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Robot Wars

UK televised wheeled combat · 1998–2018

High confidencePrimary URL not tracked
Record statusDefunct television series
Field rolehistorical
Control modeRemote control
Hardware fieldOpen / class-defined field
Disciplinecombat non humanoid
Founded / first edition1998

RFC readCurrent classification

The pilot remains inside the competitive loop.

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.

No invented data

Historical record

Robot Wars is retained as uk televised wheeled combat · 1998–2018. Its results are kept separate from the active competitive field rather than merged into it.

Competition profileUK televised wheeled combat · 1998–2018

What this record represents.

01 / History

Origin and continuity

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.

02 / Format

Competitive contract

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.

03 / Media

Broadcast boundary

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

04 / Verification

What is confirmed

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 statusNo current rulebook

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

Open the Robot Wars rules file ↗
Heavyweight limit100 kgRaised to 110 kg for the 2016 revival
ControlRemotely pilotedHuman drivers

Event records0 current

Full schedule ↗
No tracked event record

The entity remains published for classification and source disambiguation.

Robots0 indexed

No named robot can be safely attached to this league yet.

Teams0 indexed

No stable public team roster is available.

Official sources2 primary references

Identity, format and rules stay attributable.

Series recordWikipediaBroadcast history and weight classes; tier-2 reference pending a primary archive.↗Series recordWikipediaHistorical weight classes; tier-2 reference.↗

League source ledger3 sourced records

Values remain attached to their retrieval state. A conflict is shown, never averaged away.