BattleBots is an American robot combat television series and company. The show is an adaptation of the American Robot Wars competitions hosted in the mid–late 1990s by Marc Thorpe , in which competitors design and operate remote-controlled armed and armored machines designed to fight in an arena combat elimination tournament. The same competitions inspired the British TV program Robot Wars , which acquired the name in 1995.
73-650: Legally barred from the name "Robot Wars", American robot combat aficionados created a new company, BattleBots, under the ownership of Greg Munson and Trey Roski. The first official BattleBots event was hosted at the Long Beach Pyramid in Long Beach, California in August 1999, while a second event in Las Vegas was used to pitch the competition to television networks. For five seasons, BattleBots aired on
146-608: A heart attack . At that time, Electra had been dating NBA sportsman Dennis Rodman . She and Rodman wed in November 1998 at Little Chapel of the Flowers in Las Vegas , Nevada . Nine days later, Rodman filed for annulment , claiming he was of "unsound mind" when the pair wed. Electra explained, "It's easy to get caught up in a moment. You think it's romantic, but then you realize, God, we did it in Vegas? It's like getting
219-594: A $ 2.1 million donation given to the university. In addition to being the vice-president of Levi Strauss & Co. , Mike Walter was also a dean for Long Beach State's College of Business Administration from 1993 to 2000. The Walter Pyramid is currently home to the Long Beach State Beach men's basketball and Long Beach State Beach women's basketball programs, as well as the Long Beach State Beach men's volleyball and Long Beach State Beach women's volleyball programs. All LBSU teams playing home games in
292-583: A 1.9 share in the 18-49 demographic. In November 2015, ABC announced that it had renewed the BattleBots revival for the seventh overall season of the series. The 2016 competition expanded to a 56-team field. After ABC declined to renew the revival for a subsequent season, the series was picked up by Discovery Channel and sister network Science . In April 2018, the networks announced that a new season would premiere that year: May 11 on Discovery and May 16 on Science Channel. The announcement reported that among
365-534: A BattleBots-branded event was held and filmed in California. Three competitions were held: The High School Championship, Collegiate Championship and Pro Championship. Competitors included a mix of Comedy Central stars and newcomers who would return to the reboot. CBS sport originally agreed to air the Collegiate Championship before dropping out due to lack of commercial interest. A deal with Fox
438-585: A UK production company . Robot Wars ran from 1998 to 2004 as a popular television program in the UK, with a short-lived revival from 2016 to 2017. The robot builders left behind in San Francisco formed BattleBots, Inc. and began a series of larger competitions. The first was held in Long Beach, California in August 1999 and streamed online , attracting 40,000 streams. Lenny Stucker, a television producer known for his work on telecasts of professional boxing ,
511-682: A cheeseburger at a fast-food restaurant." The couple reconciled and celebrated New Year's Eve together, but four months later they mutually agreed to end their marriage in April 1999 under "amicable circumstances". In November 1999, Electra and Rodman were arrested for misdemeanor battery after police were notified of a domestic dispute at a Miami Beach hotel. They were released on $ 2,500 bail each and ordered to stay away from each other. The charges were eventually dropped. Five years later, Electra gave an interview to Glamour in which she admitted that she married Rodman in 1998 in direct response to
584-592: A dancer at Kings Island in Mason, Ohio , performing in the show "It's Magic", one of the more popular shows in the park's history. In 1991, she moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota , where she met singer and songwriter Prince . Soon after, Electra signed a recording contract with Prince's Paisley Park Records and made her singing debut with her self-titled debut studio album in 1993, and would be her only album release. During her time at Paisley Park Records, she officially became known as Carmen Electra . In May 1996, she
657-599: A featured guest of the group when they shared the stage with artists like Patti LaBelle and Debbie Harry on VH1 Divas 2004 . In 2007, she became a published author with the release of her book, How to Be Sexy . Electra continued to appear in parody films, most notably Epic Movie in 2007, and Meet the Spartans and Disaster Movie in 2008. She was featured in some video spoofs of lonelygirl15 that advertised Epic Movie . Aside from Epic Movie , all of these films were commercial successes. Electra appeared as
