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-# Robot Wars
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+# UoN Robot Wars project
+This repository contains files generated by student efforts to begin building fighting robots at the University of Nottingham. Please note that the automatic user-management tools have been deliberately disabled. Students involved in the project can contact Steve Greedy to gain write-access to this repo.
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