Robot Wars - gone for good?

Shawreyboy · 16 Mar 2018 at 16:11

Not a myth sadly

https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3028641/breaking-bbc-axes-robot-wars-again

Shawrey

Delvis · 16 Mar 2018 at 16:51

Shame, I don't like Dara presenting but I liked watching the newer series

Hawk Tuah · 17 Mar 2018 at 08:29

GhostWKD said:
Sadly Robochallenge have tweeted it also, they make the house robots for the show.

Supposedly toys being released soon so guess that the BBC may hold off announcing anything on that basis.

Other than this a good time for Robot combat globally however, KoB going well, Clashbots (China again) and Battlebots both coming soon too

King of Bots is worth a look, and their KoB Season 1.5 setup looks absolutely insane... pic below is just the pits & tables for the teams

Have they reused a Star Wars set - or just recreated it?

Abraxaz1 · 17 Mar 2018 at 10:52

Probably cancelled as not diverse enough

No gender fluid / trans people.
Not a 50/50 Women to men ratio.

Too many white guys.
Winners win by work effort rather than social fairness
Violence as a form of entertainment

Expect a replacement that will have gendwr fluid robots

GhostWKD · 18 Mar 2018 at 22:59

Bug One said:
Have they reused a Star Wars set - or just recreated it?

I think recreated, could be wrong mind

It's for "This is fighting robots" apparently a cross between KoB and The Voice? Keeps being referred to as KoB 1.5 mind.

This is the actual arena;

Hawk Tuah · 21 Mar 2018 at 11:24

The difference getting a sponsor makes.

Is that a single layer polycarb? Just thinking what happened with Apex last season...

GhostWKD · 27 Mar 2018 at 13:58

Bug One said:
The difference getting a sponsor makes.

Is that a single layer polycarb? Just thinking what happened with Apex last season...

Many people in the community talk about how good the setup is over there so can't imagine that's a problem or someone would have commented.

A trailer is out too... good for a fix of robot combat while we're without robot wars. Battlebots is filming as of next week too.

https://m.weibo.cn/status/4221207086175573?wm=44904_0001

GhostWKD · 10 Apr 2018 at 14:10

Wonder if I should drop this into another thread, but for those who are interested KoB 1.5 (aka This is fighting robots) airs as of Friday.

A bot in the test area; https://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMzUxMTg3NjI3Ng====.html?spm=a2h2a.8293802.0.0

Clashbots is a couple of episodes into season 1 but a pretty rubbish format tbh

GhostWKD · 11 Apr 2018 at 11:25

https://m.youku.com/video/id_XMzUyNTc2MTU0OA?ishttps=1

"This is fighting robots" trailer

Hawk Tuah · 11 Apr 2018 at 13:24

How do you watch it in the uk?

GhostWKD · 11 Apr 2018 at 14:29

Bug One said:
How do you watch it in the uk?

The Chinese networks seem pretty good at providing streaming links. I'll pass them on here when I get passed them if people are interested

Freddie1980 · 12 Apr 2018 at 14:03

Drollic said:
I missed a lot of the second series. Razer featured in the first. Did chaos 2, pussycat, hypnodisc and razer return? What happened to Mortis?

The only robot from the old series that made a return was that over sized tonka toy Bemouth. The problem with most of the classic robots was they were built and designed around a 99kg weight limit, by lifting the weight limit it allows for stronger armour and more powerful motors to drive spinning discs and blades, the likes of Razor, Hypodisc and Pussycat would have ended smashed to pieces if competed (the fact Razor was driven into the pits deliberately in season one tells all you need know about what chance the team thought razor had in the competition).

The Rob Knight who helped make Mortis appeared in Battlebots and built a human robot of some sorts with moving arms, it wasn't very good but was meant more of technology showcase.

Hawk Tuah · 12 Apr 2018 at 14:36

Freddie1980 said:
The only robot from the old series that made a return was that over sized tonka toy Bemouth. The problem with most of the classic robots was they were built and designed around a 99kg weight limit, by lifting the weight limit it allows for stronger armour and more powerful motors to drive spinning discs and blades, the likes of Razor, Hypodisc and Pussycat would have ended smashed to pieces if competed (the fact Razor was driven into the pits deliberately in season one tells all you need know about what chance the team thought razor had in the competition).

The Rob Knight who helped make Mortis appeared in Battlebots and built a human robot of some sorts with moving arms, it wasn't very good but was meant more of technology showcase.

As well as weight - raising the allowed voltages, brushless motors and lithium batteries has made quite a difference.

adolf hamster · 12 Apr 2018 at 14:37

Bug One said:
As well as weight - raising the allowed voltages, brushless motors and lithium batteries has made quite a difference.

indeed, i suspect this is why the spinners in the new series were so potent, they've got the juice to power them now.

Drollic · 12 Apr 2018 at 15:00

Carbide did look almost unstoppable. That new motor seemed pretty much perfect. So quick to spin up.

adolf hamster · 12 Apr 2018 at 15:21

Drollic said:
Carbide did look almost unstoppable. That new motor seemed pretty much perfect. So quick to spin up.

indeed, i must say i liked the rule changes, certainly led some epic destruction in fights.

GhostWKD · 13 Apr 2018 at 17:03

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMzUzMzE1OTQzNg==.html?spm=a2h1n.8261147.point_reload_201804.5~5~5!2~5~A&s=efbfbd5d7410efbfbd76

That's a link to This is fighting robots. Episode one a little light on action (first fight 40 mins in), more about 4 celebs picking robots for their teams. Believe the robots which weren't picked will now fight and I think 3 per celeb can be picked by the celebs to add to their roster as they fight.

Edit: as in KoB, Robot Wars fans will see some familiar faces both from RW and from Battlebots

GhostWKD · 20 Apr 2018 at 10:09

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMzU0O...381.listitem_page1.5~A&s=efbfbd5d7410efbfbd76

This is fighting robots episode 2.

Actually found it pretty enjoyable despite not understanding any of the chinese

cheesyboy · 20 Apr 2018 at 16:38

Argh! Post in another thread about not-robot-wars robot fighting shows.

Every time I see this thread pop up I hope it's good news about a new series