If you're not familiar with Blendo (above), it's essentially a spinning bringer of death to any bot which is (forced) to fight it. And if you mention destruction and battling robots, you have to mention Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman who, before MythBusters, were wielding a terrifying machine known as Blendo. In addition to a bit of tweaking of the format, small cameras will now be on each bot, allowing audiences to see the destruction up close.
There will be four weight classes that the robots can compete in - Lightweight (60lbs), Middlweight (120lbs), Heavyweight (220lbs) and Superheavyweight (340lbs) - as the series focuses on the "next generation of bots" and, like ABC's translation of the international hit Dragon's Den into Shark Tank, will feature more of the overall process, as well as backgrounds on the individuals featured. He is also the voice of the infamous "previously on Lost" tags before each episode.Īs with the original series, ABC's BattleBots will feature homemade robots battling each other in an arena tournament.
The new BattleBots comes from original creators Ed Roski and Greg Munson, and is being produced by former ABC executive Lloyd Braun, aka the man ABC fired for developing the television show Lost. It's the moment geeks have been waiting for since the early days at Comedy Central: BattleBots is back!ĪBC announced today that after having been off television for over a decade, the mechanical fighting phenomena would return to the small screen with a new, reimagined version this summer.