BattleBots World Championship VIII

World Championship VIII (also known as Discovery Season 8 and the 2024 season) will be the upcoming eighth season of BattleBots since its return to television in 2015, and the sixth season since the Discovery network picked the show up from ABC.
In January 2023, BattleBots confirmed on their official website that they planned to film World Championship VIII in the summer of 2023 and after the first wave of BattleBots: Destruct-A-Thon live shows, although this is a tentative plan and is subject to change.https://battlebots.com/wcviii/ In Episode 52 of the Outside of the Box podcast, co-creator and producer Greg Munson originally stated that attention would begin gearing towards filming for World Championship VIII around May.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDvZldW5mUY However, filming will take place later than the previous season due to the need for Koval Lane, the street on which Caesars Palace is located, to be reworked ahead of the Las Vegas Grand Prix race on November 16-18, 2023.https://www.formula1.com/en/racing/2023/Las_Vegas.html In July 2023 at the Open Sauce event in San Francisco, CA, BattleBots co-founder Greg Munson confirmed that World Championship VIII would begin filming in early 2024.https://www.reddit.com/r/battlebots/comments/140pj1h/the_rumor_mill_for_battlebots_world_championship/jsdx4qg?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=2 The BattleBots website was then updated to reflect this.https://battlebots.com/wcviii/ 
Co-hosts Chris Rose and Kenny Florian, ring announcer Faruq Tauheed, judges Derek Young, Lisa Winter and Fon Davis, referees John Remar, David Sanfilippo and Kathryn Godfrey and Match Steward Mike Jeffries are all expected to return for World Championship VIII.
Much like the 2022 competition, World Championship VIII is set to feature a total of 50 competitors. Tickets are not yet available for the competition, and it is not yet known when applications will be accepted.
It was confirmed that the banners featuring past BattleBots champions will return where SawBlaze's banner will be revealed ahead of its first fight of the season. 
== Rule Changes ==
=== Code of Conduct ===
Though not yet confirmed, Greg Munson revealed in a March 2023 RoboCast episode that the idea of penalties to punish teams thought to be showcasing poor sportsmanship has been considered. He also stated that an official Code of Conduct was being written as a collaboration between Match Steward Mike Jeffries and CRAB (Combat Robotics Association of BattleBots) president Adam Wrigley.https://youtu.be/bbHV28a0l1I?t=6967 
==Applicants==
Please note that the following lists are subject to change as new information is revealed. All edits to the lists below must be sourced in the appropriate column:
===Confirmed===
Robots and teams which have confirmed their submissions and applications to World Championship VIII.
Robot 	Team 	Image	Source 	Notes
Disarray 	Team 23037 	 	EI Inde articleApplication video	2-0 record at Proving Ground in May 2023. Due to fight Taco Tuesday at Proving Ground in August 2023.
Orbitron 	Team Orbitron 	 	Application video and website 	Uses AI software to attack autonomously. Due to fight Roundhouse at Proving Ground in August 2023.
Ogrekill 	Team All-Star 	 	Facebook 	Multibot designed and built by a UK super team.
Manta 	Team Tanto 	 	Discord 	RoboGames 2023 champion. 2-0 record at Proving Ground in June 2023.
Max Q 	North Street Labs 	 	Application Video 	New entry from the Hot Pizza team.
Roundhouse	RoboGym Robotics 	 	Facebook 	From the Deadlift team. Due to fight Orbitron at Proving Ground in August 2023.
Subatomic 	Bots 'n' Stuff Robotics 	 	Application Video 	From the Bloodsport and Retrograde team.
Copperhead	Caustic Creations 	 	Reddit 	Previous season's semi-finalist. 2023 version will be a full rebuild.
Terrortops	Team Terrortops 	 	Ben Burton on Discord 	Robogames 2023 semi-finalist. 2-0 in last season's alt fights.
Samurai 	Bowltech Robotics 	 	Reddit 	Brazilian undercutter.
Maharana 	Team XENON 	 	Instagram 	Team from India.
Switchback	Team Midnight Invention 	 	Greg Needel on Discord 	Made Top 32 last season with Switchback. Due to fight Swamp Thing and Hellfire at Proving Ground in September 2023.
The Twins 	Seems Reasonable Robotics	 	Outside of the Box Ep.78 	Multibot entry from former Giant Nut winners. Due to fight Fireball at Proving Ground in September 2023.
Orion 	Team MAD 	 	Facebook and Reddit 	Former Robot Wars and King of Bots champions.
Monsoon 	Team Monsoon 	 	Reddit 	Made Top 16 last season with Monsoon.
===Rumored ===
Robots and teams whose intention to compete in World Championship VIII has been either stated or heavily inferred in the way of design developments or comments from team members.
Robot 	Team 	Image	Source 	Notes
Slammo! 	Team Danby 	 	Instagram 	2-0 record at Proving Ground May and July 2023.
