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Robot Wars is a British robot combat television series created by Tom Gutteridge and Stephen Carsey which aired from 1998 to 2004 and from 2016 to 2018. The series involves teams of amateur and professional roboteers operating remote controlled robots to fight against each other in an arena, which features hazards and the heavier "House Robots" which are hostile to all combatants.
Robot UK Series Appearances 259 Extreme 2 A-Kill Series 3 Broadsword Extreme 2 Doodlebug ... three more Robot Wars series were produced for the American, Dutch and ...
Despite gaining a reputation for being unreliable, [1] it was champion of the fifth series of Robot Wars, runner-up in the sixth, and won the first two Robot Wars World Championships. [2] Razer's weapon is a piercing arm which exerts approximately three tonnes of pressure per square inch (465 kg/cm 2, 45.6 MPa) at its tip. The arm was designed ...
Blendo is a combat robot designed and built by Jamie Hyneman. Adam Savage handled the electronics and control systems. [1] Blendo pioneered the full-body kinetic energy spinner weapon, which later became common in BattleBots. The robot featured a shell constructed from a wok and was powered by a 5hp lawnmower engine.
In 1994, Thorpe launched the first Robot Wars competition in San Francisco, which featured battles between remote-controlled robots built by amateur and professional robot-builders. [4] The concept later expanded to other U.S. cities and inspired television specials and a UK series that ran intermittently until 2018. [4]
George Francis (Robot Wars), chief engineer of the "Chaos 2" team from the BBC television series Robot Wars; George Francis (suspected criminal) (1940–2003), British man suspected of involvement in the 1983 Brink's-Mat robbery; George Francis (trainer) (c. 1929–2002), British boxing trainer
Weird robot dogs for future wars and more are showing up with guns, rocket launchers, and even flamethrowers. Chris Panella. December 27, 2024 at 10:47 AM.
Garrod was Team Leader of Team Cassius, a team of roboteers which entered several robots into Series 1, 2 and 3 of Robot Wars. In addition to the performances of his robots, he was known for his generosity in helping other teams fix their robots. [8] In Series 1, Team Cassius entered "Recyclopse", which reached the Grand Final but lost to ...