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|title=<center>Robotica</center>
|title=<center>Robotica</center>
|image=Robotica_Title.jpg
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|imagecaption=Robotica Title Card.
|imagecaption=Title card.
|status=<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>
|status=<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|datefound=14, Nov 2016 (Season 1)
|datefound=Various dates
2, Oct 2013 (Season 3)
|foundby=Various people
|foundby=[https://www.youtube.com/user/Natester555 Natester555], [https://www.youtube.com/user/SektoSprings SektoSprings]
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Robotica was along with Battlebots, and Robot Wars  
'''''Robotica''''' (along with ''[[BattleBots (found game show; 2000-2002)|BattleBots]]'' and ''[[Robot Wars (partially found unaired or partially aired battles of BBC gameshow; 1998-2017)|Robot Wars]]'') were the three Robot Combat game shows that aired on TLC, from 2001-2002. Unlike its peers, it had a very different format, with each robot going through different obstacles, with the robot that gets the most points making the combat stage called "The Fight to the Finish". The series is available in its entirety as of March 25th, 2020, as the only remaining missing episode has been uploaded to Youtube.  
one of the three Robot Combat game shows that aired on TLC, from 2001-2002 Unlike its peers it had a very different format, with each robot going through different obstacles, with the robot that gets the most points making the combat stage called "The Fight to the Finish" The series is considered partially found as one episode: Season 2, Episode 2 has been lost since the show stopped airing in 2002.  


Discovery Networks still owns the masters for Robotica, and Season 3 did have a brief re-run on The Science Channel in 2009. This was the lesser known of the three Robot Combat shows, and wasn't as popular as its rival shows, only managing a total of 3 seasons, and 21 episodes before being canceled in late 2002 due to poor ratings, and the sport returning to its live event roots with reruns airing on TLC until sometime in 2003 when the show was finally taken off air. Unlike Battlebots, and Robot Wars the show has not been rebooted as of 2017, and it is unknown if it ever will be.
Discovery Networks still owns the masters for ''Robotica'', and Season 3 did have a brief re-run on The Science Channel in 2009. This was the lesser-known of the three Robot Combat shows, and wasn't as popular as its rival shows, only managing a total of 3 seasons, and 21 episodes before being cancelled in late 2002 due to poor ratings, and the sport returning to its live event roots with reruns airing on TLC until sometime in 2003 when the show was finally taken off air. Unlike ''Battlebots'' and ''Robot Wars'', the show has not been rebooted as of 2017, and it is unknown if it ever will be.


 
==Seasons==
== Seasons ==
===Season 1===
===Season 1===
Season 1 consisted of 7 episodes, unlike other seasons this season of Robotica had a third event called "The Speedway", and a completely different version of "The Gauntlet", and "The Maze". In the following seasons The Speedway would be completely nixed, and both The Gauntlet, and The Maze would go through a complete redesign. This season was won by Run Amok, which unlike other seasons fought three robots in the Fight to the Finish.
Season 1 consisted of seven episodes; unlike other seasons, this season of Robotica had a third event called "The Speedway" and a completely different version of "The Gauntlet", and "The Maze". In the following seasons, The Speedway would be completely nixed, and both "The Gauntlet" and "The Maze" would go through a complete redesign.<ref>http://runamok.tech/rules/Robotica1_rules.html</ref> This season was won by Run Amok, which unlike other seasons, fought three robots in the Fight to the Finish.


