Wedge. Spinner. Lifter. Flamethrower. Those are the weapons of choice in the world of robot fighting, an adrenaline-pumping, mind-stretching competition that, more often than not, is fought by a bunch ...

Robot in a blender set at warp speed. That's what Belmont's Biohazard became when the machine matched up Saturday against Escondido's Megabyte. Sparks flew, and so did pieces of Biohazard's aluminum ...

SAN FRANCISCO--On one side of the arena looking deceptively innocuous sits "Megabyte," a steel wedged drum weighing several hundred pounds. Across the floor is repeat champion and audience favorite ...

If you’re in the Bay Area this weekend, you have no excuse to miss out on the ultra-violent, super-high-tech spectacle of the ComBots Cup. There is nothing more metal than robots weighing up to 220 ...

Want to see a bunch of DiY robots smash each other up in a series of competitive fights? Then you need to come out to California for the ComBots Cup – as an io9 reader, you even get a discount! David ...

ROBOT makers put final touches on their "lethal" creations in the lead-up to the fifth annual ComBots Cup. Participants are getting ready to watch sparks fly, flames burn, blades spin, metal warp and ...

That's one of the ways that Simone Davalos described the ComBots Cup the "Stanley Cup for fighting robots" to me. The competition, which is now in its seventh year, is currently the only heavyweight ...

ComBots, a precursor to April’s Robogames in San Francisco, pits fighting robot against fighting robot for a top-dollar prize. See bots with blades battle it out against hammer bots in a ...

Robot makers are putting the final touches on their 'lethal' robotic creations in the lead-up to the fifth annual ComBots Cup, a robot heavyweight world championship for fighting robots. Participants ...