Agsma 2 Woblygoblin	Hexy Jr. New Attitude
RoboGames 2005	Cleprechaun's Return Bit-O-Sweet VD3x2	Wedge of Doom The Big B
2005 RFL Nationals	None	Wipe Out #2 Sabretooth 6.0
RoboGames 2007	Spinnerbait Jr. Homer	Touro Light K2
RoboGames 2008	None	UBRuined Cornholio
RoboGames 2009	UBRuined	The Big B UBRuined
RoboGames 2010	UBRuined Offroad Destroyer Bad Dog	The Big B K2
ComBots Cup V	None	The Big B Texas Heat Come to Mama
RoboGames 2011	The Coroner Michelin Pilot	The Big B Son of Spam
RoboGames 2012	Oakheart Big-Bolla V For Victory	Touro Light Hot Stuff
RoboGames 2015	Smack Daddy K2 RIP	Blue Black
RoboGames 2017	Monkey Bot (forfeit) WarPig	Touro Light

Outside of RoboGames

Herr Gepoünden originally competed in the final three seasons of Comedy Central's BattleBots, reaching the Quarterfinals in Season 3.0. Herr Gepoünden also competed in Steel Conflict, where it won three fights.

Trivia

• At the time of its its retirement Herr Gepoünden was the oldest American robot still competing, and one of the oldest robots still competing in the world.
• Herr Gepoünden was one of the few truly effective Melty Brain/Tornado Drive type sit n spinners, another example being Sweet Knocker.

See Also

Sweet Knocker Team Misfits Antweight tornado drive spinner that was very similar to Herr Gepoünden in the way it worked.

CycloneBot Another tornado drive spinner of note.

Herr Gepoünden (BattleBots)