Malice 	Team Malice 	 	Instagram 	Made Top 16 for the first time last season with Malice.
Tombstone 	Hardcore Robotics 	 	Reddit 	Former BattleBots champion.
Spartacus 	Sinclair Robotics 	 	Reddit 	Previously competed on Robot Wars: Extreme Warriors.
Hydra 	Team Whyachi 	 	YouTube Livestream 	Reigning BattleBots quarter-finalist.
Fusion 	Team Whyachi 	 	YouTube Livestream 	Made Top 32 last season with Fusion. 2023 version features an eggbeater drum spinner.
Gigabyte 	Robotic Death Company 	 	Reddit AMA 	2-0 record at Proving Ground July 2023.
Cobalt 	Robotic Death Company 	 	Reddit AMA 	Made Top 32 last season with Cobalt.
SawBlaze 	Team SawBlaze 	 	Reddit AMA 	Reigning BattleBots champion.
HUGE 	Team HUGE 	 	Reddit AMA 	Reigning BattleBots runner-up.
Witch Doctor 	Team Witch Doctor 	 	Reddit AMA 	Reigning BattleBots quarter-finalist.
Black Dragon 	Team Uai!rrior 	 	Instagram 	Made Top 16 last season with Black Dragon.
Minotaur 	Team RioBotz 	 	Reddit AMA 	Reigning BattleBots quarter-finalist.
Lucky 	TKO Robotics 	 	Reddit AMA 	Made Top 32 last season with Lucky. Competed in RoboGames 2023 under the name Ziggy Jr..
DeathRoll 	Team DeathRoll 	 	Reddit AMA 	Made Top 32 last season with DeathRoll.
Valkyrie 	Team VALKYRIE 	 	Instagram 	Potential return for former captain Leanne Cushing.
Claw Viper 	Team Bad Ideas 	 	Reddit AMA 	Made Top 32 for the first time last season with Claw Viper.
Banshee 	Team Small Robots 	 	Reddit AMA 	4-0 record at Proving Ground in May and July 2023.
Shatter! 	Bots FC 	 	Reddit AMA 	Made Top 32 last season with Shatter!.
Emulsifier 	Bots FC 	 	Reddit AMA 	Made Top 32 last season with Shatter!.
Horizon 	Team Horizon 	 	Dylan McKenzie on Discord	1-1 record at Proving Ground in June 2023.
Captain Shrederator	Team LOGICOM 	 	Nick Nave on Reddit 	
Kraken 	CE Robots 	 	Reddit AMA 	
RIPperoni 	Omega Team 	 	Reddit AMA 	Only rookie team to make the Top 32 last season with RIPperoni.
Starchild 	Omega Team 	 	Reddit AMA 	Only rookie team to make the Top 32 last season with RIPperoni.
Ominous 	Team Ominous 	 	Reddit AMA 	Only Dutch competitor last season.
JackPot 	Vegas Combat Robotics 	 	Reddit AMA 	Made Top 32 last season with JackPot. 0-1 record at Proving Ground. Due to fight Bloodsport at Proving Ground in September 2023.
Bloodsport 	Bots 'n' Stuff Robotics 	 	Facebook Post 	Made Top 32 last season with Bloodsport. Due to fight JackPot at Proving Ground in September 2023.
Glitch 	Combat Robotics at Berkeley	 	Reddit AMA 	2021 co-Rookie of the Year.
Gruff 	Team Gruff 	 	Reddit AMA 	
Big Dill 	Team Food Fight 	 	Reddit AMA 	
Triton 	Team Overboard 	 	Reddit AMA 	0-2 record at Proving Ground in June 2023.
Whiplash 	Team Fast Electric Robots 	 	Reddit AMA 	Made Top 16 last season with Whiplash. Competed in RoboGames 2023 under the name Whomper.
Defender 	Team Fast Electric Robots 	 	Reddit AMA 	Competed in RoboGames 2023 under the name King Crab.
Blacksmith 	Team Half Fast Astronaut 	 	Facebook 	
Railgun MAX 	Team Atom 	 	Instagram 	China's most successful BattleBots competitor.
==Trivia== 
*The eighth reboot season of BattleBots will mark the longest stint of a robot combat show in the sport's history, eclipsing the original five televised Comedy Central BattleBots seasons, as well as the seven main series of the original UK Robot Wars before their respective cancelations. 
**Although there was no 2017 BattleBots season, the production team remained the same between 2016 and 2018, with Discovery simply adopting the show from ABC in the same year it was dropped.
**Additionally, World Championship VIII will be the sixth BattleBots season in a row to air on the same network, surpassing the number of seasons aired during the original Comedy Central run.
*World Championship VIII will become the second reboot BattleBots season to not be filmed the very next year after the previous season. The first time was World Championship III when it was filmed in 2018 instead of 2017 after the 2016 season.
==References==
Category:Competitions
Category:Reboot Era Competitions