The Dark Side of Robot Wars

[@TheHankScorpio]

As an avid robot combat follower, i'm both surprised yet taken aback to see someone I watch cover these events that isn't a dedicated Robot Wars content creator. A great video as always TII

[@TheInternetInvestigator]

Glad you liked it! 😊

[@PirimidmakesMusic]

As a robot, I’m disturbed by what I’m seeing

[@it_never_jenz]

​@@PirimidmakesMusic bleep blorp weeeeeewhoooo click beep!!?!

[@tensaichigo2]

I remember watching this as a kid. I used to love Robot Wars. Who would have thought this would such an in depth subject? Awesome video as always. This is easily one of my favourite KZbin channels. Always covering interesting subjects. 😁👍🏾

[@TheInternetInvestigator]

It's quite the rabbit hole! Thank you, glad you liked it 😄

[@ripleyandweeds1288]

Not really related to Robot Wars but my favorite moment in one of these types of shows was a BattleBots fight where one robot had a cheap kiddie rake attached to it and one of its opponents was a drone with two miniature flamethrowers on it, and it instantly immobilized the drone by smacking it out of the sky like a bug with a fly swatter. Legit the funniest shit I ever saw, I even have the youtube video of the fight bookmarked.

[@amoureux6502]

Literally paused this video to go look up the rake battle, absolutely legendary

[@Topdoggie7]

Battlebots is an amazing amount of goofiness and brain cocaine.

[@blockednostril9739]

That’s hyper shock vs warrior clan in season 2 of the battlebots 2016 reboot. Great fun fight! Hyper shock has since been remembered with the rake always and actually went into a fight in later seasons with two rakes…to less success but that team knows how to entertain

[@Topdoggie7]

@@blockednostril9739 Hypershock has a really neat driver and they keep going even with their low wins, a lot like Witch Doctor.

[@StanleyV64]

Ah, Hypershock!

[@amoureux6502]

Alex might genuinely be telling the truth about not remembering the details of an injury, sometimes severe injuries happen pretty fast and things become fuzzy, but it does sound like people have pieced together a plausible culprit.

[@surpriseitscaz]

I remember Craig Charles coming back to his 6 Music show after the incident - his first words were, "I only do it for the craic." I could not quite believe it! But I'm so glad he recovered, he's always been one of my favourites. I also remember seeing Hypnodisc for the first time on the show and it rapidly replacing Razor as my top robot of all time. I loved this show so much! Thanks for the nostalgia.

[@WeWillAlwaysHaveVALIS]

If you ever get the chance to go to one of his funk and soul nights you absolutely should! Dude is an encyclopaedia of stellar tunes and bands, and more to the point, knows how to properly DJ as well. A guaranteed brilliant night out.

[@hyliadreamer]

You know "craic" means, roughly, "fun" or "excitement" in Gaelic, right?

[@surpriseitscaz]

@@hyliadreamer Yes, hence why I spelled it that way, but the joke was he'd just been caught smoking crack. At the time it was quite a shocking thing to say on the BBC, as a lot of people expected him to get fired over it.

[@DJChelski]

Robot Wars was my favourite show as a kid. I never knew there was so much drama.

[@HouseCatTV]

I was 15 in 2001 and my family holidayed in Queensland Australia. We stayed in a hotel room that had satellite TV and so we spent some time channel surfing, and came across Robot Wars, which was the first time we'd ever seen it. During that week we got really into it because I think there were a couple of episodes every night. It was the third season, I remember Millie-Ann Bug very well.

[@TaleOfTheToaster]

Great video, it's excellent to have a relative outsider to the Robot Wars controversies dive into this and offer an unbiased look. Speaking as the main admin of the Robot Wars Wiki in the current day, we knew that the unsourced claim regarding More Panda Monium was first added in 2009-2011 when there were no strict policies on information sourcing in place (this was a time when some international versions of the show such as German Robot Wars hasn't even been found in footage form yet) and the active userbase simply joined with the Panda claim as a solid fact. I'm glad that even if it was many years too late, we were at least able to reinvestigate this claim off our own backs, and that videos such as this exist to dispel the mistruth. Needless to say, there has been a greater emphasis on referencing ever since, haha

[@BettiePagan]

I don’t watch the Hub, but I *do* listen to TII talk in-depth about robot battle tea

[@BettiePagan]

Oh no this is more than tea, thought we were going more lighthearted 😂

[@TheInternetInvestigator]

Well... No one died at least 😂

[@72r55]

Hey there, modern day roboteer here! Saw this video posted in a Discord server, I've always known about the controversies in the old Robot Wars series but I've never been invested enough to actually dig through it all - I easily sat through this fully entertained though! I love your presentation, kept me invested for the entire thing and I suprisingly learned something! Keep up the good work!