730-466: A guest judge on So You Think You Can Dance Season 8 on July 6, 2011. She appeared along with regular series judges Nigel Lythgoe and Mary Murphy and fellow guest judge Travis Wall . In 2012, Electra joined Britain's Got Talent as a guest judge for the auditions staged in London. She acted as a replacement for Amanda Holden , who was absent due to complications following child birth. Electra
803-440: A judge ruled that the ad was a parody protected by fair use ). In September 2002, Comedy Central cancelled BattleBots after its fifth season, BattleBots 5.0 . Viacom acquired full control of the network in April 2003; Stucker believed that Comedy Central had become "tired" of the program, and Roski stated that Viacom had wanted to shift Comedy Central back towards traditional comedy programming. Between August 21 and 26, 2009
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#1732781146976876-739: A legal battle against the establishment. In 2020, after Electra appeared on the critically acclaimed sports documentary miniseries The Last Dance , where she discussed her short-lived relationship with Dennis Rodman . Pornographic video site Pornhub reported that her name was searched on the site more than 1.7 million times, much more opposed to the 150,000 average searches her name received previously. In 2022, Electra created an OnlyFans account, stating "I, for once, have this opportunity to be my own boss and have my own creative vision to share with my fans without someone standing over me". In August 1998, Electra's mother died of brain cancer , and two weeks later, her older sister, Debbie, died of
949-573: A line of romance toys . To promote them, Electra appeared on an episode of the reality television show The Spin Crowd and enlisted the help of Command PR, the public relations firm the program followed. In 2019, The Golden Banana, a strip club which is located in Peabody, Massachusetts , used Electra's likeness on social media without her consent, which led her, among other celebrities whose likenesses were also used without their permission, to launch
1022-650: A new sideline reporter, Jenny Taft , interviewing all of the BattleBots competitors in the workshop. The COVID-19 pandemic delayed the tenth season premiere on Discovery, planned for May 2020. Filming finally occurred October 10–21 for the season 10 premiere on December 3, 2020. An eleventh season ran from January 6 to April 7, 2022, establishing a permanent base for production at Caesars Entertainment Studios in Las Vegas. A twelfth season—marketed as "World Championship VII"—ran from January 5 to May 25, 2023. Apart from
1095-488: A period during Season 3, competitor interest grew and licensing deals also emerged. The success of BattleBots , however, resulted in competition from other broadcasters; TLC introduced a competing program, Robotica , while other channels imported episodes of the British Robot Wars series. By 2002, the program had begun to face further difficulties; Munson felt that the bouts had become "homogenized" because
1168-766: A program, such as sketches involving contestants. However, the competition itself was not affected by this mandate; Liebling described the final product as being "a parody of a sports show without being a parody". Munson lamented that the network had also ignored his suggestion for the co-host role to be filled by "attractive geek girls" with sufficient knowledge to speak with builders, having elected to "[keep] throwing bigger and better hot babes at it", such as Carmen Electra . Despite this, viewership and awareness of BattleBots grew progressively over time; contestants Christian Carlberg and Lisa Winter were invited to appear on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno , BattleBots beat South Park as Comedy Central's highest-rated program for
1241-641: A series of lights that flash from yellow to green. The original Comedy Central version used a standard Christmas tree as seen in the sport of drag racing ; the ABC revival uses just one box of lights that flash yellow three times, and then flash green. If a robot pins or grabs an opposing robot by any means, the aggressor can hold the defender for up to 30 seconds before needing to release, though they are allowed to attempt another pin/grab after releasing, thereby granting another 30 seconds. Robots that are unable to release their opponent or otherwise become entangled may cause
1314-596: A seventh season, which premiered on June 23, 2016. In February 2018, Discovery Channel and Science picked up the show for an eighth season, which premiered on May 11, 2018. A ninth season of BattleBots premiered on Discovery Channel on June 7, 2019, the tenth season premiered on December 3, 2020, the eleventh season on January 6, 2022, and the twelfth season on January 5, 2023. Two spin-off competitions have debuted on Discovery+ . The first spin-off, BattleBots: Bounty Hunters , premiered on January 4, 2021 on Discovery+ . A second spin-off premiered on August 5, 2022, under