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|1||Robotica Season 1, Episode 1||Apr. 4 2001||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CskamAOfwC4 Found]
|1||Robotica Season 1, Episode 1||Apr 4th, 2001||[https://youtu.be/CskamAOfwC4<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|2||Robotica Season 1, Episode 2||Apr. 11 2001||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lls_lo2Xb3s Found]
|2||Robotica Season 1, Episode 2||Apr 11th, 2001||[https://youtu.be/Lls_lo2Xb3s<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|3||Robotica Season 1, Episode 3||Apr. 18 2001||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vww5AUUDG6Q Found]
|3||Robotica Season 1, Episode 3||Apr 18th, 2001||[https://youtu.be/Vww5AUUDG6Q<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|4||Robotica Season 1, Episode 4||Apr. 25 2001||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfBLiWgwpEE Found]
|4||Robotica Season 1, Episode 4||Apr 25th, 2001||[https://youtu.be/gfBLiWgwpEE<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|5||Robotica Season 1 Episode 5||May. 2 2001||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OO2ZGdWc5r4 Found]
|5||Robotica Season 1 Episode 5||May 2nd, 2001||[https://youtu.be/OO2ZGdWc5r4<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|6||Robotica Season 1 Episode 6||May. 9 2001||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caUUO3lZqbI Found]
|6||Robotica Season 1 Episode 6||May 9th, 2001||[https://youtu.be/caUUO3lZqbI<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|7||Robotica Season 1 Championships||May. 16 2001||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyEbmKh_vLo Found]
|7||Robotica Season 1 Championships||May 16th, 2001||[https://youtu.be/LyEbmKh_vLo<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|}
|}
===Season 2===
===Season 2===
Season 2 started with a completely different format, The Speedway was gone, and The Gauntlet, and The Maze were completely redesigned to allow both robots to make contact with each other. This season was won by Flexy Flyer, a robot whose debut episode is considered lost media, and some episodes like Season 2, Episode 3 are in poor shape.
Season 2 started with a completely different format, The Speedway was gone, and The Gauntlet, and The Maze were completely redesigned to allow both robots to make contact with each other.<ref>http://runamok.tech/rules/Robotica2+3_rules.html</ref> This season was won by Flexy Flyer, a robot whose debut episode was considered lost media until March 25th, 2020, and some episodes like Season 2, Episode 3 are in poor shape.
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|8||Robotica Season 2, Episode 1||Nov. 4 2001||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjPl_g-t5MU Found]
|8||Robotica Season 2, Episode 1||Nov 4th, 2001||[https://youtu.be/gjPl_g-t5MU<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|9||Robotica Season 2, Episode 2||Nov. 11 2001||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
|9||Robotica Season 2, Episode 2||Nov 11th, 2001||[https://youtu.be/kl_gK-elEwM<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|10||Robotica Season 2, Episode 3||Nov. 18 2001||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXYekHZWiDc Found]
|10||Robotica Season 2, Episode 3||Nov 18th, 2001||[https://youtu.be/gXYekHZWiDc<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|11||Robotica Season 2, Episode 4||Nov. 25 2001||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3OxWeLpKyg Found]
|11||Robotica Season 2, Episode 4||Nov 25th, 2001||[https://youtu.be/Z3OxWeLpKyg<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|12||Robotica Season 2, Episode 5||Dec. 2 2001||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXFxV1U_PEM Found]
|12||Robotica Season 2, Episode 5||Dec 2nd, 2001||[https://youtu.be/SXFxV1U_PEM<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|13||Robotica Season 2, Episode 6||Dec. 9 2001||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HN6Ry8J_jto Found]
|13||Robotica Season 2, Episode 6||Dec 9th, 2001||[https://youtu.be/HN6Ry8J_jto<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|14||Robotica Season 2 Championships||Dec. 16 2001||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FN1FWRdKnGk Found]
|14||Robotica Season 2 Championships||Dec 16th, 2001||[https://youtu.be/FN1FWRdKnGk<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|}
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===Season 3===
===Season 3===
Season 3 followed the same format as Season 2, like seasons 2, and 3 this season also had 7 episodes. This was to be the final season, due to a combination of both suffering from sagging ratings since season 1, and the sport of Robot Combat going back to its live event roots, the show was cancelled following the Season 3 Championships. The winner of the final season was Panzer Mk. 3.
Season 3 followed the same format as Season 2, like Seasons 2, and 3 this season also had 7 episodes. This was to be the final season, due to a combination of both suffering from sagging ratings since Season 1, and the sport of Robot Combat going back to its live event roots, the show was cancelled following the Season 3 Championships. The winner of the final season was Panzer Mk. 3.