[@ianmacinerney6288]

What robot/weight class do you build?

[@72r55]

@@ianmacinerney6288 Antweights are my main class, 150 Grams - but I also have a couple Beetles and Feathers. 1.5kg - 15kg :)

[@anonigamer2010]

I just want to say how much I appreciate how thoroughly you investigated this. Kudos. Great work.

[@TheDominusIgnis]

Wow this video was in depth! While I think I've heard about all these controversies I definitely learnt some new details, such as More Pandamonium not being responsible for that incident. Its definitely an oddity given that the Robot Wars wiki as you mention often goes above and beyond in getting every detail it can, so I massively appreciate you helping to spread the word of this correction even if it is still speculative as to the real culprit. :) Also thank you for your final word about the brighter side to the scene and community, overall I'd say this was a pretty good video!

[@kareliask]

The algorithm sent me here. I like that this video isn't constant facecam, it makes it feel more like a documentary and less like a personality-based vlog. This is a subject way out of my wheelhouse but the story was really interesting, and it's really cool that you sought out sources to get unique clarifications on the events, not a lot of people would bother.

[@r00tan16]

watching the show as a kid, its easy to miss some of the more strange and downright dangerous aspects of the show, but as an adult its quite noticable and i have mad respect for rex and his reasons for quitting the show

[@tazzmaniandevilboy42]

I've never heard of your channel before but was sent a link to this by a buddy. I'm looking forward to watching this as it's about Robot Wars, a show I absolutely love!

[@TheInternetInvestigator]

Hope you enjoy! 😊

[@Lily_Selverne]

Ed Hoppitt is correct to call himself a Robot Wars World Champion in his twitter bio. Storm 2 did win the Third World Championship, defeating Supernova in the final; it's not the same thing as the main competition where he lost to Typhoon 2.

[@cdname47]

It's a bit disengenious because Although it sounds like the loftier title, it's usually just 2 or 3 fights within one episode compared to the season long national title. RW was the only sport where the National championship was harder to win and more prestigious than the world championship 😛

[@jonathand.t.5051]

@@cdname47 You could arguably say "baseball"

[@WeWillAlwaysHaveVALIS]

You always seem to be able to find such interesting topics and aren't afraid to broach subjects that are outside of what people may have come to expect from you. Love the content, thank you for the hours of entertainment you've provided me so far and I genuinely hope you manage to hit a subscriber count where you're able to make a more than comfortable living of doing this, because from where I'm sitting, you're perfect for it!

[@THEMightyBathSponge]

To answer the Tornado question robots can be "pitted" without going in. The Series 4 Heat Final between Morgue and Firestorm 2 is my benchmark that if a robots wheel base are over the pit and it can't get out, then its pitted. Tornado's frame technically didn't break rules as it had an active weapon in its bar spinner.

[@Lilleh__]

> Tornado's frame technically didn't break rules as it had an active weapon in its bar spinner. Not only that, but it wasn''t until s7 that the active weapon rule became a thing.

[@THEMightyBathSponge]

@@Lilleh__ You explained that far better, thank you

[@iliketrains1859]

In the series 7 annihilator, Kan-opener held Raging Knightmare clean over the pit while Ewe 2 was being counted out. Raging Nightmare wasn’t eliminated until it was in the pit, at which point Ewe 2 had been counted out and RK went through.

[@hyliadreamer]

The rule's the same here in America with our version, too. Being only partially in the pit is enough to qualify.