1387-662: A single-elimination tournament, called the "Sin City Slugfest". Each winner of the Sin City Slugfest then battles a winner of a BattleBots: Bounty Hunters bounty match. The victor progresses to the Golden Bolt tournament. The sixth episode is the Golden Bolt tournament, where the five surviving bots face off against each other and three current or former BattleBots champions (for 2022, Tombstone, End Game, and Tantrum). The overall winner of BattleBots: Champions
1460-494: A total of 33 points (11 points a judge) over three categories: Damage, Aggression, and Control. Damage is weighted more heavily with five possible points, while Aggression and Control account for three each. Judges are provided with detailed guidelines for scoring, but in general terms, Damage points are awarded for how much non-cosmetic damage is inflicted to both robots either directly by their opponent and/or by arena hazards, Aggression refers to how much each robot engaged or avoided
1533-960: Is 190 feet (58 m) tall. It is one of only four mathematically true pyramid-style buildings in the United States , the others being the Summum Pyramid in Salt Lake City , Utah , Luxor Las Vegas in Las Vegas , Nevada, and the Memphis Pyramid in Memphis, Tennessee . The Walter Pyramid rises 18 stories above the Long Beach skyline and its exterior is uniformly clad in sheets of dark-blue corrugated aluminum . On March 5, 2005, Long Beach State officially renamed The Pyramid to Walter Pyramid in honor of Mike and Arline Walter. The Walters were given this recognition for
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#17327811469761606-408: Is a six-episode series involving 48 bots in total. Each episode is themed around a "bounty" placed on the heads of six destructive veteran bots: Bronco, Icewave, Tombstone, Beta, Witch Doctor, and Son of Whyachi. In each episode, eight bots (including newcomers) fight through a single-elimination tournament for the chance to fight in a bounty match against the veteran bot in question. Whichever team wins
1679-514: Is awarded the Golden Bolt. From October 5 to November 9, 2023, a second season of BattleBots: Champions , titled BattleBots II: Sin City aired on Discovery Channel and streamed on MAX . The format was similar to the earlier series, eschewing the bounty match battle and replacing Tombstone with SawBlaze as an automatic Golden Bolt qualifier. It was filmed concurrently with the 2023 BattleBots World Championship VII (season 12). Currently, End Game
1752-471: Is declared knocked out. In the Comedy Central version, the driver could also call a "tap-out" to forfeit the match if his or her robot is about to be destroyed. This ends the match ten seconds later; the opposing driver is "asked" (but not instructed) not to attack during the ten-second count. If both robots survive the three minutes, or if the match is prematurely halted, a panel of judges distribute
1825-577: Is happening to their main arena . Carmen Electra Carmen Electra (born Tara Leigh Patrick , April 20, 1972) is an American actress, model, singer, and media personality. She began her career as a singer after moving to Minneapolis where she met Prince who produced her self-titled debut studio album , released in 1993. Electra began glamour modeling in 1996 with appearances in Playboy magazine, before relocating to Los Angeles , where she had her breakthrough portraying Lani McKenzie in
1898-410: Is of Cherokee, German, and Irish descent, and was very close to her family. She said of her mother, "My mom was my rock," and described her older sister Debbie as being "like a second mother to me". After Debbie moved to Illinois, Electra said her life "revolved around my mom. She was my best friend, in my life 24/7 whether I wanted her there or not." Electra started her professional career in 1990 as
1971-624: Is often spotlighted for her looks and has been considered a " sex symbol " and " pop culture icon ". Electra organized a fundraiser for Head to Hollywood, a non-profit organization which offers support to brain tumor survivors. Other charities which she supports include Elevate Hope, a charity which supports abused and abandoned children, and the HollyRod Foundation , which provides medical, physical, and emotional support to those suffering from debilitating life circumstances, especially Parkinson's disease . She has modeled for
2044-561: Is often spotlighted for her looks and has been considered a " sex symbol ". Electra was born Tara Leigh Patrick on April 20, 1972, in Sharonville, Ohio (a Cincinnati suburb), to Harry Patrick, a guitarist and entertainer, and his wife Patricia (d. 1998), a singer. Electra attended Ann Weigel Elementary School and studied dance under Gloria J. Simpson at Dance Artists studio in Western Hills until age nine, when she enrolled in
2117-417: Is the reigning champion with two consecutive wins. Long Beach Pyramid The Walter Pyramid , formerly known as The Long Beach Pyramid , is a 4,000-seat, pyramid-shaped indoor multi-purpose arena on the campus of Long Beach State University in Long Beach, California . The Walter Pyramid was officially opened on November 30, 1994, when it hosted a Long Beach State men's basketball game against
