James Cameron recently amazed the public with his voyage to the Mariana Trench where he described the bottom of the ocean floor to be lunar, desolate, and isolating. Now he is switching gears by developing a TV show for the Discovery Channel that features robots battling each other until they are inoperable.
Robogeddon is expected to be very similar to Battlebots and RobotWars and will be guided by Survivor’s Mark Burnett.
If you are interested in competing you better get back to the lab ASAP and start collecting scrap metal because it is going to take a lot to beat Donald Hutson, two-time Super Heavyweight Champion of BattleBots who has joined the show’s guest list.
Hutson created a line of Disector robots that won him several battle titles.
Here are some Twitter reactions to Cameron’s attempt to bring back the bot craze:
@engadget
EngadgetJames Cameron to create sparks with Robogeddon on Discovery Channel http://t.co/eqBiERsy
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@tomasheski
Rich TomasheskiJames Cameron is going to make fighting robot TV shows a thing again. http://t.co/aiDEtr6b via @engadget 53 minutes ago via Tweet Button · Reply · Retweet · Favorite · powered by @socialditto
@TroTi13
Bram VerdyckAwesome, Robot wars returns! 🙂 http://t.co/8xI3dp70 via @engadget 2 hours ago via TweetDeck · Reply · Retweet · Favorite · powered by @socialditto
@NorthDarling
North Darlinghttp://t.co/LlTwhmsG This ALMOST makes me want to buy a TV. 37 minutes ago via Twitter for Android · Reply · Retweet · Favorite · powered by @socialditto
@xaviercolomer
Xavi ColomerAwesome! James Cameron to create sparks with Robogeddon on Discovery Channel http://t.co/ZzlDisRa #robotics 4 hours ago via Twitter for Mac · Reply · Retweet · Favorite · powered by @socialditto
@faustshausuk
DaleJames Cameron clearly got a touch of the bends: http://t.co/LC8CEoip – blates rip off of Robot Wars. 2 hours ago via Tweetbot for iOS · Reply · Retweet · Favorite · powered by @socialditto
Do you think that the upcoming show will break barriers in robotic warfare?