26:10:1999 - Following RW series 3 accident, all tag and grudge matches have been cancelled from series 3. More Panda Monium has been withdrawn and mothballed for this series. Full details coming soon. Antweight section has extended links section.

27:09:1999 - Antweight World Series video and details in Other Projects Section.

23:09:1999 - RW series III to be filmed at Elstree Studios North London.
Pictures and video from excellent Sevenoaks event now available.
MPM to team up with Steel Avenger in Tag Team event in series III.

09:09:1999 - RW series III to be filmed in October this year. The show will be 45 minutes long and contain a new, more violent competition. All competing robots will have a chance to fight, with the games taking a back seat.

Also, More Panda Monium will take part in a warm up event in Sevenoaks in Kent on Sept 18th/19th. Playing for the Kent trophy and putting on displays, this is the ideal start to the fighting season!

New Interactive Pneumatics page now available in the Build Guide!

25:08:1999 - Antweight World Series to take place in Reading on September 26th. See Pants pages for more information. MPM to appear at large gathering in Sevenoaks, Kent on 18th/19th September. Full combat will be allowed in the 40' shielded arena. More news to follow.

19:07:1999 - MPM pages are updated. Also, video of MPM in action against PA, Centurion and Inquisitor II now on the High Wycombe page.

15:07:1999 - MPM has new parts. A new third shovel cylinder and new higher torque drive belts. Have also discovered a new problem in the motor mounts. Will need to build stronger ones.

The Antweight World Series is now in preparation. Rules and some new links posted in the Pants pages now!

30:06:1999 - MPM and the newly finished Pants take part in another charity fete, this time in High Wycombe. MPM breaks drive belts in the friendly combat!!

30:05:1999 - More Panda Monium attends auditions at Asylem Studios, West London. Technical check goes well, but problems with speed controller balance means average driving test.

Pictures from Bordon charity event now available!!!

24:04:1999 - More Panda Monium gets first test drive. MPM performed very well in initial road tests, but it did show up a small problem with one of the pulleys. Control is greatly improved and the new chassis is much more balanced than before. Pictures will be available in MPM section soon.

23:04:1999 - Mentorn phoning round contestants to see if they will be ready for end of May. Too many contestants for the programme? Robot Wars 101 investigates... 

18:03:1999 - New information about progress and sponsors in More Panda Monium. Check out Chapter 2!!

08:03:1999 - Team Panda Monium have taken the decision to merge the More Panda Monium and the R2 projects due to the change of timescales for 1999. More Panda will now be the robot entered for both the Live Event and the Third Wars.

07:03:1999 - Team Panda Monium have taken the decision to merge the More Panda Monium and the R2 projects due to the change of timescales for 1999. More Panda will now be the robot entered for both the Live Event and the Third Wars.

27:02:1999 - More Panda Monium has first field trials. First tests show that new drive chain is powerful and fast. Further tests planned while other construction continues. Tests carried out using Panda Monium chassis.

08:02:1999 - More Panda Monium is now up and running. First tests will be carried out soon! Robot Wars book due out next week. Contracts returned for R2. Official Robot Wars website finally being sorted out.

05:01:1999 - Pictures of the new parts in the R2 section. And don't forget to vote for us!

22:12:1998 - Pictures of the reconstruction work in the More Panda Monium section.

15:12:1998 - Pictures from Wales Charity Event now available.

18:11:1998 - Panda Monium website completed with diary pages of the competition. Take a look!

16:11:1998 - RW101 goes back on-line after systems failure. Panda Monium makes a fine display in the first program of RW98. 'Robot Wars Revealed' on BBC Choice, Sunday 22/11/98 during Hype!

27:10:1998 - Radio Times publishes times of RW98. Panda Monium in the first show, 6th November at 6:45pm. First series being re-run on BBC2 and BBC Choice.

16:10:1998 - More Panda Monium and R2 entered for Live Event and RWUK 99 respectively. Sources of wheels now found for R2.

05:10:1998 - More Panda Monium website launched with first information about upgrades to Panda, plus news on Panda Parts.

03:10:1998 - Tomorrow's World magazine has 4 page article on RWUK 98. Includes good close-ups of Sir Killalot and Matilda.

29:09:1998 - Panda Monium website updated with new Dear Diary section.

28:09:1998 - Competitors links updated again. Robot Wars website goes live at http://www.robotwars.co.uk/.

21:09:1998 - First meeting takes place for the design of R2 and re-design of Panda Monium. We have a new action plan in place and will start the first upgrades to drive system shortly.

20:09:1998 - Robot Wars 101 Link City has now been re-written to include seperate Competitors, Components and General links pages. Check it out now..

19:09:1998 - Latest news from Mentorn is of a book written by Alan Baker and published by Boxtree Publishing. Should be available in the new year, containing profiles, tech specs and behind the scenes info.

Additional program, Robot Wars Revealed, is scheduled for Sunday 8th November on the new digital BBC Choice channel.

14:09:1998 - Panda Monium website replaced by Robot Wars 101 website. The site is now no longer dedicated purely to Panda Monium, but also to other robots we build and the general world of combative roboteering.