2190-556: The Detroit Titans , which aired live on ESPN . A standing-room only crowd of 5,021 saw Long Beach come away victorious with a final score of 71-64. The Walter Pyramid was designed by Don Gibbs and built by the Nielson Construction Company of San Diego . The building of Walter Pyramid cost approximately $ 22 million. Each side of the perimeter of Walter Pyramid measures 345 feet (105 m), and it
2263-551: The Naked Women's Wrestling League , acting as the commissioner for the professional wrestling promotion. She also frequently appeared in Taco Bell commercials beginning from the same year. In 2006, Electra signed on as the spokesmodel for Ritz Camera Centers , appearing in their television and print ads with CEO David Ritz. She is the oldest cover girl in the publication history of FHM Magazine. In 2010, she released
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2336-805: The School for Creative and Performing Arts (SCPA), a magnet arts school in the Cincinnati Public School District . There, she was an older classmate of Nick Lachey , with whom she appeared in a production of Peter Pan . Electra, who told People in 1997 that she had "wanted to dance on Broadway," graduated from Princeton High School in Sharonville in 1990, having transferred there from SCPA two years prior. Additionally, Electra attended and graduated from Barbizon Modeling and Acting School in Cincinnati. Electra
2409-637: The 2008 season and announced its intention to move to Los Angeles for 2009. The Walter Pyramid was home to the Long Beach Stingrays , a women's professional basketball team of the now-defunct American Basketball League for a time in 1997 and 1998. The Walter Pyramid hosts the World Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Championships or, in Portuguese language , Mundials . New Japan Pro-Wrestling presented
2482-476: The 2016 season, Samantha Ponder was added as host, replacing Molly McGrath . The returning judges were Fon Davis, Jessica Chobot, and Leland Melvin, as well as celebrity guest judges actor Clark Gregg , MythBusters host and former Battlebots builder Adam Savage , NFL tightend Vernon Davis , and YouTube star Michael Stevens a.k.a. Vsauce . For the 2018 season, Rose, Florian, and Tauheed all returned in their roles, with Rose and Florian taking over as
2555-433: The 2020 season, former builder Peter Abrahamson was added as a ringside "bot whisperer" who provided technical details and in-depth analysis of matchups, robots, and damage. Robots at BattleBots tournaments were separated into four weight classes in seasons 1–5. The weight limits increased slightly over time. At the final tournaments, the classes were: Starting in season 6, there were no longer separate weight classes, while
2628-588: The American Comedy Central and was hosted by Bil Dwyer , Sean Salisbury , and Tim Green . Comedy Central's first season premiered on August 23, 2000, and its fifth and last season ended on December 21, 2002. While small untelevised competitions continued to be run under the BattleBots name, the show was on hiatus until it was revived on ABC in 2015. A six-episode revival series premiered on ABC on June 21, 2015, to generally favorable reviews and ratings. Additionally, ABC renewed BattleBots for
2701-631: The Best Designer award was renamed to the Grant Imahara Award for Best Design in his honor. This is counting of all seasons. It is also usual to start counting again from 1 after the reboot, so that season 6 is season 1 and so on. On December 3, 2020, a spin-off streaming series was announced, titled BattleBots: Bounty Hunters . The streaming series was filmed concurrently with the 2020–2021 season and aired from January 4 to March 18, 2021 on Discovery+ . BattleBots: Bounty Hunters
2774-545: The Season 5 Heavyweight rumble (the first rumble of that competition), a sheared-off robot part went through the Lexan arena roof and fell (harmlessly) into the audience. Because of this, the rest of the rumbles were canceled due to safety concerns. The BattleBox is a 48 ft × 48 ft (15 m × 15 m) square arena designed to protect the drivers, officials, and audience from flying debris and charging bots. It
2847-455: The Spartans (2008), and Disaster Movie (2008). Her other film credits include Get Over It (2001), Starsky & Hutch (2004), Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005), Dirty Love (2005), Hot Tamale (2006), and I Want Candy (2007). Electra has also occasionally worked as a dancer, most notably with The Pussycat Dolls , as a featured guest of the group on VH1 Divas 2004 . She
2920-596: The Walter Pyramid are nicknamed "the Beach". The teams were previously known as the 49ers but that nickname was recently dropped. Prior to the construction of the Walter Pyramid on campus, the men's basketball team played some of their games in the Long Beach Arena in downtown Long Beach , and at the on-campus University Gymnasium later renamed Gold Mine , which has just 1,900 seats. In addition to being
