Ms Nightshade is a robot which competed in Series 9 of Robot Wars. It was entered by two students from the University of Brighton, and is one of only a few robots to have an all-female team. In its only battle, Ms Nightshade was eliminated as it struggled for movement and was thrown up and over by reigning champions, Apollo. The robot's name and design are inspired by the 'nightshades', a family of flowers notable for containing powerful and sometimes toxic alkaloids.