[@treytrent]

there is no fucking way this channel uploaded a fifty minute video on robot wars. absolute fever dream edit: amazingly researched!! this has to be the best robot combat video i’ve seen not by a channel based on the subject

[@simenon5929]

A relative of mine was on robot wars. Their robot was S.M.l.D.S.Y. It got sold after the show.

[@tazzmaniandevilboy42]

Wow that's really interesting! Which team member was it? How come they decided to sell S.M.I.D.S.Y.?

[@TheInternetInvestigator]

You should ask if they remember the incidents :)

[@fuzzluvver69]

Sorry Mate, I Didn't See You. 🙂

[@supersonic7674]

That's actually insane. Do you know who bought it?

[@simenon5929]

​@@supersonic7674 I think they either sold it to the show or some uni or collector or something but I dont really remember Im afraid.

[@nekovannox]

How the *f u c k* do you not think about putting some sort of protection around an arena with robots that are literally made for tearing apart one another?

[@TheInternetInvestigator]

Right! It's baffling 😂

[@JesusCreamCakes]

With hindsight it is bizarre! Back then though the bots we so low powered and it was an unknown entity. These days we run with 2/3 layers of 6-10mm polycarbonate and the power up/down process is incredibly well monitored so we've had no incidents since around series 3 of the original series.

[@ThyrusEvo]

Better don't look up what India did until a few years in the past

[@blockednostril9739]

The first un televised (but recorded) robot wars In San Francisco was even crazier! The only protection was wooden braces only a few feet tall and a couple nets…bare in mind in the US you have the machine nightmare competing, one of the strongest vertical spinners of its time which I’ll have to find the source but was claimed to lodge pieces of shrapnel into the ceiling that very event! Another machine Blendo was a petrol driven full body spinning weapon which once its ignition started..it couldn’t be turned off! It just had to run out of gas. Robots were driving fast enough to throw other machines at the audience..and the audience literally just picked them up and threw them back in…how no one died is insane honestly

[@blockednostril9739]

@@ThyrusEvo some under ground events in the US and Mexico when there was no financial backing for the sport was pretty damn batshit too

[@killdozer7792]

To be fair, Storm 2 DID win the World Championship held just after the Seventh Wars, so there's that.

[@MartynAndStuff]

Fun fact: Joe Thomas (Simon from Inbetweeners) was part of the team who helped with the first series' winner. Granted he never appeared on the show but still...

[@ryanbratley6199]

He was involved with T.R.A.C.I.E, which was a grand finalist but not the winner.

[@MartynAndStuff]

@@ryanbratley6199 That's the one! You're right. Thanks for the correction

[@enfado23]

Whaaaaatttttttt, that has really caught me off guard 😆😆

[@menkomonty]

I've been a massive fan of Robot Wars since I watched Cassius VS Panic Attack in the Series 2 Grand Final and I've heard many interesting things about the show's history. Apparently Craig Charles asked if he could return for the reboot but was rejected. Also there was a story that a robot from Series 9 called Rusty nearly decapitated it's builders head when it's flipper fired off when it was in the pits. A fight in Series 4 saw Firestorm fight a robot called Bolt from the Blue which went to a judge's decision which favoured Firestorm, even though neither put on a good fight. But the captain of Bolt was so bitter about the loss that many years later, his wife got him a birthday cake that had an image of Bolt on it with a message saying #stillbitter. Series 6 of Robot Wars was badly affected by time slots and was shifted around for a golfing championship to take place, which resulted in a Robot Wars magazine being cancelled as it was spoiling fights that had yet to air. Battlebots had also had a major incident in which a robot called Nightmare broke it's spinner and a piece of its tooth broke out of the arena and landed into the crowd. Nobody was injured, but numerous events were cancelled afterwards. There was another incident in Battlebots with a robot called Tartar which apparently went AWOL during a safety test, caught fire and drove off a table. I could go on, but you are correct in that the Robot Wars Wiki is very thorough with its details and certainly has many interesting pages. Also there were talks that there was plans for an animated series which I personally couldn't see happening.

[@thelegofam4310]

Awesome vid. I grew up watching shows like that in the 90s. I never knew why it was cancelled in America but remember being a little disappointed. It's a fun show. I'm glad there's a bunch on KZbin, but I didn't know there was so much drama behind the scenes.

