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ajprice

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Friday 7th February 2020
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ajprice

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Friday 21st February 2020
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Season 5 starts in the USA on the Discovery channel on May 15th. https://battlebots.com

80 robots, 50 hours of TV.

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Link fixed.

Edited by ajprice on Friday 21st February 21:18


Edited by ajprice on Friday 21st February 21:18

AlexS

1,563 posts

239 months

Friday 21st February 2020
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Are you sure you pasted the correct link in?

defblade

7,624 posts

220 months

Friday 21st February 2020
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AlexS said:
Are you sure you pasted the correct link in?
Yes, Ferrari are so far off the pace, they've rebuilt one car as a flipper and the other as a spinner (I guess Vettal's in the latter wink ).
Only problem is, they'll have to wait until they're lapped to get close enough to the Mercedes to use them!






I think I've been watching too much Wacky Races
getmecoat

joefraser

725 posts

118 months

Saturday 22nd February 2020
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https://www.reddit.com/r/battlebots/comments/f7phh...

Full list and pictures of this year's competitors...

Chomp is a walker
Apollo the RW flipper is in
Beta has returner
No bronco / blacksmith or bombshell this year
Icewave is back

Can't wait for this to start!

ajprice

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Sunday 23rd February 2020
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From Battlebots homepage, new robot pictures are being posted. Bite force looks the same, Duck is new and has a lifter arm smile


slipstream 1985

12,774 posts

186 months

Sunday 23rd February 2020
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Spinners really are the in thing now. Lockjaw needs a redesign its wheels get mullered everytime. Will be interesting to see how Apollo does

ajprice

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Thursday 27th February 2020
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The Robot Wars Apollo team will be there with a new robot called Orion.


ajprice

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Friday 28th February 2020
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ajprice

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Friday 13th March 2020
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Filming postponed because virus...

"Dear BotFans,

In light of the extraordinary and evolving COVID-19 situation and the recent public health measures and mandates, the April 3-15, 2020 BattleBots live event will be postponed to a later date. We are closely monitoring the situation and will announce new dates soonest with the health and wellbeing of our fans, crew and bot builders top of mind. The show will go on!

We fully intend to have a 2020 World Championship later in the year as soon as the crisis is over. Until then stay safe, practice preventative measures as outlined by the CDC, and take good care. BattleBots will be back!

Note to ticket buyers: Anyone who purchased tickets to the April 3-15, 2020 event will receive a full refund. Eventbrite will begin processing refunds in the coming days. We’re told the process may take up to two weeks."

ajprice

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Monday 24th August 2020
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Filming in October, on TV soon after smile

https://battlebots.com/news/

ajprice

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Thursday 12th November 2020
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First episode on December 3rd, USA Discovery Channel, hopefully soon after to YouTube channels on the bottom half of the internet https://battlebots.com/event/battlebots-2020-episo...

PS. because I just saw the post I did, the Apollo team aren't there with the Orion bot for this series, because Covid.

Edited by ajprice on Thursday 12th November 21:51

hairykrishna

13,588 posts

210 months

Thursday 12th November 2020
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Looking forward to it. Should be a good season even if not all the teams could be there.

Some Gump

12,868 posts

193 months

Monday 23rd November 2020
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Bookmarked!

ajprice

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Thursday 3rd December 2020
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First one is tonight at 8pm USA time, hopefully on the YouTubes for the weekend. I can't find a fight card for the whole show like they have done before, but the main event is Tombstone v Endgame.

ajprice

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Thursday 3rd December 2020
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Some Gump

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193 months

AlexS

1,563 posts

239 months

Friday 4th December 2020
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Some Gump said:
That was taken down quickly.

Some Gump

12,868 posts

193 months

Friday 4th December 2020
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Shame, 3 of the fights were good.

Blue32

438 posts

176 months

Friday 4th December 2020
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySJt2Oga3vA

This one appears to be working for the moment