Slam Cam

The view from Ogre's Slam Cam during its fight with Minion.

The Slam Cam was an in-robot camera which provided a "robot's-eye view" of a fight. Due to their size and weight, they were more commonly found on heavier robots than lighter ones. The Slam Cam made its television debut in Season 2.0, first appearing on Season 2, Episode 1 H1 on No Tolerance III, then Minion later on in the series. They then appeared in every season afterwards, on many other robots. These cameras were initially not very stable, shaking and having unstable images but were later fixed, though they often failed when the robot they were equipped to was attacked.

The cameras consisted of a remote lens (like a webcam) which then wired back to a hardened box which contained a typical camcorder to record the footage. Slam Cams were dropped initially after BattleBots was rebooted, however starting with Battlebots 2018 the Slam Cams made a return. This time using 360 degree cameras as the Slam Cam.

View from End Game's Slam Cam during its fight with Captain Shrederator.

On some robots, they allowed for the remote camera to stay permanently attached to the robot, and simply moved the recording box from one robot to another between matches.  The weight of the Slam Cam was exempted from the robot's overall weight limit, so it was appealing (for the sake of cool footage and more likely TV exposure) to have a robot which could accommodate the Slam Cam.

In the original run Slam Cam footage was usually used mid-match, and after the match. Upon its return in the reboot era however it was made so that the footage would only be shown after the fight in some cases, and usually the Slam Cam footage would be uploaded to BattleBots official YouTube channel. The sole exception to this as of writing (August 8th, 2023) is when The Obwalden Overlord fought Warhead in its qualifier during World Championship II.

Robots on the show that used Slam Cams

Robot	Image	Events Used	Notes
frenZy		Long Beach 1999 Las Vegas 1999 Season 1.0 Season 2.0 Season 3.0 Season 4.0 Season 5.0
KillerHurtz		Long Beach 1999 Las Vegas 1999 Season 1.0 Season 2.0 Season 3.0 Season 4.0
La Machine		Long Beach 1999 (Camerabot) Season 3.0 (Exhibition only)
Monster		Long Beach 1999 Las Vegas 1999 Season 1.0
Ronin		Long Beach 1999 Las Vegas 1999 Season 1.0 Season 2.0 Season 3.0 Season 4.0
Minion		Las Vegas 1999 Season 1.0 Season 2.0 Season 3.0 Season 4.0
Buddy Lee Don't Play in the Street		Season 2.0 Season 3.0 Season 4.0
M.O.E.		Season 2.0 Season 3.0 Season 4.0 Season 5.0
No Tolerance III		Season 2.0 Season 3.0
HexaDecimator		Season 3.0 Season 4.0 Season 5.0
Malice		Season 3.0	Had two Slam cams as a chew toy in the Season 3.0 Heavyweight Royal Rumble.
MechaVore		Season 3.0 Season 4.0 Season 5.0
Ogre		Season 3.0 Season 4.0 Season 5.0
Rhode Hog		Season 3.0	Never shown.
Techno Destructo		Season 3.0 Season 4.0 Season 5.0
Miriah		Season 4.0	Never shown.
Swirlee		Season 4.0 Season 5.0
Sewer Snake		RoboGames	Equipped in US live event, RoboGames 2010.
Invader		World Championship II	Equipped during its preliminary rumble with Lycan and Mohawk in World Championship II.
Mega Tento		World Championship II	Equipped on the underside of its weapon during its fight with Poison Arrow in World championship II.
The Obwalden Overlord		World Championship II	Uniquely shown during its fight with the fire-breathing Warhead in World Championship II.
ORBY Blade		This is Fighting Robots	Equipped in Chinese robot combat show This is Fighting Robots.
Bronco		World Championship III	Equipped during its fight with Bombshell in World Championship III.
End Game		World Championship III	Equipped during its fights with Bite Force and Captain Shrederator, and play-in with Brutus and WAR Hawk in World Championship III.
Free Shipping		World Championship III	Equipped during it's fight with HUGE In World championship III
HUGE		World Championship III	Equipped during its fights with Bite Force and Icewave in World Championship III.
Hypothermia		World Championship III	Equipped during it's fight with Valkyrie.
Lock-Jaw		World Championship III	Equipped during it's fight against Bombshell.
Lucky		World Championship III	Equipped during it's fight with Skorpios.
Monsoon		World Championship III	Equipped during its fight against Son of Whyachi in World Championship III.
Overhaul		World Championship III	Equipped during it's fight with SawBlaze in World Championship III
Red Devil		World Championship III	Equipped During It's fight with Brutus.
Tombstone		World Championship III	Equipped during its fight with Gigabyte in World Championship III.
Warhead		World Championship III	Equipped inside the mouth of its fire-breathing dragon head during its fight with Blacksmith in World Championship III.
Whiplash		World Championship III	Equipped during its fight with Hypothermia in World Championship III, but fell off at the first hit.
Witch Doctor		World Championship III	Equipped during it's fight with Blacksmith
Chomp		re:MARS 2019	Equipped during its fight with Skorpios in the 2019 re:MARS all:STARS BattleBots Challenge.
Bloodsport		World Championship V	Equipped during pre-season testing.
Double Jeopardy		World Championship VI	Equipped during pre-season weapon tests to check the aim of the main cannon.
Doomba		World Championship VII	Equipped during pre-season testing.
HyperShock (ShowBot)		BattleBots: Destruct-A-Thon	Equipped during a few of its early fights against Witch Doctor.
Disarray		BattleBots Proving Ground	Equipped during its first fight with Pterodominator on May 7th, 2023.
DOOM		BattleBots Proving Ground	Equipped during its first fight with Horizon on June 3rd, 2023.
Horizon		BattleBots Proving Ground	Equipped during its first fight with DOOM on June 3rd, 2023.
Triton		BattleBots Proving Ground	Equipped during its first fight with Manta on June 24th, 2023.
Traves T.		BattleBots Proving Ground	Equipped during its fight with Snakebyte on August 6th, 2023.
Mortician		BattleBots Proving Ground	Equipped during its fight with DOOM on August 19th, 2023. It was placed in the weapon arch similar to Tombstone back in World Championship III.
Roundhouse		BattleBots Proving Ground	Equipped during its fight with Orbitron on August 26th, 2023.
Taco Tuesday		BattleBots Proving Ground	Equipped during its fight with Disarray on September 17th, 2023.
Hellfire		BattleBots Proving Ground	Equipped during its fight with OverKill on January 28th, 2024.