[@StarryspudStories]

This is not a video I ever thought I'd see! Who knew such a fun programme was so riddled with drama? Thanks for the content!

[@dbensdrawinvids8390]

I watched the Stinger/Panic Attack match on tv. Panic Attack won hands down, I don't give a crap about the judge's BS point system. Stinger spent the whole match on the ropes and was almost out-of-bounded by Panic Attack multiple times. The PA was a better-built bot overall, and that team was robbed.

[@pablowentscobar]

Who knew Robot Wars was such a tangled web of deceit, lies and manipulation. Great vid.

[@Lukkilikka]

oh this is nostalgic. I don't know how well this was known in other countries but the british robot wars was aired in finland and we were big fans

[@Romax-pg2is]

_"The PP3D motor thing was just Ed being Ed. Make of that what you will."_ -Gary Cairns in regards to the "attempted sabotage" on PP3D

[@cdname47]

Considering all the other veiled references in the community to this sort of thing, piecing them all together, it doesn't seem like a compliment lol "Yeah, it was a massive dick move, but that's to be expected from a massive dick"

[@Takesis]

Oh, I thought you'll be talking about Super Robot Wars. The Japanese release only games has a pretty dark plot.

[@KyrosTheWolf]

I remember hearing about that and thinking 'Holy shit robot wars has an anime?"

[@Judgeangels]

Okay naming a robot panic attack is just great I love it

[@maxhill7065]

Takeshi's Castle was rebranded and revoiced in the US as MXC, both were really good, slapstick (kinda?) never gets old

[@djb71bigpond]

Whether or not this video gets a ton of videos on your channel all robot war/battle bots fans will thank you for such a in-depth and very interesting video A++

[@martindawson6825]

Thank you for the mention and shewing my snooze paper cutting. Was wild days I can tell you! A couple of things I would add. A lot of people entered because it was fun, they liked building things and they knew RW would not be a career or be around for ever. We was realistic enough to see it as just another stepping stone in life. Afterwards robots where sadly junked and we moved on to other things. Mentorn and the BBC was only in it to make money, any 'scandal' and drama only added to it, it was scripted and perhaps fixed ;o) I know this may come as a shock to most RW fans today but back then it was different. The lad who had was involved in the October 1999 accident at Elstree Studios who can't remember which robot injured him, am not surprised really, any one who has been involved in a car or motorbike accident can't remember much! BTW RW Series One was in 1997. Great video well done, you have done some home work! one last thing there's probably a video of me stealing a kiss from Phillipa some where ha, ha, haa

[@CJSowry]

Thankfully all those safety issues are in the past. Lessons have been leant and combat robots are built, checked and understood better. And audience safety is number 1. Thing to remember it is a TV show, they want contriversal decisions, incidents and characters. Like with any sport, it gives the fans something to talk about after. As for judging fights, I've done it myself and I hate it. Sometimes there is nothing between them and its really hard to deicide a winner. And how I veiw the fight differs from another person. Why you have at least three judges.

[@Ultimatebohab1990]

This was a great video. I was a huge fan of robot wars when they brought it here in America, they played the original uk version here too. This brings back some fun memories.

[@ellipszilonq]

This is a fascinating hobby, I'm glad you did a deep dive on it.

[@minimalbstolerance8113]

I vaguely remember Parthian Shot. I must say, however my first thought when you mentioned a blue spiky robot that vaguely resembled a hedgehog injuring someone was that it sounded like "Kronic the Wedgehog."

[@JDT-Loadsamoney]

Understandable, but those spikes probably couldn’t put a hole in paper

[@morigahn]

I remember watching this when I was a kid. Is there any hobby/community that doesn't have drama? 😂

[@TheInternetInvestigator]

Probably not, I could scroll r/HobbyDrama for days 😂

[@TheSlipperyNUwUdle]

The asmr community isn’t even safe. 😭 usually it’s so chill but even they have drama

[@ana_d_73]

Not even house plant groups are free from drama!

[@mjrhmekssh]

I'd say the Vampire Hunter D fandom is very friendly and I can't really think of any drama so far. But that's only because it is so incredibly small and most people are older

[@asaasa7900]

Dutch learning communities I guess...? Nah never mind. Not even that.

