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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. Quadcopters by rlp · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I'd like to see them include quadcopter vs quadcopter battles.

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  2. Re:Didn't it sort of get bogged down? by Macdude · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The floor should at least be contoured, with hills and valleys. That brings up one of the problems with this type of competition, as long as the arena is fixed, the arena will determine what kind of specific robot is the best.

    I'd like to see various arenas and each bot has to battle in each arena, say each level of a elimination competition is in a different arena and the specific arenas vary by episode.

    Some examples:
    1. Flat metal floor
    1a. Flat metal floor with fixed obstacles.
    1a. Flat metal floor with moving obstacles.
    2. Undulating metal floor.
    2a. Undulating metal floor with fixed obstacles.
    2b. Undulating metal floor with moving obstacles.
    3. Packed earthen floor.
    3a. Packed earthen floor with fixed obstacles.
    3b. Packed earthen floor with moving obstacles.
    4. Undulating metal and packed earth floor combination with fixed obstacles.
    4a. Undulating metal and packed earth floor combination with fixed obstacles.
    4b. Undulating metal and packed earth floor combination with moving obstacles.

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  3. Re:Didn't it sort of get bogged down? by IWantMoreSpamPlease · · Score: 4, Interesting

    There was a series long time ago called "Robotica" that had for their host one of the Zappa offspring.
    They had just that, all kinds of obstacles, so really low to the ground bots often were hung up. It forced designers to really think about what they were doing.
    Best show of the bunch IMO.

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