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Occasionally throughout ''[[Robot Wars]]'', the winners of a battle were unable or unwilling to proceed. In these cases, the robot they defeated would be '''Reinstated'''. The reasons for robots being reinstated varied. The first instance occurred after the Heat Final of [[Robot Wars: The Third Wars/Heat D| Heat D in Series 3]], where [[Ultor]] handed their victory over to [[Big Brother]] after considering the [[Judges|judges' decision]] to be unfair. The most recent example occurred in [[Robot Wars (2016 series)/Episode 5|Episode 5 of the 2016 series]], where [[Chompalot]] withdrew from the Head-to-Head rounds due to suffering terminal damage, and was replaced by [[Pulsar]].
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Occasionally throughout ''[[Robot Wars]]'', the winners of a battle were unable or unwilling to proceed. In these cases, the robot they defeated would be '''Reinstated'''. The reasons for robots being reinstated varied. The first instance occurred after the Heat Final of [[Robot Wars: The Third Wars/Heat D| Heat D in Series 3]], where [[Ultor]] handed its victory over to [[Big Brother]] after its team could not attend filming for the Semi-Finals and overturned the [[Judges|Judges' decision]]. The most recent example occurred in [[Robot Wars: Series 9/Heat 4|Heat 4 of Series 9]], where [[Frostbite]] withdrew from the Head-to-Head rounds due to suffering terminal damage, and was replaced by [[Wyrm]].
   
 
Another way to be reinstated was to win a '''Losers Melee'''. These battles were introduced in the Semi-Finals of Series 5, and were also used in Series 6. The reduction of Heats from 16 to 12 meant there were now six robots in each Semi-Final, which all faced each other in a series of three one-on-one battles in the first round. The losers of these battles were drawn into a three-way melee, with the winner being reinstated and going through to the second round of the Semi-Finals, giving them a second chance to reach the Grand Final. The Losers Melee was dropped for Series 7 when the number of Heats was increased back to 16.
 
Another way to be reinstated was to win a '''Losers Melee'''. These battles were introduced in the Semi-Finals of Series 5, and were also used in Series 6. The reduction of Heats from 16 to 12 meant there were now six robots in each Semi-Final, which all faced each other in a series of three one-on-one battles in the first round. The losers of these battles were drawn into a three-way melee, with the winner being reinstated and going through to the second round of the Semi-Finals, giving them a second chance to reach the Grand Final. The Losers Melee was dropped for Series 7 when the number of Heats was increased back to 16.
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Losers Melees were also used in the [[Dutch Robot Wars: Series 1|first series]] of ''[[Dutch Robot Wars]]'', as there were six robots in each Heat. Round 1 consisted of three one-on-one battles, with the losers of the three battles going into the Losers Melee, and the winner of that battle being reinstated and going through to Round 2. In the [[Dutch Robot Wars: Series 2|second series]], the number of robots in each Heat was increased to eight, so Losers Melees were no longer used.
 
Losers Melees were also used in the [[Dutch Robot Wars: Series 1|first series]] of ''[[Dutch Robot Wars]]'', as there were six robots in each Heat. Round 1 consisted of three one-on-one battles, with the losers of the three battles going into the Losers Melee, and the winner of that battle being reinstated and going through to Round 2. In the [[Dutch Robot Wars: Series 2|second series]], the number of robots in each Heat was increased to eight, so Losers Melees were no longer used.
   
