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2026-10-18T04:15:45Z

RobotRobot: Log: updated User:RobotRobot/Sandbox

This page tracks every wiki page '''RobotRobot''' (Claude, an AI editing assistant working for the wiki owner) has created or updated as part of the 2026 content refresh, so the edits can be reviewed. Each row links to the page and to the exact change. All edits are also listed at [[Special:Contributions/RobotRobot]].

To undo any change, open its diff link and use "undo" (or edit the page history).

==Planned work==
'''Done''' (see the log below):
* Refreshed: [[3D Printing]], [[Safety]], [[Wheels]], [[Tournament Brackets]], [[Melty Brain]], [[Insect Class Motors]], [[Radio List]], [[Suppliers]], [[Robots]], and smaller updates to many others.
* New pages: [[Glossary]], [[Spinner Design]], [[Armor and Materials]], [[Fabrication Services]], [[Self-Righting]], [[LiPo Battery Safety]], [[Failsafes]], [[Drive Systems]], [[Multibots, Walkers and Shufflers]], [[Robot Combat History and TV]], [[Pit Kit and Event Checklist]], [[Driving Practice]], [[Fasteners and Hardware]], [[Wiring and Soldering]], [[CAD for Combat Robots]], [[Weight Management]], [[Running an Event]], [[Combat Robotics in Schools and Universities]], [[Fairyweight]], [[Antweight]], [[Beetleweight]], [[Hobbyweight]], [[Featherweight]].
* Link check: all 871 external links on the wiki were checked in October 2026, and the dead ones were fixed or removed. (Facebook links and some store and wiki sites block automated checks; those were verified in a browser or left alone.)

'''Open questions for editors'''
* [[Tournament Brackets]]: the "Ante Up" format needs a description.

==Log==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Date !! Page !! Change !! Description !! Diff
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| 2026-10-16 || [[3D Printing]] || Updated || Updated printer tiers and prices for 2026; added PCTG, ASA, PEBA, carbon-fiber nylon details, resin and new design tips; noted Plastic class material limits. Checked all 179 design and part links: removed 6 dead designs, fixed 3 mislabeled entries, moved PrusaPrinters links to Printables. (Newly found designs to follow in a separate edit.) || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?diff=958 diff]
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| 2026-10-16 || [[Glossary]] || Created || New page defining about 90 common robot combat terms (weapon types, weight classes, electronics, match rules), linking to the relevant wiki pages. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=961 created]
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| 2026-10-16 || [[Main Page]] || Updated || Added a link to the new Glossary under Getting Started. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?diff=962 diff]
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| 2026-10-16 || [[Spinner Design]] || Created || New page on spinner physics: stored energy and moment of inertia, tip speed, bite (with a worked example), spin-up, gyroscopic effects, drive options and weapon construction, with links to calculators. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=965 created]
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| 2026-10-16 || [[Weapons]] || Updated || Added a pointer from the Spinning weapons section to the new Spinner Design page. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?diff=966 diff]
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| 2026-10-16 || [[Fabrication Services]] || Created || New page listing online cutting, machining and printing services (SendCutSend, OSH Cut, Xometry, Ponoko, JLCPCB/PCBWay) and material suppliers, with what each offers and tips for ordering parts. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=969 created]
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| 2026-10-16 || [[Armor and Materials]] || Created || New page on materials for frames, armor, wedges and weapons (plastics, aluminum alloys, titanium grades, AR and tool steels, composites), hardness vs. toughness, armor design ideas and weight-class notes. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=970 created]
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| 2026-10-16 || [[Self-Righting]] || Created || New page on invertible designs and self-righting mechanisms (weapon-based, dedicated, shape-based, gyro), why it matters under the SPARC knock-out rule, common ways to get stuck and design tips. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=974 created]
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| 2026-10-16 || [[3D Printing]] || Updated || Added 129 newly found printable robot designs (mostly 2023–2026, from Printables, MakerWorld, Thingiverse, Cults3D and GitHub), every link checked; tables now list 266 designs, sorted. Added a 'Finding more designs' section with curated collections. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?diff=976 diff]
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| 2026-10-16 || [[Safety]] || Updated || Built out the empty safety hub following the outline already on the page: key safety habits, a table linking each topic to detailed pages, event safety, and links to SPARC, NHRL, FRA and other guides. Kept the existing image and video. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?diff=980 diff]
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| 2026-10-16 || [[LiPo Battery Safety]] || Created || New page on LiPo voltages, charging, storage, damaged and puffy packs, disposal, what to do in a fire (per SPARC and fire-safety guidance) and 2026 FAA air-travel rules. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=978 created]
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| 2026-10-16 || [[Failsafes]] || Created || New page on radio failsafes: SPARC v1.7, NHRL and FRA requirements, hold vs. no-pulses vs. set-position, setup notes for ExpressLRS, FlySky and Spektrum, a test procedure and common mistakes. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=979 created]
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| 2026-10-16 || [[Batteries]] || Updated || Linked the new LiPo Battery Safety page, softened the 'never use water' fire advice to match current guidance, and updated the air-travel note to the 2026 FAA rules. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?diff=981 diff]
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| 2026-10-16 || [[Radios]] || Updated || Added a link to the new Failsafes page. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?diff=982 diff]
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| 2026-10-16 || [[Wheels]] || Updated || Built out the empty page following its existing outline: why wheels matter, foam and molded wheels (current products), casting your own tires, hubs and mounting, size and clearance, arena floors, protecting wheels and common failures. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?diff=989 diff]
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| 2026-10-16 || [[Drive Systems]] || Created || New page on tank steering, 2WD/4WD/6WD layouts, belts, gears and friction drive, typical motors for each weight class (2026), gearing and speed math with worked examples, and protecting the drive. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=988 created]
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| 2026-10-16 || [[Melty Brain]] || Updated || Kept the existing content and added how meltybrains work, Open Melt 2 hardware, tuning and heading-drift challenges, verified notable meltybrains (Tesla's Tornado, Melty B, Nuts 2, Project LiftOff) and NHRL/BattleBots rules. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?diff=992 diff]
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| 2026-10-16 || [[Multibots, Walkers and Shufflers]] || Created || New page explaining multibot rules (SPARC 51%-of-mass knock-out, NHRL weight bonus and segment rules), SPARC and NHRL walker/shuffler definitions and bonuses, what counts as walking, and verified notable examples. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=994 created]
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| 2026-10-16 || [[Main Page]] || Updated || Added a Design and Building section (Drive Systems, Armor and Materials, Spinner Design, Self-Righting, Multibots, Melty Brain, Fabrication Services) and links to Safety and Robot Combat History and TV. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?diff=997 diff]
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| 2026-10-16 || [[Robot Combat History and TV]] || Created || New page with a sourced timeline of robot combat (Robot Wars, BattleBots, NHRL and more), summaries of the major TV shows including the 2026 BattleBots Pro League, and today's leagues and events. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=996 created]
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| 2026-10-16 || [[Driving Practice]] || Created || New page with practice drills, helpful radio settings (trims, rates, expo, invert), general strategy against common robot types, arena awareness and driving for the judges. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1000 created]
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| 2026-10-16 || [[Pit Kit and Event Checklist]] || Created || New page with a pre-event safety checklist, what to bring (essentials, spares, tools), how registration and safety inspection work, a typical event day, pit etiquette and NHRL notes. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1001 created]
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| 2026-10-16 || [[Fasteners and Hardware]] || Created || New page on screw sizes, head styles and materials, threads in metal, UHMW and printed parts, nyloc nuts and threadlocker (including plastic-safe options), weapon shafts, bearings and collars, and where to buy. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1004 created]
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| 2026-10-16 || [[Wiring and Soldering]] || Created || New page with a typical insect-class wiring layout, wire gauge guidance, layout and protection, soldering tips, and SPARC/NHRL rules for switches, power lights and fuses. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1005 created]
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| 2026-10-16 || [[CAD for Combat Robots]] || Created || New page comparing Onshape, Fusion, FreeCAD, SOLIDWORKS for Makers, Shapr3D and Tinkercad (license terms checked October 2026), a typical design workflow, and CAD tips for combat robots. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1006 created]
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| 2026-10-16 || [[GettingStarted]] || Updated || Added links to the new Drive Systems, Wheels, Armor and Materials, Fasteners, Wiring, CAD, Driving Practice and Pit Kit pages in the relevant sections; checked its guide links (all live). || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?diff=1010 diff]
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| 2026-10-16 || [[Main Page]] || Updated || Added Pit Kit and Event Checklist and Driving Practice under Getting Started, and Fasteners, Wiring and CAD pages under Design and Building. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?diff=1011 diff]
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| 2026-10-16 || [[Tournament Brackets]] || Updated || Kept the original lists and added how to choose a format (with SPARC standards), descriptions of each bracket tool (adding TrueFinals and start.gg) and each bracket type. 'Ante Up' left for someone who knows the format to describe. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?diff=1014 diff]
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| 2026-10-16 || [[Insect Class Motors]] || Updated || Built out the motor table as the page's note asked: fixed the broken N20 row and added current brushed and brushless gearmotors from FingerTech, Pololu, Repeat Robotics and Just Cuz with links and vendor specs; added a short section on protecting motors. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?diff=1016 diff]
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| 2026-10-16 || [[Weight Management]] || Created || New page on SPARC and NHRL weight rules and re-weighs, planning a weight budget, ways to save weight, and making weight at events; linked from the Main Page. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1018 created]
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| 2026-10-16 || [[Robots]] || Updated || Fixed broken link syntax (double-bracketed external links), turned RobotCombatEvents.com and BuildersDB into links, and used internal links for weight classes and the team pages. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?diff=1022 diff]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[Running an Event]] || Created || New organizer's guide to hosting a local insect-class event: rules and classes, building or buying an arena, venues, safety equipment, insurance and waivers, registration and fees (RobotCombatEvents.com, RCE Manager), event-day roles and safety inspection. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1024 created]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[Events]] || Updated || Linked the new Running an Event guide from the hosting section. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?diff=1025 diff]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[Combat Robotics in Schools and Universities]] || Created || New page on the National Robotics League and other school programs, school-friendly classes and kits, verified university clubs and events, and a step-by-step guide to starting a club; linked from the Main Page with Running an Event. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1028 created]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[Radio List]] || Updated || Rechecked every radio for 2026: fixed swapped NB4/DX5 Pro receivers and wrong receiver weights, replaced the dead DX5 Pro link with the 2021 model, moved the DX6i, Taranis Q X7 and Turnigy Evolution to the legacy table, added ExpressLRS radios (RadioMaster range), a receiver table, all-in-one boards (Malenki, Catalyst) and protocol notes. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?diff=1031 diff]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[Fairyweight]] || Created || New Fairyweight class page: SPARC/UK/NHRL rules and weight bonuses, typical motors, batteries and materials, arena requirements, current kits (October 2026), where the class is fought. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1033 created]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[Antweight]] || Created || New Antweight class page: SPARC/UK/NHRL rules and weight bonuses, typical motors, batteries and materials, arena requirements, current kits (October 2026), where the class is fought. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1034 created]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[Beetleweight]] || Created || New Beetleweight class page: SPARC/UK/NHRL rules and weight bonuses, typical motors, batteries and materials, arena requirements, current kits (October 2026), where the class is fought, and verified NHRL world champions 2021–2025. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1035 created]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[Hobbyweight]] || Created || New Hobbyweight class page: SPARC/UK/NHRL rules and weight bonuses, typical motors, batteries and materials, arena requirements, current kits (October 2026), where the class is fought, and verified NHRL world champions 2021–2025. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1036 created]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[Featherweight]] || Created || New Featherweight class page: SPARC/UK/NHRL rules and weight bonuses, typical motors, batteries and materials, arena requirements, current kits (October 2026), where the class is fought, and verified NHRL world champions 2021–2025. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1038 created]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[RobotClasses]] || Updated || Linked the class names in the weight class table to the new Fairyweight, Antweight, Beetleweight, Hobbyweight and Featherweight pages (also linked from the Main Page). || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?diff=1039 diff]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[GettingStarted]] || Updated || Fixed 3 dead guide links: NZ getting-started guide (moved), RioBotz Combot Tutorial (now on riobotz.com), Witch Doctor Junior video series (now the team's YouTube playlist). || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?diff=1047 diff]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[Motors]] || Updated || Fixed dead motor links: updated Rectified Robotics, FingerTech Mega Spark and Repeat Mini links to current products; replaced the Nuts & Bots N10 link with FingerTech's N10; removed closed or unlisted stores (KitBots gearmotor, OwObotics, RobotMatter). || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?diff=1048 diff]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[Kits]] || Updated || Updated the FingerTech Viper (now v3) and Repeat Peter Bar Kit links; removed kits that are discontinued or whose makers have closed (Betz Botz NE2.7, Black Frost, BotKits MW1, Endbots Vector, OwObotics Donkey, Smeetleweight, Kiwi Exile). || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?diff=1049 diff]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[NameThatPart]] || Updated || Fixed broken G10 link syntax and pointed the dead G10/FR4 material page to an archived copy. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?diff=1050 diff]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[Plastic Antweights]] || Updated || Replaced the dead Prusa PLA tech sheet link with Prusament's current PLA material page. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?diff=1051 diff]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[Connectors]] || Updated || Removed a link to a Team Malice connector guide that no longer exists anywhere (not archived). || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?diff=1052 diff]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[Suppliers]] || Updated || Removed closed stores (Micro Malice Store, OwObotics – now a Sheffield event site); added Pololu and Team Whyachi; linked the new Fabrication Services and Fasteners pages. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?diff=1053 diff]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[Local Groups]] || Updated || Updated Oregon State Combat Robotics to its current club page, pointed Robot Riot to an archived copy (its site is offline), and removed Bot Blast, which retired after 2018. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?diff=1054 diff]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[Switches]] || Updated || Updated the Team Whyachi switch link to their current shop. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?diff=1055 diff]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[Speed Reduction]] || Updated || Updated the Robotic Legends speed tutorial link (site moved from .org to .com). || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?diff=1056 diff]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[RobotCommunity]] || updated || Checked all 70 links. Fixed four YouTube entries that pointed to the wrong channel (removing two with no findable channel), updated renamed channels, marked channels with no uploads in 2+ years, removed a dead Kilobots Facebook page, and added a Discord server plus new Podcasts and Wikis sections. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1068 created]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[RobotCommunity]] || updated || Checked the remaining Facebook groups while logged in: all are live except the Combat Robotics NZ group, which Facebook says is no longer available, so it now links to the Combat Robotics NZ website. Also renamed the Brushless group and clarified that the Midwest Discord is members-only. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1070 created]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[RobotCommunity]] || updated || Removed the 'no new uploads' notes on inactive channels and other activity notes, leaving just the corrected names and links. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1072 created]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[ExpressLRS and EdgeTX Setup]] || created || New step-by-step guide to setting up an ExpressLRS radio running EdgeTX for a combat robot: firmware version matching (ELRS 4.x vs 3.x), binding, one model per robot, drive mixing, rates and expo, the weapon channel, packet rate, setting and testing the PWM receiver failsafe, Model Match, and common problems. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1074 created]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[ESC Firmware]] || created || New page explaining brushless ESC firmware for robots: BLHeli, BLHeli_S, Bluejay (DShot only, so not for normal receivers), the discontinued BLHeli_32, and AM32; which chips run which; configurator tools and programmers; the settings that matter for robots; flashing safely; and a table of robot ESCs with the firmware they ship with. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1076 created]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[What Your First Robot Costs]] || created || New page with realistic first-robot budgets (as of October 2026) for 150 g, 1 lb plastic ant, 1 lb ant and 3 lb beetle: kit vs. custom, one-time gear vs. per-robot vs. ongoing costs, cost tables citing current store listings and real event entry fees, ways to save money, and what not to cheap out on. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1078 created]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[Troubleshooting]] || created || New symptom-first guide for when a robot won't work (power, binding, no response, mixing, one motor, brushless cogging, weapon won't arm, ESC beeps, brownouts, creeping, failsafe, overheating, batteries, signal loss, slow/slipping). Each symptom lists likely causes, most common first, and quick checks. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1080 created]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[Radios]] || updated || Filled in the empty 'Not Binding / Connecting' and 'Only one motor responds' entries under Common problems, and added links to Troubleshooting and ExpressLRS and EdgeTX Setup. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1081 created]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[ESCs]] || updated || Corrected the firmware section (BLHeli_S is the same project's second generation, not a fork; BLHeli32 settings can still be changed, only firmware updates stopped), mentioned Bluejay, and linked ESC Firmware and Troubleshooting. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1085 created]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[Main Page]] || updated || Added What Your First Robot Costs and Troubleshooting under Getting Started, ESC Firmware under ESCs, and ExpressLRS and EdgeTX Setup under Radios. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1091 created]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[Failsafes]] || updated || Link-only edit: added links to ExpressLRS and EdgeTX Setup, ESC Firmware and Troubleshooting. Same kind of one-line link added to Radios/Mixing (1083), Radio List (1084), GettingStarted (1086), Kits (1087), Beetleweight (1088), Wiring and Soldering (1089) and Pit Kit and Event Checklist (1090). || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1082 created]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[Vertical Spinners]] || created || New weapon page on vertical spinners: bar, disc, eggbeater and twin variants, strengths and weaknesses, a matchup table, gyroscopic turning and gyro self-righting, invertibility, forks, powering at insect weights, SPARC safety rules, BattleBots examples and open-source designs. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1097 created]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[Horizontal Spinners]] || created || New weapon page on horizontal spinners: bar and disc weapons, undercutters vs. overhead, matchups, recoil and wall bounce, weapon height, gyro lifting, mounting, power, SPARC safety, examples and open-source designs. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1098 created]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[Drum Spinners]] || created || New weapon page on drums, eggbeaters and beater bars: matchups, ground clearance, bite vs. tooth count, belt vs. direct drive, gyro self-righting, mounting, power, SPARC safety, examples and open-source designs. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1099 created]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[Flippers and Lifters]] || created || New weapon page on lifters, four-bar and cam lifters, electric insect flippers, spring flippers, and pneumatic launchers (overview only): servo torque and protection, matchups, how they win under SPARC rules and judging, safety, famous robots, and printable designs and kits. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1103 created]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[Hammers and Axes]] || created || New weapon page on overhead hammers and axes, spring- and flywheel-powered hammers, hammer saws and horizontal hammers: strengths, matchups, gearing and stall advice, SPARC stored-energy and weapon-lock rules, famous examples, and printable 150 g designs. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1104 created]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[Wedges and Control Robots]] || created || New page on fixed and hinged wedges, wedgelets and forks, pushers, grabbers and crushers, and lifters used for control: why wedges win often, the wedgelet arms race, SPARC pin and pit rules, how judges score control, famous examples and printable designs. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1105 created]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[Weapons]] || updated || Linked the six new weapon-type pages from their sections, replaced the empty vertical-spinner stub bullets with a link, and updated the wedgelet-rules sentence to say SPARC v1.7 has no wedgelet size limit (events may set their own). || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1106 created]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[Main Page]] || updated || Added the six weapon-type pages under Weapons. Link-only edits also made to Spinner Design (1107), Self-Righting (1108), Servos (1109) and Driving Practice (1110). || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1111 created]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[Kits]] || updated || Added a Discontinued Kits section (reference only) listing nine kits no longer sold, each with a link to an archived copy of its old product page. Moved the Kitbots Saifu and Weta there, since Kitbots' product pages are now empty, and restored seven kits removed in the dead-link cleanup. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1117 created]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[Weapon Shafts, Bearings and Mounting]] || created || New page on supporting, holding and driving spinning weapons: live vs. dead shafts, shaft materials (and bolts as shafts), a simple bending check, bearing types and common sizes, fitting and clamping bearings, weapon retention, belt drives and tension, weapon motor mounting, and a table of common failures. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1119 created]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[Repairs Between Matches]] || created || New page on the time you get between matches (SPARC, NHRL and other events), a post-match routine, triage, checking batteries for damage, quick fixes and what's not allowed, re-testing the failsafe after swaps, when to withdraw, getting help, and packing pre-built spare modules. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1120 created]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[Major Competitions]] || created || New guide to the big competitions a builder can aim for (as of 2026): NHRL Opens, XP and Pro Tour, BattleBots applications, Robot Combat League championship and rankings, RoboGames, UK shows and championships, RoboCore, Robot Rampage and university events, plus preparing for a big event and flying with LiPos. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1123 created]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[Strategy and Tactics]] || created || New page on match strategy: scouting opponents and arenas, the opening seconds, using walls, corners and pits, how SPARC matches are won (knockouts, pits, pins, tap-outs, both judging systems), managing damage, battery and heat, tactics against each weapon type, multibots, and sportsmanship. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1124 created]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[Hand Tools and Basic Machining]] || created || New page on making parts without a CNC: marking out, drilling (with a speed table), tapping (tap-drill table for common metric and US screws), cutting plate by hand, filing, bending, countersinking, working UHMW and polycarbonate, rotary tools, lathes and mills, when to outsource, and safety. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1125 created]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[SPARC Judging Guidelines]] || updated || Corrected the tier E damage description to match the v1.3 document (significant impairment of both drive and weapon systems). || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1126 created]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[Combat Robotics in Schools and Universities]] || updated || Corrected Robobrawl's timing to the end of March, per its official site, and linked it. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1127 created]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[Suppliers]] || updated || Reorganized the supplier list into region tables with a 'known for' column, checked every shop is still trading (Oct 2026), fixed moved links, added current combat, RC and hardware shops, and added a closed-shops note pointing to Kits#Discontinued Kits. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1133 created]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[Hardening Motors]] || updated || Expanded the one-paragraph page into a practical guide: how motors fail, hardening brushed gearmotors and brushless outrunners, supporting the motor or using a dead shaft, shock mounting, wires, heat, and buying pre-hardened motors. The original intro and Robert Cowan videos are kept. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1134 created]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[Lightweight]] || created || New weight-class page for 60 lb (US) / 30 kg (UK): SPARC and FRA limits with walker and shuffler bonuses, big-robot build methods and parts prices, stricter safety rules, crew, shop and transport needs, where the class still runs, and BattleBots-era champions. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1137 created]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[Middleweight]] || created || New weight-class page for 120 lb / 55 kg: rules, builds and costs, safety rules, getting started, the few current venues, and BattleBots-era champions. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1138 created]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[Melty Brain]] || updated || Replaced the 'Tesla's Tornado' example, which the cited article doesn't support, with Blade Runner, which it names as the first robot to attempt meltybrain. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1150 created]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[RobotClasses]] || updated || Linked the new Lightweight, Middleweight and Heavyweight pages from the class table and updated the BattleBots non-wheeled weight-bonus sentence to match the 2027 design rules. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1153 created]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[Drive Systems]] || updated || Fixed a citation: the Repeat belt listing didn't support the 'belts slip under shock' point, so it now cites Ask Aaron and links the belts as a product. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1140 created]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[Main Page]] || updated || Added this round's new pages: the three heavier weight classes, Repairs Between Matches, Strategy and Tactics, Major Competitions, Weapon Shafts, Bearings and Mounting, Hand Tools and Basic Machining, and Hardening Motors. Link-only edits also made to 16 related pages (revs 1141-1159). || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1149 created]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[Local Groups]] || updated || Checked and repaired every club link (moved sites, expired Discord invites, wrong Facebook links, a hijacked domain, swapped columns), moved Angry Rooster to Defunct (its arena passed to Rocket City Combat Robots), removed one club with no presence left, and added about 26 active groups across the US, Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand and Finland. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1167 created]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[Major Competitions]] || updated || Link sweep: updated the Robots Live! link to its new site (robotsliveshow.com). A full sweep of all 1,155 external links found no other dead links: the remaining failures are sites that block automated checks, all confirmed working. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1169 created]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[Robot Combat League]] || updated || Competition history: replaced the 'anticipated' 2025 entry with the actual Santa Ana championship, added 2026, and linked the new results page. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1174 created]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[Major Competitions]] || updated || Linked the new Robot Combat League National Championship page. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1175 created]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[Main Page]] || updated || Added National Championship results under Robot Combat League. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1176 created]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[Robot Combat League]] || updated || Reorganized: the year-by-year history moved to the National Championship page and was replaced by a short section with a table linking each year's results; updated the 'as of' date, explained which season qualifies for which championship, and added a university-rankings link and See also. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1181 created]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[Robot Combat League National Championship]] || updated || Merged in facts from the RCL page's old history (98 and 126 qualifying events, RoboGames), added results links to the championships table, the 2023 photo, and a link to how points are calculated. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1182 created]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[Major Competitions]] || updated || RCL section: 2026 championship now in past tense with a link to the results page; RoboGames 2024 venue corrected to the San Jose Event Center, per the RCE event page. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1183 created]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[Growth of Robot Combat]] || created || New page from the RCE-compiled growth spreadsheet: ranked North American events, unique robots and teams for the 2022–2025 League seasons, per-class tables with bar charts, trends, and events by month for 2024–2025. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1187 created]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[Growth of Robot Combat]] || updated || Wording fix: the 12 lb and 30 lb classes 'stayed small' rather than 'level'. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1188 created]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[Events]] || updated || Linked Growth of Robot Combat. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1189 created]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[Robot Combat History and TV]] || updated || Linked Growth of Robot Combat from Leagues and events today. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1190 created]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[Robot Combat League]] || updated || Added Growth of Robot Combat to See also. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1191 created]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[Main Page]] || updated || Added Growth of Robot Combat under Robot Combat League. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1192 created]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[Growth of Robot Combat]] || updated || Made the per-class bar charts clear: each class now shows a grey 2022-season bar and a blue 2025-season bar, with a key and column headings; also labeled the overall chart's columns. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1199 created]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[Robot Combat League]] || updated || Event counts now match the Growth of Robot Combat data: 2023 season 125 events (was 126), and added 166 for 2024 and 214 for 2025, with a link to the growth page. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1201 created]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[Robot Combat League National Championship]] || updated || Qualifying-event counts now match the growth data: 125 for 2024 (was 126), 166 for 2025, and 214 events with 3,906 robots for 2026. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1202 created]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[Template:Robot page]] || created || Starter layout for robot pages, opened pre-filled through a preload link: a Robot details box (class, team, builder, weapon, drive, construction, first event, status, RCE profile), design, competition history, videos, and Category:Robots. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1205 created]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[Robots]] || updated || Linked the Adding Your Robot or Team guide and the Teams and Robots categories. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1210 created]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[Teams/DeathByMonkeys]] || updated || Added to Category:Teams. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1211 created]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[Teams/DeathByMonkeys/Robots/DeathByMonkeys]] || updated || Added to Category:Robots. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1212 created]
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| 2026-10-17 || [[Main Page]] || updated || Added Adding Your Robot or Team under Teams and Robots. || [https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?oldid=1213 created]
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[[File:Robogames_Arena.jpg|thumb|Robogames Arena]]