2993-414: The ability to challenge further rulings that season. At the end of the tournament, a series of 'rumbles' or 'melee rounds' is typically held in each weight class, allowing robots that survived the main tournament to fight in a 'free for all' in a 5-minute match. Occasionally, there are too many robots for one rumble, and multiple rumbles are held with the top surviving bots competing in a final event. During
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3066-589: The action drama series Baywatch (1997–1998). In 1997, Electra hosted the MTV dating show Singled Out and made her film debut in the comedy horror American Vampire . In 2004, she co-starred in the MTV reality series 'Til Death Do Us Part: Carmen and Dave , with her then-husband Dave Navarro . Electra has achieved recognition for her work in parody films , including Scary Movie (2000), Scary Movie 4 (2006), Date Movie (2006), Epic Movie (2007), Meet
3139-448: The bounty match earns US$ 25,000. On July 19, 2022, a second spin-off, titled BattleBots: Champions , was announced. The streaming series aired from August 4 to September 8, 2022 on Discovery+ . BattleBots: Champions is a sequel to BattleBots: Bounty Hunters , filmed concurrently with the 2022 season. BattleBots: Champions is a six-episode series involving 48 bots in total. In each of the first five episodes, eight bots fight through
3212-528: The competition as a television series to networks such as CBS , NBC , HBO , and Showtime , but none picked it up. A second event was held as a pay-per-view in Las Vegas in 1999, the PPV was in turn, used as a pilot to pitch the show again, with a higher rate of success. Among the networks interested was Comedy Central , who ultimately picked up the program. Debbie Liebling , the network's Senior Vice President of original programming and development, felt that
3285-442: The concept would appeal to the network's young adult demographic, explaining that "it was really funny and really nerdy. The Internet was not a big thing yet, so the nerd culture wasn't so celebrated. It was sports for the nerdy person, I guess." Co-creator Greg Munson viewed the deal as a double-edged sword; it gave BattleBots an outlet and a larger budget, but the network insisted on the addition of comedic aspects to BattleBots as
3358-502: The covers of the comic books Razor and the Ladies of London Night by London Night Studios. In 1997, Electra appeared as the face and spokesperson for Max Factor cosmetics in their television and print ads. From 2004 to 2005, she appeared in commercials for Maxim Men's Hair Color products. In 2002, an extinct species of fly was named Carmenelectra shechisme in honor of Electra's "splendid somal structure ". In 2005, she began
3431-528: The film The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human . In 2000, Electra starred in the horror-comedy parody film Scary Movie as Drew Decker, a character parodied after Casey Becker from Scream (1996). The film was a commercial success, and spawned the Scary Movie franchise which attained a cult following . She later starred as Holly in Scary Movie 4 (2006), the fourth film in
3504-455: The first five seasons, BattleBots was hosted by Bil Dwyer , Sean Salisbury , and Tim Green . Correspondents included former Baywatch actresses Donna D'Errico , Carmen Electra , and Traci Bingham , former Playboy Playmate Heidi Mark , comedian Arj Barker and identical twins Randy and Jason Sklar . Bill Nye was the show's "technical expert". The show's match announcer was longtime boxing ring announcer Mark Beiro. The 2015 edition
3577-416: The franchise, which holds the box-office record for the best opening on Easter weekend. Electra reprised the role of Lani McKenzie in the 2003 television film Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding . In 2004, she appeared in the remake of the 1970s TV show Starsky & Hutch (2004), which was a commercial success. For the role, she won an MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss. Electra appeared as characters in
3650-624: The home for Long Beach State athletics, the Walter Pyramid as hosted several NCAA -sponsored events including numerous women's volleyball NCAA matches, the 2001 and 2003 NCAA Men's Volleyball Championships and the 2003 NCAA Women's Volleyball Regionals. The Southern California Summer Pro League used the Walter Pyramid during the summer months from 1995 to 2007. The league showcased current and prospective NBA basketball players, including recent draft picks, current NBA players working on their skills and conditioning, and international professionals hoping to become NBA players. The league went on hiatus for
3723-475: The match to be paused, allowing BattleBots technicians to enter the BattleBox and attempt to separate them. If they are able to be separated, the match restarts with the remaining time on the clock. If unable, the match will be ended prematurely and sent to the judges. If a robot is unable to move for ten seconds, because it is too badly damaged or it is stuck in some manner (e.g., ensnared in an arena-trap), it
