Dutch Robot Games I was the first International robot combat competition held in The Netherlands. It was held on the RC Indoor Winter Spectacle in IJsselhallen, Zwolle from 22nd-23rd December 2001. It took place in an arena that consisted of heavy metal crash-barriers and a wooden floor, 10 by 12 meters across so that it was strong enough to contain Heavyweights. To keep robots from flying out, car tyres were hung around it, which proved to be both effective and necessary. After three months of preparations, the entire arena and pits area was built within two days.
Unlike the Dutch Series of Robot Wars that took place in the UK, the Dutch Robot Games were seen as an initiative by dutch roboteers to organize live event robot games for audiences, and therefore, were not televised.
The first Dutch Robot Games featured three main competitions, the Dutch Championship for the Dutch entrants, the UK Championship for the British entrants and the International Championship that featured Belgian and German entrants competing alongside the British and Dutch entrants. The side events consisted of several melees and grudge matches and Robo Rugby that was contested by two pairs of British entrants.
Dutch Championship
The Dutch Championship featured 8 robots in a straight knock-out competition.
| Round | Competing Robots | Winner | ||
| Eliminators | Alien Destructor | vs | ODT-001 | Alien Destructor |
| Arena Killer | vs | Scraptosaur | Arena Killer | |
| Lethal Swan | vs | Lizzard | Lethal Swan | |
| Enderbot | vs | Flextreme | Flextreme | |
| Semi-Finals | Alien Destructor | vs | Lethal Swan | Alien Destructor |
| Arena Killer | vs | Flextreme | Flextreme | |
| Final | Alien Destructor | vs | Flextreme | Alien Destructor |
UK Championship
The UK Championship consisted of 12 British robots contesting 3 Heats and 1 Semi-Final, each featuring 3 1-on-1 battles before a 3-way final battle for the title.
| Round | Competing Robots | Winner | ||||
| Heat A | Bigger Brother | vs | Barbaric Response | Bigger Brother | ||
| Napalm 2 | vs | Wolverine | Wolverine | |||
| Storm | vs | Grim Reaper | Storm | |||
| Heat B | Tornado | vs | Roobarb | Tornado | ||
| M2 | vs | Dantomkia | M2 | |||
| Stinger | vs | Tiberius 2 | Tiberius 2 | |||
| Semi-Finals | Tornado | vs | Bigger Brother | Tornado | ||
| Wolverine | vs | M2 | Wolverine | |||
| Storm | vs | Tiberius 2 | Tiberius 2 | |||
| Final | Tornado | vs | Tiberius 2 | vs | Wolverine | Wolverine |
International Championship
The International Championship ran to the same format as the Dutch Championship and featured 8 robots from the Netherlands, the UK, Belgium and Germany.
| Round | Competing Robots | Winner | ||
| Eliminators | Lizzard
(Netherlands) |
vs | Stinger
(United Kingdom) |
Lizzard
(Netherlands) |
| Philipper
(Belgium) |
vs | Golem
(Germany) |
Philipper
(Belgium) | |
| Enderbot
(Netherlands) |
vs | Bigger Brother
(United Kingdom) |
Bigger Brother
(United Kingdom) | |
| Alien Destructor
(Netherlands) |
vs | Tornado
(United Kingdom) |
Alien Destructor
(Netherlands) | |
| Semi-Finals | Lizzard
(Netherlands) |
vs | Bigger Brother
(United Kingdom) |
Bigger Brother
(United Kingdom) |
| Philipper
(Belgium) |
vs | Alien Destructor
(Netherlands) |
Alien Destructor
(Netherlands) | |
| Final | Bigger Brother
(United Kingdom) |
vs | Alien Destructor
(Netherlands) |
Bigger Brother
(United Kingdom) |
Robo Rugby
Barbaric Response and Stinger vs Grim Reaper and Roobarb
Winners: Grim Reaper and Roobarb
Melees
| Competing Robots | Winners | ||||
| Barbaric Response | vs | Grim Reaper | vs | Roobarb | Roobarb |
| Dantomkia | vs | Flextreme | vs | Lethal Swan | Dantomkia |
| M2 | vs | Stinger | vs | Tiberius 2 | Tiberius 2 |
| Flextreme | vs | Lethal Swan | vs | ODT-001 | Lethal Swan |
Grudge Matches
| Competing Robots | Winners | ||
| M2 | vs | Stinger | M2 |
| Philipper | vs | Pulverizer | Philipper |
| Infinity | vs | Twisted Metal | Twisted Metal |
| Lizzard | vs | Scraptosaur | Scraptosaur |
| Lizzard | vs | Philipper | Lizzard |
| Arena Killer | vs | Twisted Metal | Arena Killer |
| Pulverizer | vs | Scraptosaur | Scraptosaur |
| Alien Destructor | vs | Arena Killer | Arena Killer |