# Robot Wars

- Canonical: https://robot-fighting-championship.com/leagues/robot-wars
- Record family: leagues
- Stable ID: robot-wars
- Data snapshot: 2026-08-02T00:00:00Z
- Data source: fixture

## Direct answer

Robot Wars was the British televised robot combat series that made the format popular outside the United States. It first aired in 1998, returned between 2016 and 2018, and is no longer produced.

## Classification

- **Record status**: Defunct television series
- **Entity kind**: television-series
- **Field role**: historical
- **Competition class**: UK televised wheeled combat · 1998–2018
- **Control mode**: Remote control
- **Hardware field**: Open / class-defined field

## History

The series ran from 1998, paused after 2004, returned in 2016 and ended in 2018. Live-event rights to the brand were subsequently acquired by Roaming Robots, whose touring operation continues under the Extreme Robots name.

## Format

Televised knock-out tournaments with arena hazards and House Robots. The main competition centred on a heavyweight class of 100 kg, raised to 110 kg for the 2016 revival.

## Broadcast

Broadcast archive only. No current fixtures exist, and none are inferred.

## Verification boundary

First broadcast and end of production are documented. The series has no active official site, so no primary URL is published here rather than linking to a third-party mirror.

## Rules status

**No current rulebook.** The series is no longer produced and publishes no active rulebook. Historical weight limits are recorded, not a live bout contract.

- **Heavyweight limit**: 100 kg — Raised to 110 kg for the 2016 revival
- **Control**: Remotely piloted — Human drivers

## Evidence claims

No published records.

## Events

No published records.

## Fights

No published records.

## Robots

No published records.

## Teams

No published records.

## People

No published records.

## Rules

No published records.

## Relationships

No published records.

## Media

No published records.

## Primary sources

- [Series record — Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot_Wars_(TV_series)): Broadcast history and weight classes; tier-2 reference pending a primary archive.
- [Series record — Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot_Wars_(TV_series)): Historical weight classes; tier-2 reference.

## Citation boundary

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