His work was funded for six years by the Engineering and Physical Science Research Council as a full time Senior Media Fellow to take robotics to the public and explain the reality of what Robots could actually do. The Irish born computer scientist also chairs ‘The International Committee of Robot Arms Control’ as well as meetings at the UN in Geneva and New York about the developments in the world of robotics for use by military and police. Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics at Sheffield University and the only judge to appear in every series of Robot Wars, Professor Noel Sharkey is also a co-director of the Foundation for Responsible Robotics. The two winning Semi-Finalists battle it out in the heat final, with the winner guaranteed a place in the Grand Final and the runner up taking a spot in the Ten Robot Rumble. The two losing robots now fight for 3rd place and a spot in the Ten Robot Rumble.
The two losers have the chance to battle again for 3rd place.
The two winners go through to the heat Final. In the Semi Finals, the two group battle winners each face a winning robot from Robot Redemption in a Head to Head battle. The four losing robots get another chance join the two winners of the group battles in the Semi-Finals, each taking on a robot from the opposing group battle. The two winners progress straight to the Semi-Finals, with the four losing teams getting a second chance to qualify through Robot Redemption. There are two group battles, lasting up to three minutes, with three robots in each battle. The Grand Final follows the same format as the heats, with the omission of the 3rd place playoff. The winner of this secures the sixth and final spot in the Grand Final, joining the winners of the previous five episodes. The Grand Final (Episode 6) begins with the Ten Robot Rumble a ten way, no time limit, last robot standing, fight to the death.
The first five episodes are the heats with the winner of each guaranteeing their place in the Grand Final.
Robots Wars, BBC Two, Sundays at 8pm from 22nd Octoberģ0 teams and their ferocious fighting machines battle it out in the bulletproof Robot Wars arena for the chance to be crowned Robot Wars Champion.
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