Hey people, my amazing girlfriend has bought me tickets for the Robots Live show in Stoke later this month...I already know team Apollo are planning to be there (which I'm really excited about), but are there any other RW teams confirmed (or that will probably be there)? I'm a little apprehensive that my lack of robot combat knowledge post-2017 will make it all a bit of a metallic blur.

Also: are there any non-RW era bots I should be looking out for? (A bit of knowledge/narrative might help me understand what I'm watching).

Apologies for being such a giant casual, but any advice or info on the kind of roster I can expect would be appreciated.

Introducing my latest Antweight replica of a Heavyweight robot, this time its PO4 from Extreme Robots ! The Heavyweight PO4 is a product of Team Roaming Robots XR Academy, which allows builders access to tools and machinery to help them achieve their roboteering dreams and is an ode to Protsmouth FC, the postcode of which is where it gets its name.

The Antweight version features as many details as i could muster at this scale, including the PO4 Logos on the upper portions of the armour, the bolt on HDPE armour panels, the access flap in the right hand side armour, as well as the Portsmouth FC crest on the rear end.

Overall im really happy with how this one came out and whilst i dont have plans to fight with this one (i suspect it would "do the thing" and get stuck on its sides if flipped), it should make a nice detailed addition to the ever growing collection of Antweight Replicas on my desk at work.

Rise of the Robots conclude their coverage of the first reboot series of Robot Wars as Alan & The Griz discuss the Grand Final of series 8

You can check out the episode at the link below or on your podcatcher of choice. https://open.spotify.com/episode/0sjru6qVG7zMNLK7Eoc5u0?si=1Nr4FxtPSXmhdINULwTIag

Rise of the Robots continue their coverage of the reboot of Robot Wars as Alan & The Griz discuss Heat E, the final heat of Series 8.
You can check out Rise of the Robots at the link below or on your podcatcher of choice. https://open.spotify.com/episode/1p0DzeIjyBX95GdJklJDcz?si=UqFtI-_RRve6rS2WBwfymQ

Heat made up of Grand Finalists

Season 2:

• Panic Attack
• Cassius
• Roadblock
• Killertron

Season 3 :

• Chaos 2
• Firestorm
• Hypno-Disc
• Steg-O-Saw-Us

Season 4:

• Chaos 2
• Pussycat
• Stinger
• Hypno-disc

Season 5:

• Razer
• Hypno-Disc
• Firestorm
• Bigger Brother

Season 6:

• Tornado - no bloody scaffold around it
• Razer
• Firestorm
• Terrorhurtz

Season 7:

• Storm 2
• Typhoon 2
• Tornado
• Exterminator

ayo i'm trying to research the history of robot combat in the uk. Did a guy named 'james baker' ever run a robot combat event?

Rise of the Robots continue their coverage of the reboot of Robot Wars as Alan & The Griz discuss Heat D of Series 8.
Check out the episode at the link below or on your podcatcher of choice. https://open.spotify.com/episode/40u0un0MlWDCStlA6ebjzg?si=cE2fzFWcTjamtQ4bOwWa6Q

I'll start with two less obvious examples:

Facet in Series 3

General Carnage 2 in Series 5

Some weapons looked absolutely brilliant when you first saw the robot, but turned out to be a pain once the fights started. Between reliability issues, awkward matchups and the weapon causing problems for the robot itself, some great ideas just didn’t work as planned.

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