Robot Boxing is a remote-controlled robotic sport. Any team who can make a RoBoxer is welcomed to join in the fun! See our Rules and Tips section to get started. RoBoxers compete at RoboGames and possibly other venues in the future. Think of them as smaller versions of the eight-foot tall Real Steel-type boxing robots in the Robot Combat League.

RoBoxers are BIG (220 pounds). They are human-shaped with human-type arm motions and they roll about on a wheeled platform. This type of robot is more complicated than most conventional combat robots but once it's made you can probably count on using it for a long time. The emphasis is on the action, the technology, and the driving challenge, and not on the actual breaking of parts. It may take longer to build one but in the long run it may take less of your time than a BattleBots-type robot.

RoBoxers were developed by BattleKits founder Carlo Bertocchini, RoboGames organizer Dave Calkins, and MythBuster Jamie Hyneman. Also on the RoBoxers team: Dave Andres and Rick Slagle.

Carlo and Jamie getting ready to box (with their robotic avatars)

The robots face off

Johnny takes a blow to the face

The gloves come off!

Carlo, Jamie, and teammate Rick Slagle enjoy the mayhem

Judge Dave Calkins announces the decision