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Since 1991, Robot Battles^™ has been staging robotic combat competitions around the United States, with annual events in Chattanooga, Tennessee at Chattacon, in High Point, North Carolina at StellarCon, in Atlanta, Georgia at Dragon*Con, and new to 2009 we'll be in Orlando, Florida at MegaCon. We have also held events in Denver, Colorado and Huntsville, Alabama and are looking to expand with more events every year.

Robot Battles^™ is the second-oldest robotic combat competition in the world, and is a direct descendant of the oldest - the Critter Crunch held every year at MileHiCon in Denver, Colorado. We don't have a TV show, we don't have supermodels, and we don't have huge cash prizes. What we do have is a radio disc jockey with very poor taste in costumes, the most involved audiences in the country, the most imaginative builders around, and the most unique stage hazards in the sport, ranging from rubber snakes to stuffed animals to soft spongy rubber ducks.

	For the nineteenth year in a row, we will be returning to Atlanta for the Dragon*Con convention and our largest competition of the year. Held for two days over the Labor Day Weekend of 2009, this is the one robotic event of the year you do NOT want to miss!

	The crowds keep growing and the competition gets tougher every year at the Robot Microbattles event at the Chattacon convention in Chattanooga, Tennessee, becomes ever more popular. Makes plans to late January to compete at the Holiday Inn Choo Choo.

	The loved us so much our first, they can't wait to have us back again! Next February, we'll be heading back to sunny Florida for another full competition at Orlando's Megacon in the Orange County Convention Center - this time with two full days of robotic combat!

	For the sixth year, we'll be returning to High Point, North Carolina for a full Robot Battles sumo event at the StellarCon convention featuring all four weight classes. The event will be held in March of 2010, dates to be announced later this year.

	Thomas Kenney has a very nice photo gallery from the 2008 Atlanta Robot Battles event. There is a collection of photos from both the MicroBattles and the main event. Plus, Thomas has also posted up a few videos from the event as well. Thanks, Thomas!

	Volunteer photographer Kat McCormick borrowed Kelly's camera to shoot away at the recent North Carolina Robot Battles event. Many thanks to Kat for being such a good sport and taking such great photographs.

	The recent Chattanooga event already has some photos and video up from Thomas Kenney as well as some behind-the-scenes photos of the setup of the arena and staging area from Kelly Lockhart.

	Adrian Ferrier sent us a great collection of photographs from our 2007 Atlanta Robot Battles event. We took them and uploaded them to a public folder on the Flickr website, with more to add soon.