Also, in both series of ''Dutch Robot Wars'', the Jury would pick robots that had been eliminated in the Heats to be reinstated and go through to the Grand Final. These were referred to as '''Wild Cards'''. Originally, only one losing robot was given a Wild Card, but this was increased to three in [[Dutch Robot Wars: Series 2|the Second Series]]. Wild Cards were also used in the [[Robot Wars (2016 series)|2016 UK series]], where the Judges would select one losing Heat Finalist to be reinstated and join the five Heat winners in the Grand Final.
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Also, in both series of ''Dutch Robot Wars'', the Jury would pick robots that had been eliminated in the Heats to be reinstated and go through to the Grand Final. These were referred to as '''Wild Cards'''. Originally, only one losing robot was given a Wild Card, but this was increased to three in [[Dutch Robot Wars: Series 2|the Second Series]]. Wild Cards were also used in [[Robot Wars: Series 8|UK Series 8]] and [[Robot Wars: Series 9|Series 9]], where the Judges would select one losing Heat Finalist to be reinstated and join the five Heat winners in the Grand Final.
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[[Robot Wars: Series 10|Series 10]] introduced a number of format changes which allowed more opportunities for competitors to be reinstated. As six competitors featured in every heat instead of eight in Series 8-9, only one winner from each Group Battle would automatically progress to the Heat Semi-Finals. The losers would then be placed into the '''Robot Redemption''' round, a pair of head-to-head battles where the winners would be reinstated as the other two Heat Semi-Finalists.
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Series 10 also featured changes to the Wild Card selection process. Unlike the previous two series, the two losing robots in the Heat Semi-Finals would face each other in a '''Third Place Playoff''' – the winners of each Playoff were eligible to be reinstated alongside the losing Heat Finalists. Instead of being chosen by the Judges, the Wild Card place was determined by the '''[[Robot Wars: Series 10/10 Robot Rumble|10 Robot Rumble]]''', a melee where every second and third-place finisher from the heats would fight each other. The last robot standing would receive the Wild Card place and join the five heat winners in the Grand Final.
   
 
'''Note:''' Reinstated Robots should not be confused with [[Substitute Robots]]. Substitute Robots are robots that were not originally intended to be in a tournament, and were only brought in when a competitor in that event had to pull out. Reinstated Robots were already part of a tournament, fought at least one battle before being knocked out, but were given a second chance.
 
'''Note:''' Reinstated Robots should not be confused with [[Substitute Robots]]. Substitute Robots are robots that were not originally intended to be in a tournament, and were only brought in when a competitor in that event had to pull out. Reinstated Robots were already part of a tournament, fought at least one battle before being knocked out, but were given a second chance.
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!Name of Reinstated Robot!! Robot it replaced !! Notes
 
!Name of Reinstated Robot!! Robot it replaced !! Notes
 
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|[[Big Brother]] || [[Ultor]] || Ultor originally won the Series 3 Heat D Final on a judge’s decision, but the team believed the judge’s decision was wrong, so handed victory over to Big Brother, allowing them to reach the Semi-Finals.
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|[[Big Brother]] || [[Ultor]] || Ultor originally won the Series 3 Heat D Final on a Judge’s decision, but the team could not take part in any further filming of the series due to work commitments.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/robotwars/comments/7ayq0f/ask_ian_watts_the_swarm_anything/dpdwerl/?context=3</ref> As a result, they overturned the decision and handed victory over to Big Brother, allowing the latter to reach the Semi-Finals in Ultor's place.
 
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|[[The Morgue]] || [[Scar]] || The Morgue was knocked out in Round 1 of [[Robot Wars: The Fourth Wars/Heat C| Heat C in Series 4]], but Scar was forced to retire due to unfixable technical difficulties, so The Morgue was reinstated.
 
|[[The Morgue]] || [[Scar]] || The Morgue was knocked out in Round 1 of [[Robot Wars: The Fourth Wars/Heat C| Heat C in Series 4]], but Scar was forced to retire due to unfixable technical difficulties, so The Morgue was reinstated.
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|[[Pulsar]] || [[Chompalot]] || Chompalot suffered huge amounts of damage in its opening Group Battle from [[Ironside3]] and Pulsar, but qualified along with the former for the Head-to-Head rounds. It was repaired in time for its battle against [[Gabriel]], but Chompalot was forced to withdraw from the Head-to-Heads after its batteries caught fire and exploded at the end of the battle. The judges subsequently reinstated Pulsar as Chompalot's replacement, deeming it to have been more active during the aforementioned Group Battle.
 
