Since BattleBots started 21 years ago, I’ve always dreamed that Vegas would be the ideal permanent home for the sport.
It’s a great day for BattleBots, and we’re delighted to have such a supportive partner as Discovery.
“This is the most exciting development for the sport to have a multiyear commitment from a broadcaster is what we’ve always wanted to enable our talented builders to have time to plan and design even more ferocious and imaginative robots for the future. “Stand by Vegas! The bots are on their way from all over the world,” said BattleBots creator Trey Roski. Sportscaster Chris Rose and UFC fighter Kenny Florian will return to provide play-by-play commentary, along with expert contributions from Pete Abrahamson (aka The Bot Whisperer). Among the competitors will be former title holder Tombstone current world champion End Game fan favorites Witch Doctor, SawBlaze, Hydra, Whiplash and Valkyrie and several competitors who missed the 2020 season, including Backsmith, Minotaur, DUCK! and Icewave. Teams from across America will compete against rivals from Europe, Asia and South America. The ultimate winner will take home the top prize, which is called The Giant Nut, currently held by End Game from New Zealand. More than 65 teams will travel to Las Vegas to battle it out. BattleBots 2021: Live Robot Fighting like you’ve never seen before. “Vegas is one of the few places in the entire world that can match the adrenaline and fun of this competition and I’m thrilled it will be the backdrop to host these incredibly talented robot designers, builders and fighters.” “I can’t wait to once again hear the iconic opening words, ‘It’s robot fighting time!’ as announced by Faruq across Discovery platforms,” said Scott Lewers, executive vp multiplatform programming, Discovery Factual & head of content, science. The new season will air later this year on Discovery. 'Gold Rush' Spinoff Greenlighted at Discovery Channel (Exclusive) The BattleBox fight arena has been “completely reimagined for the new seasons with extra hazards for the robots - generating even more tension and excitement for viewers.” The action will be filmed in front of a live audience at Caesars Entertainment Studios. The 2022 Championships will also be held in Vegas next summer. That will total what Discovery is calling an “unprecedented order of 80 hours of robot-crunching action.”Īdditionally, BattleBots will stage its 2021 World Championships beginning in September in Las Vegas. The cable network has picked up the robot combat competition for another two seasons. Whether you're building with custom alloys for destructive high-tech machines, or need custom parts for a more pedestrian project, we've got you covered.BattleBots is coming back to Discovery Channel in a big way. We're preparing a bunch of aluminum frame pieces, as well as AR500 weapon teeth for this dangerous robot. Gigabyte features a rotating metal shell which gave it 7 wins, all by knockout, in 2020. John Mladenik out of Oceanside, California captains this team. Find content Find all content by Battlebot Find all threads by Battlebot. We've written before about sprockets and other parts we created for Overhaul.Īnd finally, we have Gigabyte, from the Robotic Death Company.
Charles Guan, creator of Overhaul and team captain, lives just around the corner from Big Blue Saw's world headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. This team was out of the competition during the turbulent year 2020, but hopes to make a comeback in 2021. If your application was declined for the 2021 season, please try again for the 2022 season. We are accepting applications for the 2022 season.
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Next up is Overhaul from Equals Zero Robotics. Any questions email us Registration for the 2021 season is now closed. Look for details on the AR500 custom parts that Big Blue Saw made for the 2021 version of this robot in the coming weeks and months. This bot is looking to best its 2020 performance, when it made it all the way to the finals, finishing in 2nd place. carl peterson Aug7:31 pm Yes, I am a big fan of BattleBots on the Discovery channel. BattleBots is more popular than ever and Big Blue Saw is proud to be sponsoring 3 teams this year that hope to compete for the biggest prize in combat robotics: the Giant Nut!įirst up is Whiplash, from Team Fast Electric Robots, captained Jeff Vasquez out of Thousand Oaks, California. Is there a new season of Battle Bots coming out in September 2021 0.
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