== Robot Combat ==
<strong> Welcome to the Robot Combat Wiki </strong> <br>
The goal of this Wiki is to have a single location that Robot Combat enthusiasts can come to find the information they are looking for. Like all Wikis, some content will be stored here while much of it will be links out to sources. Please be patient, it will take a while for the Wiki to build content. If there is something you'd like to know and you don't see a page for it, go ahead and create one. Editing some pages will be limited to known contributors but if you feel something should be changed or updated let us know or show that you can be a trusted contributor.<br>

<strong>Stay Safe!</strong><br>
Some areas (like building flame throwers) are best left up to experts and pages dedicated to these areas will provide a general overview but we won't give step-by-step instructions on how to make things. We don't want people accidentally hurting themselves.

== Categories ==
* [[GettingStarted|Getting Started]] in combat robotics
** [[What Your First Robot Costs]]
** [[Pit Kit and Event Checklist]]
** [[Troubleshooting]]
** [[Repairs Between Matches]]
** [[Strategy and Tactics]]
** [[Driving Practice]]
* [[Glossary]] of robot combat terms
* [[Safety]] – batteries, failsafes, weapon locks and event safety
* [[Local Groups]], Clubs and Organizations to connect with in your country or area
* [[Combat Robotics in Schools and Universities]]
* [[Running an Event]]
* [[Rules]]
** [[SPARC|SPARC Rules]]
* [[Events]]
** [[Major Competitions]]
* [[RobotClasses|Robot Classes]]
** [[Fairyweight]] (150 g), [[Antweight]] (1 lb), [[Beetleweight]] (3 lb), [[Hobbyweight]] (12 lb), [[Featherweight]] (30 lb), [[Lightweight]] (60 lb), [[Middleweight]] (120 lb), [[Heavyweight]] (250 lb)
* [[Robot_Combat_League|Robot Combat League]]
** [[Robot Combat League National Championship|National Championship results]]
** [[Growth of Robot Combat]]
* [[RobotCommunity|Communities]]
* [[Robots|Teams and Robots]]
** [[Adding Your Robot or Team]]
* [[Kits]]
* [[3D Printing]]
* [[Weapons]]
** [[Vertical Spinners]], [[Horizontal Spinners]], [[Drum Spinners]]
** [[Flippers and Lifters]], [[Hammers and Axes]], [[Wedges and Control Robots]]
* [[Suppliers]]
* [[OnlineTools|Online Tools]]
* [[Test Boxes]]
* [[Robot Combat History and TV]]

== Design and Building ==
* [[Drive Systems]]
* [[Armor and Materials]]
* [[Spinner Design]]
* [[Weapon Shafts, Bearings and Mounting]]
* [[Self-Righting]]
* [[Multibots, Walkers and Shufflers]]
* [[Melty Brain]]
* [[Weight Management]]
* [[Fasteners and Hardware]]
* [[Wiring and Soldering]]
* [[CAD for Combat Robots]]
* [[Fabrication Services]]
* [[Hand Tools and Basic Machining]]

== Component Parts ==
* [[Batteries]]
* [[Battery eliminator circuit (BEC)]]
* [[Connectors]]
* [[ESCs|Electronic Speed Controllers]]
** [[ESC Firmware]]
* [[Magnets]]
* [[Motors]]
** [[Hardening Motors]]
* [[Radios]]
** [[ExpressLRS and EdgeTX Setup]]
* [[Servos]]
* [[Switches]]
* [[Wheels]]
<br />

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[[File:DBM.jpg|thumb|Death By Monkeys]]
<br>

There is a [https://battlebots.fandom.com/wiki/Death_By_Monkeys Fandom Page for Death by Monkeys] that goes into the history of the bot at [http://battlebots.com BattleBots].<br>

Death by Monkeys was a four wheel drive robot with 'lifter spikes' that competed in three seasons of BattleBots. The robot was fast for its time, with its speed topping out at 20 MPH with very quick acceleration. The robot used 4 18v Ryobi Hammerdrill motors driven at 24v for its drive system. A later version attempted to use gearboxes from Astroflight but they proved to be too fragile for robot combat.<br>

{| class="wikitable" style="width: 45%"
|+ Robot Details
|-
| Robot Driver || Rob Farrow
|-
| Construction || Aluminum Frame, Titanium armor, Steel Spikes
|-
| First Event || Battlebots Season 3
|-
| Weapon || Electric Lifter Spikes
|-
| Also fought under || Furious George
|}

In this vintage YouTube video Death by Monkeys eeks out a win vs. Sublime<br>

{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3E8-5QMtSk}}

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[[File:DBM.jpg|thumb|Death By Monkeys]]
<br>
Team Death By Monkeys started building combat robots for Battlebots in Season 3 with their Lightweight 60lb robot [https://robotcombatwiki.com/wiki/Teams/DeathByMonkeys/Robots/DeathByMonkeys Death By Monkeys]]<br>
The team also competed at Battlebots with their Heavyweight Silverback and at Robotica with Killa Gorilla.<br>

When BattleBots was in hiatus, the team helped found [http://westernalliedrobotics.com Western Allied Robotics] and has run scores of events and fielded dozens of smaller robots.

[[Category:Teams]]

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==Robots==
There are literally thousands of robots, way too many to list out on this Wiki. You can look up robots on '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/ RobotCombatEvents.com]''' or '''[https://www.buildersdb.com/ BuildersDB.com]'''. Groups of robots are typically divided into '''[[RobotClasses|weight classes]]''', but individual robots are typically associated with a builder or a team.<br>

Builders should feel free to add their robot to the list below. You can also give your team and each robot its own page, using ready-made layouts: see '''[[Adding Your Robot or Team]]'''. All team and robot pages are listed in '''[[:Category:Teams]]''' and '''[[:Category:Robots]]'''.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Robots and Teams
|-
! Robot Name !! Weight Class !! Team
|-
| Robot Name || Weight Class || Team Name
|-
| Robot Name || Weight Class || Team Name
|-
| Robot Name || Weight Class || Team Name
|-
| [[Teams/DeathByMonkeys/DeathByMonkeys|Death By Monkeys]] || Lightweight || [[Teams/DeathByMonkeys|Team Death By Monkeys]]
|}

* Robot List

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Team pages on this wiki. To add yours, see '''[[Adding Your Robot or Team]]'''. For the list of robots by team, see '''[[Robots|Teams and Robots]]'''.

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Robot pages on this wiki. To add yours, see '''[[Adding Your Robot or Team]]'''. For the list of robots by team, see '''[[Robots|Teams and Robots]]'''.

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Builders are welcome to add their own team and robots to this wiki. This page explains how to make a team page and a robot page, using ready-made layouts so you only have to fill in the details. When you're done, add your robots to the list on '''[[Robots|Teams and Robots]]'''.

''You need to be logged in to create pages.''

__TOC__

==How pages are named==
Team and robot pages live under '''Teams/''', so each team's robots are grouped together:
* Team page: <code>Teams/TEAM NAME</code>
* Robot page: <code>Teams/TEAM NAME/Robots/ROBOT NAME</code>
For example, '''[[Teams/DeathByMonkeys]]''' and '''[[Teams/DeathByMonkeys/Robots/DeathByMonkeys]]'''. Use the same spelling of your team name everywhere, since it's part of every page address.

==Making a team page==
# Copy this address into your browser's address bar:<br /><code><nowiki>https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?title=Teams/TEAM_NAME&action=edit&preload=Template:Team_page</nowiki></code>
# Change <code>TEAM_NAME</code> to your team's name (use underscores, or %20, for spaces), and press Enter.
# The edit box opens with the '''[[Template:Team page|team page layout]]''' already filled in. Replace everything in CAPITALS, delete the rows and sections you don't need, and click '''Save page'''.

==Making a robot page==
# Copy this address into your browser's address bar:<br /><code><nowiki>https://robotcombatwiki.com/index.php?title=Teams/TEAM_NAME/Robots/ROBOT_NAME&action=edit&preload=Template:Robot_page</nowiki></code>
# Change <code>TEAM_NAME</code> and <code>ROBOT_NAME</code>, and press Enter.
# The edit box opens with the '''[[Template:Robot page|robot page layout]]''' already filled in. Fill it in the same way and save.
# Add the robot to the '''Robots''' table on your team page, and to the list on '''[[Robots|Teams and Robots]]'''.

If the address trick doesn't work for you, create the page any other way (for example by searching for its name and clicking the red link), then open the '''[[Template:Robot page]]''' or '''[[Template:Team page]]''', click '''View source''' or '''Edit''', copy everything '''after''' the blue box, and paste it into your new page.

==Tips==
* '''Photos:''' upload with '''Upload file''' in the left menu, then use the photo line near the top of the layout. Only upload photos you took or have permission to use.
* '''Videos:''' paste a YouTube link into the Videos section, as shown in the layout.
* '''Links:''' link your robot's and team's pages on '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/ RobotCombatEvents.com]''', where results and rankings are kept, instead of copying long results lists by hand.
* '''Weight classes:''' link to the class page, such as <code><nowiki>[[Beetleweight|3 lb Beetleweight]]</nowiki></code>. See '''[[RobotClasses]]''' for the full list.
* '''Keep it factual''' and write it in your own words. Other builders may add to your pages, too.
* All team pages are listed in '''[[:Category:Teams]]''' and robot pages in '''[[:Category:Robots]]'''.

==See also==
* '''[[Robots|Teams and Robots]]'''
* '''[[Robot Combat League National Championship]]''' – national champions, with links to their RCE profiles

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<noinclude>
{| class="wikitable" style="background:#eaf3ff; width:100%"
|
'''This is the starter layout for a team page.''' You don't use it on this page directly: see '''[[Adding Your Robot or Team]]''' for how to start your own team page with this layout already filled in. Below is what a new page looks like before it's edited.
|}
</noinclude>


{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; clear:right; width:320px; margin:0 0 1em 1em"
|+ Team details
|-
! Location
| CITY, STATE OR COUNTRY
|-
! Members
| NAMES
|-
! Founded
| YEAR
|-
! Weight classes
| e.g. 150 g, 1 lb, 3 lb
|-
! Local group
| [[Local Groups|YOUR CLUB OR EVENT]]
|-
! Website
| [https://www.example.com/ WEBSITE NAME]
|-
! Profile
| [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/ RobotCombatEvents.com] 
|}
'''TEAM NAME''' is a combat robotics team from CITY. ONE OR TWO SENTENCES ABOUT THE TEAM: how it started and what it builds.

==Robots==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Robot !! Weight class !! Years active !! Notes
|-
| [[Teams/TEAM NAME/Robots/ROBOT NAME|ROBOT NAME]] || 3 lb Beetleweight || 2024–present || e.g. vertical spinner
|-
| [[Teams/TEAM NAME/Robots/ROBOT NAME|ROBOT NAME]] || 1 lb Antweight || 2023 ||
|}

==History==
HOW THE TEAM GOT STARTED, EVENTS YOU'VE COMPETED AT, BIG WINS, EVENTS YOU'VE RUN.

==See also==
* '''[[Robots|Teams and Robots]]'''

<includeonly>[[Category:Teams]]</includeonly>

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<noinclude>
{| class="wikitable" style="background:#eaf3ff; width:100%"
|
'''This is the starter layout for a robot page.''' You don't use it on this page directly: see '''[[Adding Your Robot or Team]]''' for how to start your own robot page with this layout already filled in. Below is what a new page looks like before it's edited.
|}
</noinclude>


{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; clear:right; width:320px; margin:0 0 1em 1em"
|+ Robot details
|-
! Weight class
| [[Beetleweight|3 lb Beetleweight]] 
|-
! Team
| [[Teams/TEAM NAME|TEAM NAME]]
|-
! Builder / driver
| BUILDER NAME
|-
! Weapon
| WEAPON TYPE 
|-
! Drive
| DRIVE 
|-
! Construction
| MATERIALS 
|-
! First event
| FIRST EVENT AND YEAR
|-
! Status
| Active 
|-
! Also fought as
| OTHER NAMES
|-
! Profile
| [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/ RobotCombatEvents.com] 
|}
'''ROBOT NAME''' is a WEIGHT CLASS WEAPON TYPE robot built by '''[[Teams/TEAM NAME|TEAM NAME]]'''. ONE OR TWO SENTENCES ABOUT THE ROBOT.

==Design==
HOW THE ROBOT WORKS: weapon, drive, armor and electronics. What makes it different? What changed between versions?

==Competition history==
{| class="wikitable"
! Event !! Date !! Result
|-
| EVENT NAME || MONTH YEAR || PLACE (e.g. 1st of 16)
|-
| EVENT NAME || MONTH YEAR || PLACE
|}

==Videos==



==See also==
* '''[[Teams/TEAM NAME|TEAM NAME]]''' – the team's page

<includeonly>[[Category:Robots]]</includeonly>

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The '''Robot Combat League National Championship''' is the yearly championship of the '''[[Robot Combat League]]''' (RCL). The top-ranked robots from hundreds of independent local events across North America are invited to fight for a national title in each of the League's ranked weight classes, from 150 g [[Fairyweight]]s to 30 lb [[Featherweight]]s. The first championship was held in 2023. This page lists every championship and its top three robots in each class, with links to each robot's profile on '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/ RobotCombatEvents.com]''' (RCE), where the full results are kept.