|[[Pulsar]] || [[Chompalot]] || Chompalot suffered huge amounts of damage in its opening Group Battle from [[Ironside3]] and Pulsar, but qualified along with the former for the Head-to-Head rounds. It was repaired in time for its battle against [[Gabriel]], but Chompalot was forced to withdraw from the Head-to-Heads after its batteries caught fire and exploded at the end of the battle. The judges subsequently reinstated Pulsar as Chompalot's replacement, deeming it to have been more active during the aforementioned Group Battle.
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|[[Jellyfish]] || [[Rapid]] || Rapid qualified for the Head-to-Head rounds with [[Terrorhurtz]], but was forced to withdraw after its battle against [[Aftershock]] after suffering terminal wheel and bearings damage. The judges therefore reinstated Jellyfish as Rapid's replacement, deeming it to have survived longer than [[Nuts|Nuts 2]] in the Group Battle.
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|[[Wyrm]] || [[Frostbite]] || Frostbite had already suffered internal and external damage at the hands of [[Supernova]] in its Group Battle, but suffered greater, terminal internal damage against Supernova in the Head to Heads, forcing it to withdraw. The Judges decided to reinstate [[Wyrm]], noting that it lasted longer in the Group Battle when compared to [[HIGH-5]]'s duration.
 
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! Wild Card!! Series !! Notes
 
! Wild Card!! Series !! Notes
 
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|[[Thor]] || 2016 Series || Thor was beaten in the heat final of [[Robot Wars (2016 series)/Episode 2|Episode 2]] by [[Shockwave (2016)|Shockwave]] despite scoring three wins in the Head-to-Heads. As the only head-to-head winner to lose the heat final, Thor was selected by the judges as the Wildcard choice out of the 5 losing heat finalists.
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|[[Thor]] || Series 8 || Thor was beaten in the heat final of [[Robot Wars: Series 8/Heat 2|Heat 2]] by [[Shockwave]] despite scoring three wins in the Head-to-Heads. As the only head-to-head winner to lose the heat final, Thor was selected by the judges as the Wildcard choice out of the 5 losing heat finalists.
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|[[Apollo]] || Series 9 || The reigning champion was defeated by [[Carbide]] in the [[Robot Wars: Series 9/Heat 5|final heat]] of the series. Despite [[Pulsar]] and last year's wildcard Thor scoring more points in the Head-to-Head round than Apollo (8, 6 and 5 respectively), Apollo was chosen by the Judges to receive the wildcard, and given a second chance to defend its title.
 
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|[[Meshuggah]] || Series 2 || Lost to Lizzard in Round 2 of [[Dutch Robot Wars: Series 2/Heat A|Heat A]], but was reinstated to reach the Grand Final.
 
|[[Meshuggah]] || Series 2 || Lost to Lizzard in Round 2 of [[Dutch Robot Wars: Series 2/Heat A|Heat A]], but was reinstated to reach the Grand Final.
 
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|[[Twister (Dutch)|Twister]] || Series 2 || Knocked out by [[Philliper|Philliper 2]] in [[Dutch Robot Wars: Series 2/Heat B|Heat B]] Final, before being given a Wild Card.
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|[[Twister (Dutch)|Twister]] || Series 2 || Knocked out by [[Philipper|Philipper 2]] in [[Dutch Robot Wars: Series 2/Heat B|Heat B]] Final, before being given a Wild Card.
 
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|[[Bamm Bamm]] || Series 2 || Lost in [[Dutch Robot Wars: Series 2/Heat C|Heat C]] Round 1 to [[Flepser]], but due to its status as a previous Grand Finalist, was given the third Wild Card.
 
|[[Bamm Bamm]] || Series 2 || Lost in [[Dutch Robot Wars: Series 2/Heat C|Heat C]] Round 1 to [[Flepser]], but due to its status as a previous Grand Finalist, was given the third Wild Card.
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|[[Dutch Robot Wars: Series 1/Heat B|Heat B]] || [[Pyramid of Chaos]], [[Scraptosaur]], ''[[RCC]]'' || '''Scraptosaur''' || RCC was forced to withdraw before the battle due to electrical problems.
 
|[[Dutch Robot Wars: Series 1/Heat B|Heat B]] || [[Pyramid of Chaos]], [[Scraptosaur]], ''[[RCC]]'' || '''Scraptosaur''' || RCC was forced to withdraw before the battle due to electrical problems.
 