[@theSoruman]

Your production value has really gone up, loving this quality

[@Topdoggie7]

Battlebots connoisseur here, always wanted to learn about the good old days of horror and testing before the thick walls and protection was a thing.

[@smithyblue]

Loved watching Robot Wars growing up. The only early drama I was focused on was the Series 7 Grand Final, personally I find that more controversial than the 6th war final because of the producer interference, and the Storm team did win the Third World Championship that’s why they advertised it on the robot. The teaser with Storm 2 wasn’t the only vid unlisted, there’s 2 other teasers with robots Thor and Sabretooth and even the official trailer for Robot Wars Series 8, all are unlisted on the BBC’s KZbin Channel.

[@ndlmous]

GOD DAMN I MISS THIS SHOW

[@amandadollrey3479]

I appreciate you more than ever right now, and oooohh new intro bit more snazzy!!

[@uneventfullyeventful2497]

I love your videos so much. So well researched and the way you present them is awesome!!

[@purplekey9330]

Holy shit I never knew the depth of the drama between Storm and Typhoon. Like I'm not gonna lie, watching that fight I do think Storm should of won, but holy shit his response was beyond petty

[@koii55]

The new intro looks so good!

[@MrTrevithick]

Interesting video. I built a robot for series 4 and was involved behind the scenes with a few others. I used to chat with Rex about the show (and technical advice) and he was totally correct about the safety problems, Roger Plant would say the same things as did Kim Davis. I went off to do Mechanoids and life took over so never returned. As for Ed, he is a polarising character and has a tendency to say things without thinking but he has a passion for the sport and I believe has been one of the many people that has kept the sport alive, a classic example being that I recently bumped into him for the first time in many years (I think the last time was at Mechanoids, a show that many competitors have fond memories of) and said “Hi Ed I haven’t seen you since Mechanoids” to which he relied “that was a shit show” and turned his back on me (I thought, yep you haven’t changed and chuckled to myself). But that is him and his belief in what he does and the sport is a good thing and I hope Ed and many people keep at it, I might even get the old fighter up snd running again.

[@cdname47]

The fact your story defending him is yet another story of him being a rude arsehole doesn't paint him in a better light lol Personally I think the sport would be a better place without his shit-housery and his boring block on wheels. If he'd used that creativity to make something interesting to watch, fine, there are other jerks in the sport that at least have cool robots to watch But he bought a block on wheels, acted like it was the second coming and doubled down when the production made clear that they wanted more entertaining robots by writing rules to try and ensure rambots were phased out. Which he then used technicalities to get out of. Those kinda people.....we could do without.

[@BoulderWraith]

Something "similar" to the tornado situation happened in battlebots. It was the Hydra vs Huge fight, huge being a wide box with vertical spinner in the middle, on two wheels close to the size of wagon wheels, which gave huge the advantage with its ability to hit robots on the top with its bar due the wheels giving huge a lot of height. while hydra is simply a powerful flipper. Before the match Hydra decided to make a metal frame (not 360 protection just protected the front of their bot) that attached to the front of their bot so that huge couldnt hit them, after huge took a few attempts of hitting hydra, hydra managed to pin huge to the corner, without actually *touching* huge, which allowed hydra to just keep huge there, the refs did try to tell the hydra team about it but the hydra team just replied with "but we're not touching them" or something along the lines of that, which confused the refs because they were technicality following the rules, sonce the rules didnt really go that much into detail about it. Hydra won that fight but lost a lot of respect after that, but bettlebots made some small adjustments to the rules to make sure nothing like that happened again.

[@EvilRobotSteve]

I've been kind of bingeing your videos lately after only recently discovering your channel, this is probably my favourite one so far. I know it's probably not one of yours as it's not the kind of topic you usually choose to cover, but I used to *love* Robot Wars back in the day, and I never knew any of this behind the scenes stuff so I found it both nostalgic and interesting :)

[@sourgreendolly7685]

I love all the random things I learn about on your channel

[@Jackalope_256]

Great video. Very good to see robot combat being covered by someone new. There's also controversy with some of the chinese shows such as some teams plagiarising designs from other teams.