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==How it works==
* '''Qualifying.''' Robots earn League points by placing at participating local events during the season, which runs from March 1 to the last day of February; the championship is held a few months after the season ends. Each robot's season score comes from its best three events, and the top-ranked robots in each class are invited to the championship (see '''[[Robot Combat League#Determining points and rankings|how points are calculated]]''').[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/league_faq] Current rankings are on the '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/types RCE rankings page]'''.
* '''Bracket sizes.''' Since 2024, the target has been 32 robots each in Fairyweight, Plastic Antweight, Antweight and Beetleweight, and 16 each in Hobbyweight, Featherweight and Sportsman. If a ranked robot can't attend, the next robot in the rankings is invited.[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/1250] Because fewer robots compete in the bigger classes, the 12 lb and 30 lb classes have had open registration since 2025, with rankings used for seeding.[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/2503]
* '''Format.''' Every class is a double-elimination tournament, with standard '''[[SPARC]]''' rules and a few event-specific additions, such as a 250 mph weapon tip-speed limit (since 2025) and stopping a match if a robot's batteries are fully exposed. Robots that earned their points under other rules must be updated to meet SPARC rules. If two robots from the same team meet, they must fight, or the winner is decided by a coin toss.[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/6991]

==Championships==
{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Dates !! Venue !! Classes !! Results
|-
| [[#2023 – Seattle|2023]] || May 5–7, 2023 || Seattle Center Exhibition Hall, Seattle, Washington || 6 || [[#2023 – Seattle|Top three]] · [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/853 RCE event]
|-
| [[#2024 – San Jose|2024]] || April 18–21, 2024 || San Jose Event Center, San Jose, California (alongside RoboGames) || 7 || [[#2024 – San Jose|Top three]] · [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/1250 RCE event]
|-
| [[#2025 – Santa Ana|2025]] || May 2–4, 2025 || Discovery Cube Orange County, Santa Ana, California || 7 || [[#2025 – Santa Ana|Top three]] · [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/2503 RCE event]
|-
| [[#2026 – Salt Lake City|2026]] || June 19–21, 2026 || Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, Utah || 7 || [[#2026 – Salt Lake City|Top three]] · [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/6991 RCE event]
|}

==Champions by class==
{| class="wikitable"
! Class !! 2023 !! 2024 !! 2025 !! 2026
|-
| [[Fairyweight|150 g Fairyweight]] || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/770/resources/2323 Root MEAN Square]'''<br /><small>Team Allennella</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/318/resources/6586 Ditto]'''<br /><small>Level 5 Robotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/2085/resources/8700 Splinter]'''<br /><small>Shadow Combat Robotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/2206/resources/19713 Spam Plan]'''<br /><small>Complified Creations</small>
|-
| [[Plastic Antweights|1 lb Plastic Antweight]] || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/984/resources/6112 Fully Dogga]'''<br /><small>Painfully Obvious Robotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/1621/resources/7893 Axolotl Questions]'''<br /><small>Treacherous Robotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/741/resources/2788 Pac Attac]'''<br /><small>RoboWarner</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/6155/resources/18555 Kingpin]'''<br /><small>Phosphor Robotics</small>
|-
| [[Antweight|1 lb Antweight]] || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/1762/resources/5794 Dulce de Lucha]'''<br /><small>Rayze Robotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/806/resources/2429 Flippin the Bird]'''<br /><small>Striped Might</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/420/resources/12146 Ishtar]'''<br /><small>Impulse Robotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/2085/resources/7616 Fission]'''<br /><small>Shadow Combat Robotics</small>
|-
| [[Beetleweight|3 lb Beetleweight]] || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/315/resources/1045 Lynx]'''<br /><small>IBA LABS</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/1876/resources/10893 Tut]'''<br /><small>Station 68</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/356/resources/2009 Droopy]'''<br /><small>Surrenderbotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/796/resources/7622 Strikepoint]'''<br /><small>Team Thagomizer</small>
|-
| [[Hobbyweight|12 lb Hobbyweight]] || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/31/resources/233 Quicksilver]'''<br /><small>The Bot Brothers</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/746/resources/7627 Full Court]'''<br /><small>Three Point Robotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/2042/resources/9612 Creature]'''<br /><small>Combat Ready Robotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/746/resources/7627 Full Court]'''<br /><small>Three Point Robotics</small>
|-
| [[Featherweight|30 lb Featherweight]] || ''not held'' || '''Jubileu''' || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/198/resources/7494 Lil Lash]'''<br /><small>Team Whiplash</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/1063/resources/21069 HSS]'''<br /><small>High Energy Failures</small>
|-
| [[Sportsman Classes|30 lb Sportsman]] || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/17/resources/1302 Grill Master]'''<br /><small>Food Fight</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/3037/resources/11101 Meme Theme!]'''<br /><small>Capybara Biggus Piggus Robotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/2065/resources/7482 Ralph]'''<br /><small>RoboFreaks</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/978/resources/27944 HS1 Sport]'''<br /><small>Team Wedges</small>
|}

==2023 – Seattle==
[[File:Watching large arena 1600.jpg|thumb|300px|A match in the large arena at the 2023 championship in Seattle]]
The first championship was held at the Seattle Center Exhibition Hall, next to the Space Needle, with robots that qualified in the League's first season (March 2022 to February 2023, 98 local events). Featherweights were ranked that season, but the class couldn't run because no suitable arena was available. Hobbyweights and Sportsman robots fought in a 12 × 16 ft steel-floored arena with a pit, and magnets weren't allowed in the Plastic Antweight and Sportsman classes.[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/853]

{| class="wikitable"
! Class !! Champion !! 2nd !! 3rd !! Robots !! Results
|-
| [[Fairyweight|150 g Fairyweight]] || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/770/resources/2323 Root MEAN Square]'''<br /><small>Team Allennella</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/21/resources/114 Dark Bullit]'''<br /><small>Dark Forces</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/770/resources/2345 Jolly Rancher]'''<br /><small>Team Allennella</small> || 18 || [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/853/competitions/1143 RCE] · [https://challonge.com/RCL_Championship_Fairyweight_2023 bracket]
|-
| [[Plastic Antweights|1 lb Plastic Antweight]] || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/984/resources/6112 Fully Dogga]'''<br /><small>Painfully Obvious Robotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/1018/resources/2999 The Captain]'''<br /><small>Revelation Robotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/416/resources/2951 Mod Bot]'''<br /><small>Orange Eyeball Slicers</small> || 17 || [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/853/competitions/1144 RCE] · [https://challonge.com/RCL_Championship_PlasticAnt_2023 bracket]
|-
| [[Antweight|1 lb Antweight]] || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/1762/resources/5794 Dulce de Lucha]'''<br /><small>Rayze Robotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/972/resources/3583 Mudskipper]'''<br /><small>y_0 Robotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/972/resources/3584 Super Space Turtle]'''<br /><small>y_0 Robotics</small> || 32 || [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/853/competitions/1145 RCE] · [https://challonge.com/RCL_Championship_Antweight_2023 bracket]
|-
| [[Beetleweight|3 lb Beetleweight]] || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/315/resources/1045 Lynx]'''<br /><small>IBA LABS</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/1319/resources/3965 Firecracker]'''<br /><small>Slam Dunk</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/207/resources/582 Thunder Child]'''<br /><small>Mutually Assured Destruction</small> || 32 || [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/853/competitions/1146 RCE] · [https://challonge.com/RCL_Championship_Beetleweight_2023 bracket]
|-
| [[Hobbyweight|12 lb Hobbyweight]] || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/31/resources/233 Quicksilver]'''<br /><small>The Bot Brothers</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/124/resources/1825 Son of Kram]'''<br /><small>Team Small Robots</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/40/resources/96 Sling Blade]'''<br /><small>Bax Attack</small> || 7 || [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/853/competitions/1147 RCE] · [https://challonge.com/RCL_Championship_Hobbyweight_2023 bracket]
|-
| [[Sportsman Classes|30 lb Sportsman]] || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/17/resources/1302 Grill Master]'''<br /><small>Food Fight</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/240/resources/4192 Llama Sheen]'''<br /><small>Canadian Carnage Robotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/25/resources/1126 Storm Rider]'''<br /><small>Team Bad Ideas</small> || 10 || [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/853/competitions/1148 RCE] · [https://challonge.com/RCL_Championship_Sportsman_2023 bracket]
|}

==2024 – San Jose==
The second championship drew its robots from 125 qualifying events. It was held at the San Jose Event Center alongside '''[[Major Competitions#RoboGames|RoboGames]]''', and added full-combat 30 lb Featherweights. It used SCAR's arenas, with metal floors and no pits, and followed SCAR's magnet rule (a robot's magnets mustn't be strong enough to hold it upside down on a steel plate).[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/1250]

{| class="wikitable"
! Class !! Champion !! 2nd !! 3rd !! Robots !! Results
|-
| [[Fairyweight|150 g Fairyweight]] || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/318/resources/6586 Ditto]'''<br /><small>Level 5 Robotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/1256/resources/3769 Slipper]'''<br /><small>Turnabot</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/1256/resources/3773 Squeezy]'''<br /><small>Turnabot</small> || 33 || [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/1250/competitions/1970 RCE] · [https://challonge.com/RCL_Championship_Fairyweight_2024 bracket]
|-
| [[Plastic Antweights|1 lb Plastic Antweight]] || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/1621/resources/7893 Axolotl Questions]'''<br /><small>Treacherous Robotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/1018/resources/2999 The Captain]'''<br /><small>Revelation Robotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/2006/resources/8318 Deatharang]'''<br /><small>ADHD</small> || 33 || [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/1250/competitions/1967 RCE] · [https://challonge.com/RCL_Championship_PlasticAnt_2024 bracket]
|-
| [[Antweight|1 lb Antweight]] || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/806/resources/2429 Flippin the Bird]'''<br /><small>Striped Might</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/2438/resources/8802 Tiramisu]'''<br /><small>Terror Treats</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/2085/resources/7616 Fission]'''<br /><small>Shadow Combat Robotics</small> || 24 || [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/1250/competitions/1971 RCE] · [https://challonge.com/RCL_Championship_Antweight_2024 bracket]
|-
| [[Beetleweight|3 lb Beetleweight]] || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/1876/resources/10893 Tut]'''<br /><small>Station 68</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/207/resources/582 Thunder Child]'''<br /><small>Mutually Assured Destruction</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/1876/resources/10308 Brick]'''<br /><small>Station 68</small> || 18 || [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/1250/competitions/1969 RCE] · [https://challonge.com/RCL_Championship_Beetleweight_2024 bracket]
|-
| [[Hobbyweight|12 lb Hobbyweight]] || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/746/resources/7627 Full Court]'''<br /><small>Three Point Robotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/124/resources/1825 Son of Kram]'''<br /><small>Team Small Robots</small> || '''Xupa-cabra''' || 10 || [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/1250/competitions/1968 RCE] · [https://challonge.com/RCL_Championship_Hobbyweight_2024 bracket]
|-
| [[Featherweight|30 lb Featherweight]] || '''Jubileu''' || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/135/resources/10583 Kablooey Tango]'''<br /><small>Team Valkyrie</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/427/resources/7060 Pepe Silvia]'''<br /><small>Sunny Robotics</small> || 6 || [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/1250/competitions/2005 RCE] · [https://challonge.com/RCL_Championship_Featherweights_2024 bracket]
|-
| [[Sportsman Classes|30 lb Sportsman]] || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/3037/resources/11101 Meme Theme!]'''<br /><small>Capybara Biggus Piggus Robotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/250/resources/2061 Banana Smash]'''<br /><small>Team Ice</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/300/resources/3891 Crunch Time]'''<br /><small>Rad Robotics</small> || 6 || [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/1250/competitions/1966 RCE] · [https://challonge.com/RCL_Championship_Sportsman_2024 bracket]
|}

==2025 – Santa Ana==
The third championship, with robots from 166 qualifying events, was held at Discovery Cube Orange County, a children's science museum, in partnership with the museum. It used SPARC v1.4 rules and introduced a 250 mph weapon tip-speed limit and a one-unstick-per-match rule; competitors who touch the arena to move a robot lose by TKO.[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/2503]

{| class="wikitable"
! Class !! Champion !! 2nd !! 3rd !! Robots !! Results
|-
| [[Fairyweight|150 g Fairyweight]] || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/2085/resources/8700 Splinter]'''<br /><small>Shadow Combat Robotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/318/resources/6586 Ditto]'''<br /><small>Level 5 Robotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/3778/resources/13188 Geo]'''<br /><small>Doohickey Robotics</small> || 32 || [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/2503/competitions/3399 RCE] · [https://challonge.com/RCL_Championship_Fairyweight_2025 bracket]
|-
| [[Plastic Antweights|1 lb Plastic Antweight]] || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/741/resources/2788 Pac Attac]'''<br /><small>RoboWarner</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/2425/resources/10424 Kestrel]'''<br /><small>Vollen Robotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/3580/resources/12990 Legion]'''<br /><small>Assault & Batteries</small> || 31 || [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/2503/competitions/3401 RCE] · [https://challonge.com/RCL_Championship_PlasticAnt_2025 bracket]
|-
| [[Antweight|1 lb Antweight]] || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/420/resources/12146 Ishtar]'''<br /><small>Impulse Robotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/2085/resources/7616 Fission]'''<br /><small>Shadow Combat Robotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/2388/resources/8664 Claw Dragon]'''<br /><small>CW MC Robotics</small> || 26 || [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/2503/competitions/3402 RCE] · [https://challonge.com/RCL_Championship_Antweight_2025 bracket]
|-
| [[Beetleweight|3 lb Beetleweight]] || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/356/resources/2009 Droopy]'''<br /><small>Surrenderbotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/124/resources/7296 Púca]'''<br /><small>Team Small Robots</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/3305/resources/18476 Z3phyr]'''<br /><small>Astro Labs</small> || 26 || [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/2503/competitions/3398 RCE] · [https://challonge.com/RCL_Championship_Beetleweight_2025 bracket]
|-
| [[Hobbyweight|12 lb Hobbyweight]] || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/2042/resources/9612 Creature]'''<br /><small>Combat Ready Robotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/746/resources/7627 Full Court]'''<br /><small>Three Point Robotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/198/resources/2002 Whomper]'''<br /><small>Team Whiplash</small> || 15 || [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/2503/competitions/3403 RCE] · [https://challonge.com/RCL_Championship_Hobbyweight_2025 bracket]
|-
| [[Featherweight|30 lb Featherweight]] || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/198/resources/7494 Lil Lash]'''<br /><small>Team Whiplash</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/427/resources/7060 Pepe Silvia]'''<br /><small>Sunny Robotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/978/resources/13308 HS1]'''<br /><small>Team Wedges</small> || 12 || [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/2503/competitions/3397 RCE] · [https://challonge.com/RCL_Championship_Featherweights_2025 bracket]
|-
| [[Sportsman Classes|30 lb Sportsman]] || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/2065/resources/7482 Ralph]'''<br /><small>RoboFreaks</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/250/resources/2061 Banana Smash]'''<br /><small>Team Ice</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/985/resources/10231 Rumble Bumble]'''<br /><small>Seattle Gaze</small> || 10 || [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/2503/competitions/3400 RCE] · [https://challonge.com/RCL_Championship_Sportsman_2025 bracket]
|}

==2026 – Salt Lake City==
The fourth championship was held in Hall 3 of the Salt Palace Convention Center. 3,906 different robots competed at 214 qualifying events that season (see '''[[Growth of Robot Combat]]'''). It used SPARC v1.6 rules. The insect classes fought on wooden floors, with a push-out area in the Fairyweight arena, and the 12 lb and 30 lb classes on a 12 × 16 ft metal floor.[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/6991]

{| class="wikitable"
! Class !! Champion !! 2nd !! 3rd !! Robots !! Results
|-
| [[Fairyweight|150 g Fairyweight]] || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/2206/resources/19713 Spam Plan]'''<br /><small>Complified Creations</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/736/resources/3248 briklit]'''<br /><small>team good team</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/318/resources/6586 Ditto]'''<br /><small>Level 5 Robotics</small> || 35 || [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/6991/competitions/7689 RCE] · [https://challonge.com/https_challonge_com_rcl_championship_fairyweight_2026 bracket]
|-
| [[Plastic Antweights|1 lb Plastic Antweight]] || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/6155/resources/18555 Kingpin]'''<br /><small>Phosphor Robotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/1746/resources/11249 Danger Zone]'''<br /><small>Stray Cats</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/2876/resources/19412 Dark Tide]'''<br /><small>HOP Bots</small> || 32 || [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/6991/competitions/7691 RCE] · [https://challonge.com/https_challonge_com_rcl_championship_plasticant_2026/standings bracket]
|-
| [[Antweight|1 lb Antweight]] || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/2085/resources/7616 Fission]'''<br /><small>Shadow Combat Robotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/207/resources/5959 The Darkest Timeline]'''<br /><small>Mutually Assured Destruction</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/3009/resources/17616 Appropriation]'''<br /><small>Late Night Combat Robotics</small> || 22 || [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/6991/competitions/7692 RCE] · [https://challonge.com/RCL_Championship_Antweight_2026 bracket]
|-
| [[Beetleweight|3 lb Beetleweight]] || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/796/resources/7622 Strikepoint]'''<br /><small>Team Thagomizer</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/2085/resources/10815 Fragment X]'''<br /><small>Shadow Combat Robotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/3305/resources/18476 Z3phyr]'''<br /><small>Astro Labs</small> || 23 || [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/6991/competitions/7694 RCE] · [https://challonge.com/RCL_Championship_Beetleweight_2026 bracket]
|-
| [[Hobbyweight|12 lb Hobbyweight]] || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/746/resources/7627 Full Court]'''<br /><small>Three Point Robotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/984/resources/27294 Pyre]'''<br /><small>Painfully Obvious Robotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/1514/resources/18670 CLIP IT]'''<br /><small>Not Sure Yet</small> || 7 || [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/6991/competitions/7693 RCE] · [https://challonge.com/RCL_Championship_Hobbyweight_2026 bracket]
|-
| [[Featherweight|30 lb Featherweight]] || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/1063/resources/21069 HSS]'''<br /><small>High Energy Failures</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/978/resources/13308 HS1]'''<br /><small>Team Wedges</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/2570/resources/20462 Maccabot]'''<br /><small>Team Scrap Yard</small> || 4 || [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/6991/competitions/7688 RCE] · [https://challonge.com/RCL_Championship_Featherweights_2026 bracket]
|-
| [[Sportsman Classes|30 lb Sportsman]] || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/978/resources/27944 HS1 Sport]'''<br /><small>Team Wedges</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/250/resources/2061 Banana Smash]'''<br /><small>Team Ice</small> || '''HS2 Sport''' || 10 || [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/6991/competitions/7690 RCE] · [https://challonge.com/RCL_Championship_Sportsman_2026 bracket]
|}

==Repeat podium finishers==
Robots that have finished in the top three of the same class more than once:
* '''Ditto''' (150 g Fairyweight) – 1st in 2024, 2nd in 2025, 3rd in 2026
* '''Fission''' (1 lb Antweight) – 3rd in 2024, 2nd in 2025, 1st in 2026
* '''Full Court''' (12 lb Hobbyweight) – 1st in 2024, 2nd in 2025, 1st in 2026
* '''Banana Smash''' (30 lb Sportsman) – 2nd in 2024, 2nd in 2025, 2nd in 2026
* '''The Captain''' (1 lb Plastic Antweight) – 2nd in 2023, 2nd in 2024
* '''Thunder Child''' (3 lb Beetleweight) – 3rd in 2023, 2nd in 2024
* '''Z3phyr''' (3 lb Beetleweight) – 3rd in 2025, 3rd in 2026
* '''Son of Kram''' (12 lb Hobbyweight) – 2nd in 2023, 2nd in 2024
* '''HS1''' (30 lb Featherweight) – 3rd in 2025, 2nd in 2026
* '''Pepe Silvia''' (30 lb Featherweight) – 3rd in 2024, 2nd in 2025

==Notes==
* Places come from each class's results on RobotCombatEvents.com, which the organizers enter after the event. The "Robots" column counts robots with a recorded place.
* A few robots that weren't registered on RCE before the event were entered under temporary records, so they have no profile link and their team isn't shown.

==See also==
* '''[[Robot Combat League]]''' – how the League and its rankings work
* '''[[Major Competitions]]'''
* '''[[Events]]''' – find a local qualifying event
* '''[[SPARC]]''' – the rules used at the championship

Robot Combat League

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''Note: This article is not about the 2013 TV show of the same name.''

The '''[https://robotcombatleague.net/ Robot Combat League]''' is a non-profit whose mission is to promote STEM and design and fabrication skills through the exciting sport of Robot Combat.