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|[[Dutch Robot Wars: Series 1/Heat C|Heat C]] || [[Maximum Torque]], [[Pika|Pika 2]], ''[[Meshuggah]]'' || '''Pika 2''' || Meshuggah was forced to withdraw before the battle due to technical issues. Pika 2 went on to reach the Heat Final, making it the "Belgian Champion", as the best performing Belgian robot in Dutch Series 1
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|[[Dutch Robot Wars: Series 1/Heat C|Heat C]] || [[Maximum Torque]], [[Pika|Pika 2]], ''[[Meshuggah]]'' || '''Pika 2''' || Meshuggah was forced to withdraw before the battle due to technical issues. Pika 2 went on to reach the Heat Final, making it the "Belgian Champion", as the best performing Belgian robot in Dutch Series 1.
 
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|[[Dutch Robot Wars: Series 1/Heat D|Heat D]] || [[Enderbot]], [[Flextreme]], [[Project One]] || '''Enderbot''' || Enderbot lost in Round 1 to [[Slicer]], and after winning the Losers Melee, it went on to reach the Heat Final, where it lost to Slicer again.
 
|[[Dutch Robot Wars: Series 1/Heat D|Heat D]] || [[Enderbot]], [[Flextreme]], [[Project One]] || '''Enderbot''' || Enderbot lost in Round 1 to [[Slicer]], and after winning the Losers Melee, it went on to reach the Heat Final, where it lost to Slicer again.
 
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|[[Dutch Robot Wars: Series 1/Heat E|Heat E]] || [[Shapeshifter]], [[Maximill]], [[NEAT Machine]] || '''NEAT Machine''' ||
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|[[Dutch Robot Wars: Series 1/Heat E|Heat E]] || [[Shapeshifter]], [[MaxiMill]], [[NEAT Machine]] || '''NEAT Machine''' || NEAT Machine lost in Round 1 to [[Sater]], but rejoined the competition with this victory.
 
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==Robot Redemption==
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===UK Series===
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|[[Robot Wars: Series 10/Heat 1|Series 10, Heat 1]] || [[Apocalypse]], [[Sabretooth]] || '''Sabretooth''' ||Sabretooth would go on to qualify for the 10 Robot Rumble after losing its Heat Semi-Final and winning its Third Place Playoff.
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|[[Robot Wars: Series 10/Heat 1|Series 10, Heat 1]] || [[Donald Thump]], [[The Swarm]] || '''The Swarm''' ||
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|[[Robot Wars: Series 10/Heat 2|Series 10, Heat 2]] || [[Aftershock]], [[Gabriel|Gabriel 2]] || '''Aftershock''' ||
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|[[Robot Wars: Series 10/Heat 2|Series 10, Heat 2]] || [[Big Nipper]], [[Crackers 'n' Smash]] || '''Big Nipper''' ||Featured one of the highest [[Thrown Out of the Arena|out of the arena flips]] in ''Robot Wars'' history. Big Nipper would go on to qualify for the 10 Robot Rumble after losing its Heat Semi-Final and winning its Third Place Playoff.
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|[[Robot Wars: Series 10/Heat 3|Series 10, Heat 3]] || [[Apex]], [[Track-tion]] || '''Track-tion''' ||Track-tion would go on to qualify for the 10 Robot Rumble after losing its Heat Semi-Final and winning its Third Place Playoff by default following Vulture's withdrawal.
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|[[Robot Wars: Series 10/Heat 3|Series 10, Heat 3]] || [[Bucky the Robot]], [[Vulture]] || '''Vulture''' ||
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|[[Robot Wars: Series 10/Heat 4|Series 10, Heat 4]] || [[Concussion]], [[The Kegs]] || '''Concussion''' ||Concussion would go on to qualify for the 10 Robot Rumble after losing its Heat Final to [[Nuts|Nuts 2]].
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|[[Robot Wars: Series 10/Heat 4|Series 10, Heat 4]] || [[Androne 4000]], [[Tauron]] || '''Androne 4000''' ||
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|[[Robot Wars: Series 10/Heat 5|Series 10, Heat 5]] || [[Coyote]], [[Hobgoblin]] || '''Coyote''' ||
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|[[Robot Wars: Series 10/Heat 5|Series 10, Heat 5]] || [[Expulsion]], [[Push to Exit]] || '''Expulsion''' ||Expulsion would go on to qualify for the 10 Robot Rumble after losing its Heat Semi-Final and winning its Third Place Playoff.
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|[[Robot Wars: Series 10/Grand Final|Series 10, Grand Final]] || [[Behemoth]], [[Magnetar]] || '''Behemoth''' ||
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|[[Robot Wars: Series 10/Grand Final|Series 10, Grand Final]] || [[Carbide]], [[Rapid]] || '''Carbide''' ||Carbide would go on to finish as the Series 10 runner-up following this victory.
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==10 Robot Rumble==
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|[[Robot Wars: Series 10/10 Robot Rumble|Series 10]], [[Robot Wars: Series 10/Grand Final|Grand Final]] || [[Apollo]], [[Big Nipper]], [[Concussion]], [[Eruption]], [[Expulsion]], [[Iron-Awe|Iron-Awe 6]], [[Sabretooth]], [[Terrorhurtz]], [[Thor]], [[Track-tion]] || '''Eruption''' ||Eruption would go on to win Series 10 outright following this victory.
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Occasionally throughout Robot Wars, the winners of a battle were unable or unwilling to proceed. In these cases, the robot they defeated would be Reinstated. The reasons for robots being reinstated varied. The first instance occurred after the Heat Final of Heat D in Series 3, where Ultor handed its victory over to Big Brother after its team could not attend filming for the Semi-Finals and overturned the Judges' decision. The most recent example occurred in Heat 4 of Series 9, where Frostbite withdrew from the Head-to-Head rounds due to suffering terminal damage, and was replaced by Wyrm.

