Robot combat is a type of robot competition in which custom-built machines fight using various methods to incapacitate each other. The machines have generally been remote-controlled vehicles rather than autonomous robots.
Two robots in combat at a Brazilian RoboCore event in 2007
Critter Crunch in 1991, at the moment when "Agent Orange" beat Bill Lewellyn's critter to win the event
Combat robots in the pit area at the 2007 Robot Battles competition in Atlanta, Georgia
The Robot Wars arena, as pictured for the filming of Robot Wars Series 10 in 2017. Bots pictured are Behemoth (a scoop flipper), Donald Thump (a vertical bar spinner), Sabretooth (a drum spinner), and house robot Shunt (a non-competitor with a lifting scoop and bladed axe).
Robot Wars is a robot combat competition that was broadcast on British television from 1998 to 2004 and from 2016 to 2018. Each series involves teams of amateur and professional roboteers operating their own constructed remote controlled robots to fight against each other in an arena formed of steel and bullet proof glass fitted with arena hazards and containing areas occupied by hostile and heavier "House Robots". Earlier series included assault and trial courses for competing robots.
Robot Wars (TV series)
Original Robot Wars logo from 1998 to 2004
Razer, one of the most successful robots in the original series.[citation needed] It had the ability to puncture competitors.
Carbide, the winning robot in the second rebooted series. A fast-spinning bar is its primary weapon.
![Razer, one of the most successful robots in the original series.[citation needed] It had the ability to puncture competitors.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Razer_side-on_view.jpg/640px-Razer_side-on_view.jpg)
