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Combat robot builders in Bristol and South West England. Regular Featherweight & Beetleweight events!

04/11/2026

Here's a lot of the robots you can expect to see at Champs on Saturday! It's set to be an explosive one with plenty of recent trophy holders in the mix. Be sure to tune into the stream!

03/11/2026

Champs has sold out! Resale is enabled on headfirst if you can no longer attend. It means so much to us that hundreds of people want to come check out our hobby as we fill up St Michael's centre for the 11th time! We'll see you on Saturday. We will of course also be streaming at bbb.gd/stream from around 11am.

02/11/2026

This Saturday! BBB Beetle Champs 2026 - 50 bots from across Europe and beyond come to Bristol to fight it out.
Last few tickets at bbb.gd/tickets

28/10/2026

Another packed month in European Robot Combat!
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30 Oct - 1 Nov Robochallenge 500g, beetle in Bucharest 🇷🇴
31 Oct AHHAA Robolahing 30kg, 55kg in Tartu 🇪🇪
31 Oct - 1 Nov Hack & Make ant in Nuremberg 🇩🇪
1 Rock & Robots Sportsman ant in London 🇬🇧
4 Combat Robotics NI 454g meet in Belfast 🇬🇧
5 Queens University Fight Night ant (members only) in Belfast 🇬🇧
7 BBB Beetle Champs in Bristol 🇬🇧
7 Midlands Mayhem ant in Heanor 🇬🇧
7-8 Combat Bots plastic 500g in Madrid 🇪🇸
12 QRFL Tournament ant in London 🇬🇧
14 XChallenge Smash Bots 454g in Jasionka 🇵🇱
14 Fablab Lübeck beetle sumo in Lübeck 🇩🇪
14 CAT Sportsman ant in Leighton Buzzard 🇬🇧
14 Robodojo Feathers sportsman feather in York 🇬🇧
14-15 Extreme Robots: Gloucester heavy in Gloucester 🇬🇧
15 I Robottari Sportsman ant in Rome 🇮🇹
19-22 Robot Extreme Competition beetle in Lisbon 🇵🇹
21 BEEES Robot Wars ant (students only) in Bristol 🇬🇧
21 Battle Bots Sweden 454g, beetle (1.36kg) in Linköping 🇸🇪
21 Robodojo Hobby Champs hobby in York 🇬🇧
21 Robosota Robo Garage ant, 450g in Vantaa 🇫🇮
22 Antweight World Series 79 ant in Bristol 🇬🇧
28 ORCS ant in Oxford 🇬🇧
29 Macchine Irrequiete ant in Turin 🇮🇹

26/10/2026

THE ROBOTS ARE LOCKED IN. NEXT SATURDAY 7 NOV:
6 COUNTRIES. OVER 50 TEAMS. OVER 250 SPECTATORS. IT'S CHAMPS TIME.
LESS THAN 15% TICKETS REMAIN, GET YOURS NOW!

19/10/2026

BBB Beetle Champs 2026 - Just over two weeks to go, with representation from 6 different countries competing in Bristol to be champ, this is not one to be missed! Only 30% spectator tickets are left, get yours now at bbb.gd/tickets

12/10/2026

Repeat Robotics Compacts Mk2 are here! Now at only 42g there's lots of upgrades to this fantastic beetleweight brushless gearmotor: hardened gears, 6mm billet hollow shaft, M3 mounting, D-shaft motor pinion and 4 gear final stage! Get yours at bbb.gd/compact

07/10/2026

ONE MONTH TO GO!
BBB Beetle Champs 2026 is on 7th November, get your audience tickets now at BBB.gd/tickets!
50 teams from across UK & Europe are coming to Bristol to fight it out and crown a champion 🏆

29/09/2026

🇬🇧🇨🇭🇮🇹🇪🇸🇨🇿🇮🇪🇱🇹🇳🇴🇱🇺🇳🇱 A mega packed month in European Robot Combat, possibly the busiest ever?! - Check out our new updated events calendar page on our website.
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Full October 2026 listing:
1 QRFL ant workshop in London 🇬🇧
2-4 ROFLS Herofest ant, 450g, beetle in Bern 🇨🇭
2-4 I Robottari Romhack sportsman ant in Rome 🇮🇹
3 OSHDEM 454g in A Coruña 🇪🇸
3 Czech Combat League ants in Budějovice 🇨🇿
3-4 RoboRiots feathers & heavies in Dublin 🇮🇪
4 Keighely Clash 450g & beetles in Keighley 🇬🇧
4 Rock & Robots sportsman ants in London 🇬🇧
7 Combat Robotics NI 454g meet in Belfast 🇬🇧
10 Klaipeda ants, 454g, beetle in Klaipeda 🇱🇹
10-11 Extreme Robots heavies in Maidstone 🇬🇧
17 Bergen Robot Rumble 454g in Bergen 🇳🇴
17 GROCS ants in Gloucester 🇬🇧
17 Robodojo ants & beetles in York 🇬🇧
17-18 Machine Wars feathers in Bungay 🇬🇧
17-18 Maker Faire ants & beetles in Brno 🇨🇿
18 Minibeasts In The East ants in Norwich 🇬🇧
18 I Robottari sportsman ants in Rome 🇮🇹
23 I Robottari Maker Faire sportsman ants in Rome 🇮🇹
24-25 Robots Live SM feather & heavy in Stoke-on-Trent 🇬🇧
24-25 LYRC ants in Rosport 🇱🇺
25 Boeliebots ants in Groningen 🇳🇱

24/09/2026

Champs emails are going out now - thank you so much to everyone who signed up, we were hugely oversubscribed 🤯 beetles are just going from strength to strength in this country and that's thanks to all you wonderful people.

BBB Beetle Champs 2026 competitor lottery signups close tonight at 18:00 BST! We'll let you know the results by 20:00 BST.

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LHG Taproom, Unit 3 Wadehurst Industrial Estate
Bristol
BS2 0JE

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http://bristolbotbuilders.com/

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