Another way to be reinstated was to win a Losers Melee. These battles were introduced in the Semi-Finals of Series 5, and were also used in Series 6. The reduction of Heats from 16 to 12 meant there were now six robots in each Semi-Final, which all faced each other in a series of three one-on-one battles in the first round. The losers of these battles were drawn into a three-way melee, with the winner being reinstated and going through to the second round of the Semi-Finals, giving them a second chance to reach the Grand Final. The Losers Melee was dropped for Series 7 when the number of Heats was increased back to 16.

Losers Melees were also used in the first series of Dutch Robot Wars, as there were six robots in each Heat. Round 1 consisted of three one-on-one battles, with the losers of the three battles going into the Losers Melee, and the winner of that battle being reinstated and going through to Round 2. In the second series, the number of robots in each Heat was increased to eight, so Losers Melees were no longer used.

Also, in both series of Dutch Robot Wars, the Jury would pick robots that had been eliminated in the Heats to be reinstated and go through to the Grand Final. These were referred to as Wild Cards. Originally, only one losing robot was given a Wild Card, but this was increased to three in the Second Series. Wild Cards were also used in UK Series 8 and Series 9, where the Judges would select one losing Heat Finalist to be reinstated and join the five Heat winners in the Grand Final.

Series 10 introduced a number of format changes which allowed more opportunities for competitors to be reinstated. As six competitors featured in every heat instead of eight in Series 8-9, only one winner from each Group Battle would automatically progress to the Heat Semi-Finals. The losers would then be placed into the Robot Redemption round, a pair of head-to-head battles where the winners would be reinstated as the other two Heat Semi-Finalists.

Series 10 also featured changes to the Wild Card selection process. Unlike the previous two series, the two losing robots in the Heat Semi-Finals would face each other in a Third Place Playoff – the winners of each Playoff were eligible to be reinstated alongside the losing Heat Finalists. Instead of being chosen by the Judges, the Wild Card place was determined by the 10 Robot Rumble, a melee where every second and third-place finisher from the heats would fight each other. The last robot standing would receive the Wild Card place and join the five heat winners in the Grand Final.

