The 1994 American Robot Wars event took place on August 20th, 1994 at the Fort Mason Center, Herbst Pavillion in San Francisco. There were three classes:
- Lightweight : 10-40 lbs.
- Middleweight : 41-70 lbs.
- Heavyweight : 71-100 lbs.
Three events were featured within each weight class:
- A standard 'Face-Off' tournament with a 5 or maybe 10 minute time limit.
- Two 'Melee' fights - there was a lightweight melee with about 6 competitors and a never-repeated all weight-class melee with about 8. Phil Putman's 'Bloodletter' won lightweight and 'South Bay Mauler' took the open event.
- An unusual and never repeated 'Escort' event where 'bots attempted to protect a defenseless R/C drone from an attacking 'House Robot'.
- Lightweight Winner: Zomo, Pain Mower (Competing as Omega Ex Machina)
- Middleweight Winner: Omega Ex Machina
- Heavyweight Winner: Ramfire 2000
Awards:
- Best Design : 'The Master'
- Best Engineering : 'Ramfire 2000'
- Strangest Robot : 'Andy Roid'
Lightweights-Round 1
Spiny Norman vs Zomo
Winner: Spiny Norman
Andy Roid vs Satoru Special
Winner: Andy Roid
Julie-Bot vs Slow-Mo
Winner: Julie-Bot
Pain Mower vs TMZ
Winner: Pain Mower
Round 2:
Spiny Norman vs Andy Roid
Winner: Andy Roid
Pain Mower vs Julie-Bot
Winner: Julie Bot
Final:
Andy Roid vs Julie-Bot
Winner: Julie-Bot
Other known battles:
Satoru Special vs Zomo
Winner: Unknown
Pain Mower vs Zomo
Winner: Unknown
Middleweights: (Also referred to as Mediumweights)
South Bay Mauler vs X1
Winner: X1
Heavyweights-Round 1:
Ramfire vs Tiny Tim
Winner: Ramfire
The Beetle vs Doolittle
Winner: The Beetle
The Master vs TMZ
Winner: The Master
Round 2:
The Beetle vs The Master
Winner: The Beetle
Ramfire immediately progressed to the Final due to there only being 6 Heavyweight entries.
Final:
Ramfire vs The Beetle
Winner: Ramfire
Open Melee: (A one-off event in which robots from all weight classes took part)
Zomo vs Tiny Tim vs South Bay Mauler vs X1 vs Ramfire vs Spiny Norman vs The Beetle vs Doolittle
Winner: South Bay Mauler
Lightweight Melee:
Pain Mower vs Bloodletter vs Zomo vs Andy Roid vs Julie-Bot vs Spiny Norman
Winner: Bloodletter
Escort Event (known) Competitors:
Lightweights: Zomo, Spiny Norman, Andy Roid, Julie-Bot, Pain Mower (also referred to as Omega Ex Machina)
Lightweight Winner: Zomo
Middleweights: Omega Ex Machina
Middleweight Winner: Omega Ex Machina
Heavyweights: The Beetle, Ramfire
Heavyweight Winner: Ramfire