Talk:Robot Wars (TV series)

Dubbed version

Did the author really mean to say that they show a dubbed version in Ireland? This sounds like bad vaudeville/music hall humor of 120 years ago. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Italo Svevo (talk • contribs)

Yes, they do, actually. Only the commentary is dubbed. The rest is still in English. Robert Mc Cann —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.43.172.123 (talk • contribs)

Individual Robot Pages

There are so many individual robot pages here that are unwikified. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.249.243.169 (talk • contribs)

There has certainly been a lot of innovation carried out by competitors in Robot Wars and the current competitions, but we are still a relatively small group - I'd guess at maybe 200 active combat robot builders in the UK - so I'd be wary of submitting each other's robots in case it counts as self promotion. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.77.96.152 (talk • contribs)

Yeah I took care of that. Considering all except one of the individual robot pages I found were unreferenced and the unwikified pages are all of less notable robots I find it extremely unlikely pages for them would have been made. Unwikified. Freikorp (talk) 02:50, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

Dropped?

Can someone who knows please write why the show was cancelled? I miss the show I would like to know why it stopped. EchetusXe (talk) 14:07, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

The show was removed from broadcast for the same reason most shows are removed: ratings fell off and the network replaced it with a show they hoped would generate greater audience appeal. Run Amok (talk) 05:09, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

Units

Heavyweight: Up to 100 kg or 100 lb? Both are used in the article. Can't both be right. 132.229.116.79 13:51, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Yes, they can. The earliest Robot Wars event in the US had a 100 pound max weight. This crept up thru a number of iterations to the 100 KG limit in the late UK Robot Wars Run Amok 16:31, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Er, can you clarify that in the article then? 129.16.97.227 18:58, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Do note that the weight for walking robots was DOUBLE the maximum weight. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 147.110.52.117 (talk) 11:54, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

The weight limit for heavyweight 'legged' robots was 300 pounds thru the 4th Wars -- that's less than double the 175 pound maximum for wheeled robots at the time. The US Robot Wars started with a 200 pound maximum for legged heavyweights in 1995 which increased to 300 pounds in 1997.Run Amok (talk) 15:28, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

In Series 8 and 9, the limits were 110 kg for wheeled robots, and 135 kg for walking robots. In Series 10, the wheeled limit stayed at 110 kg, but the walker limit was increased to 145 kg. Yakobski42 (talk) 15:40, 9 May 2019 (UTC)

Incorrect finalists

someone is changing series 4 finalists. It should be chaos 2 winner, then pussycat runner up, tornado 3rd and dominator 2 4th, hypnodisc and stinger never even made the quaterfinals, check live videos if you dont believe me. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.7.22.33 (talk) 18:45, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

The finalists of Series 4 (AKA - The Fourth War) were Chaos 2 (winner), Pussycat (runner up), Stinger (3rd) and Hypno-Disc (4th). Hypno could'nt actually have a 3rd/4th play-off with Stinger due to the disc being destroyed by Shunt. I should know, I watched the episode two weeks ago! Now, I believe you know all this and are trying to hide vandalism by making this look like a content dispute. Now, you are on a final warning on your account and a only warning on your IP. So please stop this now! John Sloan (talk) 20:12, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

I can back up John Sloan's statement on the finalists in Series 4. Tornado was defeated by Chaos 2 in the quarter finals, and Dominator was defeated by Pussycat in that same round. Hypno-Disk defeated Wild Thing to move into the semi finals, and Stinger defeated Panic Attack. Run Amok (talk) 15:33, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Blendo

No mention of Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage's winning design with Blendo? --68.45.218.70 (talk) 01:41, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

IIRC they competed in the American competition which was not shown in the UK. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.30.239.102 (talk) 22:08, 27 December 2015 (UTC)

Broadcast Dates

Where do all the broadcast dates on this page come from? Some of them appear on external sites, but I've been trying to find the others for years and now they suddenly appear here. Is there any verification to confirm the dates? Christophee (talk) 01:54, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

Well, you can look on Robot Wars wiki but the broadcast dates are missing for the Third Wars.--^{The Master} _{of Mayhem} 11:40, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

UK vs US

Why there are the US rules in the section "Format", but still in the header is stated that Robot Wars was a British game show. Seems somehow odd. 82.141.119.188 (talk) 17:35, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

You didn't finish reading that sentence: 'Robot Wars was a British game show modeled on a US-based competition of the same name.' The US rules appear in the section on the origins of the competition.Run Amok (talk) 23:41, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

Now it seems to be differently stated and there reads: The format for the first and second televised U.K. Robot Wars differed radically from the earlier U.S. events. So, no US rules in UK show after all? 85.217.20.33 (talk) 16:09, 19 November 2011 (UTC)

The very first sentence of the article still reads 'Robot Wars is a British game show modeled on a US-based competition of the same name.' The rules changed from the original competition to the TV show. The original rules are linked so that interested parties may discover what has changed and what remains the same. Many people do not realize that Robot Wars has a US origin. Run Amok (talk) 22:25, 20 November 2011 (UTC)

I'm a bit confused. The British entry says it's based on the american show and the American show says its based on the British show. Can someone PLEASE correct one or the other?????? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.85.116.31 (talk) 04:42, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

