Robot Wars

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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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Angela Scanlon

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Sethu Vijayakumar

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Robot Wars: Series 8: Episode 5

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Episode 5

Series 8

BBC Two - Robot Wars, Series 8, Episode 5

Featuring the tallest robot ever on Robot Wars, with wheels as tall as a washing machine.

Presented by Dara O Briain and Angela Scanlon. This episode features the tallest robot ever seen on Robot Wars - Gabriel, built by Mensa member Craig and his three sons.

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

This episode features the tallest robot - and also one of the most bizarre - ever seen on Robot Wars: Gabriel, built by Mensa member Craig and his three sons. It has wheels as tall as a washing machine and a huge samurai sword. 

Other robots include Thermidor, shaped like a lobster by a team who have never eaten lobster; and Pulsar, built by 19-year-old self-taught engineer Ellis and featuring 9,000-RPM spinning teeth. There are dramatic scenes as one of the robots bursts into flames in the arena.

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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