Robots Rule is a fan site created in the heyday of the Robot Wars TV series and was kindly passed to the Fighting Robots Association to be kept as an archive.

You can still access the website archive here.

Joining the Fighting Robots Association not only entitles you to enter FRA competitions but it also helps support our aims and constitution. In addition you will receive full access to the forum and website, exclusive member benefits and special offers.

Annual membership costs just £5.00 per person and is quick and easy to sign up through the forum. Simply log into the forum with your user account, click settings and click on Subscriptions.

The FRA is only possible with the support of our members.

Promotion and education of all things to do with robots, of all weights, shapes and sizes.
To provide consistency with regard to open event safety, arenas and robot build rules.
To centralise communications, in effect be a library of contacts and to promote the sport.
To encourage the set up of regional meeting clubs, that are either part of the FRA or affiliated to the FRA.
To endeavour to work with other countries associations for the betterment of our sport.
To represent roboteer interests in negotiations with other bodies.
To generally make the roboteers lot a better one.

The FRA publishes a comprehensive set of documents for Roboteers and Event organisers to ensure safe, fair and enjoyable competition for everyone.

Documents for Roboteers

Build Rules - The cardinal rules for building Fighting Robots.
Code of Conduct - The professional standards required by the FRA as a condition of membership.
Competition Regulations - Rules for running and judging FRA competition.
EMI Guidelines - Electro-Magnetic Interference in Robots and how to deal with it

Documents for Event Organisers

Technical Check Sheet - Technical Safety Checks required for competitors at all events.

The Fighting Robots Association is the governing body for robotic combat and competition. Featuring robots that have competed in Robot Wars, Battlebots, Technogames and others our members make up a strong community of roboteers dedicated to the sport.
As a professional organisation established in 2003 we oversee the safety of the sport. In addition to maintaining rules for building, fighting and judging competition robotics we provide a community for our members including an online forum and website.