Note: Reinstated Robots should not be confused with Substitute Robots. Substitute Robots are robots that were not originally intended to be in a tournament, and were only brought in when a competitor in that event had to pull out. Reinstated Robots were already part of a tournament, fought at least one battle before being knocked out, but were given a second chance.

List of Reinstated Robots

UK Series

Name of Reinstated Robot Robot it replaced Notes
Big Brother Ultor Ultor originally won the Series 3 Heat D Final on a Judge’s decision, but the team could not take part in any further filming of the series due to work commitments.[1] As a result, they overturned the decision and handed victory over to Big Brother, allowing the latter to reach the Semi-Finals in Ultor's place.
The Morgue Scar The Morgue was knocked out in Round 1 of Heat C in Series 4, but Scar was forced to retire due to unfixable technical difficulties, so The Morgue was reinstated.
Spirit of Knightmare Bulldog Breed Bulldog Breed won its Mayhem qualifier against Spirit of Knightmare and Judge Shred 2 ½ to qualify for the second Annihilator in Extreme 1, but damage from Hypno-Disc during the concurrently-filmed Series 5 forced Bulldog Breed to drop out. Despite being eliminated before Judge Shred 2 ½, Spirit of Knightmare was reinstated for the second Annihilator.
Fighting Torque Atomic As with Bulldog Breed, Atomic won its Mayhem qualifier against Mousetrap and Fighting Torque to qualify for the second Annihilator in Extreme 1, but damage from Hypno-Disc during the concurrently-filmed Series 5 forced Atomic to drop out. Mousetrap was also unable to compete due to damage from S3, so Fighting Torque was reinstated.
Rick Suicidal Tendencies Suicidal Tendencies defeated Rick in Round 1 of Heat K in Series 5, but broke down before the second round and could not be fixed, so Rick was reinstated.
Tornado Razer Razer reached the final of the European Championship in Extreme 2 after defeating Tornado on a judges decision, but Simon Scott and Vinnie Blood felt that they had been immobilised for over thirty seconds, and so handed victory over to Tornado.
Pulsar Chompalot Chompalot suffered huge amounts of damage in its opening Group Battle from Ironside3 and Pulsar, but qualified along with the former for the Head-to-Head rounds. It was repaired in time for its battle against Gabriel, but Chompalot was forced to withdraw from the Head-to-Heads after its batteries caught fire and exploded at the end of the battle. The judges subsequently reinstated Pulsar as Chompalot's replacement, deeming it to have been more active during the aforementioned Group Battle.
Jellyfish Rapid Rapid qualified for the Head-to-Head rounds with Terrorhurtz, but was forced to withdraw after its battle against Aftershock after suffering terminal wheel and bearings damage. The judges therefore reinstated Jellyfish as Rapid's replacement, deeming it to have survived longer than Nuts 2 in the Group Battle.
Wyrm Frostbite Frostbite had already suffered internal and external damage at the hands of Supernova in its Group Battle, but suffered greater, terminal internal damage against Supernova in the Head to Heads, forcing it to withdraw. The Judges decided to reinstate Wyrm, noting that it lasted longer in the Group Battle when compared to HIGH-5's duration.

Wild Cards

UK Series

Wild Card Series Notes
Thor Series 8 Thor was beaten in the heat final of Heat 2 by Shockwave despite scoring three wins in the Head-to-Heads. As the only head-to-head winner to lose the heat final, Thor was selected by the judges as the Wildcard choice out of the 5 losing heat finalists.
Apollo Series 9 The reigning champion was defeated by Carbide in the final heat of the series. Despite Pulsar and last year's wildcard Thor scoring more points in the Head-to-Head round than Apollo (8, 6 and 5 respectively), Apollo was chosen by the Judges to receive the wildcard, and given a second chance to defend its title.

Dutch Series

Wild Card Series Notes
Lizzard Series 1 Lizzard originally lost the Heat A Final to Bamm Bamm, but was given the sole Wild Card to reach the Grand Final. In the Grand Final, Lizzard took its revenge on Bamm Bamm, before finishing as runner-up.
Meshuggah Series 2 Lost to Lizzard in Round 2 of Heat A, but was reinstated to reach the Grand Final.
Twister Series 2 Knocked out by Philipper 2 in Heat B Final, before being given a Wild Card.
Bamm Bamm Series 2 Lost in Heat C Round 1 to Flepser, but due to its status as a previous Grand Finalist, was given the third Wild Card.