[[File:Watching large arena 1600.jpg|1200px|none|A match at the 2023 Robot Combat League Championship in Seattle, WA, USA.]]
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==How RCL works==
Robot Combat League is a national robot competition federation, not an official organizing body for Robot Combat. Launched in March 2022, it draws competitors from local events in the USA to participate at a national level. Although most local events in the League use the '''[https://sparc.tools/ SPARC]''' rule set or some variant, every event participating in the league is independent and can run their event as they see fit, so long as they fit into a very broad set of guidelines and agree to use the League event results tracking system that will help determine which bots are the top competitors in the USA. Highly ranked bots are invited to the annual '''[[Robot Combat League National Championship|National Championship]]'''. The Robot Combat League dwarfs similar leagues, with 214 qualifying events in the 2025 season (see '''[[Growth of Robot Combat]]''').

==Qualifying weight classes==
As of 2026, ranks are calculated for the most popular weight classes: 150g, 1lb, 1lb Plastic, 3lb, 12lb, 30lb, and 30lb Sportsman robots.[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/league_faq] If more [[RobotClasses|weight classes]] become popular and events want to include them in the League, the ranked classes may be expanded.

==League season==
The season starts the first day of March and ends on the last day of February. Competitions in this time period are qualifiers for the National Championship held later that year (for example, the 2025 season, March 2025 to February 2026, qualified robots for the June 2026 championship). The first season was 2022. Event data prior to March 2022 isn't complete, so take historical rankings with a grain of salt.

==Determining points and rankings==
Robots earn points by how highly they place at events they participate in. A robot's season total is taken from their top 3 - highest point events, provided there are at least 5 competitors in the same weight class competing, and rankings are determined from this season score.

Points are determined by how well a robot places in a competition, and is weighted by the number of robots competing. The exact calculations to determine a robots score can be '''[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GGMDljRZXsq9HCCjCAIsGpup90LLsPtqhkUiPwJRPWY/edit#gid=0 viewed on this calculator]'''.

The [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/types Robot Combat League bot ranking page] is updated periodically and can be filtered by year. There is also a separate [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/types?tag=university university ranking].

==National Championship==
Each year, the top-ranked robots from the season are invited to the '''[[Robot Combat League National Championship]]''', which crowns a national champion in every ranked class. That page has the full history and the top three robots in each class for every year.

{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Location !! Qualifying season
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| [[Robot Combat League National Championship#2023 – Seattle|2023]] || Seattle, Washington || 2022 (98 events)
|-
| [[Robot Combat League National Championship#2024 – San Jose|2024]] || San Jose, California || 2023 (125 events)
|-
| [[Robot Combat League National Championship#2025 – Santa Ana|2025]] || Santa Ana, California || 2024 (166 events)
|-
| [[Robot Combat League National Championship#2026 – Salt Lake City|2026]] || Salt Lake City, Utah || 2025 (214 events)
|}
Event counts are ranked North American events per season; see '''[[Growth of Robot Combat]]''' for robots, teams and weight classes by season.

==Why the Robot Combat League doesn't use the SPARC Botrank system==
Although the old Botrank system made an attempt at tracking how well robots performed, their system had several shortcomings.
* Botrank scores were greatly influenced by the number of events a bot has competed in; bots that competed a lot were favored over those that placed highly in events. This led to situations where a bot that competed and performed 'OK' in a half dozen events would be ranked higher than a robot that competed in and won two events.
* Forfeits in events were found to be inconsistently reported, leading to errors in ranking.
* Botrank rankings were adjusted based on an 18-month rolling time period. While this captures recent performance well, having a moving period where rankings would be set made calculations of seasonal rank difficult to evaluate.
* Botrank didn't have a way to disambiguate robots with the same name. Common robot names like 'Hazard' made the results unreliable.

==See also==
* '''[[Robot Combat League National Championship]]''' – past champions and results
* '''[[Growth of Robot Combat]]''' – League events, robots and teams by season
* '''[[Major Competitions]]'''
* '''[[Events]]''' – find a local event
* '''[[SPARC]]'''

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Robot combat in North America has grown quickly since the pandemic. This page collects season-by-season numbers for ranked events, robots and teams, from the '''[[Robot Combat League]]''' 2022 season onward, with a breakdown by weight class. See also '''[[Events]]''' to find an event near you, and '''[[Running an Event]]''' if you'd like to add one.

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==About the data==
The numbers come from a '''[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1m5kEU0f58K67ggfV7edcILAoj13t4ztmUxIZ4CtOgkU/edit?gid=0 spreadsheet]''' compiled from results on '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/ RobotCombatEvents.com]''' (RCE), including many events that took registrations elsewhere. Things to keep in mind:
* '''Seasons, not calendar years.''' Each row is a League season, which runs from March 1 to the last day of February the following year.
* '''Ranked North American events only.''' The counts include events whose results count toward the League rankings. Events elsewhere in the world, and informal events with no recorded brackets or results, aren't included.
* '''From 2022 on.''' Earlier seasons are left out, because the data is less complete and events were still recovering from the pandemic.
* '''Close, not exact.''' A few events may have been missed, but there's no reason to think accuracy differs from year to year, so the trends should be reliable. The team counts are the least accurate figures.

==Overall growth==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
! League season !! Events !! Change !! Unique robots !! Change !! Teams !! Change
|-
| style="text-align:left" | 2022 <small>(Mar 2022 – Feb 2023)</small> || 98 || – || 2,068 || – || 793 || –
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| style="text-align:left" | 2023 <small>(Mar 2023 – Feb 2024)</small> || 125 || +28% || 2,606 || +26% || 886 || +12%
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| style="text-align:left" | 2024 <small>(Mar 2024 – Feb 2025)</small> || 166 || +33% || 3,371 || +29% || 1,089 || +23%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | 2025 <small>(Mar 2025 – Feb 2026)</small> || 214 || +29% || 3,906 || +16% || 1,173 || +8%
|}
From the 2022 season to the 2025 season, the number of ranked events more than doubled (98 to 214, +118%), the number of different robots competing rose by 89%, and the number of teams rose by 48%.[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1m5kEU0f58K67ggfV7edcILAoj13t4ztmUxIZ4CtOgkU/edit?gid=0]

{| class="wikitable"
! Season !! colspan="2" | Ranked events !! colspan="2" | Unique robots
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| 2022 || 98 || <div style="background:#3366cc;height:14px;margin:1px 0;width:118px"></div> || 2,068 || <div style="background:#d33;height:14px;margin:1px 0;width:134px"></div>
|-
| 2023 || 125 || <div style="background:#3366cc;height:14px;margin:1px 0;width:150px"></div> || 2,606 || <div style="background:#d33;height:14px;margin:1px 0;width:169px"></div>
|-
| 2024 || 166 || <div style="background:#3366cc;height:14px;margin:1px 0;width:199px"></div> || 3,371 || <div style="background:#d33;height:14px;margin:1px 0;width:219px"></div>
|-
| 2025 || 214 || <div style="background:#3366cc;height:14px;margin:1px 0;width:257px"></div> || 3,906 || <div style="background:#d33;height:14px;margin:1px 0;width:254px"></div>
|}

==By weight class==
===Events per class===
The number of events that ran each class. Most events run several classes, so these add up to more than the total number of events. In the last column, each class has two bars, the grey 2022 bar above the blue 2025 bar, so you can see how much the class grew.

'''Key:''' <span style="display:inline-block;width:12px;height:12px;background:#a2a9b1"></span> 2022 season   <span style="display:inline-block;width:12px;height:12px;background:#3366cc"></span> 2025 season
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
! Class !! 2022 !! 2023 !! 2024 !! 2025 !! Change 2022→2025 !! 2022 vs 2025 season
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[Fairyweight|Fairyweight (150 g)]] || 56 || 60 || 61 || 102 || +82% || style="text-align:left" | <div style="background:#a2a9b1;height:10px;margin:1px 0;width:50px"></div><div style="background:#3366cc;height:10px;margin:1px 0;width:92px"></div>
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[Plastic Antweights|Plastic Antweight (1 lb)]] || 42 || 63 || 102 || 172 || +310% || style="text-align:left" | <div style="background:#a2a9b1;height:10px;margin:1px 0;width:38px"></div><div style="background:#3366cc;height:10px;margin:1px 0;width:155px"></div>
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[Antweight|Antweight (1 lb)]] || 87 || 106 || 133 || 179 || +106% || style="text-align:left" | <div style="background:#a2a9b1;height:10px;margin:1px 0;width:78px"></div><div style="background:#3366cc;height:10px;margin:1px 0;width:161px"></div>
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[Beetleweight|Beetleweight (3 lb)]] || 74 || 90 || 124 || 144 || +95% || style="text-align:left" | <div style="background:#a2a9b1;height:10px;margin:1px 0;width:67px"></div><div style="background:#3366cc;height:10px;margin:1px 0;width:130px"></div>
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[Hobbyweight|Hobbyweight (12 lb)]] || 18 || 14 || 13 || 15 || -17% || style="text-align:left" | <div style="background:#a2a9b1;height:10px;margin:1px 0;width:16px"></div><div style="background:#3366cc;height:10px;margin:1px 0;width:14px"></div>
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[Sportsman Classes|Sportsman (30 lb)]] || 5 || 6 || 6 || 8 || +60% || style="text-align:left" | <div style="background:#a2a9b1;height:10px;margin:1px 0;width:4px"></div><div style="background:#3366cc;height:10px;margin:1px 0;width:7px"></div>
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[Featherweight|Featherweight (30 lb)]] || 11 || 11 || 12 || 11 || +0% || style="text-align:left" | <div style="background:#a2a9b1;height:10px;margin:1px 0;width:10px"></div><div style="background:#3366cc;height:10px;margin:1px 0;width:10px"></div>
|}

===Unique robots per class===
The number of different robots that competed in each class during the season. The bars compare the 2022 and 2025 seasons, as above.

'''Key:''' <span style="display:inline-block;width:12px;height:12px;background:#a2a9b1"></span> 2022 season   <span style="display:inline-block;width:12px;height:12px;background:#3366cc"></span> 2025 season
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
! Class !! 2022 !! 2023 !! 2024 !! 2025 !! Change 2022→2025 !! 2022 vs 2025 season
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[Fairyweight|Fairyweight (150 g)]] || 238 || 251 || 327 || 354 || +49% || style="text-align:left" | <div style="background:#a2a9b1;height:10px;margin:1px 0;width:31px"></div><div style="background:#3366cc;height:10px;margin:1px 0;width:46px"></div>
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[Plastic Antweights|Plastic Antweight (1 lb)]] || 250 || 455 || 772 || 1,105 || +342% || style="text-align:left" | <div style="background:#a2a9b1;height:10px;margin:1px 0;width:32px"></div><div style="background:#3366cc;height:10px;margin:1px 0;width:144px"></div>
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[Antweight|Antweight (1 lb)]] || 664 || 938 || 1,106 || 1,053 || +59% || style="text-align:left" | <div style="background:#a2a9b1;height:10px;margin:1px 0;width:86px"></div><div style="background:#3366cc;height:10px;margin:1px 0;width:137px"></div>
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[Beetleweight|Beetleweight (3 lb)]] || 708 || 733 || 955 || 1,173 || +66% || style="text-align:left" | <div style="background:#a2a9b1;height:10px;margin:1px 0;width:92px"></div><div style="background:#3366cc;height:10px;margin:1px 0;width:152px"></div>
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[Hobbyweight|Hobbyweight (12 lb)]] || 100 || 124 || 96 || 121 || +21% || style="text-align:left" | <div style="background:#a2a9b1;height:10px;margin:1px 0;width:13px"></div><div style="background:#3366cc;height:10px;margin:1px 0;width:16px"></div>
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[Sportsman Classes|Sportsman (30 lb)]] || 27 || 25 || 27 || 32 || +19% || style="text-align:left" | <div style="background:#a2a9b1;height:10px;margin:1px 0;width:4px"></div><div style="background:#3366cc;height:10px;margin:1px 0;width:4px"></div>
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[Featherweight|Featherweight (30 lb)]] || 81 || 80 || 88 || 68 || -16% || style="text-align:left" | <div style="background:#a2a9b1;height:10px;margin:1px 0;width:11px"></div><div style="background:#3366cc;height:10px;margin:1px 0;width:9px"></div>
|}

===Trends===
* '''Plastic Antweights grew fastest.''' Events running the class went from 42 to 172 (about four times as many), and robots from 250 to 1,105. In the 2025 season, more Plastic Antweights competed than metal Antweights. The class is cheap to build and popular with beginners and schools (see '''[[Plastic Antweights]]''' and '''[[Combat Robotics in Schools and Universities]]''').
* '''Fairyweights jumped in 2025.''' Fairyweight events were steady at about 60 a season, then rose to 102 in the 2025 season.
* '''Beetleweights''' grew every season and had the most robots of any class in the 2025 season (1,173). '''Antweight''' robots peaked in the 2024 season (1,106) and dipped slightly in 2025, even though the number of Antweight events kept rising.
* '''The 12 lb and 30 lb classes stayed small.''' Hobbyweight, Sportsman and Featherweight numbers changed by only a few events and a few dozen robots between 2022 and 2025, so nearly all of the growth has been in the insect classes (3 lb and under).[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1m5kEU0f58K67ggfV7edcILAoj13t4ztmUxIZ4CtOgkU/edit?gid=0]

==Events by month==
The spreadsheet also has full event lists for the 2024 and 2025 seasons. These lists include every event found, including events outside North America and events that weren't counted in the League totals above, so the totals here are higher.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
! Season !! Mar !! Apr !! May !! Jun !! Jul !! Aug !! Sep !! Oct !! Nov !! Dec !! Jan !! Feb !! Total
|-
| style="text-align:left" | 2024 || 22 || 21 || 15 || 19 || 12 || 19 || 20 || 16 || 24 || 9 || 15 || 14 || 206
|-
| style="text-align:left" | 2025 || 28 || 28 || 29 || 19 || 18 || 23 || 24 || 23 || 32 || 12 || 18 || 22 || 276
|}
In both seasons, November was the busiest month and December the quietest.[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1m5kEU0f58K67ggfV7edcILAoj13t4ztmUxIZ4CtOgkU/edit?gid=0]

==See also==
* '''[[Robot Combat League]]''' and its '''[[Robot Combat League National Championship|National Championship]]'''
* '''[[Events]]'''
* '''[[Local Groups]]'''
* '''[[Robot Combat History and TV]]'''

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Robot Combat League

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''Note: This article is not about the 2013 TV show of the same name.''

The '''[https://robotcombatleague.net/ Robot Combat League]''' is a non-profit whose mission is to promote STEM and design and fabrication skills through the exciting sport of Robot Combat.

[[File:Watching large arena 1600.jpg|1200px|none|A match at the 2023 Robot Combat League Championship in Seattle, WA, USA.]]
<br />

==How RCL works==
Robot Combat League is a national robot competition federation, not an official organizing body for Robot Combat. Launched in March 2022, it draws competitors from local events in the USA to participate at a national level. Although most local events in the League use the '''[https://sparc.tools/ SPARC]''' rule set or some variant, every event participating in the league is independent and can run their event as they see fit, so long as they fit into a very broad set of guidelines and agree to use the League event results tracking system that will help determine which bots are the top competitors in the USA. Highly ranked bots are invited to the annual '''[[Robot Combat League National Championship|National Championship]]'''. The Robot Combat League dwarfs similar leagues, with more than 200 qualifying events in the 2025 season.

==Qualifying weight classes==
As of 2026, ranks are calculated for the most popular weight classes: 150g, 1lb, 1lb Plastic, 3lb, 12lb, 30lb, and 30lb Sportsman robots.[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/league_faq] If more [[RobotClasses|weight classes]] become popular and events want to include them in the League, the ranked classes may be expanded.

==League season==
The season starts the first day of March and ends on the last day of February. Competitions in this time period are qualifiers for the National Championship held later that year (for example, the 2025 season, March 2025 to February 2026, qualified robots for the June 2026 championship). The first season was 2022. Event data prior to March 2022 isn't complete, so take historical rankings with a grain of salt.

==Determining points and rankings==
Robots earn points by how highly they place at events they participate in. A robot's season total is taken from their top 3 - highest point events, provided there are at least 5 competitors in the same weight class competing, and rankings are determined from this season score.

Points are determined by how well a robot places in a competition, and is weighted by the number of robots competing. The exact calculations to determine a robots score can be '''[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GGMDljRZXsq9HCCjCAIsGpup90LLsPtqhkUiPwJRPWY/edit#gid=0 viewed on this calculator]'''.

The [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/types Robot Combat League bot ranking page] is updated periodically and can be filtered by year. There is also a separate [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/types?tag=university university ranking].

==National Championship==
Each year, the top-ranked robots from the season are invited to the '''[[Robot Combat League National Championship]]''', which crowns a national champion in every ranked class. That page has the full history and the top three robots in each class for every year.

{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Location !! Qualifying season
|-
| [[Robot Combat League National Championship#2023 – Seattle|2023]] || Seattle, Washington || 2022 (98 events)
|-
| [[Robot Combat League National Championship#2024 – San Jose|2024]] || San Jose, California || 2023 (126 events)
|-
| [[Robot Combat League National Championship#2025 – Santa Ana|2025]] || Santa Ana, California || 2024
|-
| [[Robot Combat League National Championship#2026 – Salt Lake City|2026]] || Salt Lake City, Utah || 2025 (200+ events)
|}

==Why the Robot Combat League doesn't use the SPARC Botrank system==
Although the old Botrank system made an attempt at tracking how well robots performed, their system had several shortcomings.
* Botrank scores were greatly influenced by the number of events a bot has competed in; bots that competed a lot were favored over those that placed highly in events. This led to situations where a bot that competed and performed 'OK' in a half dozen events would be ranked higher than a robot that competed in and won two events.
* Forfeits in events were found to be inconsistently reported, leading to errors in ranking.
* Botrank rankings were adjusted based on an 18-month rolling time period. While this captures recent performance well, having a moving period where rankings would be set made calculations of seasonal rank difficult to evaluate.
* Botrank didn't have a way to disambiguate robots with the same name. Common robot names like 'Hazard' made the results unreliable.

==See also==
* '''[[Robot Combat League National Championship]]''' – past champions and results
* '''[[Growth of Robot Combat]]''' – League events, robots and teams by season
* '''[[Major Competitions]]'''
* '''[[Events]]''' – find a local event
* '''[[SPARC]]'''

Robot Combat History and TV

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Robot combat grew from a single event in San Francisco in the 1990s into a worldwide sport with TV shows, streamed leagues and hundreds of local events each year. This page gives a short history and an overview of the major shows and leagues. Most builders today compete at '''[[Events|local events]]''', many of which are part of the '''[[Robot Combat League]]'''.

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==Timeline==
* '''1992–1994''' – Marc Thorpe conceives '''Robot Wars''' and holds the first event in 1994 at Fort Mason Center in San Francisco. Untelevised US events run until 1997.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot_Wars_(TV_series)]
* '''1998''' – '''Robot Wars''' launches as a TV show in the UK on BBC Two (February 1998).
* '''1999''' – After a split with Robot Wars, Greg Munson and Trey Roski hold the first '''BattleBots''' event in Long Beach, California, in August 1999.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BattleBots]
* '''2000–2002''' – BattleBots airs on Comedy Central for five seasons.
* '''2001–2002''' – '''Robotica''' airs on TLC for three seasons.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robotica_(TV_series)]
* '''2003–2004''' – Robot Wars' original UK run ends after Series 7 on Channel 5.
* '''2004''' – '''RoboGames''' (originally ROBOlympics) begins in the San Francisco Bay Area.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RoboGames]
* '''2015–2016''' – BattleBots returns on ABC.
* '''2016–2017''' – Robot Wars returns on BBC Two for three more series (Series 8–10).
* '''2018''' – BattleBots moves to Discovery and Science Channel. '''King of Bots''' premieres in China. The '''National Havoc Robot League (NHRL)''' holds its first event in Norwalk, Connecticut.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Havoc_Robot_League]
* '''2023''' – BattleBots World Championship VII (season 12) is won by SawBlaze.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BattleBots_season_12]
* '''2026''' – BattleBots launches the '''BattleBots Pro League''', streaming free on YouTube. NHRL signs a streaming deal with DAZN.

