Team Griffalo is a UK combat robot team sponsored by BasicMicro. Their robot Griffalo is a large vertical spinner run by a two-person crew, one driving and one operating the weapon, and it has been rebuilt several times over its competition history. BasicMicro supplied the team with a RoboClaw motor controller for the drive system.
Team Griffalo, which is sponsored by BasicMicro, is a UK-based combat robot team. Their main combat robot is named Griffalo, a large robot featuring a vertical spinning weapon. They have competed, and continue to compete, in robot combat events around the UK. The team consists of two operators: one drives the robot and the other operates the weapon. Griffalo has seen quite a few changes over its build history, including multiple changes to the drive electronics as well as changes to the frame, and the team’s next major retrofit was swapping the existing speed controller for a RoboClaw motor controller.
The video below is the team’s debrief after a live event in Gloucester, where Griffalo fought three bouts and drove home under its own power, along with their plans to narrow the robot and make it faster for the next event.
Next Steps
For more on the team, follow the Team Griffalo Facebook page and their X account. If you are building a combat robot of your own, Combat Robot RC Setup covers wiring an RC receiver and configuring a RoboClaw for a fighting robot, and Motor Controller Selection explains how to size a controller for high-current drive motors.
