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BattleBots & ESPN Strike TV Deal

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the hope-the-hosts-are-good dept.

NMajik writes "Although BattleBots has been largely removed from the public eye since episodes stopped airing years ago, a new deal has recently been struck with ESPN to return combat robots to the living room. Episodes will be broadcast as a series on ESPNU and ESPN2 after filmed at the competition in June 2008. This is the first notable progress towards televised combat robotics in years."

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  1. Big Deal by decalod85 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Most of the matches featured what amounted to over-sized, remote control cars trying to flip each other over. Boring! I have a solution: onboard, 12 gauge shotgun!