If you've not had the pleasure of watching Robot Wars, ... Dead Metal, a gunmetal lobster that clutches robots with hydraulic claws and then shreds them with a retracting circular sawblade. ...

Marc Thorpe, the visual effects artist who created the hit television series “Robot Wars” in which customized radio-controlled robots fight in metal arenas, has died. Thorpe was 77.

Marc Thorpe, the 'Star Wars' visual effects artist who created the Robot Wars concept in the early 1990s, died Nov. 24 of Parkinson’s. He was 77.

Marc Thorpe, ‘Star Wars’ VFX Artist and Mastermind Behind Robot Wars, Dies at 77. He also worked on the first three ‘Indiana Jones’ movies and ‘Poltergeist’ before staging his first ...

Marc Thorpe, the visual effects artist who worked on several 'Indiana Jones' and 'Star Wars' films before launching Robot Wars, has died. He was 77.