Ah yes, my school were asked to be in series two - helped build our 'bot, which wouldn't power up in the (non-televised) qualifier, so we had to pull out- turned out it was a flat battery.
Was built from an old beer keg, with tartan tape stripes round it, to show off our "Scottishness".
This "reboot", will probably be just a pale imitation of Robot Wars, which will probably bore rather than inspire.