Ms. Nightshade

Bio –  Nightshade was a robot built by Katie Henderson & Jodie Nye, two students of the University of Brighton. Built as a unique robot design, Nightshade proved to be too light, Apollo was able to flip it up into the air with ease.


What made Nightshade Unique? – Her unique pneumatic petals.


Weight – 75kg


Power/Drivechain – 24V SLA batteries, Watty ESC and 24V wheelchair motors.


Build Date – Nov 2016


Film Date – Dec 2016


Air Date – 7 April 2017


Where is the robot now? – Acording to Ian Watts, it was skipped because the universty needed the space.