Battlebots

New crowd favourite Ripperoni offers a slice of its deadly pizza weapon to HiJinx, and Malice is determined to carve a victory against Valkyrie. Hydra tries to finally hit the roof with Free Shipping. Blip meets its stablemate Tantrum.

US robot combat series. Giant-wheeled Starchild and Huge clash, Minotaur seeks revenge against Witch Doctor, and the BattleBots VII Round of 32 bracket is revealed.

The BattleBots VII World Championship gets under way with the best combat robots in the world competing for the ultimate prize of the Giant Nut - gunning for a shot at the title are killer Kiwis End Game, the electric HyperShock, the vicious Riptide, undefeated Huge, fan favourites Witch Doctor and many more. This edition sees the first eight robots fight to the death - winners progress to the Round of 16 while the losers go home.

Witch Doctor, Claw Viper and Huge are among the challengers as the eliminations continue. Four bots must perish while four others progress to the Round of 16.

Ripperoni, Black Dragon, Quantum and Hydra are among the star challengers as the explosive Round of 32 continues, with four more bots perishing and four others progressing to the next stage.