The Robot Fighting Blog
@therobotfightingblog
Welcome to the Tumblr home of the sport of robot combat! Popularised by British TV’s Robot Wars, and American TV’s Battlebots, Robot Combat is a worldwide sport in which so called ‘roboteers,’ from many walks of life, chiefly engineers and technical workers, bring their home built remote controlled fighting machines to compete in battles against each other – all against all – usually for three minutes, in an enclosed arena in front of an audience. The objective for any robot in a fight; whether it be two robots in the arena or even more than six; is to be the last bot standing, by surviving the combat while immobilising enemies. Robots come in all shapes and sizes. There are numerous weight classes, from robots weighing as little as 75g, to others weighing over 12kg (30lb), and to heavy and superheavyweights, weighing up to or above 100kg (220lb). Some robots have no weapons at all, whereas others have powerful flipping arms, axes, pincers and spinning blades – awfully destructive when used by the right roboteer. Despite having only appeared on TV once properly since the end of Robot Wars, on the Gadget Show UK TV series, robot combat is still popular, with live events hosted often, all across the UK, US and other major countries. For those of you who saw Robot Wars and Battlebots on TV, you should know that in the past ten years, the robots have become more advanced, tougher, more manoeuvrable, and more destructive. The fighting has intensified greatly! So it is definitely worth heading to a live event near you soon. This blog is run by me (Tom) and my mate Andy, British featherweight roboteers. Here, we’ll be keeping you up with the latest robot fighting news, videos and pictures from battles, up to date information on interesting robots being built right now, and information about upcoming events. We hope to be seeing you at one of the shows soon :)
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