Weapon: Angled spinner
Builder: Ultimate Robotics
Designer: Ultimate Robotics
Competitions: Ultimate Bots, Robot Madness, Brawl of the Bots, Battlebots Papercraft, and Paper Robot League
Chassis: Orange (Tank) Build Your Own Bot
Notable Achievements: Voted Best BYOB Mod of 2023
Aquatic Disaster was a robot designed by Ultimate Robotics in 2023, heavily inspired by Living Murphy's Law's robot Whirlwind. Similar to Whirlwind, it used a Tank Build Your Own chassis, attaches the cage spinner attachment on an angled spinner base, and uses a small piece to lift the spinner off the ground. However, unlike Whirlwind, AD used the Barnakills base, which contains a more powerful motor than the older chassis in LML's robot. And because of the more powerful spinner, it quickly gained a huge following.
Soon after, Khaotic Robotics saw it, and built his own version that would compete in the upcoming Robot Madness competition. This model wasn't quite as powerful as the original. However, then he cut off two of the spinner's teeth, giving it extra bite and giving it some more power. This was an upgrade that soon found its way onto Ultimate's build. More upgrades also made it into the robot. He glued the clutch to prevent it from slipping, and bent the spinner teeth up to allow for easier driving. This is when Oof Robotics made his version to compete in Brawl of the Bots, as well as the version being built for PRL. Aquatic Disaster's design also went back to influence Whirlwind, as well. Many of the upgrades that happened were instituted into a new version.
Aquatic Disaster's influence in the community is undeniable, especially with the sheer number of models built to compete in other competitions.