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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. Battlebots rip-off by Laxator2 · · Score: -1, Troll

    I remember the old Battlebots of 2001-2002. It was a really great show, and then the Robot Wars was made as a copycat about a year later. Now that Battlebots has been restarted, https://deadline.com/2015/02/battlebots-revival-reality-series-abc-summer-1201367663/ I see that Robot Wars is restarted as well, with the usual 1 year lag.