This was always a possibility, the show was given a prime slot on sunday
so if viewing figures are low theres no real excuses, but........
What about fullfilling the BBC variety commitment, why have 30+ cooking
programmes in a week and no Robot Wars..because there cheap ?-you could
film me cooking it would be cheaper .
I estimate that the show would cost around a half million pounds a series-you
have the hosts/judges/cameramen/robot drivers/crew/hotel costs /food.
This dosen't include the cost to build an arena which would be considrable.

When I saw the return of Robot wars for series 8 (which was a shock) I was
promted to build a new Robot and although its took nearly a year to build it
woulden't have been ready for series 10 which Adam attended the filming of
early in the year.

On the positive side I'm guessing we aren't alone in this situation and so
that means there should be a lot of new Robots awaiting thier arena debut.
I have done both Live events and taken part in the Robot Wars Show and
the main difference is Your Robot gets High production value airtime on Robot
Wars.
You get exactly the same buzz when your in the pits and when you drive your
Robot in the arena.
So Don't wait for a new series to debut your Robot, it might never happen-
get yourself to a live event and see for yourself.
I wonder wether the BBC could donate the arena to the robot community
-you dont really need a warehouse that big though-a rentable space of
£1000 a month would be enough (yorkshire rates) if people chipped in
and you would have a venue/test venue.
Some talk about Battlebots but I dont think I will be traveling to USA anytime
with a robot in tow.