Aside from official patches and fixes produced by Gabriel Interactive and Infogrames a number of third party developers coded and created unofficial modifications and developments for the Robot Arena 2 game and game engine. Below is a choice selection of the real movers and shakers in the development community followed by a listing of other lesser-known reskinners or remodders.

Notable Component Creators

AW
Clickbeetle
ChasetheCheese
Cherry Flavored - Antiballast.
DarkRat- Dark Pack 1-3
dummy - First components.
Firebeetle - FB Component Pack
goose - First armor pack
Icer - ][cer parts.
Lu-Tze - LT Component Pack
Radio F Software - Personalized components.
Slider_V - The first double-sided motor, First hinge
Madiaba - Easy to use smartzones
Mr. AS - Ground hovers.

Creators

Notable Arena

AW
dummy- First arena
DarkRat
goose
Clickbeetle
Firebeetle
Lu-Tze - The first Complex Arena
Madiaba - About 23 arenas to date: 8 released, but links vanished with old forum. Several built and used for tourneys. The rest not yet released to public.
Trovaner
JoeBlo
Serge
HereticBlue
Mr. AS

Notable AI Coders

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Radio F Software - RFS AI Pack.
Sovereign II - First AI Pack.
Starcore - One of the first to create and release multi-function and tailored function AI.py files. Omni.py being a defacto standard for many builders more than a decade later.
Pyscolone - Very difficult AI pack
Gigafrost - Considered to have created the second most advanced AI Pack ever.
Madiaba - Written several new AI.py; especially for multi-functioning bots.
Philetbabe
JoeBlo
Clickbeetle
apanx - Created the brilliant SuperDuperMegaUltra.py

Notable Graphic Artists

DarkRat - Designed most all the graphics, UI and artistic overhaul of DSL-TC
Vincent - Designed DSL2 logo. Overhauled 90% of the Stock UI and HUD.
Clickbeetle
Rejected - Designed Splash Screens and UI of Starcore V2 & V3 AI packs. Along with the themed textures of all the bots he submitted like Neglected Waterbug and the Happy Bees.

Notable Plugin/Add-on Creators

Dummy- Original GMF toolset and reverse-engineering
DarkRat- DSL-TC
Starcore- DSL-TC and of course the legendary Starcore AI Pack. Considered one of the most difficult AI packs in its V4 Alpha2 form.
Lu-Tze- DSL-TC
goose- The unofficial bot exchange
Serge- Fixed dummee's compiler, broke the Rule of Seven and multiple other limitations with RA2: Component Freedom and wrote some other tools.
Hazard - AU AI Pack.
AW - AU AI Pack
CARP 104 - AU AI Pack.
Firebeetle
Clickbeetle
TDS - Ubermod.
HX - RAI application. AU BB Toner/parts unlock. Custom Edges. Contribution to AAM Innovation.
Gigafrost - RA2GE Awesome Patch.
InfiniteInertia - Of all the Stock AI packs, INF AI is currently considered the most challenging AI pack in the community.
Martijn Pieters- PyRA2, GMF and Bot classes coded in Python
Naryar - Creator of one of the largest and hardest DSL AI Packs.
123savethewhales - Creator of Ironforge
Mr. AS - Creator of RA2: Retooled which is a large WIP (Work in Progress)
apanx - OBJ2RA2

Notable Stock Robot Builders

Throughout the history of Robot Arena 2, there have been many people who have made major advancements in Bot Building. These include (but are not limited to):

Notable DSL Robot Builders

More currently the activity has greatly increased in DSL, there have also been many people who have made major advancements in this version of RA2. These include (But are not limited to):

Darkrat The originator of the original DSL robots.
Naryar
R0B0SH4RK
MikeNCR
BeetleBros
JoeBlo
123savethewhales
Pwnator
The Ounce
Scrap Daddy
Urjak
Jules
Reier

Notable Members and Modders

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