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|15||Robotica Season 3, Episode 1||Oct. 5 2002||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQnXcyoJbMU Found]
|15||Robotica Season 3, Episode 1||Oct 5th, 2002||[https://youtu.be/GQnXcyoJbMU<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|16||Robotica Season 3, Episode 2||Oct. 12 2002||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z43dr5Tm-Y Found]
|16||Robotica Season 3, Episode 2||Oct 12th, 2002||[https://youtu.be/2Z43dr5Tm-Y<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|17||Robotica Season 3, Episode 3||Oct. 19 2002||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjX2USJipi4 Found]
|17||Robotica Season 3, Episode 3||Oct 19th, 2002||[https://youtu.be/RjX2USJipi4<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|18||Robotica Season 3, Episode 4||Oct. 26 2002||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZYN81E4fcY Found]
|18||Robotica Season 3, Episode 4||Oct 26th, 2002||[https://youtu.be/TZYN81E4fcY<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|19||Robotica Season 3, Episode 5||Nov. 2 2002||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rx81VC9I4Dc Found]
|19||Robotica Season 3, Episode 5||Nov 2nd, 2002||[https://youtu.be/rx81VC9I4Dc<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|20||Robotica Season 3, Episode 6||Nov. 9 2002||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpI7TQTlVyo Found]
|20||Robotica Season 3, Episode 6||Nov 9th, 2002||[https://youtu.be/VpI7TQTlVyo<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|21||Robotica Season 3 Chamionships||Nov. 16 2002||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XXxYHWTtGE Found]
|21||Robotica Season 3 Chamionships||Nov 16th, 2002||[https://youtu.be/-XXxYHWTtGE<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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==See Also==
*[[1995 Robot Wars UK Open (partially found rejected robot combat TV show pilot; 1995)]]
*[[American Robot Wars 2000 (lost MTV pilot of British robot combat game show; 2000)]]
*[[BattleBots (found Comedy Central robot combat game show; 2000-2002)]]
*[[BattleBots (partially lost build of unreleased GameCube/PlayStation 2 game based on robot combat TV series; 2003)]]
*[[BattleBots Collegiate Championship (partially lost unaired spinoff of robot combat TV show; 2009)]]
*[[Mechanoids (partially found BBC robot combat game show; 2003)]]
*[[Plunderbirds: Talk Robots (partially found unfinished robot combat mockumentary film; 2019)]]
*[[Robot Wars (found cameos of robot combat-themed BBC 2 ident; 1999-2000)]]
*[[Robot Wars (lost footage and HSE documentation of behind-the-scenes accidents of BBC robot combat game show; 1998-1999)]]
*[[Robot Wars (lost near-death footage of Jeremy Clarkson from robot combat game show; 1998)]]
*[[Robot Wars (lost work on unfinished cartoon series based on robot combat game show; existence unconfirmed; 2002-2004)]]
*[[Robot Wars (partially found footage of robot combat show qualifying auditions and battles; 1998-2003)]]
*[[Robot Wars (partially found unaired or partially aired battles of BBC robot combat game show; 1998-2017)]]
*[[Robot Wars (partially found uncut battles from BBC robot combat game show; 1998-2017)]]
*[[Robot Wars Extreme: Series 1 (lost original BBC Choice version of robot combat battle; 2001)]]
*[[Robot Wars: Extreme Warriors: Season 1 (found TNN robot combat game show; 2001)]]
*[[Robot Wars: Extreme Warriors: Season 2 (partially found behind-the-scenes footage of TNN robot combat game show; 2002)]]
*[[Robot Wars Revealed (found BBC Choice spin-off of robot combat game show; 1998-2000)]]
*[[Robot Wars: Series 8 (lost unaired pilot of BBC robot combat game show; 2016)]]
*[[Robot Wars: Series 8 (partially found Science Channel reruns of robot combat game show; 2018)]]
*[[Robot Wars: The Kick-Off (lost BNN robot combat special; 2001)]]
*[[Robots Revenge (partially found Discovery robot combat documentary series; 2001)]]
*[[Why Hypno-Disc can't work in an office (found testing video of Robot Wars competitor; 2000, 2007)]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External Links==
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robotica_(TV_series)
*https://imdb.com/title/tt0299376/
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[[Category:Found TV]]

Latest revision as of 04:53, 8 April 2023

Robotica Title.jpg

Title card.

