
Thunderstorm as it appeared for King of Bots 1.0
Thunderstorm is a Heavyweight robot from China built by Peng Changqi that is currently waitlisted for RoboGames 2018. It is an invertible, yellow, and black, four-wheeled, box-shaped robot equipped with a powerful vertical bar spinner, and feeder wedge.
Thunderstorm also posesses a very powerful drive system meaning that if the weapon fails it can be used as a powerful rammer.
Outside RoboGames[]
Thunderstorm was originally built to compete in King of Bots Season 1.0, however the robot suffered mechanical issues and ultimately went 1-1 after running afoul of RoboGames 2017 crowd favorite Blue in the Round of 24.
Trivia[]
- Thunderstorm possessed such a passing resemblance to the second version of Battlebots competitor Bite Force that it was initially rumored that Paul Ventimiglia of Aptyx Designs had a hand in its construction. However this was later discovered not to be the case, and merely a symptom of China (and Robot Combat in general)'s copy culture.