Champions of the BBC2 show Robot Wars set to battle it out in Grantham Meres Leisure Centre for Robots Live! tour

Champions from the popular TV show Robot Wars will be fighting it out in Grantham as part of a UK tour.

Robot Wars Champions; Apollo and Eruption, will face off live in Grantham along with many of the stars of the BBC2 hit show for ‘Robots Live!’

Robots Live comes back to the Meres Leisure Centre on October 14 and 15, as part of their UK tour.

Joining Apollo will be other famous faces from the new and old series of Robot Wars, including Behemoth and Gabriel. They will all be battling to be crowned the Robots Live Champion.

Joining the competitors in the arena will be the Robots Live 'House Robots'.

Keeping control of the 110kg heavyweights, will be 'Goliath', weighing in at around 1,000kg and standing five feet tall, he is capable of rolling over a car with his powerful crushing arm and tracked drive.

Alongside him will be the new house robot, which weighs in at 150kg and looks after the 13.6kg featherweight robots.

All of the action is housed safely in a purpose built, 6,000kg arena.

The arena is equipped with its own array of weapons including; ‘The Pit’, floor flipper, thunder drum and two massive hammers which are controlled by the audience.

Dave Young, captain of Team Apollo said: “After winning Robot Wars, we can't wait to get in the arena again and fight in front of a live audience at Robots Live!.

“Not only does it give our the fans a chance to see the action up close, it gives us another house robot to attack!”

There will be three action packed shows over the weekend, the first of which is on Saturday October 14 and 6pm followed by two shows on Sunday October 15 at 12pm and 3.30pm.

Tickets are £20 for children and £22 for adults. Family tickets (two adults, two children) are £75 and are available online from www.robotslive.co.uk or from the Guildhall Box Office.