During the filming of Series 3 a damaged robot was left in the arena when the next fight was being set up. When one of the robots was activated the damaged robot flew off and hit a crew member.

It caused a series of safety precautions to be taken to make sure it didn't happen again. This all set back the program of filming by 2 days, Super Heavyweights, Lightweights, feather weights and Tag teams were all cancelled

It was the last time Super Heavyweights were ever allowed to enter Robot Wars, after then they were told to go home and add legs