robot wars

Mechanical combat tournaments

Robot Wars is a competition format where remote-controlled machines battle in an arena, attempting to disable or destroy opponents through flipping, crushing, or sawing.

The term covers both organized events and the British television series that popularized the concept.

By extension, robot wars can describe any automated conflict or competition between machines: The streaming platforms are engaged in their own robot wars.

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battle arena · weapons · destruction · sparks · metal · scrap metal · armor · remote · control · control booth · driving skills · crushing · flames · pit · competitors · grudge match · engineering · weight class

Categories
Opposites
conflict vs. cooperation

robot warsassistive technology

Disability-compensating devices and software

maker spaces

entertainment violence vs. peaceful demonstration

robot warsscience fair

Student experiment competition

MythBusters

mechanized conflict vs. human/organic conflict

robot warsgladiatorial combat

Armed fighters battling publicly

hand-to-hand combat · gladiatorial games · boxing · MMA · fencing

Family

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG