Robot Wars: The First Wars

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Robot Wars: The First Wars was the first robot combat event to be fully televised. It was also the first public event held in the United Kingdom.

Competitions
The First Wars consisted of a single competition spanning all weight classes except the insectweights, as those didn't yet exist. The competition was the first UK Championship.

The competition consisted of 6 heats, each containing 6 robots. The robots in each heat had to individually traverse a guantlet, with the robot covering the least distance eliminated from the competition. Then, the robots would have to complete one of many possible trials. The robot which performed worst here would be eliminated. There were then two combat rounds. The winner of each heat went on to fight in the grand final: a melee containing all six finalists.

The top six robots of the competition, the six grand finalists, are listed here in order of their elimination in the melee:
 * Cunning Plan
 * T.R.A.C.I.E
 * Recyclopse
 * Robot The Bruce
 * Bodyhammer (survived)
 * Roadblock (winner by judges' decision)