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This season, 55 robots weighing a maximum of 250 pounds have the chance to fight up to four times each. Their goal is to earn a top 16 ranking and qualify for the post-season where there will be knockout rounds until a winner-take-all fight to crown the 2018 BattleBots World Champion. The contestants hailed from all over the world including ...
The BattleBots World Championship qualifiers kick off with an epic fight card, including fancied contenders like Witch Doctor, Ribbot, Glitch and Riptide. The climax is a Main Event for the ages, as the reigning champion Tantrum begins its title defense against Minotaur, the raging bull from Brazil.
The winners of the semi-finals were Tantrum (SD) and Witch Doctor (KO, 65 seconds). The Giant Bolt Award winners were Hypershock (Most Destructive), SawBlaze (Founders Award), Glitch & Riptide (Best Newcomer), and Blip (Grant Imahara Award) (Best Design). The 2022 BattleBots World Champion is Tantrum (KO, 173 seconds).
It was a fiery extravaganza on BattleBots, Thursday, as one fight only lasted about five seconds before ending in a massive explosion.
BattleBots is an American robot combat television series and company. The show is an adaptation of the American Robot Wars competitions hosted in the mid–late 1990s by Marc Thorpe, in which competitors design and operate remote-controlled armed and armored machines designed to fight in an arena combat elimination tournament.
One iconic, destructive bot from the TV show BattleBots is chosen to be the bounty. Eight bots compete in a bracket to become the "bounty hunter" which will compete with the bounty bot. If the bounty hunter bot wins, the bot's team wins a portion of a $25,000 purse. The same rules and judging system apply as in BattleBots season 10. [3]
The Semi-Final winners were Bite Force (KO, 52 seconds) and Witch Doctor (2-1 SD). The Exhibition Rumble winner was Team U.K. (Monsoon & Ragnarök) (3-0 UD). The 2019 BattleBots World Champion is Bite Force (KO, 116 seconds).
This season marked the 21st year of the BattleBots competition. The lineup features 62 of the best heavyweight robots to fight head-to-head in the Battle Arena. Their goal is to earn a top 32 ranking and qualify for the post-season where there will be knockout rounds until a winner-take-all fight to crown the 2020 BattleBots World Champion.