[@RockyGems]

It's basically an endless series of people asking "What could possibly go wrong?"

[@SwisherFlppr]

13:47 omgg it is so great to hear someone else know about red dwarf! ngl you kinda reminded me of it, brought back good memories of watching it with my parents... ty sm for mentioning red dwarf lol

[@kyletownend2]

I enjoyed this so much I mentioned it to my dad who said Craig appeared on clarksons who wants to be a million air and they has a chat about there experiences on bot wars

[@FamusJamus]

Not making any accusations, but Kronic the Wedgehog's entire deal was to be blue and resemble a hedgehog. It also had a version that "failed to qualify" for Series 3 according to the wiki. Kronic vs Thermidor II was the first fight I ever saw on telly, so I have a soft spot for it.

[@furrykev3223]

Storm 2 is getting rebuilt for tours in uk and still have old storm 2 and spinner attachment from robonerd event this year

[@Wherethedeadwalk]

I completely forgot all about Robot Wars, I used to love watching it as a kid

[@pp3drobotics]

Lol small addition, I did buy the motor off Gabe but yeah the motor story is true.

[@esotericpince]

i absolutely love the versatility of ur content :)!

[@riversider2506]

The title couldn't have gotten me more intrigued than I am right now 🤓🧐

[@TheInternetInvestigator]

Enjoy 😄

[@lewisb85]

I remember reading an interview with san Francisco robotic artist mark pauline about how the legal wrangling's in the early days is why he wanted nothing to do with robot wars or battlebots. Also quite a few who worked with Mark and his group Survival research labs (think robot wars with giant machines, no rules or competitive element) followed his example and never entered, so by causing legal drama they basically isolated someone who would be awesome if involved, the only SRL associated person who is involved in Battlebots is Alexander Rose of the Bronco team who works with SRL as a part time volunteer.

[@SaidWLYT]

finally getting time to binge your videos, love the content btw :)

[@larrackell]

I thought I'd subscribed to this channel because it's always in my recs but I guess not. Now I am!

[@jesper112183]

Yes tornado exploited a loophole, but it's a shameless, unsportsmanlike thing to do.

[@persona2bestpersona891]

keep up the things no one has talked about keep your channel diverse

[@TuberoseKisser]

People who are careless around these robots need to remember that they're literally made to demolish layers of metal, something way harder than our skin and muscles, these things need to be handled as if they're ticking time bombs.

[@roxyhart5692]

Haha, I remenber the first wars! Used to love this show, all the way from Sweden

[@KyrosTheWolf]

I loved this show when I was a kid. My all time favourite robot was Razor, because of how deadly it was plus it's badass menacing design. You can imagine how pissed off I was when they gave the win to Tornado in the final, after Tornado wouldn't go in the pit because they stuck a big metal frame on it.

[@fostersstubbyasmr9557]

You put so much work into these, but I find the start with the malicious house bots kinda funny

[@StaraptorEagle]

I remember watching the American version when I was a kid! Always thought this show was so cool! I’m glad you covered it! Nice video, as always. ❤️

[@hyliadreamer]

I used to watch our version (whatever title it has) on a semi-regular basis several years ago, and I thought it was pretty fascinating. I know nothing whatsoever about robotics, but I find the work that gets done to be highly impressive. (Fun fact, for anyone who liked Mythbusters when it was on: Host Jamie Hyneman met Grant Imahara (Rest in Peace, Grant; you're still sorely missed by us fans) when they competed against each other in a bout.

[@rejackzimmerman6165]

Love your vids, been here from the start and always will be!!! So awesome seeing your quality improve

[@GunNutproductionsOG]

To think there were so many dangerous moments from Robot Wars then compared to the insanely dangerous bots you see on Battle Bots now is crazy. This was back in the time where only the house robots had spinning blades and before anyone even thought of attaching flamethrowers into their bots

[@emilyjones9787]

I don't actively watch robot wars, but if I come across it in my recommendations I know what rabbit hole I'll be jumping back into

[@dahunter620]

Fantastic video! Loved watching this when I was younger!

