Bristol Bot Builders

📢EMERGENCY TRANSMISSION📢 ROBOT WAR HAS BEEN DECLARED! Brutal mechanical combat has arrived on our shores! But hope is not lost! It takes a champ to beat a champ! Have YOU got what it takes? Don't "Stand by!" BBB needs YOU! Together, we can do it!

Another packed month in European Robot Combat! 🇷🇴🇪🇪🇩🇪🇬🇧🇪🇸🇵🇱🇮🇹🇵🇹🇸🇪🇫🇮 bbb.gd/events

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: bbb.gd/tickets

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

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

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 🏆

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! bbb.gd/champs We'll let you know the results by 20:00 BST.

BBB Beetle Champs 2026 sign ups open tonight Wednesday 23rd September at 18:00 BST at bbb.gd/champs. Sign ups will be open for 24hrs, after which slots will be allocated by lottery and results supplied to you by 20:00 BST tomorrow (Thursday).

New version of our UK/EU calendar page! bbb.gd/events Now has a calendar view, and lots of filters & a quick search so you can find the event you're looking for faster! Also add to calendar button for google/apple/microsoft. Any issues, ideas or feedback let us know :)

Check out our new keyrings to go with our new logo! Perfect for a locking bar or set of keys! shop.bristolbotbuilders.com/keyring

A reminder that ARCS' first antweight event is in Bristol this coming weekend! Check out the event page and sign up if you haven't yet :) fb.me/e/6WRN152CT

🇬🇧🇳🇱🇮🇹🇵🇹 action packed September in European Robot Combat: bbb.gd/events

Watch back all the fights from Saturday here: youtu.be/Fdmie-VOB_I

Thank you everyonr for the wonderful turn out and great vibes yesterday! Sheep shearing has never been so exciting! Thanks as always to our hard working crew. Fight video tomorrow :)

Some of the robots you can expect to see on Saturday at BBB North Down Havoc '26! :)

A little taste of what to expect this Saturday at BBB North Down Havoc '26: at North Down Orchard - free to spectate, fights from 1pm! Lots of great cider and a cheese toasty van on site!

This Saturday, BBB North Down Havoc '26: at North Down Orchard near Yeovil, fights from 1pm, free to spectate!

New guide on our website: bbb.gd/first - your first BBB event. All you need to know about signing up, proof of mobility, what to bring to an event, tech checks, loading in & out and whiteboard fights! 📸Stuart Camp

Thanks to Stuart Camp for some wonderful photos capturing some of the chaos from Summer Showdown a couple weeks ago, full album here: bbb.gd/sspics And a huge thanks as always to our volunteer crew who build an arena and an entire gazebo village in record time every event <3

Next up from us! BBB North Down Havoc We return to our fave cider farm for more big bot fighting, cider and a camp out! Come see the action on 15th August at North Down Orchard fights from 1pm, free to spectate!

All the fights from yesterday! Thanks to the roboteers, audience and crew for a fantastic day :) youtu.be/mewZgU2ZPWU?...

This Saturday at BBBxLHG: Summer Showdown is your last chance to get our robot fighting themed collaboration beer with LHG Taproom: SHORT CIRCUIT a refreshing 2.5% radler brewed with homemade sicilian lemonade perfect for the sunny weather we're expecting!

Some of the bots you can expect to see this Saturday at BBBxLHG: Summer Showdown!

This Saturday at LHG Taproom it's our final of the summer series BBBxLHG: Summer Showdown - robot fighting from 1pm, free to spectate with plenty of great drinks and a food stand on site!

Next weekend! Saturday 18th from 1pm, our final LHG Taproom event of the year BBBxLHG: Summer Showdown we hope to see you there. Beer & bot fighting, free to spectate! Here's a little of what to expect:

Beetle peeps! We're now stocking Repeat Robotics' new grippy rubber 1.75in flex wheels that slot on to screw or clamp hubs: shop.bristolbotbuilders.com/flex/

Fights only footage from Saturday with timestamps! youtu.be/-wKTUSQAj30 Thanks to GROCS & friends for the event - make sure you check out their event on 25th July in Gloucester, and there's another planned Bristol ant social planned for September.

Sign ups are now live at bbb.gd/farm ! :)

This Saturday at Wiper and True Taproom: It's the June Ant Social, hosted by GROCS & local builders! Fights from 1.30pm, tournament is full, but it's free to spectate. Event page: fb.me/e/77EaqdwCh