Robot combat
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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).
Robotica (TV series)
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Robotica is a robot combat show produced for the American television cable channel TLC, a subsidiary of the Discovery Channel, from April 4, 2001, to November 16, 2002. Ahmet Zappa and Tanya Memme hosted all three seasons while Tanika Ray only hosted the first season with Dan Danknick replacing her for the second and third seasons.
Robotica Season 1 winner, Run Amok