The only American "Robot Wars" I can find was first aired in 2002. The UK's Robot Wars first aired in 1998. Seeing as there is no source for this claim, and it seems to be false, I'll remove it.InternationalistChap (talk) 00:26, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

"Robot Wars" was originally a live competition held in San Francisco in the US from 1994 to 1997. The concept was subsequently sold to UK TV producers who turned it into the familiar British TV show. Eventually this led to two American versions of the British TV show: "Robot Wars: Extreme Warriors" and "Nickelodeon Robot Wars". —StalwartUK 13:34, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

Right, my point was that there was no American version of the TV programme. I get what you're saying, but it sounds weird to me; the first series isn't 'based' on an American competition, it is essentially the filming rights to the Robot Wars Tournament in the UK... It's kind of like saying the TV coverage of the World Cup was modelled on a Brazil-based competition of the same name... It's also just not really relevant in that section, and the article explains the origins of the concept in a later section anyway... I still recommend that the clause is removed, just for ease of reading. It is also still without a reference. InternationalistChap (talk) 23:37, 2 September 2014 (UTC)

I should also point out that this article is tagged for excessive detail.InternationalistChap (talk) 23:41, 2 September 2014 (UTC)

who controls house robots?

controled by human or computer (AI)? Are there any rules regarding the action of house robots? When can they fight against the contestants? I saw from videos that house robots often stay still at the beginning of the match and later they begin to move.--Gqqnb (talk) 06:53, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

Human controled, they are supposed to engage only when a contestant is in the 'CPZ' or when a contestant is disabled.

Run Amok (talk) 05:31, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

Human controlled, by a team in constant contact with the producers, and it was not unknown for the producers to give instructions to these controllers to deliberately impact the match — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:6C5A:67F:ED90:6064:B9EB:988E:46AD (talk) 07:12, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

Detail

This page contains a lot of intricate detail, for example on the House Robots and Arena. Granted, it was a very detailed and evolving show, but we mustn't let our nostalgia crowd the rules of WP. However, I would reccomend the fantastic Robot Wars Wiki for limitless knowledge on the series. Chausssettte (talk) 22:21, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

repeats section?

Is it worth puttng up a mention of repeats. Challenge have aired repeats of series 2 and most recently have started to air repeats of series 5... Visokor (talk) 22:09, 9 November 2015 (UTC)

No other TV shows have a section on reruns, so no. 86.30.239.102 (talk) 22:12, 27 December 2015 (UTC)

Major Damage?

Was this an actual house robot? No info in the table and i don't remember him. 82.47.31.154 (talk) 15:40, 30 January 2016 (UTC)

He was used in the Roaming Robots and Robot Wars live tours. 80.111.246.131 (talk) 00:24, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

PPD3

PP3D is a wide, convertible heavyweight robot, armed with a bottom-mounted flywheel, that competed in the 2016 series of Robot Wars, who's fly wheel nearly sheared off after destroying the scoop on Shunt, despite of a loss of C02.79.77.200.119 (talk) 20:13, 14 August 2016 (UTC)

"2016 Series" vs "The Eighth Wars" vs "Series 8"

I've noticed this has been changed, and I'm not sure about it. So far, it's been referred to as the 2016 series, in the article as opposed to the 8th Wars or Series 8., and I have to admit that I probably favour it I've not seen anything from the BBC refer to the show as "The Eighth Wars" or Series 8 (there are only very small references to the previous series on screen). As much as I would prefer there to be a clear lineage between S1 and the new one, that has not been referred to either on screen or in publicity to a sufficient extent: as there is no sign yet from anybody (as far as I'm aware) that it is officially known as the 8th Wars or Series 8, I would back returning the article to "2016 Series" or "2016 revival". What do we think? 86.170.252.98 (talk) 12:14, 10 August 2016 (UTC)

I prefer "The Eighth BBC Wars" since it's possible the BBC don't even know the Channel 5 version exists.--Launchballer 20:16, 14 August 2016 (UTC)

Nah, I disagree: there's been no effort on the BBC's behalf to call it series 8 or anything like that. I favour calling it 2016 Series. Pretty sure the Beeb know the C5 version exists, but even if they did discount it, that would make it the 7th BBC Wars, which just confuses things. 2016 Series or Revived series 1 for me. 92.6.235.14 (talk) 12:51, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

The rules on the official site say "Season 8". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.28.179.129 (talk) 01:55, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

Official teaser put out by BBC Two indicated that the upcoming series is series 9: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Mv_CRw2MfU JCW555 (talk) 20:36, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

house robot weights?

Shouldn't the house robot weights include both their weights from the original series and their weights from the revival (I mean Killalot nowadays is 741 kilos) Visokor (talk) 13:00, 23 October 2016 (UTC)

Not really, as its generally not known. The 'published' weights have no basis in reality and were known to be completely made up. There's no sources for the section, and should probably be deleted entirely as unsourced — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:6C5A:67F:ED90:6064:B9EB:988E:46AD (talk) 07:14, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

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Reason for second cancellation?

I'm curious, what caused the show to be cancelled a second time?: were the spinner weapons now too powerful for the arena to contain (I remember Aftershock's blade breaking halfway out of the wall while fighting Carbide), or was it the controversy sparked when it was found out Craig Charles wouldn't be hosting again?2600:1700:6841:4980:106A:488A:4E88:E6C4 (talk) 06:02, 12 March 2023 (UTC)