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==Personalities==
For the first five seasons, ''BattleBots'' was hosted by [[Bil Dwyer]], [[Sean Salisbury]], and [[Tim Green]]. Correspondents included former ''[[Baywatch]]'' actresses [[Donna D'Errico]], [[Carmen Electra]], and [[Traci Bingham]], former [[Playboy Playmate]] [[Heidi Mark]], comedian [[Arj Barker]] and identical twins [[Randy and Jason Sklar]]. [[Bill Nye]] was the show's "technical expert". The show's match announcer was longtime boxing ring announcer Mark Beiro.

The 2015 edition was hosted by [[Molly McGrath]], with [[Chris Rose]] and former [[Ultimate Fighting Championship|UFC]] fighting legend [[Kenny Florian]] as commentators. The battle arena announcer was Faruq Tauheed, and [[Alison Haislip]] conducted interviews on the sidelines and behind the scenes. The judges were engineer and [[NASA]] astronaut [[Leland D. Melvin|Leland Melvin]], ''[[Nerdist News]]'' anchor [[Jessica Chobot]] and visual effects artist, and former competitor, Fon Davis.

For the 2016 season, [[Samantha Ponder]] was added as host, replacing [[Molly McGrath]]. The returning judges were Fon Davis, Jessica Chobot, and Leland Melvin, as well as celebrity guest judges actor [[Clark Gregg]], ''[[MythBusters]]'' host and former Battlebots builder [[Adam Savage]], [[National Football League|NFL]] [[tightend]] [[Vernon Davis]], and [[YouTube]] star [[Michael Stevens (educator)|Michael Stevens]] a.k.a. [[Vsauce]].

For the 2018 season, Rose, Florian, and Tauheed all returned in their roles, with Rose and Florian taking over as the primary hosts of the show. Chobot and Haislip switched their roles, with Chobot becoming the new sideline reporter and Haislip one of the rotating judges.<ref name="bbotshost18">{{cite web|title=BattleBots: The cast – BattleBots|url=https://battlebots.com/cast/|website=battlebots.com|access-date=21 May 2018}}</ref> Other judges include former ''Battlebots'' competitors [[Lisa Winter]], Derek Young, [[Grant Imahara]] and Mark Setrakian.<ref name="bbotshost18"/>

For the 2019 season, Chobot was replaced with Jenny Taft as a sideline reporter, and the judging panel was fixed to Winter, Young, and former competitor Jason Bardis instead of rotating as it had done in previous seasons.

For the 2020 season, former builder Peter Abrahamson was added as a ringside "bot whisperer" who provided technical details and in-depth analysis of matchups, robots, and damage.{{Unreferenced section|date=September 2015}}
* [[Jamie Hyneman]] and [[Adam Savage]] (creators of heavyweight [[Blendo]]), and [[Grant Imahara]] (creator of middleweight [[Deadblow]]) of [[Discovery Channel]]'s ''[[MythBusters]]'' are former competitors. Deadblow sometimes appeared as a "guest MythBuster", assisting Grant with various experiments including [[MythBusters (2009 season)#Driving in the Dark|"Driving In The Dark"]].
* [[Will Wright (game designer)|Will Wright]], the creator of ''[[SimCity]]'' and other [[List of Sim games|Sim games]], as well as ''[[Spore (2008 video game)|Spore]]'', was a long-time contestant. He competed with middleweight Chiabot in Seasons 1–5, multibot RACC along with Mike Winter in Long Beach 1999, and lightweight The Aggressive Polygon in Season 1. His daughter Cassidy competed with middleweight Misty the WonderBot in Seasons 4–5.
* [[Michael Loren Mauldin]], founder of [[Lycos]], entered multiple bots over the series, competing with Team Toad.
* One of the founders of ''BattleBots'', Trey Roski, is the son of [[Edward P. Roski|Edward Roski Jr.]], one of the owners of the [[STAPLES Center]] sports arena in Los Angeles.
* [[Jay Leno]] appeared with a novelty BattleBot, Chinkilla – a lift-type robot, Chinkilla did not comply with the competition rules and only competed in special exhibition matches at BattleBots events.
* Mark Setrakian, builder/creator of the fighting robots and control suits used on ''[[Robot Combat League]]'', is known for his visually appealing robots such as Mechadon and Snake. He has also worked on control technology used for films like ''[[Men in Black (1997 film)|Men In Black]]'', ''[[How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)|The Grinch]]'', and ''[[Hellboy (2004 film)|Hellboy]]''. Whilst Setrakian did not compete in the ABC revival series, he built Axis, a claw-like podium that rotated the Giant Nut on top of it while it was on display.
* [[Gary Coleman]], in promotion with UGO.com, joined Jim Smentowski on Team Nightmare for ''BattleBots'' Season 5.
* [[Daniel T. Barry|Dan Barry]], retired [[NASA]] [[astronaut]] and ''[[Survivor: Panama]]'' contestant, competed in ''BattleBots'' Season 7 with Black Ice.