BATTLEBOTS HUGE FREE
In this match, HUGE was easily able to attack with his spinning blade while Free Shipping was trying to use its forklift, which had added spikes in hopes of snaring its opponent. HUGE's second match was against Free Shipping. In the end, HUGE won on a 3-0 judges' decision to advance to the next stage of the tournament. As the match went on, HUGE managed to get SubZero's weaponry pretty much disabled and was attacking it up against the arena wall before time ran out. HUGE was proving to be too high for SubZero to do much with its weaponry or defenses and continued to take punishment, eventually losing one of the two attachments meant to fight against HUGE.
In this match, HUGE attacked SubZero, whom was backing in to HUGE for fear of the weapon. HUGE's first match of the competition was against SubZero. HUGH's final fight came against the similarly-designed Button Lee, built by SMEEEEEEEEEEEEE's Joe Fabiani, which again went the distance. They then lost to Mammoth, a fight which played out as one of the most memorable bouts of the 2020 BattleBots season. HUGH fought a robot called More Roadkill, winning by judges' decision. The main difference was that the spinning weapon was swapped out for a 70lb thwacking arm. Outside of BattleBots, team captain Jonathan Schultz fought with a sportsman version of HUGE at the 2019 edition of Robot Ruckus in Orlando, Florida called HUGH. The body now sported logos and website links for HUGE's main sponsors, Mouser Electronics and TTI Inc. The flexible stabilizing legs had also been swapped out for reinforced, machine-cut legs with pocketing to save weight while retaining structural integrity. It also featured aesthetic LEDs in the rear of the robot. The body had also been lengthened to allow for space for multiple motors to power the weapon, but also shortened to accommodate this upgrade. HUGE retains its optional Tegris wheels, seen in a teaser photo where it is also equipped with additional armor bolted to the front, though its opponent remains unknown. HUGE returned for Discovery Season 6 with brand new UMHW wheels, which were now machined unlike in previous seasons where they were hand-cut. HUGE also participated in the Witch Doctor Bounty Hunters bracket, defeating Slap Box in the first round but losing to Malice in the second. After going 1-2 in the Fight Night rounds, HUGE still made it into the Championship Tournament due to the nature of its losses, only to lose a rematch to eventual runner-up Whiplash in the Round of 32. It also had the option to change its traditional white UMHW wheels out for black wheels, made from a composite material called Tegris. HUGE was able to do repeat its previous success, making the Top 16 for a second year running.įor Discovery Season 5, HUGE was largely the same visually as before, but the struts were altered to further solidify the robot so it could take more hits. HUGE came back for the 2019 season with new wheels with thicker construction for the horizontal spinners, metallic wheel hubs over the plastic ones for the wheels and bar, better support struts for the back end, and a blue colored bar and eyes. The team also have beetleweight and featherweight robots called Tiny Huge and Huge, which this BattleBots entry was a scaled-up version of. Team captain Jonathan Schultz cited Robot Wars reboot competitor Gabriel as his main inspiration for HUGE. HUGE's unorthodox design and destructive power led it to quickly become a crowd favorite, as both its wins and losses could prove to be just as entertaining. Team HUGE included Surrenderbot as a way of tricking the autonomous primary weapon of Chomp during its debut season. HUGE was also paired with a minibot called Surrenderbot for its debut year - a 1lb bot with a white flag it could wave, originally built by Tommy Wong back in 2016. As of the 2020 season, this included the twelve lithium polymer batteries split between the drive motors and its primary weapon. The AR400 steel body houses all of the components and electronics for both the drive and weapon.
For weaponry, HUGE is armed with a very powerful spinning bar which sits high on the robot to attack from above. HUGE is a white, box-shaped robot with 40" diameter UHMW wheels, each weighing approximately 30lbs according to team captain Jonathan Schultz. Huge (stylized as HUGE) is a heavyweight robot which has competed in every Discovery season of the BattleBots reboot. Statistics correct as of its most recent appearance on the show, or if not applicable, qualification attempt.
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