These were designed to disorient competitors, but were ineffective against most robots except Lightweight and a minority of the Middleweight robots. Spinners: Spinners, introduced in Season 2.0, were yellow and black disks embedded in the floor. The Ramrod paint design during Season 4.0 Initially, space around them was a solid yellow color but later was changed to be more like a grid with either red or yellow squares. Occasionally, a robot using an axe as a could get its arm or blade stuck in the holes where the spikes pop out, but none of these robots lost the fight due to these. However, the spikes did minimal damage and never changed the outcome of any fight. Ramrods: The Ramrods were sets of spikes embedded in the floor that would pop out, similar to the Killsaws. The view from the camera underneath the Killsaws during Season 1.0 Right: The Las Vegas 1999 and Season 1.0 killsaws. The 3 versions of Killsaws used, which were manufactured by Systi-Matic. Much like the Pulverizers, the Killsaws generally did the most damage with bots below the Heavyweight Division. These hazards only occasionally changed the outcome of a fight. They did some damage, but were sometimes damaged themselves by robots wielding horizontal spinning weapons. These 24" saws would pop up and damage robots if they drove over them. Killsaws: The Killsaws were, as the name implies, sets of circular saws embedded in the floor of the BattleBox. The pulverizer, one of the most feared hazards in the BattleBox. However, most robots above the Middleweight division did not suffer much damage from them. For Season 2.0 onwards, the hammers were much more powerful, including with a free-weight inside the hammer, which made the hammer itself capable of flattening lightweights.
For Season 1.0, they were just 50 pound sledgehammers that were not only ineffective but tiny when they appeared on TV, especially next to the robots.
These hammers came down with 150 pounds of force, enough to flatten robots. Pulverizers: The Pulverizers were large hammers, one in each corner of the BattleBox.
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