Status: Found

Date found: Various dates

Found by: Various people

Robotica (along with BattleBots and Robot Wars) were the three Robot Combat game shows that aired on TLC, from 2001-2002. Unlike its peers, it had a very different format, with each robot going through different obstacles, with the robot that gets the most points making the combat stage called "The Fight to the Finish". The series is available in its entirety as of March 25th, 2020, as the only remaining missing episode has been uploaded to Youtube.

Discovery Networks still owns the masters for Robotica, and Season 3 did have a brief re-run on The Science Channel in 2009. This was the lesser-known of the three Robot Combat shows, and wasn't as popular as its rival shows, only managing a total of 3 seasons, and 21 episodes before being cancelled in late 2002 due to poor ratings, and the sport returning to its live event roots with reruns airing on TLC until sometime in 2003 when the show was finally taken off air. Unlike Battlebots and Robot Wars, the show has not been rebooted as of 2017, and it is unknown if it ever will be.

Seasons

Season 1

Season 1 consisted of seven episodes; unlike other seasons, this season of Robotica had a third event called "The Speedway" and a completely different version of "The Gauntlet", and "The Maze". In the following seasons, The Speedway would be completely nixed, and both "The Gauntlet" and "The Maze" would go through a complete redesign.[1] This season was won by Run Amok, which unlike other seasons, fought three robots in the Fight to the Finish.

# Episode Title Air Date Status
1 Robotica Season 1, Episode 1 Apr 4th, 2001 Found
2 Robotica Season 1, Episode 2 Apr 11th, 2001 Found
3 Robotica Season 1, Episode 3 Apr 18th, 2001 Found
4 Robotica Season 1, Episode 4 Apr 25th, 2001 Found
5 Robotica Season 1 Episode 5 May 2nd, 2001 Found
6 Robotica Season 1 Episode 6 May 9th, 2001 Found
7 Robotica Season 1 Championships May 16th, 2001 Found

Season 2

Season 2 started with a completely different format, The Speedway was gone, and The Gauntlet, and The Maze were completely redesigned to allow both robots to make contact with each other.[2] This season was won by Flexy Flyer, a robot whose debut episode was considered lost media until March 25th, 2020, and some episodes like Season 2, Episode 3 are in poor shape.

# Episode Title Air Date Status
8 Robotica Season 2, Episode 1 Nov 4th, 2001 Found
9 Robotica Season 2, Episode 2 Nov 11th, 2001 Found
10 Robotica Season 2, Episode 3 Nov 18th, 2001 Found
11 Robotica Season 2, Episode 4 Nov 25th, 2001 Found
12 Robotica Season 2, Episode 5 Dec 2nd, 2001 Found
13 Robotica Season 2, Episode 6 Dec 9th, 2001 Found
14 Robotica Season 2 Championships Dec 16th, 2001 Found

Season 3

Season 3 followed the same format as Season 2, like Seasons 2, and 3 this season also had 7 episodes. This was to be the final season, due to a combination of both suffering from sagging ratings since Season 1, and the sport of Robot Combat going back to its live event roots, the show was cancelled following the Season 3 Championships. The winner of the final season was Panzer Mk. 3.

# Episode Title Air Date Status
15 Robotica Season 3, Episode 1 Oct 5th, 2002 Found
16 Robotica Season 3, Episode 2 Oct 12th, 2002 Found
17 Robotica Season 3, Episode 3 Oct 19th, 2002 Found
18 Robotica Season 3, Episode 4 Oct 26th, 2002 Found
19 Robotica Season 3, Episode 5 Nov 2nd, 2002 Found
20 Robotica Season 3, Episode 6 Nov 9th, 2002 Found
21 Robotica Season 3 Chamionships Nov 16th, 2002 Found

See Also

References

External Links