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Metallic warriors wield mass destruction at RoboGames (audio slideshow)

Team of builders and engineers are repairing wounds, testing hydraulics, charging batteries, and sharpening weapons in preparation for the next round of matches following Friday's fierce battles during the opening day of RoboGames, the world's largest open robot competition.

The three-day competition, which opened Friday at the San Mateo Fairgrounds, features more than 50 robot games and challenges, sporting events, and contests, from sports like soccer and sumo wrestling to climbing, shooting galleries, and weightlifting, but the big draw is the awesome power of the combat robots.

In weight classes up to 340 lbs., these monstrous machines are … Read more

Audio slideshow: Robot warriors clash at RoboGames

SAN FRANCISCO--Robots of all shapes and sizes, with skills ranging from cocktail-mixing to flame-throwing, touched down here last weekend to compete in the sixth annual RoboGames, a geek paradise recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's largest open robot competition.

Coming from 21 countries and almost every state, the hackers and engineers who have spent hundreds of hours--and sometimes thousands of dollars--on their projects, came together at Fort Mason to test their bot-building skills over the weekend of June 12-14.

Watch this audio slideshow to join us in the build pit alongside contestants as they … Read more