Bristol Bot Builders

23/06/2026

Fights only footage from Saturday with timestamps! https://youtu.be/-wKTUSQAj30

Thanks to GROCS & friends for the event - make sure you check out their event on 25th July in Gloucester, and there's another planned Bristol ant social planned for September.

Antweight event hosted by GROCS (Gloucestershire RObot Combat Socie...

16/06/2026

Sign ups are now live at bbb.gd/farm ! :)

Save the date! BBB’s annual farmyard brawl, North Down Havoc, will be back on Saturday 15th August; A full day of the silliest robot fights in town, with great company and great cider!
BBB North Down Havoc '26: Robot Fights & Camp Out

For roboteers, signups will be open Tuesday 16th June at 7pm. Make sure your featherweight meets the BEVs sportsman-ish restrictions over at bbb.gd/bevs and get ready for some laid back, non-competitive fights in the summer sun! Camping available to book as always for those that want to extend their stay, perhaps indulging in a tipple or 3 with the BBB crew…

We look forward to seeing your entries next week!

15/06/2026

This Saturday at Wiper and True Taproom:
It's the June Ant Social, hosted by GROCS & local builders!
Fights from 1.30pm, tournament is full, but it's free to spectate.
Event page: https://fb.me/e/77EaqdwCh

09/06/2026

Save the date! BBB’s annual farmyard brawl, North Down Havoc, will be back on Saturday 15th August; A full day of the silliest robot fights in town, with great company and great cider!
BBB North Down Havoc '26: Robot Fights & Camp Out

For roboteers, signups will be open Tuesday 16th June at 7pm. Make sure your featherweight meets the BEVs sportsman-ish restrictions over at bbb.gd/bevs and get ready for some laid back, non-competitive fights in the summer sun! Camping available to book as always for those that want to extend their stay, perhaps indulging in a tipple or 3 with the BBB crew…

We look forward to seeing your entries next week!

29/05/2026

🇬🇧🇱🇻🇫🇷 🇮🇹🇨🇭🇩🇪🇨🇿 June in European Robot Combat: bbb.gd/events
3 Combat Robotics NI 454g meet in Belfast 🇬🇧
3-4 Fightfest feathers in Birmingham 🇬🇧
4 QRFL ant workshop in London 🇬🇧
6 Jelgava 200g, 454g & 907g in Jelgava 🇱🇻
6-7 Extreme Robots heavies in Stevenage 🇬🇧
13-14 Makerfight feathers in Mulhouse 🇫🇷
14 I Robottari sportsman ants in Rome 🇮🇹
20 Robodojo ants & beetles in York 🇬🇧
20 Bristol ants & plants in Bristol 🇬🇧
21 Rock & Robots sportsman ant in London 🇬🇧
20-21 Extreme Robots heavies in Guildford 🇬🇧
20-21 ROFLS Makerfaire ant & 450g in Derendingen 🇨🇭
24 RoboRangeln 673g in Lemgo 🇩🇪
28 Czech ants in Pilsen 🇨🇿

28/05/2026

Lovely article from Huck after visting our featherweight event! https://www.huckmag.com/article/inside-uk-amateur-robot-wars-scene Our fave bit:
"Before entering, I was somewhat braced to encounter an insular, masculine subcultural world, but I don’t think I’ve heard more giggles at a sporting event before. Nor have I seen a crowd – a fairly even gender split, with some families sprinkled in – so enthralled in a long time."

Bot Builders — Decades after the sport’s ’90s television heyday, a community of enthusiasts are continuing the craft of building extravagant machines for…

26/05/2026

BBBxLHG: Summer Showdown Announcement!
To wrap up the Summer Series we're bringing back the chaos of pub beetles - no refs, no judges, mob rule, plastic spinners & forks and the return of the ball pit! full rules: bbb.gd/brules
Save the date! Sign ups open tomorrow 27th May 7pm

25/05/2026

All the fights from New Blood on Saturday! https://youtu.be/ZzYkVx_yBck
We'll be back 18th July, more info very soon.
Huge thanks to our crew for this event:
Refs: Jed Preist, Joe Mitchell
Judges: Jack Tweedy, Matt Crees, Tom Brewster
Safety: Felix Townsend
Commentary: Gav Woodrow
BBB: Craig Croucher, Gareth Barnaby, Joe Brown

1.5kg all new bots or builders beetleweight robot combat competition at Left Handed Giant Taproom, Bristol on 23rd May 2026. Timestamps below. Bristol Bot Bu...

24/05/2026

Another mega turnout at for some great bot fights! Thank you everyone who came, big up the roboteers and crew. We'll be back here July 18th!

22/05/2026

Tomorrow from 1pm at LHG Taproom it's BBBxLHG: New Blood Beetles! Come try our new flavour of collab robot themed radler Short Circuit!

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