==TV shows==
===Robot Wars===
The UK '''Robot Wars''' (1998–2004, revived 2016–2017) made robot combat famous in Britain, with presenters including Craig Charles, Philippa Forrester, Dara Ó Briain and Angela Scanlon. It introduced many robot combat terms, such as "srimech" (see '''[[Self-Righting]]'''), and featured house robots and arena hazards. US spin-offs aired on TNN and Nickelodeon.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot_Wars_(TV_series)]

===BattleBots===
'''BattleBots''' is the best-known robot combat show in the US, fought mainly with 250 lb heavyweights. After its Comedy Central run (2000–2002), it returned on ABC (2015–2016) and then Discovery and Science Channel from 2018, with spin-offs such as ''BattleBots: Bounty Hunters'' and ''BattleBots: Champions''.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BattleBots] In 2026 it launched the '''[https://battlebots.com/proleague/ BattleBots Pro League]''', a 20-episode series streaming free on the BattleBots YouTube channel, and it runs live shows in Las Vegas.[https://battlebots.com/]

===Other shows===
* '''Robotica''' (TLC, 2001–2002) – robots competed in obstacle-course challenges as well as fights.
* '''Robot Combat League''' (Syfy, 2013) – a show with giant humanoid robots controlled by exosuits. ''Not to be confused with today's '''[[Robot Combat League]]''', a federation of local events.''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot_Combat_League]
* '''King of Bots''' (Zhejiang TV, from 2018) – billed as China's first robot combat show.[https://qz.com/1219980/chinas-reality-tv-programming-is-being-taken-over-by-robots-and-ai]

==Leagues and events today==
* '''[[Events|Local events]]''' – most competition happens at local events run by clubs and groups, usually in the insect classes. Many use the '''[[SPARC]]''' rules. You can find events on '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/ RobotCombatEvents.com]''', a free listing and registration site that also publishes rankings.
* '''[[Robot Combat League]]''' – a national federation that ranks robots from local events and invites top robots to a National Championship each year.[https://robotcombatleague.net/]
* '''NHRL''' – the National Havoc Robot League runs regular tournaments for 3, 12 and 30 lb robots in Norwalk, Connecticut, livestreamed, with cash prizes and a World Championship each year. NHRL uses its own '''[https://wiki.nhrl.io/wiki/index.php?title=NHRL_Rules rules]'''.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Havoc_Robot_League]
* '''RoboGames''' – a long-running Bay Area event with combat and other robot competitions. It took a break after 2018 and returned in 2023.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RoboGames]
* '''UK and Europe''' – most events follow the '''[http://www.fightingrobots.co.uk/ Fighting Robot Association]''' rules (see '''[[Rules]]''').
* See '''[[Major Competitions]]''' for how to enter these events today, and '''[[Growth of Robot Combat]]''' for how the number of local events, robots and teams has grown since 2022.

==See also==
* '''[[Rules]]''' – rule sets used around the world
* '''[[RobotCommunity|Communities]]''' – groups, social media and video channels
* '''[[Local Groups]]'''
* '''[[Robot Combat League]]'''

Events

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[[File:WAR_Sportsman.jpg|thumb|400px|Sportsman Rumble at WAR]]
==Robot Event Clubs==
The '''[[Local Groups]]''' has local robot combat groups for you to visit or join!

==Finding Robot Combat Events==
Most events are listed on one of these sites:

*The '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com RobotCombatEvents]''' website has Search and [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/event_map Map View] features to find events by location; perhaps there's one near you! If you don't see any close by, search for past events to learn which organizations operate nearby, and watch for their next event to be listed.

*The '''[https://www.buildersdb.com/ Builder's Database]''' site has been beautifully refreshed and has many of the same features. Check both sites to make sure you aren't missing any events in your area.

*The '''[https://bristolbotbuilders.com/events/ BBB Events Listing]''' features both UK and EU events.

*The '''[https://www.rampagebots.co.uk/events Rampage Events]''' page shows a variety of UK-based events.

*To see how many events run each year, and how that's changed since 2022, see '''[[Growth of Robot Combat]]'''.

*For bigger competitions to aim for, such as NHRL, BattleBots and international championships, see '''[[Major Competitions]]'''.

==Hosting Your Own Robot Combat Events==
So you've got the robot combat bug and you want to host an event. You should attend one and volunteer to help to learn how they are run. If you are sure you want to make a poor life choice and host your own event, head over to '''[[SPARC]]''' for a treasure trove of information for Event Organizers, including '''[[SPARC Tournament Procedures|Tournament Procedures]]''', '''[[SPARC Match Rules|Match Rules]]''', '''[[SPARC Judging Guidelines|Judging Guidelines]]''', '''[[SPARC Arena Construction Best Practices|Arena Construction]]''' and more. Once you've read everything then you need to think about where you'll store the arena, how it will be transported, where you will hold your events, and how will you get help running them. It's a big commitment and if you are ready to do it the rewards can be terrific but know what you are getting yourself into. See '''[[Running an Event]]''' for a step-by-step guide to arenas, venues, safety, insurance, registration and running the day.

There are a lot of best-practices for Event Organizers on how to prepare for events, set things up so they run smoothly, and avoid common pitfalls. If you are serious about starting an event (it doesn't need to be a big event), send an email to robotcombatevents@gmail.com to be put into contact with other organizers.

Growth of Robot Combat

2026-10-18T01:13:54Z

RobotRobot: Wording: 12 lb and 30 lb classes stayed small

Robot combat in North America has grown quickly since the pandemic. This page collects season-by-season numbers for ranked events, robots and teams, from the '''[[Robot Combat League]]''' 2022 season onward, with a breakdown by weight class. See also '''[[Events]]''' to find an event near you, and '''[[Running an Event]]''' if you'd like to add one.

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==About the data==
The numbers come from a '''[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1m5kEU0f58K67ggfV7edcILAoj13t4ztmUxIZ4CtOgkU/edit?gid=0 spreadsheet]''' compiled from results on '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/ RobotCombatEvents.com]''' (RCE), including many events that took registrations elsewhere. Things to keep in mind:
* '''Seasons, not calendar years.''' Each row is a League season, which runs from March 1 to the last day of February the following year.
* '''Ranked North American events only.''' The counts include events whose results count toward the League rankings. Events elsewhere in the world, and informal events with no recorded brackets or results, aren't included.
* '''From 2022 on.''' Earlier seasons are left out, because the data is less complete and events were still recovering from the pandemic.
* '''Close, not exact.''' A few events may have been missed, but there's no reason to think accuracy differs from year to year, so the trends should be reliable. The team counts are the least accurate figures.

==Overall growth==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
! League season !! Events !! Change !! Unique robots !! Change !! Teams !! Change
|-
| style="text-align:left" | 2022 <small>(Mar 2022 – Feb 2023)</small> || 98 || – || 2,068 || – || 793 || –
|-
| style="text-align:left" | 2023 <small>(Mar 2023 – Feb 2024)</small> || 125 || +28% || 2,606 || +26% || 886 || +12%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | 2024 <small>(Mar 2024 – Feb 2025)</small> || 166 || +33% || 3,371 || +29% || 1,089 || +23%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | 2025 <small>(Mar 2025 – Feb 2026)</small> || 214 || +29% || 3,906 || +16% || 1,173 || +8%
|}
From the 2022 season to the 2025 season, the number of ranked events more than doubled (98 to 214, +118%), the number of different robots competing rose by 89%, and the number of teams rose by 48%.[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1m5kEU0f58K67ggfV7edcILAoj13t4ztmUxIZ4CtOgkU/edit?gid=0]

{| class="wikitable"
! Season !! Events !! !! Unique robots !!
|-
| 2022 || 98 || <div style="background:#3366cc;height:14px;width:118px"></div> || 2,068 || <div style="background:#d33;height:14px;width:134px"></div>
|-
| 2023 || 125 || <div style="background:#3366cc;height:14px;width:150px"></div> || 2,606 || <div style="background:#d33;height:14px;width:169px"></div>
|-
| 2024 || 166 || <div style="background:#3366cc;height:14px;width:199px"></div> || 3,371 || <div style="background:#d33;height:14px;width:219px"></div>
|-
| 2025 || 214 || <div style="background:#3366cc;height:14px;width:257px"></div> || 3,906 || <div style="background:#d33;height:14px;width:254px"></div>
|}

==By weight class==
===Events per class===
The number of events that ran each class. Most events run several classes, so these add up to more than the total number of events.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
! Class !! 2022 !! 2023 !! 2024 !! 2025 !! 2022→2025 !! 2025
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[Fairyweight|Fairyweight (150 g)]] || 56 || 60 || 61 || 102 || +82% || style="text-align:left" | <div style="background:#3366cc;height:14px;width:92px"></div>
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[Plastic Antweights|Plastic Antweight (1 lb)]] || 42 || 63 || 102 || 172 || +310% || style="text-align:left" | <div style="background:#3366cc;height:14px;width:155px"></div>
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[Antweight|Antweight (1 lb)]] || 87 || 106 || 133 || 179 || +106% || style="text-align:left" | <div style="background:#3366cc;height:14px;width:161px"></div>
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[Beetleweight|Beetleweight (3 lb)]] || 74 || 90 || 124 || 144 || +95% || style="text-align:left" | <div style="background:#3366cc;height:14px;width:130px"></div>
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[Hobbyweight|Hobbyweight (12 lb)]] || 18 || 14 || 13 || 15 || -17% || style="text-align:left" | <div style="background:#3366cc;height:14px;width:14px"></div>
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[Sportsman Classes|Sportsman (30 lb)]] || 5 || 6 || 6 || 8 || +60% || style="text-align:left" | <div style="background:#3366cc;height:14px;width:7px"></div>
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[Featherweight|Featherweight (30 lb)]] || 11 || 11 || 12 || 11 || +0% || style="text-align:left" | <div style="background:#3366cc;height:14px;width:10px"></div>
|}

===Unique robots per class===
The number of different robots that competed in each class during the season.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
! Class !! 2022 !! 2023 !! 2024 !! 2025 !! 2022→2025 !! 2025
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[Fairyweight|Fairyweight (150 g)]] || 238 || 251 || 327 || 354 || +49% || style="text-align:left" | <div style="background:#3366cc;height:14px;width:46px"></div>
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[Plastic Antweights|Plastic Antweight (1 lb)]] || 250 || 455 || 772 || 1,105 || +342% || style="text-align:left" | <div style="background:#3366cc;height:14px;width:144px"></div>
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[Antweight|Antweight (1 lb)]] || 664 || 938 || 1,106 || 1,053 || +59% || style="text-align:left" | <div style="background:#3366cc;height:14px;width:137px"></div>
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[Beetleweight|Beetleweight (3 lb)]] || 708 || 733 || 955 || 1,173 || +66% || style="text-align:left" | <div style="background:#3366cc;height:14px;width:152px"></div>
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[Hobbyweight|Hobbyweight (12 lb)]] || 100 || 124 || 96 || 121 || +21% || style="text-align:left" | <div style="background:#3366cc;height:14px;width:16px"></div>
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[Sportsman Classes|Sportsman (30 lb)]] || 27 || 25 || 27 || 32 || +19% || style="text-align:left" | <div style="background:#3366cc;height:14px;width:4px"></div>
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[Featherweight|Featherweight (30 lb)]] || 81 || 80 || 88 || 68 || -16% || style="text-align:left" | <div style="background:#3366cc;height:14px;width:9px"></div>
|}

===Trends===
* '''Plastic Antweights grew fastest.''' Events running the class went from 42 to 172 (about four times as many), and robots from 250 to 1,105. In the 2025 season, more Plastic Antweights competed than metal Antweights. The class is cheap to build and popular with beginners and schools (see '''[[Plastic Antweights]]''' and '''[[Combat Robotics in Schools and Universities]]''').
* '''Fairyweights jumped in 2025.''' Fairyweight events were steady at about 60 a season, then rose to 102 in the 2025 season.
* '''Beetleweights''' grew every season and had the most robots of any class in the 2025 season (1,173). '''Antweight''' robots peaked in the 2024 season (1,106) and dipped slightly in 2025, even though the number of Antweight events kept rising.
* '''The 12 lb and 30 lb classes stayed small.''' Hobbyweight, Sportsman and Featherweight numbers changed by only a few events and a few dozen robots between 2022 and 2025, so nearly all of the growth has been in the insect classes (3 lb and under).[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1m5kEU0f58K67ggfV7edcILAoj13t4ztmUxIZ4CtOgkU/edit?gid=0]

==Events by month==
The spreadsheet also has full event lists for the 2024 and 2025 seasons. These lists include every event found, including events outside North America and events that weren't counted in the League totals above, so the totals here are higher.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
! Season !! Mar !! Apr !! May !! Jun !! Jul !! Aug !! Sep !! Oct !! Nov !! Dec !! Jan !! Feb !! Total
|-
| style="text-align:left" | 2024 || 22 || 21 || 15 || 19 || 12 || 19 || 20 || 16 || 24 || 9 || 15 || 14 || 206
|-
| style="text-align:left" | 2025 || 28 || 28 || 29 || 19 || 18 || 23 || 24 || 23 || 32 || 12 || 18 || 22 || 276
|}
In both seasons, November was the busiest month and December the quietest.[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1m5kEU0f58K67ggfV7edcILAoj13t4ztmUxIZ4CtOgkU/edit?gid=0]

==See also==
* '''[[Robot Combat League]]''' and its '''[[Robot Combat League National Championship|National Championship]]'''
* '''[[Events]]'''
* '''[[Local Groups]]'''
* '''[[Robot Combat History and TV]]'''

Growth of Robot Combat

2026-10-18T01:13:03Z

RobotRobot: New page: season-by-season growth of ranked North American events, robots and teams (2022–2025), by weight class and month, from the RCE-compiled spreadsheet

Robot combat in North America has grown quickly since the pandemic. This page collects season-by-season numbers for ranked events, robots and teams, from the '''[[Robot Combat League]]''' 2022 season onward, with a breakdown by weight class. See also '''[[Events]]''' to find an event near you, and '''[[Running an Event]]''' if you'd like to add one.

__TOC__

==About the data==
The numbers come from a '''[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1m5kEU0f58K67ggfV7edcILAoj13t4ztmUxIZ4CtOgkU/edit?gid=0 spreadsheet]''' compiled from results on '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/ RobotCombatEvents.com]''' (RCE), including many events that took registrations elsewhere. Things to keep in mind:
* '''Seasons, not calendar years.''' Each row is a League season, which runs from March 1 to the last day of February the following year.
* '''Ranked North American events only.''' The counts include events whose results count toward the League rankings. Events elsewhere in the world, and informal events with no recorded brackets or results, aren't included.
* '''From 2022 on.''' Earlier seasons are left out, because the data is less complete and events were still recovering from the pandemic.
* '''Close, not exact.''' A few events may have been missed, but there's no reason to think accuracy differs from year to year, so the trends should be reliable. The team counts are the least accurate figures.

==Overall growth==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
! League season !! Events !! Change !! Unique robots !! Change !! Teams !! Change
|-
| style="text-align:left" | 2022 <small>(Mar 2022 – Feb 2023)</small> || 98 || – || 2,068 || – || 793 || –
|-
| style="text-align:left" | 2023 <small>(Mar 2023 – Feb 2024)</small> || 125 || +28% || 2,606 || +26% || 886 || +12%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | 2024 <small>(Mar 2024 – Feb 2025)</small> || 166 || +33% || 3,371 || +29% || 1,089 || +23%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | 2025 <small>(Mar 2025 – Feb 2026)</small> || 214 || +29% || 3,906 || +16% || 1,173 || +8%
|}
From the 2022 season to the 2025 season, the number of ranked events more than doubled (98 to 214, +118%), the number of different robots competing rose by 89%, and the number of teams rose by 48%.[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1m5kEU0f58K67ggfV7edcILAoj13t4ztmUxIZ4CtOgkU/edit?gid=0]

{| class="wikitable"
! Season !! Events !! !! Unique robots !!
|-
| 2022 || 98 || <div style="background:#3366cc;height:14px;width:118px"></div> || 2,068 || <div style="background:#d33;height:14px;width:134px"></div>
|-
| 2023 || 125 || <div style="background:#3366cc;height:14px;width:150px"></div> || 2,606 || <div style="background:#d33;height:14px;width:169px"></div>
|-
| 2024 || 166 || <div style="background:#3366cc;height:14px;width:199px"></div> || 3,371 || <div style="background:#d33;height:14px;width:219px"></div>
|-
| 2025 || 214 || <div style="background:#3366cc;height:14px;width:257px"></div> || 3,906 || <div style="background:#d33;height:14px;width:254px"></div>
|}

==By weight class==
===Events per class===
The number of events that ran each class. Most events run several classes, so these add up to more than the total number of events.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
! Class !! 2022 !! 2023 !! 2024 !! 2025 !! 2022→2025 !! 2025
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[Fairyweight|Fairyweight (150 g)]] || 56 || 60 || 61 || 102 || +82% || style="text-align:left" | <div style="background:#3366cc;height:14px;width:92px"></div>
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[Plastic Antweights|Plastic Antweight (1 lb)]] || 42 || 63 || 102 || 172 || +310% || style="text-align:left" | <div style="background:#3366cc;height:14px;width:155px"></div>
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[Antweight|Antweight (1 lb)]] || 87 || 106 || 133 || 179 || +106% || style="text-align:left" | <div style="background:#3366cc;height:14px;width:161px"></div>
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[Beetleweight|Beetleweight (3 lb)]] || 74 || 90 || 124 || 144 || +95% || style="text-align:left" | <div style="background:#3366cc;height:14px;width:130px"></div>
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[Hobbyweight|Hobbyweight (12 lb)]] || 18 || 14 || 13 || 15 || -17% || style="text-align:left" | <div style="background:#3366cc;height:14px;width:14px"></div>
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[Sportsman Classes|Sportsman (30 lb)]] || 5 || 6 || 6 || 8 || +60% || style="text-align:left" | <div style="background:#3366cc;height:14px;width:7px"></div>
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[Featherweight|Featherweight (30 lb)]] || 11 || 11 || 12 || 11 || +0% || style="text-align:left" | <div style="background:#3366cc;height:14px;width:10px"></div>
|}

===Unique robots per class===
The number of different robots that competed in each class during the season.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
! Class !! 2022 !! 2023 !! 2024 !! 2025 !! 2022→2025 !! 2025
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[Fairyweight|Fairyweight (150 g)]] || 238 || 251 || 327 || 354 || +49% || style="text-align:left" | <div style="background:#3366cc;height:14px;width:46px"></div>
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[Plastic Antweights|Plastic Antweight (1 lb)]] || 250 || 455 || 772 || 1,105 || +342% || style="text-align:left" | <div style="background:#3366cc;height:14px;width:144px"></div>
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[Antweight|Antweight (1 lb)]] || 664 || 938 || 1,106 || 1,053 || +59% || style="text-align:left" | <div style="background:#3366cc;height:14px;width:137px"></div>
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[Beetleweight|Beetleweight (3 lb)]] || 708 || 733 || 955 || 1,173 || +66% || style="text-align:left" | <div style="background:#3366cc;height:14px;width:152px"></div>
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[Hobbyweight|Hobbyweight (12 lb)]] || 100 || 124 || 96 || 121 || +21% || style="text-align:left" | <div style="background:#3366cc;height:14px;width:16px"></div>
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[Sportsman Classes|Sportsman (30 lb)]] || 27 || 25 || 27 || 32 || +19% || style="text-align:left" | <div style="background:#3366cc;height:14px;width:4px"></div>
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[Featherweight|Featherweight (30 lb)]] || 81 || 80 || 88 || 68 || -16% || style="text-align:left" | <div style="background:#3366cc;height:14px;width:9px"></div>
|}

===Trends===
* '''Plastic Antweights grew fastest.''' Events running the class went from 42 to 172 (about four times as many), and robots from 250 to 1,105. In the 2025 season, more Plastic Antweights competed than metal Antweights. The class is cheap to build and popular with beginners and schools (see '''[[Plastic Antweights]]''' and '''[[Combat Robotics in Schools and Universities]]''').
* '''Fairyweights jumped in 2025.''' Fairyweight events were steady at about 60 a season, then rose to 102 in the 2025 season.
* '''Beetleweights''' grew every season and had the most robots of any class in the 2025 season (1,173). '''Antweight''' robots peaked in the 2024 season (1,106) and dipped slightly in 2025, even though the number of Antweight events kept rising.
* '''The 12 lb and 30 lb classes stayed about level.''' Hobbyweight, Sportsman and Featherweight numbers changed little between 2022 and 2025, so nearly all of the growth has been in the insect classes (3 lb and under).[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1m5kEU0f58K67ggfV7edcILAoj13t4ztmUxIZ4CtOgkU/edit?gid=0]

==Events by month==
The spreadsheet also has full event lists for the 2024 and 2025 seasons. These lists include every event found, including events outside North America and events that weren't counted in the League totals above, so the totals here are higher.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
! Season !! Mar !! Apr !! May !! Jun !! Jul !! Aug !! Sep !! Oct !! Nov !! Dec !! Jan !! Feb !! Total
|-
| style="text-align:left" | 2024 || 22 || 21 || 15 || 19 || 12 || 19 || 20 || 16 || 24 || 9 || 15 || 14 || 206
|-
| style="text-align:left" | 2025 || 28 || 28 || 29 || 19 || 18 || 23 || 24 || 23 || 32 || 12 || 18 || 22 || 276
|}
In both seasons, November was the busiest month and December the quietest.[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1m5kEU0f58K67ggfV7edcILAoj13t4ztmUxIZ4CtOgkU/edit?gid=0]

==See also==
* '''[[Robot Combat League]]''' and its '''[[Robot Combat League National Championship|National Championship]]'''
* '''[[Events]]'''
* '''[[Local Groups]]'''
* '''[[Robot Combat History and TV]]'''

User:RobotRobot/Edit log

2026-10-18T01:05:20Z

RobotRobot: Log: updated Major Competitions

User:RobotRobot/Edit log

2026-10-18T01:05:19Z

RobotRobot: Log: updated Robot Combat League National Championship

User:RobotRobot/Edit log

2026-10-18T01:05:18Z

RobotRobot: Log: updated Robot Combat League

Major Competitions

2026-10-18T01:03:57Z

RobotRobot: RCL section: 2026 championship now past tense, link results page from the comparison table; RoboGames 2024 venue to match the RCE event page

Once you've fought at a few '''[[Events|local events]]''', you might want to aim higher. This page is a practical guide to the big competitions a builder can enter, '''as of 2026''': what each one is, which classes it runs, when it happens, and how to get in. For the history of the big shows, see '''[[Robot Combat History and TV]]'''. To find smaller events near you, see '''[[Events]]''' and '''[[Local Groups]]'''.