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#17327811469763796-406: The name BattleBots: Champions . BattleBots is an offshoot of the original Robot Wars tournaments, the brainchild of Marc Thorpe. Robot Wars had financial backing from Sm:)e communications, a New York record company. The Thorpe partnership broke up in 1997, starting many years of legal wrangling between Thorpe and Profile Records (the former Sm:)e Communications). Profile licensed Robot Wars to
3869-444: The numbing emotional pain of having lost both her mother and sister: "I was just going through the motions. I was completely numb. At the time, I was dating Dennis Rodman. He was such a fun person to be around, and we went out every night. I remember thinking, this is my out. I'm just going to have fun, and I'm not going to worry about anything. Right after my mom and sister died, I flew to Las Vegas and Dennis and I got married. I guess I
3942-416: The other, and Control points are awarded based on how skillfully the drivers either evaded their opponents' attacks or positioned their own for maximum effectiveness. The robot with the higher score wins. Starting in Season 7, competitors who disagreed with the judges' decision may file an appeal, prompting a closer look at the fight and potentially overturning the decision. If this appeal fails, that team loses
4015-411: The participants had "perfected" the sport of robot fighting, leading to a lack of innovation in robot designs and strategies. Furthermore, BattleBots had sued Anheuser-Busch and its advertising agency for producing and airing a commercial during Super Bowl XXXVII that parodied the program and featured a robot greatly resembling one from BattleBots (this lawsuit, however, was dismissed in 2004, after
4088-506: The primary hosts of the show. Chobot and Haislip switched their roles, with Chobot becoming the new sideline reporter and Haislip one of the rotating judges. Other judges include former Battlebots competitors Lisa Winter , Derek Young, Grant Imahara and Mark Setrakian. For the 2019 season, Chobot was replaced with Jenny Taft as a sideline reporter, and the judging panel was fixed to Winter, Young, and former competitor Jason Bardis instead of rotating as it had done in previous seasons. For
4161-505: The returning bots would be favorites Tombstone, Minotaur, Chomp, Witch Doctor, Bronco, Bombshell, Bite Force, and Yeti. Chris Rose and Kenny Florian return to call the action, provide background information about the bots and teams, and offer commentary. Jessica Chobot served again as the sideline reporter. Faruq Tauheed returned as the ring announcer. BattleBots returned for another season on June 5, 2019, on Discovery and Science Channel. Chris Rose and Kenny Florian returned as hosts with
4234-405: The rules change, walking robots have entered the competition, but none has achieved any success beyond preliminary rounds. As of 2020, true walkers are given a 100% weight bonus, allowing the only competing walker, Chomp, to weigh 500 pounds. Matches are three minutes long. During a match, two robots do their best to destroy or disable each other using whatever means available. The match begins with
4307-596: The show Strong Style Evolved on March 25, 2018, which sold out within minutes. In 2019, they held the finals of the Super J-Cup . The company returned to the venue on May 21 2023, presenting Resurgence . The Los Angeles Sparks played a 2019 WNBA Playoffs semifinals game at the Walter Pyramid. For the first 5 games of the 2024 season, the Sparks will play their first 5 games at the Pyramid while Stage 3 of upgrades
4380-432: The televised competitions, BattleBots has hosted several untelevised shows in Las Vegas. In 2019 and 2022, minor tournaments were hosted in collaboration with re:MARS, a technology conference run by Amazon . The re:MARS competition on June 6, 2019 was won by Witch Doctor (out of ten competitors), while the competition on June 23, 2022 was won by HyperShock (out of eight competitors). A live show, 'BattleBots: Destruct-A-Thon',
4453-456: The traps while pushing or carrying their opponent into them. Besides the Giant Nut trophy awarded to the winning team of the championship tournament, there are cash prizes for all robots that compete in combat at the tournament. In the second season of the ABC revival series , the winner of the championship tournament finals was awarded a cash prize of US$ 25,000. During Season 10 , the prize
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#17327811469764526-414: The video game Def Jam: Fight for New York and as one of the celebrity challenges in the video game ESPN NFL 2K5 , both also in 2004. In 2005, Electra starred in the family comedy film Cheaper by the Dozen 2 , which received negative reviews from critics, although it was a moderate box-office success and Electra's performance was praised, with Andrea Gronvall of The Chicago Reader writing that she
