Merlin was a Football clusterbot from the University of Plymouth. It appeared in the 2000 Techno Games where it won the Football competition.
Robot History[]
2000[]
In the first match, during the round robin, Merlin fought Drakes. The match began with Merlin taking the "Squares" and the Drakes taking circles. Initially, Merlin team managed to tackle one of the Drakes, however the Drakes committed an illegal move by having two robots near the goal. This meant one of the Merlin robots could have a penalty and scored a goal as a result. After this goal, one of the Drakes got hold of the ball and rammed it into the Merlin goal, scoring a point. Now tied, the robots cornered the ball with the Drakes blocking the entire goal from one of the Merlin robots. Despite the potential penalty, Merlin still managed to squeeze the ball into the goal with help from one of the Drakes. One Drakes got the ball and charged towards the Merlin goal, but missed narrowly with the ball. Getting it back it attempted to score a goal but two Merlin robots blocked the way creating another penalty. Drakes scored a goal through the penalty. Once again even scored, the two team rushed the ball. As the ball neared the Drakes goal, the Drakes created a chain and blocked the entire goal. A third penalty was given and Merlin quickly scored a goal. The match quickly ended soon after and Merlin won 3-2.
As Drakes pulled out of the competition and Wales lost it's other matches, Merlin automatically entered the final against the German team. Merlin was set up to face the German team but technical difficulties affected the German team. After five minutes the German team were forced to withdraw due to technical issues. In the end Merlin had won by default.
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