''Schedules, fees and entry rules change every season. Everything here was checked in October 2026; always confirm on the official site before you book travel.''

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==Quick comparison==
{| class="wikitable"
! Competition !! Where !! Classes (as of 2026) !! How you get in
|-
| '''NHRL Open''' || Norwalk, Connecticut, USA || 3 lb, 12 lb, 30 lb || Lottery registration about 8 weeks before each event
|-
| '''NHRL Pro Tour''' || Norwalk and New York City, USA || 3 lb, 12 lb, 30 lb || Invitation only, earned at NHRL Opens
|-
| '''BattleBots''' || Las Vegas, Nevada, USA || 250 lb || Design application, then selection
|-
| '''[[Robot Combat League National Championship|Robot Combat League Championship]]''' || Changes each year (USA) || 150 g to 30 lb || Invitation, based on national rankings
|-
| '''RoboGames''' || San Francisco Bay Area, USA || Many, 150 g to 250 lb || Open entry (no 2026 event announced)
|-
| '''RoboCore (RCX, RSM)''' || São Paulo state, Brazil || 150 g to 60 lb || Online registration
|-
| '''Robot Rampage''' || Auckland, New Zealand || Featherweights (13.6 kg) and others || Contact the organisers
|-
| '''UK live shows''' || Touring, UK || Mainly 110 kg heavyweights || Online application (Robots Live!) or contact the organisers
|}

==NHRL==
The '''National Havoc Robot League''' runs the biggest regular insect and mid-weight events in the world at its venue, the '''House of Havoc''' in Norwalk, Connecticut. Events are livestreamed, pay cash prizes, and draw builders from around the world.[https://wiki.nhrl.io/wiki/index.php?title=New_Builder_Guide]

===Classes and season===
* NHRL runs three classes: '''[[Beetleweight|3 lb]]''', '''[[Hobbyweight|12 lb]]''' and '''[[Featherweight|30 lb]]'''.[https://wiki.nhrl.io/wiki/index.php?title=NHRL_Rules] It doesn't run 150 g or 1 lb.
* '''NHRL Opens''' are held most months at the House of Havoc. The 2026 calendar listed Opens in February, March, April, May, June and October.[https://wiki.nhrl.io/wiki/index.php?title=2026_Registration_calendar]
* '''NHRL XP''' is a separate 3 lb tournament run on the same day as the Open, for newer and more casual competitors. As of 2026, NHRL favours experienced competitors for the 3 lb Open and encourages newer builders to start in XP. Competitors earn XP points for results and become eligible for the Open at 10,000 XP.[https://wiki.nhrl.io/wiki/index.php?title=Registration_at_NHRL]
* As of 2026, the caps are 80 bots for the 3 lb Open, 16 for 3 lb XP, and 32 each for 12 lb and 30 lb.[https://wiki.nhrl.io/wiki/index.php?title=Registration_at_NHRL]
* Bots that reach the semifinals at a Norwalk tournament qualify for the '''World Championships''' in December.[https://wiki.nhrl.io/wiki/index.php?title=NHRL_Rules]
* In 2026, an Open winner in any class got $1,000 and second place $400.[https://wiki.nhrl.io/wiki/index.php?title=New_Builder_Guide]

===NHRL Pro Tour===
NHRL launched the '''Pro Tour''' in 2026: three invite-only events ending in the '''Pro World Championships''' in December. The first was in Norwalk on 16 May 2026 and the second at Terminal 5 in New York City on 12 September 2026.[https://www.nhrl.io/about-pro-tour-2026][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Havoc_Robot_League]
* There's '''no public registration'''. You earn an invitation by reaching a quarterfinal fight at an NHRL Open, and NHRL fills the rest of the field with wild cards.[https://www.nhrl.io/about-pro-tour-2026]
* Each event has 16 bots per class. Groups of four fight a round robin, then the top bots move into a single-elimination bracket. NHRL says up to $30,000 in prizes is paid at each event.
* The Pro Tour uses the same rules and judging criteria as the Opens.
* Pro Tour and World Championship events stream free on DAZN under a multi-year deal signed in May 2026.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Havoc_Robot_League]

===How to register===
# Join the NHRL mailing list and Discord so you see when registration opens (both are linked from the '''[https://wiki.nhrl.io/wiki/index.php?title=New_Builder_Guide New Builder Guide]''').
# Enter your details and your bot's details in the '''[https://wiki.nhrl.io/wiki/index.php?title=NHRL_Registration_Hub NHRL Registration Hub]'''. You can do this at any time.
# About 8 weeks before an event, the lottery opens for one week. It doesn't matter when in that week you enter. Selections are announced about 6 weeks before the event.[https://wiki.nhrl.io/wiki/index.php?title=Registration_at_NHRL]
# Pay the '''$75 deposit''' when you register. You get it back if you make your first fight, or if you're waitlisted and not picked. You lose it if you drop out.
* Builders in good standing can also '''reserve''' one event per class each season, which helps if you're travelling a long way.
* Dropping out or forfeiting your first fights hurts your chances of selection at later events, so only register if you're sure you can go.

===How NHRL rules differ from SPARC===
NHRL writes its '''[https://wiki.nhrl.io/wiki/index.php?title=NHRL_Rules own rulebook]''' (the "NHRL Open Rules – 2026") instead of using the '''[[SPARC]]''' documents. If you've built to SPARC rules, check these points in particular:[https://wiki.nhrl.io/wiki/index.php?title=NHRL_Rules]
* '''Weight bonuses:''' NHRL has two locomotion categories: non-traditional locomotion (+50%) and "true walkers" (+100%). True walkers need approval before you register. SPARC instead has separate shuffler, non-traditional and walker bonuses (see '''[[Multibots, Walkers and Shufflers]]''').
* '''Weigh-ins:''' bots are weighed before every fight, not just at inspection. Being up to 2.5 oz over gives a TKO point; more than that is an immediate TKO.
* '''TKO points:''' referees and staff hand out TKO points for things like false starts. Three at one event means a technical knockout.
* '''Removable links:''' 3 lb bots can use the battery connector as the link, but 12 lb and 30 lb bots need a dedicated removable link.
* '''Hazard bots''' (pneumatics, hydraulics, flame, combustion and so on) must be emailed to NHRL safety at least 3 weeks before the event.[https://wiki.nhrl.io/wiki/index.php?title=New_Builder_Guide]
* Matches are 3 minutes, the same as SPARC's standard length (see '''[[SPARC Match Rules]]''').

See '''[[Pit Kit and Event Checklist#NHRL|Pit Kit and Event Checklist]]''' for what to bring. Many builders suggest a few local events first, because the level at NHRL is very high.

==BattleBots==
'''[https://battlebots.com/ BattleBots]''' is the best-known robot combat show. It's a '''250 lb heavyweight''' event (250.0 lb ready to fight, with no minimum weight).[https://battlebots.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/BattleBots-Design-Rules-Rev.-2027.01.pdf] In 2026 it ran the '''[https://battlebots.com/proleague/ BattleBots Pro League]''': 24 robots in a group stage and knockout format, streamed in 20 episodes on the BattleBots YouTube channel. It also runs a daily live show, '''Destruct-A-Thon''', in Las Vegas.[https://battlebots.com/proleague/]

===How to apply===
This is the process BattleBots describes on its own site. BattleBots says only a small percentage of applications are chosen each season.[https://book.battlebots.com/]
* '''Apply with a design, not a robot.''' Applications go through the '''[https://book.battlebots.com/ BattleBook]''' portal. BattleBots asks you to design a robot and '''not''' build it until you've been accepted.[https://book.battlebots.com/]
* An application includes technical details, a technical drawing, photo-realistic renderings, biographical information and a team video.[https://battlebots.com/rules/]
* Once your application is "Cleared to Continue", you can choose which upcoming '''Proving Ground''' dates and tournaments you're available for. At Proving Ground you fight in the real BattleBox in Las Vegas, in front of a live audience and the selection committee.[https://book.battlebots.com/]
* The '''[https://battlebots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/How-to-get-on-BattleBots.pdf How to Get on BattleBots]''' guide says the selection committee wants a robot that fights well, looks great and is original, plus a strong team with a top driver. BattleBots can reject any application without giving a reason.
* As of October 2026, the Pro League page has an "Apply to Pro League 2027" link. Draft '''2027 rules''' (version 2027.01, 1 October 2026) and a summary of the changes are on the '''[https://battlebots.com/rules/ rules page]'''. One change is that minibots are no longer allowed.[https://battlebots.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Battlebots-Summary-of-2027-Rules-Updates.pdf] Some older BattleBots pages still mention past seasons, so go by the newest documents.

BattleBots' own '''[https://battlebots.com/build/ build page]''' advises new builders to start small at local events and work up. See also '''[[Heavyweight]]'''.

==Robot Combat League Championship==
The '''[[Robot Combat League]]''' ranks robots from hundreds of independent US local events and invites the top-ranked robots to an annual '''[[Robot Combat League National Championship|National Championship]]'''. As of 2026, it ranks 150 g, 1 lb, 1 lb plastic, 3 lb, 12 lb, 30 lb and 30 lb Sportsman.[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/league_faq]
* '''Season:''' 1 March to the end of February. A robot's score comes from its best three events.
* '''Getting in:''' you don't register for the championship. Compete at ranked events and invitations go to the top of the '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/types?year=2026 rankings on RobotCombatEvents.com]'''.
* The 2026 championship was held on 19–21 June 2026 at the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City. Past venues and every year's top finishers are on the '''[[Robot Combat League National Championship]]''' page.
* If an event's results are missing from the rankings, ask the event organiser. They decide whether results are included.

==RoboGames==
'''[http://robogames.net/ RoboGames]''' is a long-running open robot competition in the San Francisco Bay Area, with combat alongside dozens of non-combat events. Its 20th edition was held on 18–21 April 2024 at the San Jose Event Center, alongside the 2024 RCL Championship. As of October 2026, its site lists the next event as "to be announced".[http://robogames.net/][https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/1250] Check the site before you plan around it.

==UK==
* '''Robot Wars''' hasn't been on air since its BBC revival ended in January 2018. The Robot Wars live shows were renamed Extreme Robots in 2017.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot_Wars_(TV_series)]
* '''Live shows:''' '''[https://www.extremerobots.co.uk/tickets Extreme Robots]''' tours the UK with 110 kg heavyweights. Its 2026 dates included "The Championship" in Gloucester on 14–15 November 2026, and it lists more shows for 2027. '''[https://www.robotsliveshow.com/ Robots Live!]''' runs heavyweight competitions and featherweight melees, and takes applications through an '''[https://www.robotsliveshow.com/mechapply online form]'''. Its 2026 application form listed shows in Maidenhead, Crawley and Stoke.[https://www.robotsliveshow.com/mechapply]
* '''FRA events:''' most UK events follow the '''[http://www.fightingrobots.co.uk/ Fighting Robots Association]''' build rules, with 150 g antweights, 1.5 kg beetleweights and 13.6 kg featherweights (see '''[[Rules]]''').
* '''Antweight World Series (AWS):''' the long-running UK 150 g event. AWS 79 was listed for 22 November 2026 near Bristol.[https://www.rampagebots.co.uk/events]
* '''Robodojo''' (near York) listed a '''2026 UK Hobbyweight Championship''' and a Sportsman Featherweight League for November 2026.[https://www.rampagebots.co.uk/events]
* '''BuggleBots''' was a web series. Its site lists the 2018 and 2019 series and no later ones.[https://www.bugglebots.com/]
* Find UK and European events on the '''[https://www.rampagebots.co.uk/events Rampage]''' and '''[https://bristolbotbuilders.com/events/ Bristol Bot Builders]''' listings.

==Elsewhere in the world==
* '''Brazil – RoboCore:''' RoboCore runs large multi-category events, including '''RCX''' (RCX 2026 was 9–12 October 2026 at the Instituto Mauá de Tecnologia in São Paulo) and the '''RSM Challenge Internacional''' (April 2026, Mogi das Cruzes).[https://events.robocore.net/] RCX 2026 combat classes ran from 150 g fairyweight up to 60 lb (27.2 kg) lightweight, including plastic ants and 12 lb and 30 lb.[https://events.robocore.net/rcx-2026/entries] Register through the '''[https://events.robocore.net/ RoboCore Event Manager]'''. Online entries for RCX 2026 closed on 30 September 2026.[https://events.robocore.net/rcx-2026/]
* '''New Zealand – Robot Rampage:''' a live robot fighting show at its own venue in Auckland, with featherweight (13.6 kg) and heavyweight robots.[https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/14-10-2024/hot-new-hobby-alert-robot-fighting] It lists a "World Cup Warmup" for 28–29 November 2026 and a '''[https://www.robotrampage.co.nz/world-cup Robot Rampage World Cup]''' for country teams, planned for February 2027. Contact the organisers to enter.[https://www.robotrampage.co.nz/]
* '''NHRL links:''' NHRL has said it plans to give Pro Tour qualifying points and wild cards to winners of outside events such as RCX, RSM and Robot Rampage.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Havoc_Robot_League]
* '''Australia:''' the old '''[https://robowars.org/ Robowars Australia]''' site is now an archive, but it links to the current Robowars Australia Discord and city groups.
* '''China:''' TV competitions such as King of Bots have run since 2018 (see '''[[Robot Combat History and TV]]'''), but we couldn't find a verified open-entry route for overseas builders.

==University-focused events==
There's no single national intercollegiate championship. College teams mostly fight at open events, NHRL and each other's campus events (see '''[[Combat Robotics in Schools and Universities]]''').
* '''[https://robobrawl.illinois.edu/ Robobrawl]''' at the University of Illinois is held each year at the end of March (28–29 March in 2026). It runs 30 lb and 12 lb robots in a Swiss format, plus a 2v2 3 lb format, with university and hobbyist teams.[https://robobrawl.illinois.edu/]
* RobotCombatEvents.com publishes separate '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/types?tag=university&year=2026 university rankings]'''.
* High school teams have the '''National Robotics League''' (15 lb, its own rules), described on the schools page.

==Preparing for a big event==
* '''Watch the registration windows.''' Big events fill up and select entries weeks or months ahead: NHRL's lottery opens about 8 weeks before each event, and BattleBots selects from design applications. Join each event's mailing list or Discord.
* '''Read that event's rules, not just SPARC.''' Inspection at big events is stricter and may include powered tests in a test box, failsafe checks, weigh-ins before every fight and checks on your weapon lock and sharp-edge covers.[https://wiki.nhrl.io/wiki/index.php?title=New_Builder_Guide] The most common reasons for failing are being overweight or not having a good weapon lock. Arrive already passing at home (see '''[[Failsafes]]''' and '''[[Weight Management]]''').
* '''Plan for repairs.''' Bring spares for everything likely to break and a plan to swap them quickly. See '''[[Repairs Between Matches]]''' and '''[[Pit Kit and Event Checklist]]'''.
* '''Shipping:''' some events accept shipped robots and tools. NHRL, for example, publishes '''[https://wiki.nhrl.io/wiki/index.php?title=Shipping_to_NHRL shipping instructions]'''. Lithium batteries are regulated as dangerous goods when shipped, especially by air, so check with your carrier before putting LiPos in a shipment.[https://www.iata.org/en/programs/cargo/dgr/lithium-batteries/]

===Flying with LiPos===
Airline rules for lithium batteries, as of 2026 (see '''[[LiPo Battery Safety#Travel|LiPo Battery Safety]]''' for more):
* '''Spare LiPos go in carry-on bags only''', never in checked bags. Protect each pack's terminals from short circuits, for example in its own LiPo bag or with taped connectors.[https://www.faa.gov/hazmat/packsafe/airline-passengers-and-batteries]
* Packs up to '''100 Wh''' are allowed. Packs from 101 to 160 Wh need airline approval, with a limit of two spares each. Packs over 160 Wh aren't allowed as passenger baggage.
* IATA's passenger guidance limits each passenger to '''20 spare batteries''' unless the airline approves more.[https://www.iata.org/contentassets/6fea26dd84d24b26a7a1fd5788561d6e/passenger-lithium-battery.pdf]
* A device with its battery installed can usually go in checked baggage only if it's fully switched off and protected from turning on. Many builders unplug or remove robot batteries and carry them as spares.
* Damaged or puffy packs can't fly at all.
* To work out watt-hours, multiply voltage by amp-hours. Most insect-class packs are far below 100 Wh (a 4S 1300 mAh pack is about 19 Wh).
* Airlines and countries can be stricter, so check your airline's rules before you fly.

==See also==
* '''[[Events]]''' and '''[[Local Groups]]''' – finding local events
* '''[[Robot Combat League]]''' – national rankings
* '''[[Robot Combat History and TV]]'''
* '''[[Rules]]''' and '''[[SPARC]]'''
* '''[[Pit Kit and Event Checklist]]''' and '''[[Repairs Between Matches]]'''
* '''[[LiPo Battery Safety]]''' and '''[[Safety]]'''
* '''[[Beetleweight]]''', '''[[Hobbyweight]]''', '''[[Featherweight]]''' and '''[[Heavyweight]]'''

Robot Combat League National Championship

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The '''Robot Combat League National Championship''' is the yearly championship of the '''[[Robot Combat League]]''' (RCL). The top-ranked robots from hundreds of independent local events across North America are invited to fight for a national title in each of the League's ranked weight classes, from 150 g [[Fairyweight]]s to 30 lb [[Featherweight]]s. The first championship was held in 2023. This page lists every championship and its top three robots in each class, with links to each robot's profile on '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/ RobotCombatEvents.com]''' (RCE), where the full results are kept.

