Exposed or lightly-protected wheels are the most common, but others had specific weaknesses: Attack Its Weak Point: Many of the bots, including some of the most dangerous, have some sort of weak point that will completely cripple the bot if the competitor can land a successful hit on it.While the bot can still run both spinners, later seasons phased it out in favor of a more balanced single-spinner design ◊. Rotator (or ROTATOЯ) got its name from its invertible double-spinner design ◊.Bite Force and Lock-Jaw later traded in their jaws for vertical spinners, while Chomp opted for a hammer as its weapon of choice. The first iterations of Chomp, Bite Force, and Lock-Jaw were grappler or crusher bots, designed to clamp down on opponents with powerful jaws.Its final design however, was closer to the original. Its redesign looked nothing like it, but the name remained. The Judge got its name because its original design resembled a large courtroom briefcase.In an exhibition match against Valkyrie, its opponent had decorative wings attached to look like a fly. Death Roll is modeled after a crocodile.Pretty much every robot entered by Craig Danby is based off of a fox.Despite Kraken's name, the bot itself resembles an anglerfish.A bit more subtle than the rest, but Beta somewhat resembles a stingray.Lock-Jaw's color and weapon make it resemble a lizard.Its 2020 iteration seemed to opt for "fire-breathing horseshoe crab" instead. Chomp's name, flamethrower, and color make it resemble a dragon.Warhead resembles a scorpion, and in ABC Season 2, it has a large T.Black Dragon, Copperhead, DUCK!, Hydra, and Mammoth each resemble their namesakes.Animal Motif: Various robots, but most notably.The show was broadcast over Twitch the night after an episode aired, and were later added to the show's (and later, Team Witch Doctor's ) official Youtube account. Aftershow: From reboot Season 2 onward, the show got Tale of the Tape, hosted by members of the Hypershock and Witch Doctor teams.Bounty Hunters: Rotator (defeated Bronco), Skorpios (defeated Icewave), Gruff (lost to Tombstone), Lock-Jaw (defeated Beta), SubZero (lost to Witch Doctor), Gigabyte (defeated Son of Whyachi).Desperado Tournament: Black Dragon (eliminated by Lock-Jaw in round of 16).Desperado Tournament: Lock-Jaw (eliminated by Minotaur in semifinal).A fourth revival season began airing on Discovery in June 2019. The Discovery iteration of the show now features a new setup (dubbed "Fight Night") in which all robots compete in four matches, and their record from those fights determines their qualification for a 16-seed tournament at the end of the season.
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ABC renewed the series for a second season that premiered June 23, 2016, with a revised, 56-team tournament format, and the addition of drones.ĪBC did not renew the revival for a third season, but Discovery Channel's sister network Science picked up reruns of the ABC seasons in 2017, and then greenlit a third season which premiered on both Science and Discovery. Some changes were made to the rules, notably allowing flamethrowers and the overall removal of weight divisions - with one division set between the limits of the original Heavyweight and Super Heavyweight divisions.
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ran a few untelevised tournaments in the years following, but the show did not return to TV for another 13 years.Ī six-episode revival season premiered on ABC in 2015, hosted by commentators Chris Rose and Kenny Florian and in-ring announcements by Faruq Tauheed. The show had strong ratings for most of its run on Comedy Central, especially for a (mostly) non-comedic and unscripted sports program, but declining viewership and network interest led to its cancellation in 2002. An oral history of the show, and combat robotics in general, can be found here. Mark Beiro did the robot announcements in all five seasons. In the third season Sean was replaced by Tim Green. It was hosted in the first two seasons by Bil Dwyer and Sean Salisbury. The show is an American version of Robot Wars, which makes sense since they both share a common ancestor in the original Robot Wars competitions in the United States during the early and mid 1990s. BattleBots is a popular show about fighting robots that first aired on Comedy Central for 5 seasons from 2000 until 2002, and then on ABC from 2015 to 2016 and Discovery Channel from 2018 onwards.
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