Eraser

Eraser was a middleweight robot that fought during Seasons 3.0 and 4.0 of BattleBots. It was a pink robot with a shape inspired by a common eraser, which also gave it its name. Its weaponry was a lifting spike and a spinning drum, which was added for Season 4.0. Eraser reached the quarterfinals of Season 3.0, but lost its first match in Season 4.0.

Eraser was also entered into Season 5.0, but it had technical issues and forfeited.

Robot History

Season 3.0

Eraser1 — Eraser's Season 3.0 appearance.

Eraser first fought Rebob, and Rebob self-destructed, so Eraser won by knockout in 59 seconds. This advanced Eraser to the second preliminary round where it fought B.E.H.EMOTH. Eraser was very aggressive, using the lifting spike as well, and it won the fight on a 28-17 judge's decision. Horrifica was the next opponent for Eraser, but during the match Horrifica's master power switch fell off and Eraser won by another knockout at 1:04.

This win put Eraser to the TV rounds, where it faced Buddy Lee Stay in Your Seat. After driving over the killsaws, Eraser hit Buddy Lee a few times before Buddy Lee got stuck in a corner, its drive train burnt out. Eraser won by KO at 1:26 and advanced to the round of 16, where it faced Village Idiot.

EraservsVillageIdiot sf01 — Eraser gets caught on the killsaws while fighting Village Idiot.

In the beginning of the match, Eraser drove itself on the killsaws. After this, Eraser kept Village Idiot from hitting it with its saw blades and it eventually fried its batteries and stopped moving, so Eraser claimed another KO and advanced to the quarterfinals against Little Drummer Boy.

Eraser vs lbd — Eraser gets pummeled by Little Drummer Boy.

Eraser was unable to do anything to Little Drummer Boy as it took hit after hit from its drum. Eventually the robot stopped moving altogether and was knocked out at 1:36. The lifting spike mechanism was irreparable due to the damage caused by Little Drummer Boy. This loss meant that Eraser was eliminated from the tournament.

Eraser was repaired in time for the middleweight royal rumble, where it was eventually hung up on the spikestrip after fighting aggressively. In the end, T-Minus was declared the winner of the middleweight royal rumble and Eraser lost overall.

Season 4.0

EraservsPsychotron sfb01 — Eraser hits Psychotron with its spinning drum.

Due to being a previous quarterfinalist, Eraser was allowed to skip the preliminary rounds of Season 4.0, where it eventually fought Psychotron. Eraser used its new drum to effect, almost ripping off Psychotron's wheels and scratching the front of the robot. However, Psychotron was able to use its wedge to drive Eraser around the BattleBox. Eraser kept getting caught on the killsaws and Psychotron continued pushing Eraser. Psychotron then bumps into the base of the screws and drove itself under the pulverizer, where it managed to escape in time before the pulverizer landed a blow. Eraser got its

PsychotronvsEraser2 sfb01 — Psychotron pushes Eraser toward the screws.

lifting spike stuck on the ramrods and Psychotron set it free. After more pushing from Psychotron, Eraser went rear first at the front of Psychotron and nearly drives over it. Eraser started hitting Psychotron with its spinning drum again, which it managed to raised Psychotron's lifting arm for a brief moment, and Psychotron pushed Eraser toward the screws. At the end of the fight, Eraser threw a drive chain, which immobilized half of its drive. Even with this handicap, Eraser was very aggressive but Psychotron won on a 27-18 judge's decision.

Eraser was repaired in time for the middleweight consolation rumble, fighting aggressively but eventually getting a drive chain severed by Sunshine Lollibot. It also took some damage from Blade Runner, but it survived the entire fight, one of three others. However, Malvolio and T-Wrex were declared the winners of the middleweight consolation rumble and Eraser lost overall.