To answer your questions: 1. This book is about Battle Bots. 2. Battle Bots (or BattleBots) are robots that fight each other until one is disabled. 3. Robot combat is very popular: No show on Comedy Central is more popular than the weekly BattleBots. 4. This is the first book ever on BattleBots. 5. Robot Riot introduces you into the world of these pulverizing pounders, battle chains, and spin bots -- and their fierce, take-no-prisoners creators. Battle on!