In December, R-Tech team members Mike & Graham were given the opportunity to visit the television production set of Richard Hammond's Crazy Contraptions which will air on Channel 4. R-Tech were delighted to be asked to supply welding and plasma cutting equipment for the contestants and studio engineers to utilise in the show.

Our chaps were invited by Grant & his father Nick from Robo Challenge, they were lucky enough to have been given a tour of the set and introduced to the presenters, Richard Hammond & Zach Umperovitch, and they were also able to watch as the episode was filmed! To say the rest of the team here were jealous is about right, and it was a fantastic chance to see behind the scenes of this kind of thing.

Richard Hammond's Crazy Contraptions

When is it on? The show will air on Friday 29th April 2022 on Channel 4 at 8pm.

What is it all about? A seven part series where teams of amateur engineers will try to build the most bonkers and complicated chain reaction mechanisms to cater to Richard's every urge. The competitors must find ways to make mechanisms that answer life's big questions... such as "what is stopping me from feeding my dog whilst relaxing in the garden?". Be prepared to see some conquests and most definitely some calamities.

Who are Robo Challenge?

Robo Challenge are a family run creative company who bring ambitious PR campaigns and TV show ideas to life for their clients. Whilst achieving fantastic results for their clients, in the last decade the Robo Challenge team and their unique expertise have helped pull in huge global media attention.

The Robo Challenge HQ is based in central Birmingham and it comprises of some cutting edge facilities, which allows the team to competently design & create spectacular projects within tight deadlines.

Robo Challenge provide production services for TV Programs like Richard Hammond's Crazy Contraptions, they are on set as engineers to assist with the teams partaking in the show and for general maintenance of the studio. They use a range of technologies including robotics, welding, plasma cutting & 3D printing.

What do R-Tech have to do with Robo Challenge?

They are a customer of R-Tech's and we have had the pleasure of supplying them with machines for projects in the past and more recently to be used and to have on display on Richard Hammond's Crazy contraptions. We have supplied welding machine and plasma cutters to be used by the contestants of the show and also the studio engineers.

Have you heard of anything they have been involved in?

You most likely have! Robo Challenge worked with Robot wars BBC2, you may remember Ben & Jeanette from our team went to visit them at the Robot Wars set back in 2016.

They work with an abundance of clients including BBC, CBBC, Cadbury, Converse, Channel 4, XBOX/Microsoft, Jamie Oliver, Samsung, Ted Baker and Stan Lee's Super Humans to name just a few.

You may also recognise some of their work... The Dungeons at Alton Towers, Titanfall 2 for EA, Wave runner for Blue Peter, Airheads for BBC, Dick & Dom's Absolute Genius for BBC and the Gadget Show.

Our guys came back from their day out at the studio and they had all sorts of questions fired at them from the rest of us as to what they had seen, however being the good guys that they are, they stuck to the Top Secret agreement that they had to sign on the day! So, we will be tuning in on Friday to see what it is that Mike & Graham have spent the last few months whispering about and we recommend that you do the same! Let us know if you spot a cheeky MIG180 or P30C!