SWATbots

SWATbots are a type of robotic enemy found in the animated Sonic cartoon - however they are a very specific villain-type that were only really seen in the service of Dr. Ivo Robotnik (not to be confused with the more mainstream Dr. Eggman).

In keeping with the darker tones of this particular setting the SWATbots were not traditional Badniks but rather intimidating foot-soldiers in the style of Stormtroopers or Cylons (prior to the Cylon upgrade that is).

SWATbots were, however, just as weak as regular Badniks and were no match for Sonic or the Freedom Fighters - to make up for this Robotnik seemed to create them en mass and wherever the tyrant went he was sure to have an ample supply of these minions around to do his dirty work.

Although heavily associated with Ivo Robotnik the Archie comics version of Sonic has occassionally had SWATbots utilised by Eggman - though he has tended to upgrade them for his own purposes (much like he did with Metal Sonic and other classic tools of evil in the Sonic universe).