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 +====== Fighting Robot Association ======
 +The Fighting Robot Association (FRA) is the governing body of Robot Combat in the UK and Europe.  It provides the rules and guidelines for [[roboteers]] and [[event organisers]] to follow.
  
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 +The FRA was established in 2003, toward the end of [[Robot Wars]]' run on TV. A group of roboteers set up the FRA as a non profit making organisation, in order to provide an online means of holding the community together. In this respect, the FRA has been very successful, as there is now a loyal online community on the FRA's online forum[(http://www.fightingrobots.co.uk/forum)]. 
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 +===== Official Rules =====
 +The FRA has provided a set of rules that cover three official weight classes - [[Featherweights]], [[Middleweights]] and [[Heavyweights]][(http://www.fightingrobots.co.uk/documents/Build_Rules_2011.pdf)]. Currently, only [[Antweights]] use a different set of rules out of the official classes[(http://www.robotwars101.org/ants/rules.htm)]. 
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 +The FRA has also produced rules on safety that all FRA [[live events]] follow[(http://www.fightingrobots.co.uk/safety.php)]. Both sets of rules are regularly updated, to cover the ever changing world of robotic combat. 
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 +===== The FRA's Main Aims ===== 
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 +  * Promotion and education of all things to do with robots, of all weights, shapes and sizes.
 +  * To provide consistency with regard to open event safety, arenas and robot build rules. 
 +  * To centralise communications, in effect be a library of contacts and to promote the sport. 
 +  * To encourage the set up of regional meeting clubs, that are either part of the FRA or affiliated to the FRA. 
 +  * To endeavour to work with other countries associations for the betterment of our sport. 
 +  * To represent roboteer interests in negotiations with other bodies. 
 +  * To generally make the roboteers lot a better one. 
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 +===== Structure of the FRA Governing Body =====
 +The FRA is run by a governing body[(http://www.fightingrobots.co.uk/documents/constitution.pdf)], who are elected into their positions each year. The FRA is overseen by a President and Chairman. Each regional area of England has its own representative on the governing body. Currently, Middleweights and Featherweights also have their own representative. 
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 +There are also technical advisers. These are experts at a particular area of Robot Combat, and have been selected by the FRA to give advice on their subject when fellow roboteers request it. 
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 +There are currently technical advisers in: 
 +  * Electronics and [[Radio Control]] - Paul Hunt 
 +  * [[Pneumatics]] - Mike Lambert 
 +  * [[Hydraulics]] - Andy Kane
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 +===== The FRA Website =====
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 +The FRA has a website at http://www.fightingrobots.co.uk where you can view the current FRA rules[(http://www.fightingrobots.co.uk/rules.php)], post in their forum and browse the minutes of the FRA Annual General Meetings (AGMs)[(http://www.fightingrobots.co.uk/meetings.php)].
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 +It also has an online discussion forum, which is very popular with fans and roboteers: http://www.fightingrobots.co.uk/forum/

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