The 2012 Winter Tour was the first Winter Tour competition held by Roaming Robots since 2008. However, it has a completely different format, similar to that of the main championships at that time, with heats. The heats were held on the 7th of October in Maidstone and after the finals on the 11th of November in Gloucester, it was concluded that the winner is Ripper, much like the 2008 winter tour.