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Originally Posted by Bill_B
They are robots for which no one bothers to devise an annual game. It's easy to presume that they're the modern version of gladiators. No spoilers from me, but I wonder how the brackets were established so that similar robot types start the early rounds against each other.
These are also the robots most high-school aspiring robot builders really (really) want to build. I'm pretty sure the GDC is aware of this aspect of robot building but we have opted for gloved contact in lieu of bare metal [knuckle] contact as a game component. Even more unlikely than a water game, an Armageddon themed game will not be seen any time soon, even though many rules and team updates will be written to forestall battling urges.
With Isaac Asimov out of the picture, the popular assault on just what constitutes a robot continues. These machines are "merely" remote controlled machinery as are the large majority of FRC machines. Calling them robots dilutes the concept of robotics severely, but the viewing public is too busy calling for more flames and flying debris to worry about such a fine point of definition. P.T. Barnum would be proud and standing in line to sign up as many for his big top as possible.
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It's not really in it's hayday anymore, but there was some darn good engineering going on (and still now, just to a lesser extent) with these robots in the past.