BattleBots : Is This Another Form of Sports?

[Fivestar4everMVP]

But the players are behind and the skills are based on the bots that they have created.

Sorry but I think you got it wrong here, the skills and chances of winning aren't all based on the bot, the larger chance of winning the match is still based on the player/bot developer's skills in control the bot, the players are behind with a remote like pad which I believe controls both the movement and fighting skills of the bot.
Normally, except for the spinning weapons which are built into the bots, which causes some damage to their opponents when hit, except for this, there's not much the bot can do on its own without the owners control.

[dimonstration]

I like this better than physical sports where people are hurting each other, it's a battle of innovation on who can come out with a better bot with a lot of moves and movements to beat the other competitor I consider this a form of sports because it's a battle of mind and strategy, those who love robots will be interested to bet on this kind of sports so far it's not on any casinos but who knows we are in the age of AI or artificial intelligence.

It can be a considered as e-gaming not totally a sports as it tackles more the strength of minds and technology. It was nice to see who creates better bot in terms of which is much in strength as well on how they will configure it to be on a fighting match. I was able to watch a sort of episode in Big Bang theory Series wherein they create Robots that fights with other robot and it’s quite fun when they have to run to save their robot when it seems to be at lost. It’s a battle of mind on how they can keep their robot fine and how they will configure it to follow them well.

[Ucy]

I have probably seen something similar on TV couple of years ago. I think it was between small robots controlled by humans.

I actually prefer safe and non-violent betting games/competitions that can be useful to society and people.
What purpose does fighting with robot serve? Maybe for military purposes... and that should be left for the military.
I really don't like the idea of betting on violence