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It all started when our family was lucky enough to get tickets to the filming of Series 4. My boys Scott (8) and Daniel (5) decided that it would be a good idea if Dad built a robot and appeared on Robot Wars. I said that I would maybe have a go, hoping that they would forget in the months to come. No such chance and I found myself committed to a new project. My background is electronics, so I got together with a friend from work (Tony) and we set about planning a Robot. Tony looks after the mechanics and pneumatics We decided that the robot would be simple in design which would mean less to go wrong, and we would build it around the tried and tested electric wheelchair method often used by other roboteers. We also felt that if it worked upside down and had a flipper that worked upside down we would be able to attack in whatever position we found ourselves in. The finishing touch would be a sacrificial lamb for the House Robots to play with. So the idea of Lambsy was born . We decided that we would paint a wolf on the flipper and Lambsy would hide the wolf until attacked. Once the battle commenced the 'Wolf in Sheep's clothing would be revealed'.
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