4599-524: The weight limit for heavyweights was increased from 220 to 250 pounds. "Walking" robots (stompbots) propelled by means other than wheels were initially given a 50% weight bonus. The rules changed following the victory of a heavyweight stompbot (Son of Whyachi) at BattleBots 3.0. For BattleBots 4.0 and beyond only a 20% weight bonus was given to walkers and the technical rules specified that walking mechanisms do not use cam operated walking mechanisms as they were functionally too similar to wheel operation. Since
4672-533: Was "the most winning performer of the bunch". Also in 2005, she appeared in an episode of House in which she portrayed herself as an injured golfer and farmer. That same year, she joined the voice cast of the animated series Tripping the Rift , replacing Gina Gershon as the voice of the android "Six". In 2006 she appeared in Date Movie . She occasionally performed with The Pussycat Dolls , most notably as
4745-531: Was US$ 10,000. Additionally, the Giant Bolt trophies are awarded to teams based on their robot’s design and operation, regardless of their performance in the tournament. The awarded categories are: Most Destructive Robot, Best Design, and the Founder’s Award (which celebrates those that "best represent the spirit and values" of BattleBots ). Following the death of longtime competitor Grant Imahara in 2020,
4818-627: Was cast as Lani McKenzie in the American drama series Baywatch , for which she achieved her breakthrough. The role lasted a year and helped to establish her as a sex symbol , which has lasted since the late 1990s and the 2000s. In the same year, she began hosting MTV's Singled Out . In 1999, she appeared in the Bloodhound Gang 's music video of "The Inevitable Return of the Great White Dope". That same year she appeared in
4891-523: Was featured in a nude pictorial in Playboy magazine, the first of several. Electra was featured in Playboy four more times: June 1997, December 2000, April 2003, and the January 2009 anniversary issue. She was on the cover of the last three of these issues. Electra moved to Los Angeles , where she made her acting debut in the independent comedy horror film American Vampire (1997). In 1997 she
4964-413: Was hosted by Molly McGrath , with Chris Rose and former UFC fighting legend Kenny Florian as commentators. The battle arena announcer was Faruq Tauheed, and Alison Haislip conducted interviews on the sidelines and behind the scenes. The judges were engineer and NASA astronaut Leland Melvin , Nerdist News anchor Jessica Chobot and visual effects artist, and former competitor, Fon Davis. For
5037-417: Was in attendance and showed interest in being involved with BattleBots —believing the concept of robot combat was "hip" and have shown an interest in technology. Stucker made changes to the competition's format and presentation to make it more suitable for television, including elements reminiscent of boxing (such as a red and blue corner) and shifting to a single-elimination format. The creators tried selling
5110-578: Was later signed before also falling apart for unknown reasons. The pilot episode of the Collegiate Championship was released onto the official BattleBots YouTube Channel on the 17th of September 2010. In December 2014, ABC announced that it had picked up a six-episode revival of BattleBots , produced by Whalerock Industries , to premiere in June 2015. Roski and Munson served as executive producers, joined by Lloyd Braun . The 2015 revival drew an average viewership of 5.4 million in its Sunday-night timeslot, with
5183-522: Was originally designed by Pete Lampertson. As of the 2015 season, Pete was still overseeing the box with the help of Matt Neubauer. It has a steel floor and steel-framed walls and roof paneled with thick, bulletproof polycarbonate plastic. The teams bring their robots in through doorways, which are sealed after all humans have exited. The drivers control their machines from outside the sealed arena. Arena booby-traps are intended to make fights more interesting and unpredictable and to reward drivers who can avoid
5256-506: Was presented four days a week from February to May 2023. 'Destruct-A-Thon' exhibited unscripted fights between replicas of classic and reboot BattleBots competitors. The replica bots, or 'ShowBots', were built and driven by a production crew with guidance from the original teams who designed them. Starting May 2023, the production space was utilized for another live show, 'BattleBots Proving Ground', which involved fights between newly designed or untested bots from newcomers or unproven teams. For
5329-467: Was trying to cling to whatever I had. I'd lost my mom and my sister; I didn't want to lose anyone else." On November 22, 2003, Electra married Dave Navarro , lead guitarist for the rock band Jane's Addiction . The couple documented their courtship and marriage in an MTV reality television show called 'Til Death Do Us Part: Carmen and Dave . On July 17, 2006, she and Navarro announced their separation, and Electra filed for divorce on August 10, 2006; it
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