This show features the former holiday camp bluecoats with their 'launcher' Apollo. Father-and-son team Kan-Opener have a robot with huge piercing claws. A team of engineering students have created a future-tech machine called Sweeney Todd that moves using mecanum motion to allow them to go in any direction around the arena, whilst PP3D has been built using a lot of 3D-printed parts.
Robot Wars is a British game show modelled on a US-based competition of the same name. Teams of amateur and professional roboteers make their own robots to fight against each other in both friendly and tournament matches.
Robot Wars - Series 8, Episode 4 Synopsis and Schedule