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Aug 28, 2016 · In Sunday night’s final the final six Tekken-sounding robots – Carbide, Shockwave, TR2, Apollo, Pulsar and Thor – went head to head (or should that be bonnet to bonnet) in two group battles each...
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Aug 28, 2016 · More commonly known as ‘the boy band of Robot Wars’ on the show; the Apollo team, Dave, Marc and Ben who are friends from North Wales, were presented the prestigious trophy by Dara Ó Briain...
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The principle of Robot Wars has always been for competitor robots, built and driven by amateur engineers known as 'roboteers' to wage against the robots of other teams in combat. While attempting to win battles by damaging and/or immobilising their opponents, robots must also dodge the hazards of the Robot Wars Arena, including the House Robots, su...
Televised show
Mentorn used Marc Thorpe as a consultant on the show and the first series of Robot Wars in the UK was broadcast over six weeks in February and March 1998. It was an immediate hit, with more than 2 million viewers, and a further 27 episodes were commissioned by the BBC that year. 155 episodes were produced in total, and the show was seen in 26 countries. Selected highlights from the 1995 UK Open and 1996 US competition would also be released to the public, both in the televised Series 1 and ea...
Attempted revival
Although Robot Wars would not return to television until 2016, there were several attempts made to revive the show during its hiatus off-air. In January 2009, Gutteridge, now chairman of production company Standing Stone Productions, had discussed on behalf of Robot Wars LLC of producing a new series of the show with commissioning editors of Sky Television. Unsuccessful, Gutteridge from 2010 to 2011 held discussions about a possible revival to representatives of BBC Two, BBC Three, ITV 1 and...
Live Events
After the original Robot Wars ended, robot combat in the UK continued with a series of non-televised live events held across the country. Key organisers included Roaming Robots, Robots Live! and Robo Challenge, the latter of which would also be involved in the show's 2016-2018 reboot. These independent live events - many of which are still active - featured several former Robot Wars veterans in addition to new competitors and roboteers. While heavyweights remained the main focus of Roaming Ro...
The first series was hosted by Jeremy Clarkson, the pit reporter was Philippa Forrester and commentary was provided by Jonathan Pearce. Clarkson left the show after the first series and was replaced with Craig Charles, who presented the show until the original version ended in 2004. The main roles of Clarkson and Charles were to present each segmen...
In autumn 1999, Mentorn secured the international distribution and production rights to the Robot Wars brand, allowing for the UK Series to be broadcast overseas. Among the regions to air the series included North America, Australia, mainland Europe, the Middle East and Asia, and by March 2003 the show had been broadcast in more than 45 countries. ...
UK Champions
Below are the Champions and Grand Finalists of the ten main series of Robot Wars. For more information on each series, see the individual articles linked below.
World Champions
Below are the Champions, Finalists and Semi-Finalists of the three Robot Wars World Championships. For more information on each series, see the individual articles linked below.
Robot Wars officially sponsored the VEX UK Nationals 2018 robotics tournament, and reportedly continued this sponsorship over the 2018-19 season.
Robot Warsofficial websiteRobot Wars"Classic" page on Mech+ (Series 1-7)Robot Wars"Revival" page on Mech+ (Series 8-10 + specials)Robot Wars(Mech+) YouTube ChannelRobot Wars Champions and Grand Finalists | Semi-Finalists | Heat Finalists | Other UK and International Robots. This is the cream of the crop, the best of the best, the greatest robots of Robot Wars. These are the champions, runner-ups, and grand finalists of each series.
Robot Wars is a 1993 American cyberpunk film directed by Albert Band and written by Charles Band and Jackson Barr. It tells the story of a hotshot mech pilot in a post-apocalyptic 2041 who must stop mech hijackers from provoking global war.
This article ranks the most successful robots to compete on Robot Wars in terms of individual combat victories. It further breaks down wins within the main UK Championship and total losses for comparison. Robots with less than ten wins are excluded from the list for the sake of brevity.
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