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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, and in Atlanta, Georgia at Dragon*Con We have also held events in Denver, Colorado and Huntsville, Alabama and are looking to expand with more events in Georgia and in Florida.

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 stage hazards ranging from rubber snakes to stuffed animals to soft spongy rubber ducks.

MARCH 2008 UPDATE: Five years ago, we held our first North Carolina competition in High Point, North Carolina. It was a small event, but well attended. Our most recent event at the Stellarcon convention, held on Sunday, March 16th, was a smashing success. We had five teams bring seventeen combat robots in all four weight classes and played host to a large and enthusiastic crowd, including New York Times bestselling Star Wars author Timothy Zahn (in the front row, no less). Congratulations to our tournament champions Thomas Kenny, Stephen Chapman and Rob Dillard, as well as all those who competed in the brackets and the Royal Rumbles. You can get all the results of the event posted in our Yahoo Group. Our next major competition event will be at Atlanta's Dragon*Con convention over the Labor Day Weekend with tournaments on Sunday, August 31st and Monday, September 1st.

	We are still tentatively planning on staging at least a Robot Battles demonstration event, if not a full tournament, at the Opus Fantasy Arts Festival in Denver, Colorado on May 18. We'll post updated info as we get closer to the event and can confirm things.

	For the eighteenth 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 August 30-September 1, this is the one event you do NOT want to miss!

	After a very successful re-launch of Robot Microbattles at the Chattacon convention in Chattanooga, Tennessee, we will be returning on an annual basis. The Ant and Beetleweight competition will take place on Saturday, January 24 at the Holiday Inn Choo Choo.

	For the sixth year, we'll be returning to High Point, North Carolina for a full Robot Battles event at the StellarCon convention featuring all four weight classes. The main event is tentatively schedule for Mid-March at the High Point Radisson hotel.

	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 recent Atlanta Robot Battles event. We took them and uploaded them to a public folder on the Flickr website, with more to add soon.

	Longtime competitor Dale Heatherington has collected a very large batch of photographs, also from the recent Atlanta Robot Battles event. He is responsible for providing the highlights video above, as well.