Losers Melees

UK Series

Episode Robots in Melee Winner Notes
Series 5, Semi-Final 1 Wild Thing, Spawn Again, S3 S3
Series 5, Semi-Final 2 Panic Attack, Firestorm 3, Wheely Big Cheese Firestorm 3 Firestorm 3 was the only robot to reach the Grand Final after winning the Losers Melee in the UK series.
Series 6, Semi-Final 1 Wild Thing, Dantomkia, 13 Black Dantomkia
Series 6, Semi-Final 2 Bigger Brother, Hypno-Disc, Spawn Again Bigger Brother

Dutch Series

Episode Robots in Melee Winner Notes
Heat A Lethal Swan, Lizzard, Rat Lizzard After being reinstated, Lizzard reached the Heat Final. It lost to Bamm Bamm, but was given a Wild Card to reach the Grand Final, where it finished as runner-up. This makes Lizzard the only robot to be given two "second chances" in one tournament.
Heat B Pyramid of Chaos, Scraptosaur, RCC Scraptosaur RCC was forced to withdraw before the battle due to electrical problems.
Heat C Maximum Torque, Pika 2, Meshuggah Pika 2 Meshuggah was forced to withdraw before the battle due to technical issues. Pika 2 went on to reach the Heat Final, making it the "Belgian Champion", as the best performing Belgian robot in Dutch Series 1.
Heat D Enderbot, Flextreme, Project One Enderbot Enderbot lost in Round 1 to Slicer, and after winning the Losers Melee, it went on to reach the Heat Final, where it lost to Slicer again.
Heat E Shapeshifter, MaxiMill, NEAT Machine NEAT Machine NEAT Machine lost in Round 1 to Sater, but rejoined the competition with this victory.

Robot Redemption

UK Series

Episode Robots in Battle Winner Notes
Series 10, Heat 1 Apocalypse, Sabretooth Sabretooth Sabretooth would go on to qualify for the 10 Robot Rumble after losing its Heat Semi-Final and winning its Third Place Playoff.
Series 10, Heat 1 Donald Thump, The Swarm The Swarm
Series 10, Heat 2 Aftershock, Gabriel 2 Aftershock
Series 10, Heat 2 Big Nipper, Crackers 'n' Smash Big Nipper Featured one of the highest out of the arena flips in Robot Wars history. Big Nipper would go on to qualify for the 10 Robot Rumble after losing its Heat Semi-Final and winning its Third Place Playoff.
Series 10, Heat 3 Apex, Track-tion Track-tion Track-tion would go on to qualify for the 10 Robot Rumble after losing its Heat Semi-Final and winning its Third Place Playoff by default following Vulture's withdrawal.
Series 10, Heat 3 Bucky the Robot, Vulture Vulture
Series 10, Heat 4 Concussion, The Kegs Concussion Concussion would go on to qualify for the 10 Robot Rumble after losing its Heat Final to Nuts 2.
Series 10, Heat 4 Androne 4000, Tauron Androne 4000
Series 10, Heat 5 Coyote, Hobgoblin Coyote
Series 10, Heat 5 Expulsion, Push to Exit Expulsion Expulsion would go on to qualify for the 10 Robot Rumble after losing its Heat Semi-Final and winning its Third Place Playoff.
Series 10, Grand Final Behemoth, Magnetar Behemoth
Series 10, Grand Final Carbide, Rapid Carbide Carbide would go on to finish as the Series 10 runner-up following this victory.

10 Robot Rumble

UK Series

Episode Robots in Battle Winner Notes
Series 10, Grand Final Apollo, Big Nipper, Concussion, Eruption, Expulsion, Iron-Awe 6, Sabretooth, Terrorhurtz, Thor, Track-tion Eruption Eruption would go on to win Series 10 outright following this victory.

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