Robotics is finally coming to Rutgers. IEEE is organizing a robotics club. You want to learn how to build, design, and manufacture ideas from your imagination. This is the club. We will be exploring all areas of robotics and electronics design, from Battlebots to segways, to simple line followers. This is what we want. We will be hosting a line following robot competition at the start of first Semester.
This academic year we will be concentrating on several competitions: Intelligent Ground Vehicles Competition, Vex College Competition, and RoboGames. For those motivated members who are interested in Battlebots, we may also do North East Robot Conflict.
Motorama competition is where combat robots meets Motorcycle rally. Each year, the North East Robot Conflict group hosts a robot combat competition during a motorcycle convention. Hundreds of combat robots from across the country come to to compete in the Harrisburg, PA farm complex. These robots range from tiny one pound ant weight robots to 30 lb Hobby weights. This is the best robot conflict on the East coast. Even if you don't build a robot, come enjoy the destruction and learn the combat robot ropes. Robot combat is amazing. It pushes you to understand material strengths and design the most rugged, strongest robot possible. There is nothing more amazing than seeing your 120lb robot fly 5 feet into the air and still work when it hits the ground. Watch some great videos at MadOverlord.com , Team Slackers United , and Team Cosmos.
These competitions are essentially design and machining. (They are great for even people who do not want to learn electronics. ) However, do not worry if you have never built or machined anything before. Start by teaching yourself to use SolidWorks. Solidworks is a 3d CAD and modeling program that will be invaluable. Go through the tutorials listed in the Solidworks help files. All members of IEEE robotics will access to our robot cad models. These will soon be posted on our website. Also, we will be holding machining courses in the second semester for those ready to build a robot. If you are interested in building your own combat robot, you can start by: reading through some of the links here, subscribe to the IEEE Robotics email list. If you have any questions about how to get started, send an email to the list.
Sparks fly in Robot Combat
Robogames is the robotic conference in the United States. Thousands of people come from across the world to San Francisco with hundreds of robots. There is robot soccer, 1lb to 360 lb combat robot competitions, and even Robomegellan. Our goal is to send as many robots as possible to compete at Robogames. It will be a great experience for everyone involved. These competitions involve machining, design, electronics and programming. Currently we have people planning to do 3lb combat robot competition and the Robomegellan competition.
If you are interested in joining a robotics team, subscribe to the IEEE mailing list and email Adam Stambler at
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