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The BBC Announces Robot Wars' Return To TV (bbc.co.uk)

Posted by Soulskill on from the watching-machines-fight-for-our-entertainment dept.

Blacklaw writes: The BBC has announced that Robot Wars, the classic metal-mashing amateur robotics competition, is returning for a new series. They are building an all-new battle arena — following the sale of the original for scrap in 2005. "The new series includes a raft of technological advances since the show first aired over a decade ago, and viewers can expect to see more innovative fighting machines as teams of amateur roboteers battle it out to win the coveted Robot Wars title."

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  1. Didn't it sort of get bogged down? by Hognoxious · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Didn't it get tedious towards the end with all the robots being a sort of wedge with a flipper?

    What I'd like to see is more autonomous bots, rather than what are effectively RC tanks.

    --
    Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
  2. Re:Junkyard Wars by spaceyhackerlady · · Score: 1, Insightful

    No, thank you. A really fun concept, but after a while it had gotten repetitive and it was time to move on...

    ...laura