Eight teams will get a second chance to battle it out tournament style in the battle box. This season featured a new fight format with the mid-season (episode 11) "Desperado Tournament" where eight bots whose season started poorly will have a one time opportunity to reverse their fortunes.
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The contestants hailed from all over the world including: Brazil, Canada, Netherlands, New Zealand, United Kingdom and the United States.Ī 56th robot, Raven, was supposed to compete in BattleBots, but due to its unfinished state and time constraints, it never made it into the competition.īrutus, Double Dutch, DUCK!, End Game, Icewave, Monsoon, Petunia, Red Devil, ROTATOR, Son of Whyachi, Ultimo Destructo, Yetiīasilisk, Deviled Egg, Gemini, Minotaur, Overhaul, Sharkoprion, The Four Horsemen, WAR Hawk, Warrior Dragon, Witch DoctorĪxe Backwards, Blacksmith, Free Shipping, Gigabyte, HyperShock, Mecha Rampage, SubZeroīale Spear, Battle Royale With Cheese, Double Jeopardy, Gamma 9, Mohawk, Parallax, Predator, Realityīombshell, Captain Shrederator, Chomp, Hypothermia, Kraken Their goal is to earn a top 16 ranking and qualify for the post-season where there will be knockout rounds until a winner-take-all fight to crown the 2018 BattleBots World Champion.
This season, 55 robots weighing a maximum of 250 pounds have the chance to fight up to four times each.
Episode 15 featured YouTube star Simone Giertz as a guest judge. Lisa Winter 2015 captain of team Plan X and 2016 captain of team Mega Tento is a guest judge as well. Episode 9 featured former BattleBots sideline correspondent Alison Haislip as a guest judge. For episode 7, Grant Imahara from Mythbusters and NASA systems engineer Bobak Ferdowsi, who worked on the Mars Landing, were guest judges. The guest judge (episode 3) was special effects "guru" Frank Ippolito.
The current judges are the former Battlebots "bad boy" Derek Young, esports "maven" Naomi Kyle, and legendary roboticist Mark Setrakian.