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==How it works==
* '''Qualifying.''' Robots earn League points by placing at participating local events during the season, which runs from March 1 to the last day of February; the championship is held a few months after the season ends. Each robot's season score comes from its best three events, and the top-ranked robots in each class are invited to the championship (see '''[[Robot Combat League#Determining points and rankings|how points are calculated]]''').[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/league_faq] Current rankings are on the '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/types RCE rankings page]'''.
* '''Bracket sizes.''' Since 2024, the target has been 32 robots each in Fairyweight, Plastic Antweight, Antweight and Beetleweight, and 16 each in Hobbyweight, Featherweight and Sportsman. If a ranked robot can't attend, the next robot in the rankings is invited.[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/1250] Because fewer robots compete in the bigger classes, the 12 lb and 30 lb classes have had open registration since 2025, with rankings used for seeding.[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/2503]
* '''Format.''' Every class is a double-elimination tournament, with standard '''[[SPARC]]''' rules and a few event-specific additions, such as a 250 mph weapon tip-speed limit (since 2025) and stopping a match if a robot's batteries are fully exposed. Robots that earned their points under other rules must be updated to meet SPARC rules. If two robots from the same team meet, they must fight, or the winner is decided by a coin toss.[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/6991]

==Championships==
{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Dates !! Venue !! Classes !! Results
|-
| [[#2023 – Seattle|2023]] || May 5–7, 2023 || Seattle Center Exhibition Hall, Seattle, Washington || 6 || [[#2023 – Seattle|Top three]] · [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/853 RCE event]
|-
| [[#2024 – San Jose|2024]] || April 18–21, 2024 || San Jose Event Center, San Jose, California (alongside RoboGames) || 7 || [[#2024 – San Jose|Top three]] · [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/1250 RCE event]
|-
| [[#2025 – Santa Ana|2025]] || May 2–4, 2025 || Discovery Cube Orange County, Santa Ana, California || 7 || [[#2025 – Santa Ana|Top three]] · [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/2503 RCE event]
|-
| [[#2026 – Salt Lake City|2026]] || June 19–21, 2026 || Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, Utah || 7 || [[#2026 – Salt Lake City|Top three]] · [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/6991 RCE event]
|}

==Champions by class==
{| class="wikitable"
! Class !! 2023 !! 2024 !! 2025 !! 2026
|-
| [[Fairyweight|150 g Fairyweight]] || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/770/resources/2323 Root MEAN Square]'''<br /><small>Team Allennella</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/318/resources/6586 Ditto]'''<br /><small>Level 5 Robotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/2085/resources/8700 Splinter]'''<br /><small>Shadow Combat Robotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/2206/resources/19713 Spam Plan]'''<br /><small>Complified Creations</small>
|-
| [[Plastic Antweights|1 lb Plastic Antweight]] || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/984/resources/6112 Fully Dogga]'''<br /><small>Painfully Obvious Robotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/1621/resources/7893 Axolotl Questions]'''<br /><small>Treacherous Robotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/741/resources/2788 Pac Attac]'''<br /><small>RoboWarner</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/6155/resources/18555 Kingpin]'''<br /><small>Phosphor Robotics</small>
|-
| [[Antweight|1 lb Antweight]] || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/1762/resources/5794 Dulce de Lucha]'''<br /><small>Rayze Robotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/806/resources/2429 Flippin the Bird]'''<br /><small>Striped Might</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/420/resources/12146 Ishtar]'''<br /><small>Impulse Robotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/2085/resources/7616 Fission]'''<br /><small>Shadow Combat Robotics</small>
|-
| [[Beetleweight|3 lb Beetleweight]] || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/315/resources/1045 Lynx]'''<br /><small>IBA LABS</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/1876/resources/10893 Tut]'''<br /><small>Station 68</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/356/resources/2009 Droopy]'''<br /><small>Surrenderbotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/796/resources/7622 Strikepoint]'''<br /><small>Team Thagomizer</small>
|-
| [[Hobbyweight|12 lb Hobbyweight]] || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/31/resources/233 Quicksilver]'''<br /><small>The Bot Brothers</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/746/resources/7627 Full Court]'''<br /><small>Three Point Robotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/2042/resources/9612 Creature]'''<br /><small>Combat Ready Robotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/746/resources/7627 Full Court]'''<br /><small>Three Point Robotics</small>
|-
| [[Featherweight|30 lb Featherweight]] || ''not held'' || '''Jubileu''' || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/198/resources/7494 Lil Lash]'''<br /><small>Team Whiplash</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/1063/resources/21069 HSS]'''<br /><small>High Energy Failures</small>
|-
| [[Sportsman Classes|30 lb Sportsman]] || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/17/resources/1302 Grill Master]'''<br /><small>Food Fight</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/3037/resources/11101 Meme Theme!]'''<br /><small>Capybara Biggus Piggus Robotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/2065/resources/7482 Ralph]'''<br /><small>RoboFreaks</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/978/resources/27944 HS1 Sport]'''<br /><small>Team Wedges</small>
|}

==2023 – Seattle==
[[File:Watching large arena 1600.jpg|thumb|300px|A match in the large arena at the 2023 championship in Seattle]]
The first championship was held at the Seattle Center Exhibition Hall, next to the Space Needle, with robots that qualified in the League's first season (March 2022 to February 2023, 98 local events). Featherweights were ranked that season, but the class couldn't run because no suitable arena was available. Hobbyweights and Sportsman robots fought in a 12 × 16 ft steel-floored arena with a pit, and magnets weren't allowed in the Plastic Antweight and Sportsman classes.[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/853]

{| class="wikitable"
! Class !! Champion !! 2nd !! 3rd !! Robots !! Results
|-
| [[Fairyweight|150 g Fairyweight]] || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/770/resources/2323 Root MEAN Square]'''<br /><small>Team Allennella</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/21/resources/114 Dark Bullit]'''<br /><small>Dark Forces</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/770/resources/2345 Jolly Rancher]'''<br /><small>Team Allennella</small> || 18 || [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/853/competitions/1143 RCE] · [https://challonge.com/RCL_Championship_Fairyweight_2023 bracket]
|-
| [[Plastic Antweights|1 lb Plastic Antweight]] || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/984/resources/6112 Fully Dogga]'''<br /><small>Painfully Obvious Robotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/1018/resources/2999 The Captain]'''<br /><small>Revelation Robotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/416/resources/2951 Mod Bot]'''<br /><small>Orange Eyeball Slicers</small> || 17 || [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/853/competitions/1144 RCE] · [https://challonge.com/RCL_Championship_PlasticAnt_2023 bracket]
|-
| [[Antweight|1 lb Antweight]] || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/1762/resources/5794 Dulce de Lucha]'''<br /><small>Rayze Robotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/972/resources/3583 Mudskipper]'''<br /><small>y_0 Robotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/972/resources/3584 Super Space Turtle]'''<br /><small>y_0 Robotics</small> || 32 || [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/853/competitions/1145 RCE] · [https://challonge.com/RCL_Championship_Antweight_2023 bracket]
|-
| [[Beetleweight|3 lb Beetleweight]] || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/315/resources/1045 Lynx]'''<br /><small>IBA LABS</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/1319/resources/3965 Firecracker]'''<br /><small>Slam Dunk</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/207/resources/582 Thunder Child]'''<br /><small>Mutually Assured Destruction</small> || 32 || [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/853/competitions/1146 RCE] · [https://challonge.com/RCL_Championship_Beetleweight_2023 bracket]
|-
| [[Hobbyweight|12 lb Hobbyweight]] || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/31/resources/233 Quicksilver]'''<br /><small>The Bot Brothers</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/124/resources/1825 Son of Kram]'''<br /><small>Team Small Robots</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/40/resources/96 Sling Blade]'''<br /><small>Bax Attack</small> || 7 || [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/853/competitions/1147 RCE] · [https://challonge.com/RCL_Championship_Hobbyweight_2023 bracket]
|-
| [[Sportsman Classes|30 lb Sportsman]] || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/17/resources/1302 Grill Master]'''<br /><small>Food Fight</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/240/resources/4192 Llama Sheen]'''<br /><small>Canadian Carnage Robotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/25/resources/1126 Storm Rider]'''<br /><small>Team Bad Ideas</small> || 10 || [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/853/competitions/1148 RCE] · [https://challonge.com/RCL_Championship_Sportsman_2023 bracket]
|}

==2024 – San Jose==
The second championship drew its robots from 126 qualifying events. It was held at the San Jose Event Center alongside '''[[Major Competitions#RoboGames|RoboGames]]''', and added full-combat 30 lb Featherweights. It used SCAR's arenas, with metal floors and no pits, and followed SCAR's magnet rule (a robot's magnets mustn't be strong enough to hold it upside down on a steel plate).[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/1250]

{| class="wikitable"
! Class !! Champion !! 2nd !! 3rd !! Robots !! Results
|-
| [[Fairyweight|150 g Fairyweight]] || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/318/resources/6586 Ditto]'''<br /><small>Level 5 Robotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/1256/resources/3769 Slipper]'''<br /><small>Turnabot</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/1256/resources/3773 Squeezy]'''<br /><small>Turnabot</small> || 33 || [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/1250/competitions/1970 RCE] · [https://challonge.com/RCL_Championship_Fairyweight_2024 bracket]
|-
| [[Plastic Antweights|1 lb Plastic Antweight]] || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/1621/resources/7893 Axolotl Questions]'''<br /><small>Treacherous Robotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/1018/resources/2999 The Captain]'''<br /><small>Revelation Robotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/2006/resources/8318 Deatharang]'''<br /><small>ADHD</small> || 33 || [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/1250/competitions/1967 RCE] · [https://challonge.com/RCL_Championship_PlasticAnt_2024 bracket]
|-
| [[Antweight|1 lb Antweight]] || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/806/resources/2429 Flippin the Bird]'''<br /><small>Striped Might</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/2438/resources/8802 Tiramisu]'''<br /><small>Terror Treats</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/2085/resources/7616 Fission]'''<br /><small>Shadow Combat Robotics</small> || 24 || [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/1250/competitions/1971 RCE] · [https://challonge.com/RCL_Championship_Antweight_2024 bracket]
|-
| [[Beetleweight|3 lb Beetleweight]] || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/1876/resources/10893 Tut]'''<br /><small>Station 68</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/207/resources/582 Thunder Child]'''<br /><small>Mutually Assured Destruction</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/1876/resources/10308 Brick]'''<br /><small>Station 68</small> || 18 || [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/1250/competitions/1969 RCE] · [https://challonge.com/RCL_Championship_Beetleweight_2024 bracket]
|-
| [[Hobbyweight|12 lb Hobbyweight]] || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/746/resources/7627 Full Court]'''<br /><small>Three Point Robotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/124/resources/1825 Son of Kram]'''<br /><small>Team Small Robots</small> || '''Xupa-cabra''' || 10 || [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/1250/competitions/1968 RCE] · [https://challonge.com/RCL_Championship_Hobbyweight_2024 bracket]
|-
| [[Featherweight|30 lb Featherweight]] || '''Jubileu''' || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/135/resources/10583 Kablooey Tango]'''<br /><small>Team Valkyrie</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/427/resources/7060 Pepe Silvia]'''<br /><small>Sunny Robotics</small> || 6 || [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/1250/competitions/2005 RCE] · [https://challonge.com/RCL_Championship_Featherweights_2024 bracket]
|-
| [[Sportsman Classes|30 lb Sportsman]] || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/3037/resources/11101 Meme Theme!]'''<br /><small>Capybara Biggus Piggus Robotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/250/resources/2061 Banana Smash]'''<br /><small>Team Ice</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/300/resources/3891 Crunch Time]'''<br /><small>Rad Robotics</small> || 6 || [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/1250/competitions/1966 RCE] · [https://challonge.com/RCL_Championship_Sportsman_2024 bracket]
|}

==2025 – Santa Ana==
The third championship was held at Discovery Cube Orange County, a children's science museum, in partnership with the museum. It used SPARC v1.4 rules and introduced a 250 mph weapon tip-speed limit and a one-unstick-per-match rule; competitors who touch the arena to move a robot lose by TKO.[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/2503]

{| class="wikitable"
! Class !! Champion !! 2nd !! 3rd !! Robots !! Results
|-
| [[Fairyweight|150 g Fairyweight]] || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/2085/resources/8700 Splinter]'''<br /><small>Shadow Combat Robotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/318/resources/6586 Ditto]'''<br /><small>Level 5 Robotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/3778/resources/13188 Geo]'''<br /><small>Doohickey Robotics</small> || 32 || [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/2503/competitions/3399 RCE] · [https://challonge.com/RCL_Championship_Fairyweight_2025 bracket]
|-
| [[Plastic Antweights|1 lb Plastic Antweight]] || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/741/resources/2788 Pac Attac]'''<br /><small>RoboWarner</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/2425/resources/10424 Kestrel]'''<br /><small>Vollen Robotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/3580/resources/12990 Legion]'''<br /><small>Assault & Batteries</small> || 31 || [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/2503/competitions/3401 RCE] · [https://challonge.com/RCL_Championship_PlasticAnt_2025 bracket]
|-
| [[Antweight|1 lb Antweight]] || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/420/resources/12146 Ishtar]'''<br /><small>Impulse Robotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/2085/resources/7616 Fission]'''<br /><small>Shadow Combat Robotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/2388/resources/8664 Claw Dragon]'''<br /><small>CW MC Robotics</small> || 26 || [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/2503/competitions/3402 RCE] · [https://challonge.com/RCL_Championship_Antweight_2025 bracket]
|-
| [[Beetleweight|3 lb Beetleweight]] || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/356/resources/2009 Droopy]'''<br /><small>Surrenderbotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/124/resources/7296 Púca]'''<br /><small>Team Small Robots</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/3305/resources/18476 Z3phyr]'''<br /><small>Astro Labs</small> || 26 || [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/2503/competitions/3398 RCE] · [https://challonge.com/RCL_Championship_Beetleweight_2025 bracket]
|-
| [[Hobbyweight|12 lb Hobbyweight]] || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/2042/resources/9612 Creature]'''<br /><small>Combat Ready Robotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/746/resources/7627 Full Court]'''<br /><small>Three Point Robotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/198/resources/2002 Whomper]'''<br /><small>Team Whiplash</small> || 15 || [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/2503/competitions/3403 RCE] · [https://challonge.com/RCL_Championship_Hobbyweight_2025 bracket]
|-
| [[Featherweight|30 lb Featherweight]] || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/198/resources/7494 Lil Lash]'''<br /><small>Team Whiplash</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/427/resources/7060 Pepe Silvia]'''<br /><small>Sunny Robotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/978/resources/13308 HS1]'''<br /><small>Team Wedges</small> || 12 || [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/2503/competitions/3397 RCE] · [https://challonge.com/RCL_Championship_Featherweights_2025 bracket]
|-
| [[Sportsman Classes|30 lb Sportsman]] || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/2065/resources/7482 Ralph]'''<br /><small>RoboFreaks</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/250/resources/2061 Banana Smash]'''<br /><small>Team Ice</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/985/resources/10231 Rumble Bumble]'''<br /><small>Seattle Gaze</small> || 10 || [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/2503/competitions/3400 RCE] · [https://challonge.com/RCL_Championship_Sportsman_2025 bracket]
|}

==2026 – Salt Lake City==
The fourth championship was held in Hall 3 of the Salt Palace Convention Center. Nearly 4,000 robots competed at more than 200 qualifying events that season. It used SPARC v1.6 rules. The insect classes fought on wooden floors, with a push-out area in the Fairyweight arena, and the 12 lb and 30 lb classes on a 12 × 16 ft metal floor.[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/6991]

{| class="wikitable"
! Class !! Champion !! 2nd !! 3rd !! Robots !! Results
|-
| [[Fairyweight|150 g Fairyweight]] || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/2206/resources/19713 Spam Plan]'''<br /><small>Complified Creations</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/736/resources/3248 briklit]'''<br /><small>team good team</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/318/resources/6586 Ditto]'''<br /><small>Level 5 Robotics</small> || 35 || [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/6991/competitions/7689 RCE] · [https://challonge.com/https_challonge_com_rcl_championship_fairyweight_2026 bracket]
|-
| [[Plastic Antweights|1 lb Plastic Antweight]] || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/6155/resources/18555 Kingpin]'''<br /><small>Phosphor Robotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/1746/resources/11249 Danger Zone]'''<br /><small>Stray Cats</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/2876/resources/19412 Dark Tide]'''<br /><small>HOP Bots</small> || 32 || [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/6991/competitions/7691 RCE] · [https://challonge.com/https_challonge_com_rcl_championship_plasticant_2026/standings bracket]
|-
| [[Antweight|1 lb Antweight]] || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/2085/resources/7616 Fission]'''<br /><small>Shadow Combat Robotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/207/resources/5959 The Darkest Timeline]'''<br /><small>Mutually Assured Destruction</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/3009/resources/17616 Appropriation]'''<br /><small>Late Night Combat Robotics</small> || 22 || [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/6991/competitions/7692 RCE] · [https://challonge.com/RCL_Championship_Antweight_2026 bracket]
|-
| [[Beetleweight|3 lb Beetleweight]] || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/796/resources/7622 Strikepoint]'''<br /><small>Team Thagomizer</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/2085/resources/10815 Fragment X]'''<br /><small>Shadow Combat Robotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/3305/resources/18476 Z3phyr]'''<br /><small>Astro Labs</small> || 23 || [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/6991/competitions/7694 RCE] · [https://challonge.com/RCL_Championship_Beetleweight_2026 bracket]
|-
| [[Hobbyweight|12 lb Hobbyweight]] || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/746/resources/7627 Full Court]'''<br /><small>Three Point Robotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/984/resources/27294 Pyre]'''<br /><small>Painfully Obvious Robotics</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/1514/resources/18670 CLIP IT]'''<br /><small>Not Sure Yet</small> || 7 || [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/6991/competitions/7693 RCE] · [https://challonge.com/RCL_Championship_Hobbyweight_2026 bracket]
|-
| [[Featherweight|30 lb Featherweight]] || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/1063/resources/21069 HSS]'''<br /><small>High Energy Failures</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/978/resources/13308 HS1]'''<br /><small>Team Wedges</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/2570/resources/20462 Maccabot]'''<br /><small>Team Scrap Yard</small> || 4 || [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/6991/competitions/7688 RCE] · [https://challonge.com/RCL_Championship_Featherweights_2026 bracket]
|-
| [[Sportsman Classes|30 lb Sportsman]] || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/978/resources/27944 HS1 Sport]'''<br /><small>Team Wedges</small> || '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/groups/250/resources/2061 Banana Smash]'''<br /><small>Team Ice</small> || '''HS2 Sport''' || 10 || [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/6991/competitions/7690 RCE] · [https://challonge.com/RCL_Championship_Sportsman_2026 bracket]
|}

==Repeat podium finishers==
Robots that have finished in the top three of the same class more than once:
* '''Ditto''' (150 g Fairyweight) – 1st in 2024, 2nd in 2025, 3rd in 2026
* '''Fission''' (1 lb Antweight) – 3rd in 2024, 2nd in 2025, 1st in 2026
* '''Full Court''' (12 lb Hobbyweight) – 1st in 2024, 2nd in 2025, 1st in 2026
* '''Banana Smash''' (30 lb Sportsman) – 2nd in 2024, 2nd in 2025, 2nd in 2026
* '''The Captain''' (1 lb Plastic Antweight) – 2nd in 2023, 2nd in 2024
* '''Thunder Child''' (3 lb Beetleweight) – 3rd in 2023, 2nd in 2024
* '''Z3phyr''' (3 lb Beetleweight) – 3rd in 2025, 3rd in 2026
* '''Son of Kram''' (12 lb Hobbyweight) – 2nd in 2023, 2nd in 2024
* '''HS1''' (30 lb Featherweight) – 3rd in 2025, 2nd in 2026
* '''Pepe Silvia''' (30 lb Featherweight) – 3rd in 2024, 2nd in 2025

==Notes==
* Places come from each class's results on RobotCombatEvents.com, which the organizers enter after the event. The "Robots" column counts robots with a recorded place.
* A few robots that weren't registered on RCE before the event were entered under temporary records, so they have no profile link and their team isn't shown.

==See also==
* '''[[Robot Combat League]]''' – how the League and its rankings work
* '''[[Major Competitions]]'''
* '''[[Events]]''' – find a local qualifying event
* '''[[SPARC]]''' – the rules used at the championship

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''Note: This article is not about the 2013 TV show of the same name.''

The '''[https://robotcombatleague.net/ Robot Combat League]''' is a non-profit whose mission is to promote STEM and design and fabrication skills through the exciting sport of Robot Combat.

[[File:Watching large arena 1600.jpg|1200px|none|A match at the 2023 Robot Combat League Championship in Seattle, WA, USA.]]
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==How RCL works==
Robot Combat League is a national robot competition federation, not an official organizing body for Robot Combat. Launched in March 2022, it draws competitors from local events in the USA to participate at a national level. Although most local events in the League use the '''[https://sparc.tools/ SPARC]''' rule set or some variant, every event participating in the league is independent and can run their event as they see fit, so long as they fit into a very broad set of guidelines and agree to use the League event results tracking system that will help determine which bots are the top competitors in the USA. Highly ranked bots are invited to the annual '''[[Robot Combat League National Championship|National Championship]]'''. The Robot Combat League dwarfs similar leagues, with more than 200 qualifying events in the 2025 season.

