From Tested.com
From mom.me Carissa Carlberg, 12, knows a thing or two about building sophisticated, competition-worthy robots for “BattleBots,” a robot-on-robot, battle-to-the-death competition returning after a 10-year hiatus to ABC. Though Carissa hasn’t built a robot for BattleBots on her own, she’s been by her dad Christian’s side along with her two brothers. Read more at mom.me
From Tested.com Adam Savage, Will and Norm from Tested.com had a round table discussion about the recent BattleBots taping, and the old days of Robot Combat Sports. Check it!
From Nerdist.com Their world is fire and blood… or oil, that is. The wildly popular gladiatorial robotics competition, BattleBots, is returning to television, and it’s actually happening sooner than some of us realized. Sunday, June 21st, at 9pm EST on ABC, the shrapnel will fly in the BattleBox once more.
From Tested.com Tested was granted exclusive access to the BattleBots pit, where teams from all around the world brought their new robots to be tested in the BattleBox. In the first of a three-part series, Tested interviews eight of the 24 teams to learn about their robots’ fighting potential and how new technology has changed how…
Jonathan Bloom (@BloomTV) from ABC7 new came by and did a great piece on the upcoming show:
From Gizmodo.com Down here on God’s green earth, there are few things more enjoyable than watching two hand-built robots, lovingly crafted from sweat and silicon tears, shredding each other into unrecognisable chunks. And whilst you could watch this spectacle on TV, you could also pay the low, low price of $11.54, and go see it…
From Deadline.com BattleBots is a wildcard play here — a male-skewing series for ABC in a summer schedule that has been female-focused. The series returns to air 12 years after it ended its run on Comedy Central and will air six episodes. It will premiere Sunday, June 21 at 9 PM following Celebrity Family Feud. Read more…
From Deadline.com The battling robots are back! Twelve years after BattleBots ended its run on Comedy Central, ABC has picked up a reimagined take of the killer robot combat sport, from Whalerock Industries and the creators of the original BattleBots franchise, Ed Roski and Greg Munson. Former ABC topper Lloyd Braun executive produces the project, which has received a six-episode order to air…