RobotCommunity

Robot Combat Community

There are many different online robot combat communities: some are for general discussion and fandom, some are regional groups, and some specialize in different robot classes or technical matters. There are also numerous event organizers, teams, fans, and individuals who post robot combat-related videos, including entire events, matches, build videos, technical tips, guidance and encouragement, and much more.

• For robot combat events and the organizations that run them, see the Events page.
• This Combat Robotics Facebook group is a central hub community for combat robotics.

Forums / Discussion Groups

Robot Weight Class Groups

• Antweight - Facebook Group
• Beetleweight - Facebook Group
• Featherweight - Facebook Group
• Plastic Antweight - Facebook Group

General Groups

• Brushless motors for Robot Combat ("Brushless Hipsters") - Facebook Group
• 3D Printing for Robot Combat - Facebook Group

Regional Groups

• Australia
  • Adelaide Robot Combat - Facebook Group
  • Melbourne Combat Robotics - Facebook Group
  • Robowars Australia - Facebook Group
• New Zealand
  • Combat Robotics NZ - website with guides and events (its old Facebook group is no longer available)
• Germany
  • German Roboteers Association forum - (Deutsch)
• UK
  • UK Fighting Robot Association - Forum
  • Robotwars101 forum - very long running forum mostly for UK 150g robot builders
  • BBB Forum - more modern forum (2023) for UK-based (including Bristol) robot builders of all weight classes
• Canada
  • Kilobots (Canada) - Facebook Group
• USA
  • North East Robotics Club - Facebook Group
  • Southern California Attack Robotics - Facebook Group
  • Western Allied Robotics - Facebook Group
  • National Havoc Robot League - Discord
  • Midwest Robotic Combat - Discord (members only; ask a member for an invite)
  • Garden State Combat Robotics League - Discord (New Jersey)
• Finland
  • Robosota

Fan Groups

• BattleBots - Facebook Group
• BattleBots - Reddit Group
• Robot Wars - Reddit Group
• Robot Wars Shuntposting - Facebook Group
• Robot Combat Floorposting - Facebook Group
• Combat Robot Association of Builders (for memes) - Facebook Group
• Out of the Arena - Discord - the largest robot combat Discord server, for fans and builders

Podcasts

• Behind the Bots - Interviews with BattleBots and NHRL builders, and event previews.
• The Havoc Rundown - Fight breakdowns, event previews and builder profiles, mostly focused on NHRL. Also on Apple Podcasts. Its website has robot stats and event results.
• The RoboCast - Episode-by-episode breakdowns of Robot Wars and BattleBots, joined by the builders.

Wikis

• NHRL Wiki - NHRL's rules, event-day guides and competitor information.
• BattleBots Wiki - Fan wiki covering every BattleBots robot, team and season.
• Robot Wars Wiki - Fan wiki covering Robot Wars and other UK robot combat.

Video Channels

• Carter Hurd (formerly Alta's Projects) - Build Reports and more.
• Bad Timing Robotics - Build Reports and Matches.
• Battlebots - Robot Matches.
• Battlebots Boy - Robot matches.
• Black Lightning Robotics - Team builds, tests and fights.
• Blanka Botz Team channel (India).
• BotsFC - Team and Matches.
• Bristol Bot Builders - Full UK antweight and beetleweight events.
• BuggleBots - Event Videos.
• Caley Creations - Build reports.
• CJSowry - Build Reports.
• Doerfler Robotics - Robot matches.
• Ellis - Ranglebox - Team builds and more.
• Jeffrey Builds (formerly Endbots) - Build videos and tutorials.
• Extreme Scrutiny Club - Robot commentary and matches.
• Flipper Bots Rule - Robot Matches.
• Glitter Bomb - Builds and Robot Wars.
• Grass Kicker - Build Reports.
• Inferno Lab - Robot Fights and Interviews.
• Jack Sopotnick - Build Reports and Matches.
• Jimmi Cottam - Build Reports and Projects.
• Luke Quin - Build Reports and Matches.
• National Havoc Robot League - High quality production event videos.
• Paul Sinn - Robot Fights.
• Placer Robotics - Matches.
• Robert Cowan - This channel has a ton of useful tutorials.
• Robot Combat Events - Event and Fight videos.
• Robot Wars Shuntcasting - Interviews and fun stuff.
• Ruddy Duck - Build Reports.
• The RoboCast (Sam Elliott) - Episode breakdowns of Robot Wars and BattleBots with the builders.
• Team D20 - Team matches.
• Team Duck - Build Reports.
• Team Get Wrecked (Kekoto Maane) - Builds and Matches.
• Team Just 'Cuz Robotics - Build videos and tutorials.
• Team Nelly - Team Nelly the Ellybot.
• Team Orby - Build videos and tutorials.
• Team Panic - Build videos and tutorials.
• Team Skorpios - Build Reports.
• Team Shreddit - Build Reports and Matches.
• Team Velocity - Fight videos.
• Texas Robot Combat - Matches and more.
• World of Woodrow (Jevan Woodrow) - Lots of great videos including 'The Week In Robot Combat'.

Blogs / Personal Pages

Ask Aaron Combat Robot Q&A - Literally thousands of robot combat questions and answers.