==Qualifying weight classes==
As of 2026, ranks are calculated for the most popular weight classes: 150g, 1lb, 1lb Plastic, 3lb, 12lb, 30lb, and 30lb Sportsman robots.[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/league_faq] If more [[RobotClasses|weight classes]] become popular and events want to include them in the League, the ranked classes may be expanded.

==League season==
The season starts the first day of March and ends on the last day of February. Competitions in this time period are qualifiers for the National Championship held later that year (for example, the 2025 season, March 2025 to February 2026, qualified robots for the June 2026 championship). The first season was 2022. Event data prior to March 2022 isn't complete, so take historical rankings with a grain of salt.

==Determining points and rankings==
Robots earn points by how highly they place at events they participate in. A robot's season total is taken from their top 3 - highest point events, provided there are at least 5 competitors in the same weight class competing, and rankings are determined from this season score.

Points are determined by how well a robot places in a competition, and is weighted by the number of robots competing. The exact calculations to determine a robots score can be '''[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GGMDljRZXsq9HCCjCAIsGpup90LLsPtqhkUiPwJRPWY/edit#gid=0 viewed on this calculator]'''.

The [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/types Robot Combat League bot ranking page] is updated periodically and can be filtered by year. There is also a separate [https://www.robotcombatevents.com/types?tag=university university ranking].

==National Championship==
Each year, the top-ranked robots from the season are invited to the '''[[Robot Combat League National Championship]]''', which crowns a national champion in every ranked class. That page has the full history and the top three robots in each class for every year.

{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Location !! Qualifying season
|-
| [[Robot Combat League National Championship#2023 – Seattle|2023]] || Seattle, Washington || 2022 (98 events)
|-
| [[Robot Combat League National Championship#2024 – San Jose|2024]] || San Jose, California || 2023 (126 events)
|-
| [[Robot Combat League National Championship#2025 – Santa Ana|2025]] || Santa Ana, California || 2024
|-
| [[Robot Combat League National Championship#2026 – Salt Lake City|2026]] || Salt Lake City, Utah || 2025 (200+ events)
|}

==Why the Robot Combat League doesn't use the SPARC Botrank system==
Although the old Botrank system made an attempt at tracking how well robots performed, their system had several shortcomings.
* Botrank scores were greatly influenced by the number of events a bot has competed in; bots that competed a lot were favored over those that placed highly in events. This led to situations where a bot that competed and performed 'OK' in a half dozen events would be ranked higher than a robot that competed in and won two events.
* Forfeits in events were found to be inconsistently reported, leading to errors in ranking.
* Botrank rankings were adjusted based on an 18-month rolling time period. While this captures recent performance well, having a moving period where rankings would be set made calculations of seasonal rank difficult to evaluate.
* Botrank didn't have a way to disambiguate robots with the same name. Common robot names like 'Hazard' made the results unreliable.

==See also==
* '''[[Robot Combat League National Championship]]''' – past champions and results
* '''[[Major Competitions]]'''
* '''[[Events]]''' – find a local event
* '''[[SPARC]]'''

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Once you've fought at a few '''[[Events|local events]]''', you might want to aim higher. This page is a practical guide to the big competitions a builder can enter, '''as of 2026''': what each one is, which classes it runs, when it happens, and how to get in. For the history of the big shows, see '''[[Robot Combat History and TV]]'''. To find smaller events near you, see '''[[Events]]''' and '''[[Local Groups]]'''.

''Schedules, fees and entry rules change every season. Everything here was checked in October 2026; always confirm on the official site before you book travel.''

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==Quick comparison==
{| class="wikitable"
! Competition !! Where !! Classes (as of 2026) !! How you get in
|-
| '''NHRL Open''' || Norwalk, Connecticut, USA || 3 lb, 12 lb, 30 lb || Lottery registration about 8 weeks before each event
|-
| '''NHRL Pro Tour''' || Norwalk and New York City, USA || 3 lb, 12 lb, 30 lb || Invitation only, earned at NHRL Opens
|-
| '''BattleBots''' || Las Vegas, Nevada, USA || 250 lb || Design application, then selection
|-
| '''Robot Combat League Championship''' || Changes each year (USA) || 150 g to 30 lb || Invitation, based on national rankings
|-
| '''RoboGames''' || San Francisco Bay Area, USA || Many, 150 g to 250 lb || Open entry (no 2026 event announced)
|-
| '''RoboCore (RCX, RSM)''' || São Paulo state, Brazil || 150 g to 60 lb || Online registration
|-
| '''Robot Rampage''' || Auckland, New Zealand || Featherweights (13.6 kg) and others || Contact the organisers
|-
| '''UK live shows''' || Touring, UK || Mainly 110 kg heavyweights || Online application (Robots Live!) or contact the organisers
|}

==NHRL==
The '''National Havoc Robot League''' runs the biggest regular insect and mid-weight events in the world at its venue, the '''House of Havoc''' in Norwalk, Connecticut. Events are livestreamed, pay cash prizes, and draw builders from around the world.[https://wiki.nhrl.io/wiki/index.php?title=New_Builder_Guide]

===Classes and season===
* NHRL runs three classes: '''[[Beetleweight|3 lb]]''', '''[[Hobbyweight|12 lb]]''' and '''[[Featherweight|30 lb]]'''.[https://wiki.nhrl.io/wiki/index.php?title=NHRL_Rules] It doesn't run 150 g or 1 lb.
* '''NHRL Opens''' are held most months at the House of Havoc. The 2026 calendar listed Opens in February, March, April, May, June and October.[https://wiki.nhrl.io/wiki/index.php?title=2026_Registration_calendar]
* '''NHRL XP''' is a separate 3 lb tournament run on the same day as the Open, for newer and more casual competitors. As of 2026, NHRL favours experienced competitors for the 3 lb Open and encourages newer builders to start in XP. Competitors earn XP points for results and become eligible for the Open at 10,000 XP.[https://wiki.nhrl.io/wiki/index.php?title=Registration_at_NHRL]
* As of 2026, the caps are 80 bots for the 3 lb Open, 16 for 3 lb XP, and 32 each for 12 lb and 30 lb.[https://wiki.nhrl.io/wiki/index.php?title=Registration_at_NHRL]
* Bots that reach the semifinals at a Norwalk tournament qualify for the '''World Championships''' in December.[https://wiki.nhrl.io/wiki/index.php?title=NHRL_Rules]
* In 2026, an Open winner in any class got $1,000 and second place $400.[https://wiki.nhrl.io/wiki/index.php?title=New_Builder_Guide]

===NHRL Pro Tour===
NHRL launched the '''Pro Tour''' in 2026: three invite-only events ending in the '''Pro World Championships''' in December. The first was in Norwalk on 16 May 2026 and the second at Terminal 5 in New York City on 12 September 2026.[https://www.nhrl.io/about-pro-tour-2026][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Havoc_Robot_League]
* There's '''no public registration'''. You earn an invitation by reaching a quarterfinal fight at an NHRL Open, and NHRL fills the rest of the field with wild cards.[https://www.nhrl.io/about-pro-tour-2026]
* Each event has 16 bots per class. Groups of four fight a round robin, then the top bots move into a single-elimination bracket. NHRL says up to $30,000 in prizes is paid at each event.
* The Pro Tour uses the same rules and judging criteria as the Opens.
* Pro Tour and World Championship events stream free on DAZN under a multi-year deal signed in May 2026.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Havoc_Robot_League]

===How to register===
# Join the NHRL mailing list and Discord so you see when registration opens (both are linked from the '''[https://wiki.nhrl.io/wiki/index.php?title=New_Builder_Guide New Builder Guide]''').
# Enter your details and your bot's details in the '''[https://wiki.nhrl.io/wiki/index.php?title=NHRL_Registration_Hub NHRL Registration Hub]'''. You can do this at any time.
# About 8 weeks before an event, the lottery opens for one week. It doesn't matter when in that week you enter. Selections are announced about 6 weeks before the event.[https://wiki.nhrl.io/wiki/index.php?title=Registration_at_NHRL]
# Pay the '''$75 deposit''' when you register. You get it back if you make your first fight, or if you're waitlisted and not picked. You lose it if you drop out.
* Builders in good standing can also '''reserve''' one event per class each season, which helps if you're travelling a long way.
* Dropping out or forfeiting your first fights hurts your chances of selection at later events, so only register if you're sure you can go.

===How NHRL rules differ from SPARC===
NHRL writes its '''[https://wiki.nhrl.io/wiki/index.php?title=NHRL_Rules own rulebook]''' (the "NHRL Open Rules – 2026") instead of using the '''[[SPARC]]''' documents. If you've built to SPARC rules, check these points in particular:[https://wiki.nhrl.io/wiki/index.php?title=NHRL_Rules]
* '''Weight bonuses:''' NHRL has two locomotion categories: non-traditional locomotion (+50%) and "true walkers" (+100%). True walkers need approval before you register. SPARC instead has separate shuffler, non-traditional and walker bonuses (see '''[[Multibots, Walkers and Shufflers]]''').
* '''Weigh-ins:''' bots are weighed before every fight, not just at inspection. Being up to 2.5 oz over gives a TKO point; more than that is an immediate TKO.
* '''TKO points:''' referees and staff hand out TKO points for things like false starts. Three at one event means a technical knockout.
* '''Removable links:''' 3 lb bots can use the battery connector as the link, but 12 lb and 30 lb bots need a dedicated removable link.
* '''Hazard bots''' (pneumatics, hydraulics, flame, combustion and so on) must be emailed to NHRL safety at least 3 weeks before the event.[https://wiki.nhrl.io/wiki/index.php?title=New_Builder_Guide]
* Matches are 3 minutes, the same as SPARC's standard length (see '''[[SPARC Match Rules]]''').

See '''[[Pit Kit and Event Checklist#NHRL|Pit Kit and Event Checklist]]''' for what to bring. Many builders suggest a few local events first, because the level at NHRL is very high.

==BattleBots==
'''[https://battlebots.com/ BattleBots]''' is the best-known robot combat show. It's a '''250 lb heavyweight''' event (250.0 lb ready to fight, with no minimum weight).[https://battlebots.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/BattleBots-Design-Rules-Rev.-2027.01.pdf] In 2026 it ran the '''[https://battlebots.com/proleague/ BattleBots Pro League]''': 24 robots in a group stage and knockout format, streamed in 20 episodes on the BattleBots YouTube channel. It also runs a daily live show, '''Destruct-A-Thon''', in Las Vegas.[https://battlebots.com/proleague/]

===How to apply===
This is the process BattleBots describes on its own site. BattleBots says only a small percentage of applications are chosen each season.[https://book.battlebots.com/]
* '''Apply with a design, not a robot.''' Applications go through the '''[https://book.battlebots.com/ BattleBook]''' portal. BattleBots asks you to design a robot and '''not''' build it until you've been accepted.[https://book.battlebots.com/]
* An application includes technical details, a technical drawing, photo-realistic renderings, biographical information and a team video.[https://battlebots.com/rules/]
* Once your application is "Cleared to Continue", you can choose which upcoming '''Proving Ground''' dates and tournaments you're available for. At Proving Ground you fight in the real BattleBox in Las Vegas, in front of a live audience and the selection committee.[https://book.battlebots.com/]
* The '''[https://battlebots.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/How-to-get-on-BattleBots.pdf How to Get on BattleBots]''' guide says the selection committee wants a robot that fights well, looks great and is original, plus a strong team with a top driver. BattleBots can reject any application without giving a reason.
* As of October 2026, the Pro League page has an "Apply to Pro League 2027" link. Draft '''2027 rules''' (version 2027.01, 1 October 2026) and a summary of the changes are on the '''[https://battlebots.com/rules/ rules page]'''. One change is that minibots are no longer allowed.[https://battlebots.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Battlebots-Summary-of-2027-Rules-Updates.pdf] Some older BattleBots pages still mention past seasons, so go by the newest documents.

BattleBots' own '''[https://battlebots.com/build/ build page]''' advises new builders to start small at local events and work up. See also '''[[Heavyweight]]'''.

==Robot Combat League Championship==
The '''[[Robot Combat League]]''' ranks robots from hundreds of independent US local events and invites the top-ranked robots to an annual '''[[Robot Combat League National Championship|National Championship]]''' (see that page for past champions). As of 2026, it ranks 150 g, 1 lb, 1 lb plastic, 3 lb, 12 lb, 30 lb and 30 lb Sportsman.[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/league_faq]
* '''Season:''' 1 March to the end of February. A robot's score comes from its best three events.
* '''Getting in:''' you don't register for the championship. Compete at ranked events and invitations go to the top of the '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/types?year=2026 rankings on RobotCombatEvents.com]'''.
* The 2026 championship was scheduled for 19–21 June 2026 at the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City.[https://robotcombatleague.net/]
* If an event's results are missing from the rankings, ask the event organiser. They decide whether results are included.

==RoboGames==
'''[http://robogames.net/ RoboGames]''' is a long-running open robot competition in the San Francisco Bay Area, with combat alongside dozens of non-combat events. Its 20th edition was held on 18–21 April 2024 at the San Jose Convention Center, alongside the 2024 RCL Championship. As of October 2026, its site lists the next event as "to be announced".[http://robogames.net/][https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/1250] Check the site before you plan around it.

==UK==
* '''Robot Wars''' hasn't been on air since its BBC revival ended in January 2018. The Robot Wars live shows were renamed Extreme Robots in 2017.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot_Wars_(TV_series)]
* '''Live shows:''' '''[https://www.extremerobots.co.uk/tickets Extreme Robots]''' tours the UK with 110 kg heavyweights. Its 2026 dates included "The Championship" in Gloucester on 14–15 November 2026, and it lists more shows for 2027. '''[https://www.robotsliveshow.com/ Robots Live!]''' runs heavyweight competitions and featherweight melees, and takes applications through an '''[https://www.robotsliveshow.com/mechapply online form]'''. Its 2026 application form listed shows in Maidenhead, Crawley and Stoke.[https://www.robotsliveshow.com/mechapply]
* '''FRA events:''' most UK events follow the '''[http://www.fightingrobots.co.uk/ Fighting Robots Association]''' build rules, with 150 g antweights, 1.5 kg beetleweights and 13.6 kg featherweights (see '''[[Rules]]''').
* '''Antweight World Series (AWS):''' the long-running UK 150 g event. AWS 79 was listed for 22 November 2026 near Bristol.[https://www.rampagebots.co.uk/events]
* '''Robodojo''' (near York) listed a '''2026 UK Hobbyweight Championship''' and a Sportsman Featherweight League for November 2026.[https://www.rampagebots.co.uk/events]
* '''BuggleBots''' was a web series. Its site lists the 2018 and 2019 series and no later ones.[https://www.bugglebots.com/]
* Find UK and European events on the '''[https://www.rampagebots.co.uk/events Rampage]''' and '''[https://bristolbotbuilders.com/events/ Bristol Bot Builders]''' listings.

==Elsewhere in the world==
* '''Brazil – RoboCore:''' RoboCore runs large multi-category events, including '''RCX''' (RCX 2026 was 9–12 October 2026 at the Instituto Mauá de Tecnologia in São Paulo) and the '''RSM Challenge Internacional''' (April 2026, Mogi das Cruzes).[https://events.robocore.net/] RCX 2026 combat classes ran from 150 g fairyweight up to 60 lb (27.2 kg) lightweight, including plastic ants and 12 lb and 30 lb.[https://events.robocore.net/rcx-2026/entries] Register through the '''[https://events.robocore.net/ RoboCore Event Manager]'''. Online entries for RCX 2026 closed on 30 September 2026.[https://events.robocore.net/rcx-2026/]
* '''New Zealand – Robot Rampage:''' a live robot fighting show at its own venue in Auckland, with featherweight (13.6 kg) and heavyweight robots.[https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/14-10-2024/hot-new-hobby-alert-robot-fighting] It lists a "World Cup Warmup" for 28–29 November 2026 and a '''[https://www.robotrampage.co.nz/world-cup Robot Rampage World Cup]''' for country teams, planned for February 2027. Contact the organisers to enter.[https://www.robotrampage.co.nz/]
* '''NHRL links:''' NHRL has said it plans to give Pro Tour qualifying points and wild cards to winners of outside events such as RCX, RSM and Robot Rampage.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Havoc_Robot_League]
* '''Australia:''' the old '''[https://robowars.org/ Robowars Australia]''' site is now an archive, but it links to the current Robowars Australia Discord and city groups.
* '''China:''' TV competitions such as King of Bots have run since 2018 (see '''[[Robot Combat History and TV]]'''), but we couldn't find a verified open-entry route for overseas builders.

==University-focused events==
There's no single national intercollegiate championship. College teams mostly fight at open events, NHRL and each other's campus events (see '''[[Combat Robotics in Schools and Universities]]''').
* '''[https://robobrawl.illinois.edu/ Robobrawl]''' at the University of Illinois is held each year at the end of March (28–29 March in 2026). It runs 30 lb and 12 lb robots in a Swiss format, plus a 2v2 3 lb format, with university and hobbyist teams.[https://robobrawl.illinois.edu/]
* RobotCombatEvents.com publishes separate '''[https://www.robotcombatevents.com/types?tag=university&year=2026 university rankings]'''.
* High school teams have the '''National Robotics League''' (15 lb, its own rules), described on the schools page.

==Preparing for a big event==
* '''Watch the registration windows.''' Big events fill up and select entries weeks or months ahead: NHRL's lottery opens about 8 weeks before each event, and BattleBots selects from design applications. Join each event's mailing list or Discord.
* '''Read that event's rules, not just SPARC.''' Inspection at big events is stricter and may include powered tests in a test box, failsafe checks, weigh-ins before every fight and checks on your weapon lock and sharp-edge covers.[https://wiki.nhrl.io/wiki/index.php?title=New_Builder_Guide] The most common reasons for failing are being overweight or not having a good weapon lock. Arrive already passing at home (see '''[[Failsafes]]''' and '''[[Weight Management]]''').
* '''Plan for repairs.''' Bring spares for everything likely to break and a plan to swap them quickly. See '''[[Repairs Between Matches]]''' and '''[[Pit Kit and Event Checklist]]'''.
* '''Shipping:''' some events accept shipped robots and tools. NHRL, for example, publishes '''[https://wiki.nhrl.io/wiki/index.php?title=Shipping_to_NHRL shipping instructions]'''. Lithium batteries are regulated as dangerous goods when shipped, especially by air, so check with your carrier before putting LiPos in a shipment.[https://www.iata.org/en/programs/cargo/dgr/lithium-batteries/]

===Flying with LiPos===
Airline rules for lithium batteries, as of 2026 (see '''[[LiPo Battery Safety#Travel|LiPo Battery Safety]]''' for more):
* '''Spare LiPos go in carry-on bags only''', never in checked bags. Protect each pack's terminals from short circuits, for example in its own LiPo bag or with taped connectors.[https://www.faa.gov/hazmat/packsafe/airline-passengers-and-batteries]
* Packs up to '''100 Wh''' are allowed. Packs from 101 to 160 Wh need airline approval, with a limit of two spares each. Packs over 160 Wh aren't allowed as passenger baggage.
* IATA's passenger guidance limits each passenger to '''20 spare batteries''' unless the airline approves more.[https://www.iata.org/contentassets/6fea26dd84d24b26a7a1fd5788561d6e/passenger-lithium-battery.pdf]
* A device with its battery installed can usually go in checked baggage only if it's fully switched off and protected from turning on. Many builders unplug or remove robot batteries and carry them as spares.
* Damaged or puffy packs can't fly at all.
* To work out watt-hours, multiply voltage by amp-hours. Most insect-class packs are far below 100 Wh (a 4S 1300 mAh pack is about 19 Wh).
* Airlines and countries can be stricter, so check your airline's rules before you fly.

==See also==
* '''[[Events]]''' and '''[[Local Groups]]''' – finding local events
* '''[[Robot Combat League]]''' – national rankings
* '''[[Robot Combat History and TV]]'''
* '''[[Rules]]''' and '''[[SPARC]]'''
* '''[[Pit Kit and Event Checklist]]''' and '''[[Repairs Between Matches]]'''
* '''[[LiPo Battery Safety]]''' and '''[[Safety]]'''
* '''[[Beetleweight]]''', '''[[Hobbyweight]]''', '''[[Featherweight]]''' and '''[[Heavyweight]]'''