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Teams of amateur robot fighting enthusiasts battle it out to become Robot Wars Champion.

Teams of amateur robot fighting enthusiasts battle it out over a series of rounds in a huge purpose-built arena aiming to become the Robot Wars Champion.

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Andrew Robertson

Matt Wilkinson

Nikki Parsons

Dara O Briain

Angela Scanlon

Lucy Rogers

Noel Sharkey

Sethu Vijayakumar

Jonathan Pearce

Robot Wars: Series 8: Episode 2

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Episode 2

Series 8

BBC Two - Robot Wars, Series 8, Episode 2

Robot Thor clashes with father-and-son team Will and Ian from Team Shockwave.

Presented by Dara O Briain and Angela Scanlon. The huge axe of Robot Thor, driven by Jason, a Northampton builder, clashes with father and son Will and Ian from Team Shockwave.

The second episode in the robot fighting series presented by Dara O Briain and Angela Scanlon.

In this show, we see the huge axe of Robot Thor driven by Jason, a builder from Northampton, clashing with father-and-son team Will and Ian from Team Shockwave. Judge Sethu Vijayakumar discusses his work with Nasa in creating androids for the mission to Mars.

Eight teams made up of families and friends from across the country put their homemade robots to the test. The winner at the end of this show will go forward to the grand final.

Robot Wars: Series 8

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40 teams of amateur robot fighting enthusiasts battle it out to become Robot Wars Champion

40 teams of amateur robot fighting enthusiasts battle it out over a series of rounds in a huge purpose-built arena aiming to become the Robot Wars Champion.

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