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Robotica was a robot combat competition show that aired from 2001-2002 on TLC. It featured robots weighing up to 210 pounds competing in challenges like races, obstacle courses, and direct combat. The challenges and rules evolved over the three seasons. The winning robots were Run Amok in season 1, Flexy Flyer in season 2, and Panzer Mk. 3 in season 3. The show aimed to showcase robot engineering and combat in a similar style to Robot Wars from the UK.

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Robotica was a robot combat competition show that aired from 2001-2002 on TLC. It featured robots weighing up to 210 pounds competing in challenges like races, obstacle courses, and direct combat. The challenges and rules evolved over the three seasons. The winning robots were Run Amok in season 1, Flexy Flyer in season 2, and Panzer Mk. 3 in season 3. The show aimed to showcase robot engineering and combat in a similar style to Robot Wars from the UK.

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Robotica

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This article is about the televised robotics competition. For the video game, see Robotica (video
game).
Robotica

Genre Robot competition


Created by Bruce Nash
Ahmet Zappa
Tanya Memme
Presented by
Tanika Ray
Dan Danknick
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
of seasons 3
of episodes 21
Production
Running time 60 minutes (inc. commercials)
Release
Original network TLC
Picture format 4:3
April 4, 2001 –
Original release
November 16, 2002
Robotica is a robot combat show (similar to the early seasons of Robot Wars) produced for the
American television cable channel TLC, a subsidiary of the Discovery Channel from April 4, 2001
to November 16, 2002. Ahmet Zappa and Tanya Memme hosted all three seasons while Tanika Ray
only hosted the first season with Dan Danknick replacing her for the second and third seasons.

Contents
• 1 Season 1
• 2 Seasons 2 and 3
• 3 Winning robots
• 4 See also
• 5 References
• 6 External links

Season 1
Each preliminary show in the first season of Robotica featured four robots weighing as much as 210
pounds paired off in a series of three challenges.[1] The winners of each pairing faced each other in
a Robot-sumo style "Fight to the Finish" to determine the winner of the show.
• The first challenge was The Speedway. Robots raced in opposite directions around a figure-8
track. Robots were awarded 10 points for each lap completed (up to 8), with an additional 20
points awarded to the winner. This challenge had a two-minute time limit.
• The second challenge was The Maze. Robots negotiated obstacles in two identical, twisting
courses that met in the middle. Five obstacles (teeter ramp, push box, rotating paddles,
guillotine, and waterfall) worth 15 points each, plus 25 points for the first robot to the center
platform. This challenge had a three-minute time limit.
• The third challenge was The Gauntlet. Robots crashed through barrier walls of increasing
difficulty. Five barriers (glass pane, paint cans filled with sand, bricks, concrete paving
stones, and a heavy safe) worth 15 points each, plus 25 points to the first robot to complete
the course. This challenge had a three-minute time limit.
Total points were added for the three events to determine a winner. In the event of a tie, the robot
who won the greater number of events advanced.
The Fight to The Finish took place on a 16' by 16' platform elevated high above the floor. A low
guard rail surrounded the platform for the first minute and then fell away. The last robot on the
platform moved on to the finals.
The finals worked the same way as the preliminary shows, except there were six robots, competing
in three pairs. Three robots met in the Fight to the Finish. The winner of the show was awarded the
largest cash prize in robot combat to that date: $12,000.

Seasons 2 and 3
Robotica seasons 2 and 3 featured redesigned challenges. The Speedway was eliminated, The
Gauntlet was redesigned, and The Maze had been completely re-done and renamed The Labyrinth.
[2]
The former side-by-side Gauntlet course was now arranged in a diamond-shape. The first barrier
wall was now a wooden plank, the walls of metal cans, bricks, and concrete paving stones
remained, and the safe was gone. Each robot had to complete their own two legs of the diamond and
then return through the opponent's rubble field before climbing a ramp up to the Forest of Glass in
the center of the diamond. When all the glass strips were broken, a final glass sheet lowered as the
final challenge. Scoring was 10 points for each barrier, 5 points for each rubble wall, 10 points for
first up the ramp, 5 points for second up the ramp, 15 points for the final glass pane. This challenge
had 150 total points available and a three-minute time limit.
Jawbreaker's Revenge battles Buzzbomb at the 'Rollers' obstacle: Robotica season 3
The former two-path Maze was now a single Labyrinth wherein both robots could roam to choose
from six scoring obstacles. Also roaming the Labyrinth were two rat-shaped robots named the
"Robotica Rats" that could interfere with (or sometimes help) the competitors. Breaking the glass
strip beyond each obstacle claimed the points. Obstacles were:
1. Push Box - 15 points
2. Lifting Spikes - 15 points
3. Suspension Bridge - 20 points
4. Flipper - 20 points
5. Rollers - 25 points
6. Sand Box - 25 points
Robots started together in a motorized rotating turntable, where combat was encouraged. A robot
could be penalized the entire point total for an obstacle if they broke down or got stuck in a position
that blocked access to the obstacle.
At the end of three minutes, or when all the obstacles were cleared, the exit opened. The final glass
strip on the far side of the exit was worth 30 points. This challenge had 150 total points available
and a four-minute time limit.
The winning pair of robots faced each other in The Fight to The Finish. The platform was enlarged
from season 1; it was now a 25' by 25' elevated platform. A new rule called for robots to hold the
other robot 'pinned' for no more than 15 seconds before release. A low guard rail surrounded the
platform for the first minute, then fell away. The last robot on the platform moved on to the finals.
For the finals, three pairs of robots competed in The Gauntlet. The two robots with the lowest scores
were eliminated, and the remaining four robots paired off for The Labyrinth. The two winning
robots met in The Fight to The Finish to determine the champion.
Winning robots

Robotica Season 1 winner, Run Amok


• Season 1: Run Amok
• Season 2: Flexy Flyer at the Wayback Machine (archived August 6, 2002)
• Season 3: Panzer Mk. 3

See also
• Robotics portal
• BattleBots
• Robot combat
• Robot Wars (TV series)
• Robot-sumo

References
1.
• Robotica Season 1 rules runamok.tech
2. Robotica Season 2/3 rules runamok.tech

External links
• Pictures of the Robotica competitor robots
• Rules for Robotica Season 1
• Rules for Robotica Seasons 2 and 3
• Full results of major robotic competitions, including Robot Wars, Battlebots, and Robotica
• Ask Aaron: Questions and Answers about Combat Robotics
• RoboCore - robot competitions in Brazil.
• Robotica on IMDb

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