Skeletron (sometimes nicknames Skelly) was a Natural Rope Climbing competitor that appeared in every single Techno Games series and made a debut in 2016 Robot Wars Live event.
There were at least two different versions of Skeletron built, one in 2000 and the other in 2001. Skeletron was one of the most successful competitors at the Rope Climbing competitions and was always noted to be the "poster child" for the Techno Games.
The team behind Skeletron entered Series 3 and 4 of the British Robot Wars with Centurion.
Skeletron managed to win the natural rope climbing competition coming first but was then brought in the final to go up against Simian who was an Artificial Rope Climbing competitor, Skeletron lost but got a Silver medal over all.
2001[]
In round 1 Skeletron defeated Au Dreapadoir and then met other Natural Rope Climbing winner Kevi-Pillar where it won again becoming the champion.
2002[]
In round 1 it fought Streaker and won. It then faced Ascender 2 but lost.
2003[]
Live Events[]
Skeletron is still touring the UK and in November 2013 had made an appearance as a signature event at the Abu Dhabi Science Festival. In 2016 at a Robot Wars Live event, Skeletron performed its party trick by climbing a rope to the ceiling.
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