[@NimhLabs]

As per engineers and technicians not remembering major injuries from twenty years ago... might I suggest watching William Osman's channel? He is pretty much your standard person with an engineering degree

[@ajj4515]

I love these little windows into communities I have no idea about lol

[@BanglesAU]

I used to love Robot Wars, and have recently been watching the Wars on youtube, also introducing it to my 8yo's, they don't love it quite as much as their parents, but watch it anyway....

[@saadhelp8932]

oh the new intro as well! looks great

[@annabasnatural]

Hypnodisc was my favourite robot 😍

[@ryanbratley6199]

But Ed Hoppitt (and Storm 2) ARE Robot Wars World Champions. They won a World Championship.

[@cdname47]

Which was a sideshow to the main championship featuring way less robots, and due to the standard of robot combat around the world at the time (and the fact you weren't going to get the only other nation who could give us a run for our money due to legal disputes), it was a lot easier to win.

[@roonkolos]

I never expected combat robotics to appear on here but I am not complaining. This is an interesting change in pace

[@daytempura9819]

As an FIRST robotics alumni I'm always super interested in learning about other robot competitions, but i've never heard of Robot Wars before! Thank you for teaching me something new

[@blockednostril9739]

There’s more dirt to be found with the San Francisco and Vegas pay per view events in the mid to late nineties(can’t remember if it was robot wars or battlebots at the time) as well as un televised battlebots running in the mid to late 2000’s. Both are hard to find concrete information or footage but you’re clearly one who enjoys a bit of digging for the good stuff 😅 Teams behind the machines little blue engine and maximus definitely have some malicious stories behind them forgotten to time. Loved this video, was nice to get some clarity on the injuries in series three as I’d tried to go down that rabbit hole a few years back and simply didn’t know where to look. Great video! You got a sub from a bot fan who happens to like all the other stuff you talk about too 😅

[@Romax-pg2is]

I know that Team Circuit Breaker was notorious for being mischievous brats in the pits during the old show airing, but what kind of dirt did people have on Team Gladiator?

[@thebotbuilder]

At least my boi Disc-O-Inferno didn't get involved in any incidents

[@rocketsummer]

i didn't even know i needed this, wtf. i'm american so i've only ever seen battlebots so this is all just so weirdly familiar yet foreign. like an alternate universe i'm looking into lol

[@hyliadreamer]

1: The near-decapitation incident is something we're aware of even here in California, so it's certainly not a hushed-up thing. It's probably just as well that the footage hasn't surfaced, though; it sounds kind of troubling. 2: Takeshi's Castle is known here as MXC (Most Extreme Elimination Challenge). I highly recommend it to anyone who hasn't seen it; it's hilarious!

[@vampiremystic]

More great content! Love it

[@zagreus5726]

What a Brilliant video , well done :)

[@Henners]

“Spending hundreds of pounds on your robot” oh I wish it was that cheap. Average heavyweight robot in battlebots / robot wars is 20,000 USD. My wallet hurts from competing lol

[@Allegedly681]

Love the new intro!!!

[@auroramariealmeara8622]

Great video thank you good to watch after Thanksgiving hi from U.S.A.

[@TheInternetInvestigator]

Happy Thanksgiving! 🖤

[@la-fd6em]

These videos save me. They’re my escape, thank you!

[@c-o-f-f-e-e1586]

Unexpected and interesting topic. I never realized there was so much going on behind the scenes. I really miss a show like robot wars. A safe show then :)

[@Jinsoku440]

Battlebots (an offshoot of robot wars) has been going strong for the last few years, being picked up by both network and cable television. The new series starts in January and the official Battlebots youtube channel hosts a lot of free fights to watch!

[@davidhughes4089]

Craig Charles smoking crack in a taxi with some jazz mags was one of the strangest celebrity downfall stories of my youth. Always seemed a bit unfair you'd get a son and dad from Bradford going up against some titanium monster from somewhere like Cambridge uni

[@Damaged7]

As a kid in Canada, I don't ever recall seeing the first 3 or so seasons. To me, it was always just a robot fighting show. I had no idea untill all these years later that it kind of started out with American Gladiator type events.

[@McRich.]

Never heard of your channel, but a Yorkshire accent with Robot Wars? Yeah I'll subscribe

[@gangstagarf]

I always thought this show was so ridiculous. Amazed it has a dark side