Robot Wars is coming back

[El Guapo]

Spoiler Alert: They aren't robots!

[ajprice]

Still no air date, but the website has got the heats and robots on it now. Razer, Terrorhurtz, Storm 2 and Behemoth are all in it . http://www.robotwars.tv/competitors/

[FourWheelDrift]

I saw a trailer for it on BBC2 earlier in the week.

[FourWheelDrift]

ajprice said:

Still no air date, but the website has got the heats and robots on it now. Razer, Terrorhurtz, Storm 2 and Behemoth are all in it . http://www.robotwars.tv/competitors/

They don't seemed to have changed much in the years off air, I think they should drop the house robots and use the US Battlebots rules instead.

[hairykrishna]

I've watched all the new battlebots and I'm hoping the uk fights aren't disappointing. They're really smashing lumps off each other these days in the US competition and the matches are genuinely exciting.

[joefraser]

Battlebots 2015 was great and so far 2016 has lived up to it, I can't see RW coming close to be honest in terms of quality and standard of robots.

I'll still watch it for a bit of nostalgia!

[DanielSan]

gtidriver said:

RicksAlfas said:

As long as they have a pretty (but slightly geeky) female co-presenter in leather trousers I'm in.

Pollyanna Woodward maybe...

I'd be amazed if Rachael Riley hasn't already been approached

[Shakermaker]

DanielSan said:

gtidriver said:

RicksAlfas said:

As long as they have a pretty (but slightly geeky) female co-presenter in leather trousers I'm in.

Pollyanna Woodward maybe...

I'd be amazed if Rachael Riley hasn't already been approached

Angela Scanlon

She's Irish

[joefraser]

Latest episode of battlebots was on last night, best action to date. There are a few bots which simply destroy their competition, very entertaining to watch!

Minotaur/tombstone/bronco would walk away with the UK competition if they were allowed to enter.

[FourWheelDrift]

Mionotaur looks small enough and maybe light enough to compete. What it did to Blacksmith was better than anything Hypnodisc achieved in reverse engineering another robot.

[joefraser]

There are so many good robots this year in battlebots, minotaur definitely stand a good chance.

I hope for a bronco win, the flipper is just simple brutal.

[joefraser]

FourWheelDrift said:

Mionotaur looks small enough and maybe light enough to compete. What it did to Blacksmith was better than anything Hypnodisc achieved in reverse engineering another robot.

All the robots in BB are licensed/locked to that competition only, unfortunately we won't see any of them in RW.

The Americans have always been ahead with the robots, even back in the original series so it's probably a good job they can't- they'd destroy the UK competition.

[PhillipM]

Not sure about that, they got beaten often enough in the international events.

[joefraser]

PhillipM said:

Not sure about that, they got beaten often enough in the international events.

It was never the big hitters though, nightmare/wyachi etc

[ajprice]

We now have a 'later this month's for when it's on. http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv...

Not sure why but I've got a feeling it will be the Sunday evening 'Top Gear' slot once the tennis and football is finished.

[Wardy.]

Good battle.

Blacksmith vs. Minotaur - BattleBots

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkbAcwYix7I&fe...

[furrywoolyhatuk]

That was entertaining!

[J4CKO]

Wardy. said:

Good battle.

Blacksmith vs. Minotaur - BattleBots

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkbAcwYix7I&fe...

Thanks for sharing that, grinning like a loon at that.

[anonymous-user]

Reading this thread set me off on a huge nostalgia hunt, cannot believe it ended 15 years ago. Have to say Philippa Forrester and Julia Reed in leather trousers were particular stand out memories!

One thing I was shocked to find out was that David Gribble, the driver of Pussycat was killed at the age of 17 in a motorcycle accident in 2001.

[joefraser]

He was a regular poster on a forum a frequented back then, as was his dad. It was a huge shock to the community when he had his accident, a very bright and talented lad lost at a young age.